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Just moved back to Vancouver in February (from Ottawa) so I'm also in need of some new buddies. Anyone interested in a dive can PM me. Been diving mostly in the St. Lawrence and now looking forward to hitting the big blue (or should I say green). Please add me to the list and thanks for making it.

Must have been a diving accident :11:

First answer is correct....You have 14mm at your core and 7mm at your extremities. If you go to a fullsuit it will be colder. If you do go with a full suit, consider a hooded vest to make up for the lost protection. Of course you could always dive dry. A cheap dry suit (like a Bare...

I agree completely. When I bought my first reg I spent a great deal of time thinking of the type of diving I wanted to do. I have met many people who bought a reg their first year of diving and then bought another in their second year. My suggestion is beg/borrow/rent for a few dives and...

Just think. It's a great excuse for you americans to speed. Ohhh...I thought that was 100 "MILES" and hour. Sorry officer! :eyebrow:

I started with a purge mask: 1. Did not have problems equalizing. 2. Did not have problems with the purge valve leaking. What I noticed is, it was impossible to get all of the water out of the mask using the purge valve (the position of the valve is not the lowest position in the mask...

I hear the cold water argument all the time for neoprene. Personally I use latex and dive in water thats 0 C (32 F) without a problem. I've spent over an hour in freezing water and was quite comfortable. I have to assume that its a matter of different people with different sensativities.

I think a doctor is the best one to answer this but I don't think the uterus is an airspace. It is filled with amniotic fluid. Congrats on the new baby :D I have a 3 month old and man is she cute :baby:

Hey...I resemble that remark. Gotta stay warm now. I hate to say it but I've even overweighted myself by a couple pounds in order to keep some extra warm toasty air in my suit. :losecool:

At one point I bought a back inflation BCD with a 75# lift bladder (Genesis Recon). Biggest mistake (and most expensive) I've ever made. Totally unnecessary amount of lift. The link above explains things very well and even gives you an idea of how much lift you will lose from suit...

I don't think you read my post very closely. At no time did I ever say you should not be PREPARED for a problem like a like failed equipment. My comments were in response to people who mentioned they had had continued dives with failed equipment and responses were made suggesting that that was...

I never said it was suicide if the first sentence is directed at me. Aside from that I agree with everything you've just said. You have expressed my point quite well. To be explicit, I agree wholeheartedly that "you should be able to come up with a gas plan and you should be capable of diving...

I'm sitting here reading this thread and I'm dumbfounded. Not because some "noob" went diving without a working pressure guage but becuase I'm reading the comments of experienced divers who think it's OK to share dive computers and dive without an SPG because we used to use J-Valves and should...

I use the bare CT100 PolarWear. With my XCD2 Tech Dry (2mm crushed neoprene) I'm good in zero degree water (32 degrees for you americans) for over an hour. :fire:

Guess I'll never go to your dive shop since you treat people like crap. Would I have to worry about any of the other equipment I use just in case I use something that makes me look like an easy mark to you and you decide to rip me off? Marks me as a neophyte? That's just a shortcut to...

I was also taught to use the Dry Suit for buoyancy (PADI course). When I first started diving dry I always used the dry suit. After a while I started using my BCD. I found, when I started, that it was difficult to manage everything so only dealing with my dry suit helped. As I got more...

OK...I'm confused. In the documentation I received with my dry suit (latex seals) it says that latex seals are used because they don't have a memory (you can strech them and they always go back to their original size) so you cut it to size it. Neprene has a memory so you need to stretch it to...

The PADI Ice Diving course requires AOW and you must be 18 years old. (see http://www.padi.com/english/common/courses/rec/continue/icediver.asp) ;) I don't know about any other agency.

Now now...your just being mean to the majority of 16 year olds who actually do have more than 2 neurons to rub together.