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I was pleasantly surprised about the lenghts that most of you would go to to save a stranger. My own response to my own question would be as deep as I could for a stranger(regarding mix I was diving on and air left) and regards my wife.....all the way to the bottom, without regard to anything...

Post your experiences. Lets see what we can learn.

How deep would you go to save someone who was close to you? and How deep would you go to save someone you didn't know? ps. you're diving air.

Thanks. Nice concept if is doesn't dmage the reef, but then again the ocean floor isn't covered in reefs and this could save your life in the case of down currents. I'll put it on my nice to have list.

What is a reef hook? and anyone got a picture?

Knife on the BC with the point facing up on the left side of your chest if you're right handed. You will need to know the release clip well buts its close at hand and easy to get at.Just be careful when putting it away. Also possible on the underside of your offside(left) forearm with the point...

Cool I love a spirited debate. I suppose it comes down to definition of sport and extreme sport. Quote - 'As I stated earlier, I believe that over spear fishing can clean out some species, like groupers, jacks...more or less permanent residents of a certain reef' How could this happen when...

I have no problem killing things, I have no problem shooting animals/fish , and would like to shoot a few people too. The difference is in hunting to feed yourself and hunting for sport. If you need to feed yourself/family then use whatever means, but if you are hunting/killing for the...

I like the sound of wherever apnea is. Same in south africa. if they catch you with dive gear and spear gear or having divegear and crayfish then they confiscate your boat/car, your catch, you go to jail and you get a fine. Just about right!

I think allowing people on scuba to spearfish and lobster/crayfish is wrong. 1 - Its not really sport, because its not sporting. 2 - Its not sporting because unless the scuba diver is blind he can always get his target. 3 - Using a speargun with scuba is like using an shotgun to hunt your...

I should have added that we have had to cancel the dive due to strong current. It had sumberged a DANBouy!

Im gonna write that down, then tell the missus and then protect the privates!

What sort of weather do you have to get to have the dive cancelled? I have never had a dive cancelled due to bad weather!, either im lucky or just dive with a stubborn bunch.

Unfortunatly the best way to keep yourself safe while diving is training, lots of it, and training to cope in emergency, which requires that you have someone to put you in an emergeny situation. Catch 99 isnt it. Basically as an OW or AOW diver you dont have the training to do more than blow...

Whats that in proper measurements? ie Metric. It confuses the hell out of me trying to convert from bars to psi!!

I looked at buying locally, and then compared what I wanted to 3 online shops. I most cases I saved 40% or more on the stuff I bought online. It might be ok to get the stuff you want from the local but when your doing a complete refit of gear its hideously pricey. I used...

I grew up, well not really, in South Africa. I just thought you guys could use my 2cents. Its illegal to do any hunting with Scuba in SA. Thats spearfishing, crayfishing, goldfishing whatever. If the parksboard catchs you with dive gear and a speargun, your gear and boat/car gets siezed...

Ok, now I know what DIR is. This is a pointless post because its a all about point of view. But I'll put in my 2 cents. - Seems to me its is primarily a question of training rather than equipment.

wtf is DIR

Was doing some CD diving in False Bay, Cape Town. Laying and recovering practice items on the sea bed. It was night and we had a lot of lights around so there were loads of fur seals investigating what we were doing. I was diving down a shot line to about 18 metres and I was supposed to find the...