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  1. Charlie99

    Accident, Molokini Saturday March 26th, 2011

    Does anybody have information about an incident out at Molokini last Saturday? Some kayakers from my condo saw the Coast Guard come racing into the Kihei boat ramp from Molokini, Saturday 26 March at about 10:30AM. The 2nd hand story is a bit confused, but it sounded like an unconscious diver...
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    Gray Snapper

    On 3 of my last 4 dives over the last week or so I have seen what I think are Gray Snappers. A couple of times out at Molokini, and then today on the 50' center reef at Polo. Has anybody else been seeing them? I'm pretty sure that they are not milkfish, and are definitely not jacks or...
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    Mares Mv Octo .. Same as Dacor Viper?

    Out on the boat today I noticed some divers had Mares Mv octopus that look identical to my relatively old Dacor Viper. I had been told that Mares stopped making parts for the Dacor Viper after buying Dacor. Does anybody know if the annual service parts kit for the Mares Mv is the same as...
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    Link to Consumer Alert??

    In a closed thread you say There doesn't appear to be any info about this on your website. Please provide a link. Are the products bogus or counterfeit, or are they simply being offered by a non-authorized dealer? Charlie Allen
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    Training Fish to Catch Themselves

    It's not dive-related, but just something a bit weird that caught my attention in this morning's New Bedford Standard Times newspaper. There is an article about a consumer advocacy group suing the US Army Corps of Engineers over a study underway in Buzzards Bay. Apparently, they are seeing if...
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    No Ferry To Maui

    http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=6153 Although it may seem strange that the tro is only with respect to Pier 2, my understanding of the legal battle is that there was never anything close to a requirement for an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for...
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    Ultrasound treatment for DCS

    I recently stumbled across a US patent whose abstract is ref: Patent 6,361,510 Has anybody heard of any further development of this technique? Any further studies to confirm the claims of this patent ---- that a portable ultrasound generator can be used to break up the bubbles of DCS...
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    Thick Wetsuits and Aluminum Tank -- DIR?

    Having read yet another "are steel tanks and wetsuits DIR?" thread, I figured it was time to ask the related question --- Is it DIR to have a thick wetsuit (7mm full + 7mm farmer john for example) with a single 80cu ft or 100 cu ft aluminum tank? How about with AL80 doubles? It has...
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    Insta-Buddy Briefing

    The thread on the different types of air pressure signalling and the thread on bad buddies got me thinking about the pre-dive brief when diving with buddies that you have just met that day, aka instant buddies or insta-buddies. I'm curious what things people discuss (or omit) before a dive...
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    Status of GUE OW Certification Course

    Does anybody know when GUE will start training new divers? After some tangents in another thread I got to wondering what GUE will teach new divers for decompression planning. Has anybody seen the OW (or whatever GUE has decided to call their initial certification course) training material...
  11. Charlie99

    Conger Eel

    I wonder if it would help to set up the camera on a tripod, put the self-timer for the longest setting and then pull back a ways after starting the timer. Although elusive, they are kind of cute. Particularly the ones 4 or 5 feet away that just poke up enough to peek out and you and...
  12. Charlie99

    Octopus and Grouper Interaction

    This morning on Ulua, Maui I saw a Peacock Grouper and a Day Octopus just hangin' out together. The grouper seemed to be aware of the octopus, and the octopus shuffled around a bit even while the grouper was looking right at it. After watching them for 30 seconds or so, I swam over and took a...
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    Diver Fatality, Waihee, Maui, HI

    From the Saturday Jan 13, 2007 Maui News: (Although Maui News has a website, the article doesn't appear on it yet). That area, just north of Wailuku, is not a popular tourist destination so the "diving" may have been freediving spearfishing. Maui News doesn't always distinguish between...
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    Misconceptions and Fallacies

    A thread about buoyancy got me thinking about a time dumped a large amount of water out of my BCD after a dive and an instructor commented about how "All that water must have made me very negatively buoyant during the dive". Of course, it made absolutely no difference, but it seems to be a...
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    Sensing Direction of Sounds

    Many people have posted that divers can't tell what direction a sound is coming from when underwater. OTOH, most of the time I can tell which direction a boat is approaching from, and can tell the direction of approaching divers from the sound of their breathing before I see them. Sometimes...
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    Diver Missing, Point Sur, Saturday Oct 7th

    Per the local TV, the search was unsuccessful and has been called off. http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2006/10/07/n/HeadlineNews/MISSING-DIVER/resources_bcn_html
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    Sea Squirts Invade Georges Banks

    An article in today's New Bedford (Mass.) Standard Times reports on the proliferation of tunicates in the Georges Banks. Lead paragraphs:
  18. Charlie99

    Girl bitten by shark at Makena Beach

    Yes. The same place as last Thursday's incident. A 5-7' grey shark bit a girl on the calf while she stood in shallow water at Makena Landing. http://starbulletin.com/breaking/breaking.php?id=4228
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    Balanced Rig

    This term is often used, but it's not clear to me what it actually means. Does anybody have a clear definition of what this means, and can give some examples of balanced vs. unbalanced rigs? Thank, Charlie Allen
  20. Charlie99

    What items have you actually used from your save-a-dive kit?

    Spinoff from Save A Dive Kit Contents thread. OK, here's another question for everybody: What items have you actually used from your save-a-dive kit? Which ones are most often used? I've never used the mask strap or fin strap, but have frequently used tie wraps (or given them to other...
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