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Ok I am curious about something and a newbie. I always see the tank setup with the valve by the head. Is there a reason for this? The main one I keep thinking of is if jumping off a boat possibly hitting the valve and knocking it off. I use SCBA frequently and we tend to have the valve oriented...

I just finished getting my SCUBA certification through cyber-diving on the internet. Everything I need to know can be found on the internet and since it is on the internet it most definitely is true, and since this post is on the internet it makes it true. I can dive naked to 300 feet using...

So I took an SSI open diver course and in it we didn't really cover dive tables as it isn't really in the curriculum anymore. We did spend about 5 minutes on them and I don't really have any issue reading and using them but will that cause any problems in future classes?

Well I just realised I had not posted an introduction yet and I have been posting and reading on the forum for a month now, strange it seems longer and shorter. I have been wanting to do scuba diving since I was 8 or 9 and first went snorkeling, sure snorkeling is good but some of the marine...

Ok so right now I have a dual second stage rig what I am wondering is if I rent a bcd and it has one of the power inflator octo's would I remove a second stage so that I only have 2 regulators to use instead of three? Having a total of three regulators basically sounds great for redundancy but...

Yes I know there are tons of these threads here. I have NOT done my open water certification yet, and will probably be waiting a little bit before I actually do the open water certification due to schedule conflicts. I was looking over the paperwork for when I do go to do my open water and it...

Ok I am a new diver, just finished the pool portion yesterday and still need to do my open water dives. I have the opportunity to get a bcd(Aqualung Latitude), regulator(Apeks AT20), dive computer(Mares black passion nemo) along with a semi-dry suit, undergarment, fins, mask, boots, dive knife...