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For that sort of money you should be able to pick up some Apeks ATX40 regs with SPG. May not be the best looking regs and don't have the bells and whistles of some of the more expensive regs but they work well and seem to be well supported by dive shops in the UK for servicing. Not seen the HOG...

Carpenwray is in the lakes, use the M6 junction signed for Morcambe but head inland rather than to the coast. Their website is www.dive-site.co.uk they do full gear rental including drysuit or semi-dry. To rent a drysuit you will need to be drysuit certified as they will ask for your cert...

I have Deuteranopia and have to admit that I didn't even think about it when getting certified. I can honestly say my less than perfect colour vision hasn't proven to be an issue when diving. Of course you only ever realise you have a problem with colour vision when someone else points it out to...

Depending on what course you do tables aren't even a requirement any more. We did the 'with computer' version and the last two knowledge reviews and final test didn't even address tables. I bought the table reference guide separately and got the instructor to show us how to use them, I also did...

The instructors we had simplified some of the terms and concepts for certain members of our class and this was for some of the adults. I certified with my son and there was a temptation to help him out but I had to remember that he needed to be safe in his own right without me, I also need him...

I have found keeping along useful for air consumption and weight checks. Being land-locked most of my dives are limited to one of three quarry sites so there isn't much to record. Dived a couple of times abroad since being certified and wasn't asked on either occasion for my log book, just my...

You're right, it was Stoney and nothing like swimming pool conditions in either temperature or visibility, on the second day of open water I think vis was down to less than 3m. For anyone else doing their OW dives in the UK when the instructor tells you to buy a good hood and pair of gloves...

As an OW diver I have been reading this thread with interest. I have so far avoided doing my AOW course, partly due to lack of funding but also partly because I am unsure what I will learn. Looking at the manual and having talked to other AOW divers it always seems like less of a training course...

Inland site in the UK in early spring so water temps around 8C. I remember my fingers being numb after 30 minutes in the water. We did our oral inflate on the surface following a CESA.

We were definitely made to do a disconnect and reconnect underwater, the instructor wouldn't finish the skill until the hose was reconnected, I know because I had problems with mine, the loaner gloves didn't fit properly and I had to take one off to get the hose reconnected (I should have listen...

The PADI OW requires a disconnect and reconnect of the inflator hose underwater, you also have to do a fin pivot using oral inflation underwater. As someone has already stated you also have to gain positive bouyancy using oral inflate at the surface. If you do the drysuit speciality you do the...

Is the EU version of the Calypso different to the US version? The EU version is listed as exceeding the requirements of EN250 for use in cold water diving and I know a number of suppliers selling this in the UK as an entry level setup for UK divers. One of the shops near to me is an Aqualung...

I suppose it goes without saying but plenty of water to rehydrate and get rid if the dry mouth and throat that breathing compressed air. I stay away from dry foods, dairy and chocolate as they make me mucousy. When it's warm I like fruit, bananas I'm told are good. When it's cold I like hot...

Will a dive guide/DM want to check your table calculations if you decide to dive with tables or will they just assume that as a certified diver you know what you are doing? Personally a dive computer was one of my first post certification purchases and given the total cost of dive travel and...

I found that the main problem I had was the thermal shock to my nose which was very unpleasant. We were told to allow the water in nice and slow to give our nose/face time to acclimatise, with that advice I did find it a lot easier and not as distressing. It was so much easier in the pool and...

Don't get me wrong, I check my instruments meticulously so knowing my actual depth and air isn't the issue. It was a comment made by another diver about 'their feeling' at depth that got me wondering whether you could really know how deep you were without deferring to the instruments. In the...

Can't remember off hand but I think about 15-16c, it was a quarry site and there wasn't much temperature variance and that was the deepest I went. I did do a deeper dive at another quarry and one of the giveaways on depth was the noticeable temperature drop but although I could tell that I was...

Excellent, thank you. At least I'm not missing something. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

As an inexperienced diver I was wondering whether or not depth awareness increases with experience. I was recently diving at a quarry, looking around an old plane body at 22m, I knew from the guide map before starting the dive that it was at 22m and I confirmed this with my dive computer. After...

There are a few apps that will do US Navy tables and I've seen one where the PADI tables are available as an in-app purchase. They also do nitrox, I seem to recall any mix up to 100% (presumably it just does the EAD calculation). They all seem fairly easy to use and there was one that does...