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    Oceanic ProPlus 3 DC

    The Pro Plus 2 is cleared by..... 1. When is surface mode press the left button 1 time for the Plan mode. 2. While at 30 feet press and hold both buttons until Set 2 appears. 3. Press the left button to display the first two digits of the Key Code flashing as 00. 4. Press the right butoon to...
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    Anti-fog solution

    50/50 baby shampoo and water in a spray bottle.
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    What’s the most useless/coolest piece of gear you’ve seen on a dive?

    A housed SLR with the lens cap still in place.
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    Randomly feeling panicky and anxiety -opinion

    Consider any medications. Personally, I can't take Sudafed and dive. The component that keeps you awake combined with some stress will side me into a chemically induced panic. I can feel it happening, know it isn't real but not very comfortable. I would hate to experiance what it would be like...
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    Safest locales for diving around the world?

    Small Hope Bay, Andros Island, Bahamas. Simply because it drove Americans crazy they finally put locks on the rooms after 50 years. Anywhere on Little Cayman.
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    New moon or full moon and why?

    My first night dive was with a full moon in the Bahamas with 100 ft visibility. After a few minutes everyone turned their lights off.
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    Fitbit Charge 3 and scuba diving

    How would they know if it failed? I heard someone talking in Key Largo about forgetting their rental car key was in their pocket and taking it for a couple of dives. Ater the car quit starting when the fob failed, thay called for a new rental car and reported dropping the key in a puddle. They...
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    What do you use against sea sickness?

    CVS has it as well. At firs it even had the same imprint on the pills.
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    AOW certification in Cancun

    Should read more closely before replying.
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    Latest research asks: Who are active divers?

    Of course, this would bee weighted to those that repond to telephone surveys. I wouldn't answer 3 persomnal questions, much less 300.
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    Have you ever had to dump your weights?

    I lost a weight pocket. It was the last dive I made with a BC that held weight pockets with velcro. It was a common design at one time but went out of favor, for good reason. I was diving off the coast of North Carolina about 10 years ago when all of a sudden I had a major bouyancy problem. When...
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    Tips for buoyancy control

    Probably the most useful certiification for a new diver is Peak Performance Bouyancy. I found it best to do a few dives after Open Water to correct problems before they became habits. Take the two dive course and make sure you have time for a detailed debrief after the dives.
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    No buddy?

    Hire a DM if you can't finsd a buddy you can trust. If you talk with hime after the dive is can become an informal training dauve.
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    Nikon dSLR and (much) older Nikkor AI lenses? Compatibility?

    Some of the best photos hanging on my walls were taken with a Nikon F3 and 1980's vintage manual focus lenses. This is the equipment I used until 2009. Shooting manual focus macro is not hard. I used an Ikelite underwater meter at get my exposure, then I would set the focus using something at...
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    What are your 3 top land based Caribbean spots?

    Bonaire Little Cayman Roatan
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    Worst dive day?

    Dive 143, June 2010. My wife and two others were swept away by a current while I was getting my camera from the boat. Waited at the anchor as agreed after crawling on the rocks to get there. When she didn't show I retuned to the boat. It was a long hour until they were found by a fishing boat...
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    How to perfect buoyancy and trim

    Bouyancy is a variable. Everyone will have dives with bad bouyancy control. Just with experience they are less frequent and less bad. This is from my instructor years ago and I have found it to be true. Learn to evaluate your bouyacy at the start of a dive and decide how close you should to the...
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    Does scuba gear often seem severely overpriced ?

    The older you get the more overpriced everything is. The baseline for cost is set when you are young. For me, gas should be 30 cents, 20 in a gas war. Bread should be a dime, a nickel for day old bread. My first new car was $2,800. No need to go on. Haven't seen a bargain om 50 years.
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    Midlife Adventure Crisis!

    And across the channel from Saba, Statia meets the descripton as well.
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    Can you reissue PADI certification card without instructor name on it?

    I imagine another instructor could submit new paperwork under their name. There would be a fee, it is PADI.
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