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The funny thing is that as many divers become more and more experianced that find they need less and less features in thier equipment. For example a new diver might like the "time remaining" feature of an air-integraed computers but if I'm at a certain depth and look at my SPG, and I know which...

If you have a wetsuit on and you remove your integrated BC you are then very much positive and if you still have hold of the BC you'll be head down feet up. Let go of the BC and you'll be a rocket. That said, taking off a BC while under water is not something you'd ever have to do.. Cutting...

Yet another option that some people do is split it up. Put some of the weights in the BC and some on the weight belt. Everyone who uses a backplate and wing setup in effect splts up their weight like this. The backplate itself acts as a weight reducing the amount on your belt. Same for...

The flat mask has about the same effect as a pair of drug store reading glasses. Very close to the +1 reading glasses. These glasses will make everything look bigger and bigger is easier to read even if you still have no correction for other problems

USE AIR. Maybe I should say it louder. The only reason you have a pony is for bail out should you be so unlucky as to run out of air or have a total equipment failure. The last thing you need is to be below the MOD on a bailout bottle. Don't worry one bit about abuot nitrogen exposure...

Now you know how quickly new wetsuit compress. That rental suit has likely seen a few dives. After each dive the suit looses some of it's thickness as the tiny internal bubbles inside the neoprene get ripped and popped. Each of those bubbles floats you just a little and after a while there...

The number one most important thing is "fit". There should be zero space between the suit ad your skin but at the same time it should not be to tight. The ultra stretch rubber helps to get the fit right BUT The softer rubber compresses more at depth and looses insulation value faster. The...

Just buy the box of o-rings. Every dive shop has kits of asorted rings for about $2. That way you will have a supply of all different sizes. You can't know what you might need if you are renting gear. Plus it is good to have some that you can give out to other divers. I think I've given...

That's a very expensive light if it is only going to be used a few times a year. I suggest doing a bunch of local night dives and seeing what other divers have. I dive at night almost once a week and with lots of different buddies. So I get to see all kinds of lights. You know what? My "big...

For the person in So. Cal. I've seen one of these fusion suits for sale on the rack at Sea D Sea in Redondo Beach. The drysuit looks to be certainly confortable. It is not much thicker than a lycra dive skin. In fact I think it is Lycra. But how durable is the suit? Here in So. Cal we...

I agree. I use a 7mm wetsuit and a front zip drysuit. I switch back and forth. A wetsuit is quicker to put on. Standing there in my shorts I just put the drysuit on and it's done with. The drysuit requires first that I put on the under garments and then the suit. But I have to be careful...

You live in So Cal? Go to JMJ. They are in Torrance. They make some really nice custom suits but if you buy a Body Glove they are take in the side seams for a customized fit. Ask them. If you do go custom go with a local outfit where you can walk in to be measured. I bought a small...

The answer ti "50 pounds". You don't need to know anything about the object. Any object gains 50 pounds when you add 50 pounds to it. I think maybe you did not remember the question very well.

If you want stiff and powerfull just go buy so Jets. They cost less then 1/2 your budget and will last literally forever. They are as fast as your legs are strong In other words if Jets aren't fast don't blame the fins. Mares quatros are good also and they are a little easier on the legs...

The only possable way Nitrox could harm your here is if while sharing gas both you and your buddy were to some how sink to some great depth that is below the maximum operating depth for that gas mix. That is the only risk and it is so unlikely to happen but if it did you'd be having other worse...

THere is zero chance of being "narc'd" in 10 feet of depth. Even if she was at 200 feet the effect of beig narc'd goes away almost instanly as you assend. It is NOT like Alcohol or other drugs that take time to wear off. Narcosis only effects you while you are at depth. The only objective...

It's an easy sandy beach with reasonably nearby parking. but if the surf is up if can take quite a bit of physical effort to push past one wave after the other. The key is to get past the surf zone in a minimum amount of time. Many times people "'fight" the surf and let themseves get slammed...

How about an acident with a "power head". This is a kind of spear with a bullet and charge loaded in the front end. One could shot themsevs with a standard rubber powered speargun it they were carrying it loaded (that is with the bands streatched tight) and they took a fall down a flight of...

It is not available in the US but is sold in the UK all of the other english speaking contries (NZ, AZ, Bahamas,..) and in Mexico. Here on the west coast cuising sailors typically head down the coast to mexico or farther before turning right and heading out into the Pacific It is pretty common...

The most effective advice to be a five foot tall 90 pound female. Some one like that can dive for over and hour using 65 cu ft tank If the above is not possible then the following applies to everyone If you get more physically fit you will use less air. Then after that the idea is to...