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Do you sin? Do you do something you KNOW you shouldn't on every dive? :no::no::no::no::no::no: I've been thinking about my own SCUBA sins, and my own SCUBA issues. When boat diving, I always rush into the water on the second dive because I am very prone to sea-sickness and a boat...

It drives me nuts when I see people dragging gear flailing out behind them, octo fluttering in the current on the right side, heavy console bouncing around the left side, hoses sticking out all over the place.... What is so hard about making sure you don't have crap dangling, tearing up both...

Hi, we dove with three different operators at Key Largo last week, and I just wanted to drop a note that all three were excellent. Because of the screwy nature of our trip (which was not actually a dive trip, but rather a trip to south Florida so we took our dive gear) and our non-set...

For Sale: A XXL (T) Transpac wing with about 75 dives on it (fresh and ocean), with 32 pound integrated weight system and a Venture EXP wing. The reason the (T) is in quotes is because I ordered a tall version, and they say they shipped me the tall version, but it is not marked "T" anywhere on...

My reply to a PM was WAY too long so I am just going to post it here... the reason being the tips I was giving are general, and I though you all might like to see them as well. The OP asked me for general Sealife advice as somebody who has dove the system, and about Ginnie Springs in...

Going cheap at the moment: Sealife DC1000 MAXX Two Strobe Underwater Camera  - eBay (item 200544413484 end time Nov-26-10 15:08:37 PST) I am selling it to help pay for a housing for a DSLR, moving on up in the world of underwater photos.

Here's where we are at. Me, and my wife, are planning to take intro to cave next year, with the goal of working up to full cave in the next couple of years. We are going to be doing this slowly and gaining experience. We are in Missouri but will be doing all our cave stuff in northern...

OK, that's a lie. My dive knife is SMALLER than most. I admit it, here and now and in public. I use a short, stumpy dive knife. It's a DIR sawed off stainless steel kitchen knife, with a sheath made out of 2 inch webbing. They are available here (if you don't want to make your own): Deep...

I admit it... some of the best dives I have ever done have been shallow. Several of them have been EXTREMELY shallow, as in 6 feet of water or less. I recently had a fantastic dive in 6 feet of water, at Ginnie springs in the spring run between Devil's Eye and Little Devil. I shot some of the...

I was talking to an open water scuba instructor a couple of weeks ago, and I was surprised to find that he had only a few more dives than I have (somewhere in the 160 dive area for him). Yeah, I know the lower limit starts at 100 but I just found it hard to believe that somebody would be...

My wife and I have both switched to hog rigs, and I am wondering what's the best way to keep the inflator hose in a streamlined position when not in use. I REALLY hate anything dangling even a little, but obviously that hose has to be easy to put over my head at a moment's notice....

Hi, I am about to order some surgical tubing to bungie my backup regulator (i've been using one of those pre-made things, lost it following my last dive and frankly I hated it anyway) but I don't know what the best size would be... is 1/8 too small? Additionally, how much "slack" do you like...

I am being an idiot and I can't figure the weighting changes between steel and aluminum. I will be diving a steel tank this weekend that has the following characteristics. Full: buoyancy -11 Empty: buoyancy -2 At least this is according to the manufacturer. I know what the proper...

I posted a thread a year or so ago when I had 50+ dives and discussed how, after a year into my diving career, I still sucked. Well... one year later... I still suck at diving. I am still getting better, but... At least when it comes to diving wet, I don't suck quite as much at buoyancy, I...

A South Korean diver died Tuesday while trying to rescue dozens of sailors believed trapped inside a warship that sank near the North Korean border after a mysterious explosion. The full story: S.Korean diver dies in warship rescue as military on alert - Yahoo! News

I tried searching for this, and frankly I didn't even really know what to ask for in the search criteara, so I will just ask it and please forgive me if it was recently answered. I am going to be getting a steel tank (or two -- as singles, I always like to have a apare) for when I wear my...

Is the amount of air that one normally uses to prevent squeeze in a dry suit noticeable or negligible when it comes to gas management? Do I need to factor that it, at all, when calculating my rock bottom pressure?

Well, the drysuits we had ordered arrived at Y-Kiki Divers (St. Louis) on Friday, so Saturday we went and picked everything up (and sized all the stuff...). It took about four hours to get the seals right, make sure everything fit, and get the extras lined out. We ended up coming home with...

I am no great underwater photographer, or no great scuba diver for that matter... but I have taken a few pictures that have been well received. But here's the thing about underwater photography that I would like people to understand... If I see an outstanding underwater photo or video, I...

A couple of questions. What size and pitch are the screw holes on my housing? Also, there is the small L-bracket optionally available that one can mount the ProV8 light on... my question is what about other lights? is the base of that mount universal (say if I wanted to mount the bigger...