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Today, 12:21 AMI think the suggestion to submit this as a course (at least, my suggestion to do so) was as a means to test agency response to the practice, rather...147 replies | 3153 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:35 PMTSandM replied to a thread The cost of incremental improvement in General Scuba Equipment DiscussionsNo, haven't gotten to "sell the scooter" yet, although we don't use them much. Just trying to sell the stuff I want to replace :)29 replies | 713 view(s) -
Yesterday, 10:31 PMI'm with AJ. I HATE my 300 bar valves. You can use a DIN to yoke adapter. It moves the first stage forward about 3/8". I don't know whether the...20 replies | 228 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:17 PMDoes this always happen on the same cylinder, or is it consistent on varied cylinders?6 replies | 167 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:32 PMI 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...10 replies | 226 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:28 PMBill, 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,...9 replies | 149 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:27 PMI 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,...15 replies | 218 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:24 PMTSandM replied to a thread Seriously embarassingly idiotic mistake? in Computers, Gauges, Watches and AnalyzersIf 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...9 replies | 199 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:24 AMNo. I thought I had made my thoughts clear - bastardizing an emergency drill into something completely different "dulls the response". ...147 replies | 3153 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:15 AMHERE 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 | 83 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:08 AMWe 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...10 replies | 232 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:04 AMSeaCobra, 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...147 replies | 3153 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:45 AMIt doesn't hurt to leave a 'trail' here in Basic Scuba... as it might show up in subsequent searches for future users interested in the topic - there...16 replies | 547 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:52 AMOh, believe me, he's about to have more video of him diving than he would ever want to watch . . . :)32 replies | 935 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:51 AMTSandM replied to a thread oh god !trying out for adv.class ,i suck help!!!! in Women's Perspectiveshummer, 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...27 replies | 685 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:42 AMFrom 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...9 replies | 149 view(s)
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May 27th, 2012, 11:26 PMDevonDiver replied to a thread When is effective depth different from actual depth? in Basic Scuba DiscussionsI prefer to retain depth as (true) depth. With regards overheads, I prefer the extra measurement/s of 'distance-to-surface' (meters) or even...9 replies | 281 view(s)
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May 27th, 2012, 11:15 PMYou might want to contact the guys at Team Blue Immersion - whilst based in Dahab, they often run courses up in Eilat. They're a very credible tech...25 replies | 469 view(s)
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May 27th, 2012, 10:57 PMAs Centrals said; both Subic and Anilao are very convenient from Manila - and useful options for maximizing dive opportunities on an otherwise short...5 replies | 181 view(s)
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May 27th, 2012, 10:08 PMLove the blenny shot!8 replies | 147 view(s)
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May 27th, 2012, 10:07 PMTSandM replied to a thread The cost of incremental improvement in General Scuba Equipment DiscussionsHalf 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...29 replies | 713 view(s)
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About Soakedlontra
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About Soakedlontra
- Biography:
- Born in Northern Italy away from the sea. I was an avid snorkeler when I was a kid thanks to my parents who took me to the coast every summer. I did my first cold water swims in Ireland and Scotland. When I was in India I swam only once, my job was not related to water sports. Eventually I found my way to Washington State, USA, and after few years my husband convinced me to became a scuba diver.
- Location:
- Northern Puget Sound
- Occupation:
- visual artist, freelance translator and writer
- Gender:
- Female
- Blog / MySpace URL:
- http://openwaterbubbles.blogspot.com/
- Certification Agencies:
- NAUI,SSI
- Dive History:
- Mostly cold water diving. I discovered that I have made a mistake in counting my dives ...now I am up to 325 dives!
- Certification History:
- OW,AOW,Nitrox
- Certification Level:
- AOW, Nitrox
- # of Logged Dives:
- 200 - 499
- Dive Classification:
- New To Diving
- Years Certified:
- Three Years
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May 25th, 2012
- 12:14 AM - Soakedlontra changed their status to "Snorkeled with my two second hand suits that I bought recently and they did not work out. It turned out that they are too big...:("
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April 23rd, 2012
- 01:13 AM - Soakedlontra changed their status to "Urrahh! I have found a second hand wet suit for snorkeling and free diving that I can zip up by myself!"
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- 02:31 AM - Soakedlontra changed their status to "Today I saw harbor porpoises hunting very close to shore in ripping current. I am not sure if even a Navy Seal would have been able to keep up with them in that current..."
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March 26th, 2012
- 02:09 AM - Soakedlontra changed their status to "I screwed up my right hand by cutting grass with a pair of scissors my wrist is swollen so I guess it may not be a good idea to squeezed it inside a tight latex wrist seal..."
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January 24th, 2012
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Is there an editing button at all as it used to be before the mega Scubaboard structural web changes?Anyway this image is a still from my latest video that I am planning to post before the end of the year. It's a celebration of 3 years of scuba diving and snorkeling in the Pacific Northwest.
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Water, Furs, Fins and Feathers
by Soakedlontra on April 26th, 2012 at 01:59 PM
This short video is a record of my memorable encounters with river otters, harbor porpoises and Brant Geese from land and from a distance. Even if those animals were closer than they had ever been, the zoom of my little camera struggled a lot to capture some of them in a clear recognizable manner. The oblique horizon of the first early morning shot of the river otters may have been caused by blind excitement...I did not expect to see 5/6 otters popping out of the water right in front of me and
Dive & Travel Expo 2012 in Tacoma WA
by Soakedlontra on April 24th, 2012 at 11:15 PM
Last Saturday I went to the Dive & Travel Expo 2012 in Tacoma. After volunteering at the REEF booth for a couple of hours I began to look for a wet suit that I could zip up by myself. Unfortunately nobody had any suits in my size to try right there so I gave up. I attended to a 'cheerful' seminar by DAN about diver fatalities, followed by a seminar about currents and tides. Then my buddy dragged me to Optical Ocean Sales and Ultralight Control Systems booths to look for a new strobe light and
Liquid water
by Soakedlontra on February 26th, 2012 at 02:43 AM
It will be strange to see liquid water on the ground or listening to the rain again!
Here the sky looks liquid...
Big Miracle
by Soakedlontra on February 4th, 2012 at 02:36 AM
I have watched the movie Big Miracle this afternoon after my training in Anchorage. I did not expect to see an underwater scene with a scuba diver. It was rather goofy and a bit too sappy for my taste. I kept asking myself: "Why she jumps into the water without inflating her BC, where is the dry suit hose? etc.etc." Unfortunately the real story did not have such a cut and dry happy ending like the movie. The whales did not swim freely into the Arctic Ocean but disappeared and nobody knows
No diving for a month
by Soakedlontra on February 1st, 2012 at 03:11 AM
Mexican buses were great a part from the air conditioning
I am packing my stuff again but not the scuba gear. I am going back to Barrow, Alaska,for four weeks so no diving until I come back in March.
Be safe and have fun underwater!
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