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Group, I am doing some preliminary research into a upcoming trip to Hawaii. I find Hawaii will be one of the more challenging destinations for a couple of reasons: First I am close to having visited all 50 states. With this in mind, my trip will be equally spent above the water as below. But...

I am starting to do a little long range planning for a visit to Australia. I would like some input as to the best time to visit? Diving the Great Barrier will be one of many things I hope to do while there. Are there any diving seasons? Best shoulder seasons to visit? Anything time specific...

As I read the replies I thought it very important to point out that the people mostly responding to this have one and only one goal on a trip and that is to dive. In that senariao all you need is t-shirt and some shorts and flip flops as far as clothing goes. I, on the other hand, have always...

I see a lot of questions on this forum on ear clearing problems. I to have some problems, I typically have to go very slow but can get down. I can't say I really paid a lot of attention to this particular issue before diving, and it is entirely possible that this problem has gotten worse as I...

An acquaintance asked me about diving this week, after learning of my involvement with the sport. This person asked a question I could not answer. She stated even thought interested she feels she could never do it, becasue she either has asthma or suffered from it as a child. I am not sure of...

Wearing a rash guard and shorts give you about the same level of COVERAGE as a shortie wetsuit. I dive that way in the Keys. I often get over heated in a wetsuit in the summer sun, just in the time to suite up and walk to the water. So it make a lot of sense when the ambient temp is around 90.

Kwinter is correct on the pressure changes after the safety stop and why divers should not shoot to the surface after the stop. I have a slowly clearing ear. So I have to descent slowly. However, I also noticed my ears do a lot of popping and clearing in the last 15 feet of accent, so I go...

"actually humans are higher up the food chain. Yea tell that to the shark!

Why not Cozumel: When I was taking my OW class I mentioned we had an upcoming trip to Cozumel. And my instruct pulled my wife (now my ex) and I aside and said that Coz not not be right for folks with no experience, becasue it is mostly drift diving. Anyone that has trouble equalizing can get in...

Have the injured diver call the shop owner directly and say: "I found you replacements for my spot on the trip, what is the status of my refund? If there is any hesitation on the part of the owner always ask: "what do you intend to do about a refund to me?" If he pulls the "you missed the...

I would tend to think the FAA would govern what can be taken on flight, private or public in US airspace. Just to focus this a little bit the ICC would not apply at all I would think.

I drive an Explorer most of the time for dive trips and it works great. Independent of diving, I bought a Sears Xsport 20 cargo top carrier. What works best is I put the light stuff up in the cargo carrier -- chairs, umbrella, towel bag , etc -- and then that frees up the back of the SUV for...

I am a news photographer and I covered a rescue a number of years back, before I was certified, where a young boy was swimming or diving near a water fall. He got trapped in the water and managed to get on the wall BEHIND the waterfall. He could be heard calling out from behind the water. So a...

Would not a simple test be to fill a balloon up at 4 feet and let it go to the surface to see it it pops? But I do agree medically the younger a person is the less developed parts of the body can be. A child could be more susceptible than an adult at the same depth. With all that said, I just...

This is a good thread. And it brings up a question: Just by luck I have never had to deploy my SMB. I have watched a diver leader do it a number of times. My question is what do you do with the SMB once on the surface? I reaized while reading this thread, once on the surface I have never noticed...

Here is another reason as to why divers don't know about a BP&W: I just pulled out my OW book, it is SSI, and looked through it. It ONLY mentions a jacket BC in the introduction to equipment sections. It doesn't even mention that a BP&W is another form of BC. I found that odd as it mentions a...

Perhaps someone could give a little beginners basic overview as to what the major differences are? Such as how is a BP/W is weighted? Are you forced to wear a weight belt all the time with this setup? Is there any form of weight integration? I get the idea they don't encompass/envelop you...

The original post sounds much more like a person that hates to be advertised/sold to to at every turn as opposed to someone that is angry-at-Scubapro. I agree I don't want someone trying to sell me something at every turn. Listen the next time you are waiting in Jiffy Lube/Monro tire/Mr Tire...

hjnebus, I will keep that in mind. Just to make this clear I am NOT looking to dive solo. I am looking to find folks once I arrive to dive with.

What is the typical etiquette when a single diver wants to dive at a quarry? Do most folks figure you can find someone to pair up with easily or at the least dive with a group of other divers already there? Or is it better to find someone before going? My ex was always my dive partner and now...