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A 14.4' Great White shark was caught August 10th in a crab pot in Depoe Bay, OR. Great whites, like the one taken near Depoe Bay, are regular visitors - OregonLive.com

I did a lot of snorkeling when I was a kid in a nearby river. Scuba had crossed my mind then but it was only a dream. In college, scuba was offered as a physical activity class worth 1 credit. The instructor was a talker if there ever was one and at the time his stories were good (he was a very...

My current boss always says "watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves." Good advice that works.

I'm lazy so diving from a live boat is the best. Unfortunately, I don't have a boat, nor is it in the plans so it's shore diving for the same reasons as others have stated (money, time, etc). If funds were not an issue, I'd only dive from a boat.

Using PVC will work but you'll want SCH 40 at least. You'll be able to thread a tire valve stem into the end with minimal effort to pressurize your pot and for an actual pressure gauge. The main problem see is 8 inch pvc will be expensive, in the range of $40-60 for each fitting maybe more. I...

Oregon has implemented a boater safety card over the past several years. The test can be taken online and no hands on training but it's a start. Don't know the stats on diver/boat accidents for Oregon but I dive as though I am invisible to any person on the surface. It doesn't matter who's at...

If you find a DIY pressure pot be sure to fill it as full as you can with water. The remaining space or air you pump in will be in a limited amount as if a failure does occur, no dramatic explosion will occur. The more air vs water that is used, the greater the failure event will be. lord-...

Thanks for posting your experience and glad you're OK. I don't like to admit my mistakes to others and probably wouldn't post it but would definitely learn from it.

$$, $$$, or $$$$. Just a thought although I could be wrong.

The tide exchange, location and topography influence the water movement in a given area. The greater the exchange the greater the water movement and the more importance diving at slack becomes. Here on the west coast, we'll dive bay jetties and during a 5' tide exchange it can get pretty hairy...

When I started college I thought I knew quite a lot. Six years and 2 science degrees later, I came to the conclusion that I was wrong. The longer I went to school the more I realized I didn't know.

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We had someone tape a bug to a piece of paper, run it through the fax machine and ask us to identify it.

Read an article years ago about a guy in Alaska who tagged one of those barn doors and it almost killed him. After the spear hit it's mark, the fish took off slashing his bicep with a fin, to the bone, and disappeared. He was lucky and survived but lost a bit of blood. I've always thought...

Yeah, what they said (here).

I was there a bit over a year ago and dove with Fathom Five and had a good time. Don't know much about the other operators though.

Don't know were you're from, I couldn't find it in your profile but Northwest Diver is OK if you are close to Washington. I like dive training especially the price.

Going diving without inviting me touches a raw nerve or two.

Rinse/soak with plenty of fresh water ASAP so no crystals form and hang to dry. I haven't had any problems with stink yet.

I was there in February a few years ago, dove a short 3 mil wetsuit and was not ever cold. My wife dove with no wetsuit and wasn't cold either. I don't remember what the water temp was but you can get by with little to nothing in the line of a suit. I had the suit and like the protection from...