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I just bought an Apeks first and second stage (XTX50), but I need to get an octo to go with it. I am a warm water diver, recreational depth so I don't need a high end octo. I fly to most of my dives since I live in land and somewhere that is mostly too cold to dive for my tastes. Looking at...

Context: I have roughly 70 dives, all in warm water locations, mostly the Caribbean, but some Texas lake diving, and have been working hard to manage buoyancy and dive technique. One thing that I discovered on my latest trip is that my BC doesn't fit entirely well. I currently have a Zeagle...

I understand from the basic guidelines that you aren't supposed to exercise before or after diving. What is the reasoning for this? Is it related to Nitrogen loading and off gasing? Or just not being ideal to dive tired? I ask because I am a runner, run six times a week, and want to know how...

Suddenly have a free weekend. Wondering if anyone wants to go diving this weekend at Clear Spring in Terrel. I am a newly certified diver just looking to get some practice and dives in.

I am a new diver, recently certified. Although I had what I would charatercize to be a good class, my one complaint is that we were overweighted in order to make sure we stuck to the bottom. So this past weekend I went diving with the simple goal of learning to dive with less weight. I went from...

Newly certified diver here. Excited about taking my first boat trip here in a few weeks. I was certified without ever getting on a boat (Texas Lakes). I have heard that it is customary to tip the boat crew, what is the standard rate (lets say for US boats, I imagine it is different in different...