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It all depends of every individual dive company’s emergency procedures and the man power they use. Like I said we try to get communication with our divers as soon as possible and the min we splash a stand by diver for total loss of communication our policy is to call 911 and request assistance...

First off I would like to say very sorry for you loss the commercial diving community as a whole is shaken ever time some one is lost. There is many factors that may have caused this death. The underwater vortex you describe could be a number of things one of the major concerns to commercial...

If you don't want to go offshore. Try looking into the dockbuilders union in you area. I know in the northeast about 90% of all inland diving work is these guys. They can point you in the right direction for the schools they want you to go to plus you get to learn the how to be a dockbuilder at...

DCBC thank you for you post. I talked to Llyods of London in regards to getting a policy. The cost is more money then I will make all year even in my full time job. I don't bid government contracts so that is out. Like I said in my original post I only dive as a side job now I want to keep it...

I am looking for a new commercial liability insurance for my company. The one that i had before has just changed there rates. I am having some difficulties finding one that excepts small commercial diving company. This is just a side business for me and my partners we dont do any major under...

You cant use just any hose for breathing air. A good breathing air hose should be constructed out of a material that is kink resistant, chemical resistant and have a not toxic liner. There are hose out there that will of gas toxic fumes in to the breathing air. The off gassing dose not effect...

I personal Like the kirby morgan exo-26br it is a little heavy out of the water but quite fine in the water. I has a well tuned balanced regulator that can be adjusted in the the water to allow for changes in supply pressure. This eases breathing resistance through out you dive. The only...

I have met many recreational divers that have know clue about the dangers of diving be it recreational or commercial. Alot of these padi, naui or what ever f*ckn acronym instructors just push people through there open water that should never and I MEAN NEVER have passed there classes. I have...

I am going to try and contact the long island divers association and see if they can help with the fight to allow beach access.

Suck when doing hazmat work no neck seal or wrist seal to pull open in an emergency total encapsulation get enough air in the suit you cant even bend you arms. Have had my dry suit valve stick open from sand but was able to vent through wrist seal. Thanks for the post good heads up info hope the...

The problem accured when I parked at the beach in bayville about three weeks ago (in the off season) got asked to leave by a cop when I was getting dressed. I did some research and the same ordnance is also in the town of hempsted so basically you cant dive in Nassau county unless it is from a...

Sorry for the confusion. The town will not allow any access from public beaches for shore entry of any kind. I am not going spear fishing just want to explore the wrecks. There is a 200ft buffer zone around the swim areas of the public beaches (this includes boats, jet skiing, surfing, spear...

I live in farmingdale which is a part of the town of Oyster Bay. I have just learned even though I am a tax paying resident I can not use the public beaches for water access. I am wonder what the deal is with this. I read the code and can under stand that they don't want you to use spear guns...

Ya looked like the guy hooked the BC right off the 30cf bailout bottle reg. Nothing coming from the side block. The max depth in the harbor was only about 35ft. Not to sure what they were doing but it looked like some piling inspection work I think did not get a good look as I was packing up to...

Akimbo ya your right, SSA is just a term us young little sh$Ts use there are some companys that are using scuba for inspection work out there.

Alright now take a look at this just found on Divex and when to the companys web site. This is a BC designate for commercial diving. A.P.Valves Got to love the brits they do the craziest things

The Yokahamas I have seen I thought had a small front view port. The one in the Vid looked huge. Thank for all the other info I am an inland diver have not done any mixed gas other then in recreational diving. Learned about it just never did it. But I know what you are talking about with the...

Akimbo looks like an old Kirby-Morgan What a waste of a piece of history

I watch was watching myth busters last night and saw how in a old MKIII if you umbilical is severed and you dont have a one way valve you can be sucked up in to the hat. Has any one ever got a squeeze in a modern hat? just wondering if is possible because of the demand reg not free flow. (I know...

All I can say is shut the Fu#k up to all the new guys. We all have a lot to learn from each other including my self (especially from the senior guys on the site) so listen up weed through the BS stop worrying about what one guy thinks about the other. There is a lot of people so full of sh4t...