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Anyone out there have experience with an add-on second stage swivel? As I age the TMJ is getting worse. An Aqualung Comfo-bite mouthpiece has helped but I still get a tugging feeling on my regulator when I turn my head, which could be making me tense my jaw more. A swivel sounds like it could...

I've been a slacker about posting to Scubaboard but I thought I'd chime in with little report on Diving Poor Knights. Date: 9 June, 2015 Went with Dive! Tutukaka. Some people here referred to them as a cattle boat. This was certainly not my experience as I was one of only four divers. This...

Well, middle age finally happened and I'm having trouble reading my gauges, even with mother nature's helpful 25% magnification. I am nearsighted and have astigmatism. On land I wear hard lenses. For diving soft lenses are a compromise but, now that my close vision is going, soft lenses...

Hi Scubaboardians, With a name like Le Flaneur I suppose it's no surprise that I wandered off. But...Golly, where did the time go? After a couple years mired in work, relationship and the tumult of life, nearly moving to California (twice), exploring a couple far flung parts of this...

Trip Report: West Palm Beach: July 9-10 My fiance surprised me with a birthday dive weekend in West Palm. She gets major cool points for that. We went with Pura Vida Divers. We stayed at the Hilton on Singer Island and Pura Vida is 5 min away instead of on the mainland. However...

Greetings SoCal Divers. I want to introduce myself to the gang. My name is James and I've been a Mid-Atlantic Bottom Feeder (Wash, DC) for the last five years. At the end of this month I'm moving to LA. I'm a TV producer and writer (mainly wildlife stories) so it was in some ways...

Haven't posted in a while. I like to think of myself as someone who takes good care of his gear. Had it all serviced this year (3rd year) and there was water damage in both the first and second stages. Looking past the obvious (pushing the purge or leaving the dust cap off during the...

You all know the drill on removing a regulator from the tank: close the valve and bleed the air with the purge. Usually if you don't bleed it you can't get it loose. This time it didn't resist enough to remind me to bleed the air. So I took it off, put the dust cap on and rinsed the reg...

Just got back from Aruba and I thought I'd dash off a little report. It wasn't a dive trip per se, but we did get in 3 partial days of diving. We went with Clive at Dive Aruba (www.divearuba.com). He comes well recommended on this board and I can add my recommendation to that. Clive is...

I starting to come to the conclusion, that, while dive shops vary in quality, nothing can make or break your dive like the other divers who happen to be on your boat. On a recent trip to Cozumel I managed to identify a few types that I thought I'd share Remora-Buddy: Since I was solo I got...

This is a question that has been on my mind for a while. Perhaps it's come up in other discussions but it's kind of a tough topic to surch for. When I travel, I want diving to be a part of it, but not to the exclusion of everything else. Ideally I like to schedule a beach bungalow and...

I posted a trip on our SingleDivers trip to Myrtle Beach, SC here http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?p=1897853#post1897853

The Good: Weather and surface conditions, AND Vanessa (Wreck Goddess) who organized the whole thing and dealt beautifully with all the crap thrown at her. The Bad: Coastal Scuba of North Myrtle Beach The Ugly: visibility of about 5-10 feet on all sites for three straight days. Saturday...

Hey Doc and friends, I looked for an answer to this question in other threads and couldn't find it. I'm experiencing a curious ear phenomenon. I dived for 4 days in salt water to a max of 100' and had no problems equalizing and no ear pain at all. Two days later I have a mild but...

I know that at least one outfit on Ambergris Caye, Belize offers Nitrox, but can anyone tell me if any operators on Caye Caulker do? I've already committed to Caye Caulker (friends will be there and I like the vibe) so the answer won't change my plans... I'm just curious.

You see a lot about Project AWARE on PADI's website. Other than offering more specialty courses (for the regular fee) and disseminating information what exactly do they do? I don't really see a Project AWARE presence anywhere. I'm just curious because with all the chat here about...

I've heard this term used, but I'm not exactly sure what it means. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Hello, Floridians. First, let me extend my sympathies for the battering you have taken at the hands of nature this year. With that in mind, I wanted to bring an opportunity to everybody's attention. Discovery is putting together a show of the best (or worst as the case may be) amateur...

Greetings, It's never too early to think about those Christmas vacation plans. First let me say, a Mediterranean cruise is not the way I'd ever choose to spend my holiday. That said, it is the way I'm going to spend this holiday. I won't bore you with details but someone is paying for...

Just wondering. What is stupiddivertricks.com? Are they affiliated with any particular organization? I linked to their site from a dive shop's web page. Basically it seems like good advice, presented in a condescending tone that promotes an us vs. them mentality. One of the first...