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Today, 04:32 PM
I think you will find that there are a lot of people who do this. Whether it will help your equalization issues or not is something you just have to...
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Today, 04:28 PM
Bill, there is diving in the Monterey area that is as good as diving gets. It's a little more offshore, out of the mouth of Whaler's Cove at Lobos,...
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Today, 04:27 PM
I really like my Dive Rite EXPs. They're longer and a little more flexible than the Jets are, and I get more power out of them.
But hands down,...
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Today, 04:24 PM
If you didn't pressurize the reg, it's likely that no water got into the HP hose. The trick is to take the hose off and pressurize the reg, and blow...
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Today, 11:15 AM
HERE is a superb article on the topic, and HERE is another one.
Basically, body posture is the foundation. If you are dropping your knees, you...
2 replies | 74 view(s)
Today, 11:08 AM
We dove in Lembeh a few years back with a fellow who was an avid macro photographer. He got his own dive guide, because the resort knew that, if he...
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Today, 11:04 AM
SeaCobra, you misread my statement. What I said was that I thought it was very unlikely that someone would fail to recognize being out of gas as an...
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Today, 12:52 AM
Oh, believe me, he's about to have more video of him diving than he would ever want to watch . . . :)
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Today, 12:51 AM
hummer, if you have never had a dive buddy but your husband, you really need to do this class.
Shortly after I got certified, I told my husband...
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Today, 12:42 AM
From what I have read, the waters around Monterey have been very cold this spring, with temperatures down in the mid forties. This is not unknown...
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Yesterday, 10:08 PM
Love the blenny shot!
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Yesterday, 10:07 PM
Half of the cost is airfare. We pay a couple hundred bucks for a rental car from Easy Way, and split a 2 bedroom condo with two or three other people...
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Yesterday, 09:18 PM
It takes a while to develop the muscles to keep your knees up all the time, and I'll admit that, when I'm away from the bottom, mine droop just a...
32 replies | 926 view(s)
Yesterday, 07:14 PM
Matt, I think the only place you run into that is in the definition of the cavern zone. There, the combination of depth and penetration is used to...
9 replies | 274 view(s)
Yesterday, 07:11 PM
Oh, dear, not the "arrogant DIR divers" thing again . . .
There is no question that a skilled diver is a skilled diver, and that that state is...
30 replies | 965 view(s)
Yesterday, 07:08 PM
I was taught this frog kick with the leg extension component by a GUE instructor, as a way to get additional power and keep the fin tips down. In a...
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Yesterday, 03:38 PM
If doubles solved your problem, I suspect your original issue was that you didn't have enough weight on your back (or too much weight too low, is...
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Yesterday, 03:34 PM
I actually don't use the standard octo -- I use the bungied backup system, because I've found it extremely useful.
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Yesterday, 03:31 PM
I'm with you on the helping thing. It drives me crazy, on our cave diving trips, to see the guys hauling heavy tanks around by themselves, when I've...
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Yesterday, 03:19 PM
I will offer another point of view, Andy. I work in a field where people get taught protocols, and one of the most dangerous things in the whole...
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Yesterday, 03:12 PM
Honestly, I think you could argue that either doubles or sidemount is unnecessary complexity for recreational diving. The best answer is simply a...
25 replies | 458 view(s)
Yesterday, 01:34 PM
hummer, anybody who can lose 100 lbs and keep it off shouldn't worry about ANYTHING. That takes enormous self-discipline and inner strength. If you...
27 replies | 684 view(s)
Yesterday, 01:30 PM
hummer, did you buy a new suit, or a used one? Is the dry core grey or black?
When the suits were first sold, the legs were cut fairly narrow,...
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Yesterday, 01:23 PM
Are those crabs filter feeding, or do they have small barnacles on them? Those are VERY cool shots. But the flatworm is simply artwork . . .
8 replies | 186 view(s)
Yesterday, 01:20 PM
I couldn't find buoyancy data on the Knighthawk, but my husband's Balance, which is somewhat similar, is 3 lbs positive. So with the switch, you...
7 replies | 210 view(s)
About Mike Boswell
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Free diving since 1958. Started Scuba in 1964. Certified in 1972.
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San Diego
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Horses, Archery, Fishing
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NAUI Master Diver 1982. PADI Master Diver 2010.
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Master Diver
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I just don't log dives
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