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Today, 08:16 PM
On this we agree, depth and new divers is a problem many Instructors don't cover it enough.
I tell new divers this: What you think you know after...
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Yesterday, 09:54 AM
Dammit! I gotta wait til fricking WEDNESDAY!!?????
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Yesterday, 02:51 AM
I share the feeling. Spent 5 weeks there once and it did fly by ;-). Have fun!
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May 25th, 2012, 08:48 PM
Snuging up a neoprene neck seal is eay, so is replacing it with a latex one.
7 replies | 196 view(s)
May 25th, 2012, 06:07 PM
I'd bet that it is far more dangerous, statistically, to be a newbie diver going off of a boat at a tropical resort (or a one trip a year diver,...
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May 25th, 2012, 05:39 PM
I don't see that as "team." I see it as competent diving combined with good situational awareness. "Team" stuff, to me, are those skills that...
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May 25th, 2012, 03:50 PM
I do not find it challenging to breath hold under a series of swells, but it does lessen some significant risks. We all make trade offs of skills...
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May 25th, 2012, 01:25 PM
Ok, your begging for a compliment, fine - you are one amazing diver. But thanks for making my point.
You can not have momentum without initial...
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May 25th, 2012, 01:13 PM
Dennis, current recommendations on flying after diving permit up to 2,000 feet for no-decompression dives. That opens up the entire west coast and...
12 replies | 224 view(s)
May 25th, 2012, 12:38 PM
The plural of anecdote is not data.
How about some physics. A significant component of resistance in water is total frontal resistance. The...
163 replies | 7141 view(s)
May 25th, 2012, 04:34 AM
Shore dive at Hookena is always good, sometimes you get to snorkel with dolphins, marlins, tuna, even a big tiger shark, not to mention humpbacks the...
12 replies | 224 view(s)
May 25th, 2012, 04:11 AM
Hope conditions are good. Have a nice trip :)!
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May 25th, 2012, 12:16 AM
Growing up as an ocean swimmer and Santa Cruz surfer definitely helps. Back in the day our boards ran close to 60 lbs. I still have a soft spot in...
47 replies | 1194 view(s)
May 24th, 2012, 11:43 PM
You are free to exit as you wish, just telling you how I did it for something approaching a thousand dives, never a problem.
47 replies | 1194 view(s)
May 24th, 2012, 11:31 PM
Exiting, especially at Monastery is way easier than entering. You stay out just beyond the break, wait for the right wave, launch yourself into it...
47 replies | 1194 view(s)
May 24th, 2012, 06:56 PM
Is this having fun?
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May 24th, 2012, 04:48 PM
This whole issue seems to boil down to this:
DM/Instructors - Should not do this unless it's an emergency.
Anyone else who has done before and...
143 replies | 3060 view(s)
May 24th, 2012, 04:14 PM
I’m smiling as I read this thread. From a beginner’s perspective I think it almost impossible to understand the skill/comfort which can be achieved...
92 replies | 3162 view(s)
May 24th, 2012, 12:29 PM
One breath, maybe. Safe? Not in my view. Realistic? I doubt it. Have I tried it? Nope. Would I try it as the very last resort? Yes.
56 replies | 1280 view(s)
May 23rd, 2012, 07:00 PM
Closed for repairs...
2 replies | 480 view(s)
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