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Just wanted to bring this up to the group as a reminder that we train for a reason and should follow our training and instincts: We were at a local diving spot this weekend and it was decently packed with divers and classes. Upon coming up from our last dive I noticed that there was a...

Just wanted to post a kudos to Robert and Lake Travis Scuba. Robert truly runs a first class operation and has opened the doors for Texas divers (and others) to get to dive sites that aren't accessible for those of us without a boat or a rich uncle. It was nice to have entire dive sites to...

My wife and I decided to calculate the depth at which an average person would drain an 80cf tank in a single breath (this came out of a discussion about deep diving.) Our assumption was that the average person would use .5 liters per breath at the surface. Anyone want to do some math and see...

OK, we normally don't have to deal with extended freezes here in TX but it's cold right now and will be through tomorrow. My wife and I's gear is in the covered bed of our truck and we didn't think about it until just now. The expected low tonight is 14*. Having never dealt with frozen gear...

My wife and I are going to be diving TL on Sunday starting at about noon - anyone going to be around?

Just wanted to throw this one out there with a couple of questions. I frequently use a "natural" remedy for sinus infections called "Sinus Rescue" which is distilled water and ionic silver. It hurts like nobody's business to use, but seems to be able to clear up my sinuses immediately and...

I just found out that there is a good possibility that I may be staying at Manatee Springs State Park in November for a few days. I have tried to get information on the place, but the state site is sorely lacking in diving related info, and most of the books (older) say that there are very few...

Hey guys, we'll be up at Windy Point again this weekend and wanted to find a couple of you guys. Last weekend (our first time @ WP) we searched around but couldn't find any signs of Swampsters. Is anyone going to be @ WP this Sat that we could meet up with to get introduced to the Central...

Tony (my partner in the coffeehouse) and I took a day off to hit TL yesterday. Surprisingly, the weather cooperated and we didn't get a drop of rain despite the nasty looking weather all around us. Got in one 45 min dive showing him the sights and headed back towards home. The water was...

OK, I was down at the local mudhole last Thursday and ran across what looked exactly like a goby, about an inch long, and pale in color sitting on the bottom. I watched it for a few seconds and it finally darted off under some vegatation. I surfaced from the dive, logged what I had seen, and...

Just had to share this one: Had a guy walk in today with a first stage that looked like it had been worked over pretty good. Turns out the reg was caught in a fire that was hot enough to warp the yoke and there wasn't a speck of plastic left on the unit. Then came the serious question, "Do...

I'm quite terrified of even the thought of flying, even though I do fly when necessary and can hold my anxiety to a bearable level (about the level of a guy who's just heard someone say, "Dead man walking.") I'm doing my first international flight (IAH to Belize) this Sat and it seems to be...

I made my first out of class drysuit dive today, and had a problem that seems rather odd to me. I was able to drop down (albiet slowly) and wasn't having any problems with bouancy or trim all the way down to 40 feet or so, adding a puff of air here and there to ease the squeeze. We cruised...

My father was telling me about a subplot in the TV show CSI from this week in which two freedivers get narced at 50 feet and shot each other with their spearguns because it was funny. I started to pick it apart but when I got to the narced part (other than the fact that it's not deep enough to...

Well, it looks like we could get some street diving in this weekend from the pictures that Fox News just showed from Pearland. Seriously though, hope everyone over there is doing OK with all of that water.

Got to try my new camera today (Canon A40) and got one really decent pic out of the bunch. This pic is straight from the camera, didn't even have to do any cleaning up. :)

I forgot to bring my Vyper with me on a dive today (dive #2 of 3 - I have a backup in a pocket of my BC, so I had valid dive info, just not from my primary computer) and I have entered the data and profile manually into the Suunto Dive Manager, but I cannot find a way to get the program to...

I found this AP story today, it's just one of those eerie coincidences that happen from time to time. NY Lottery Draws 9-1-1 on 9/11 Thu Sep 12, 5:21 AM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - On the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks, a date known as 9-11, the evening numbers drawn in the New...

I'm posting this for my LDS in case a Swampster or two is available to go. 5 seats on a 3 day Flower Gardens trip scheduled for this week (Wed-Fri) cancelled on him & he's gone through the list of alternates with no joy. I have no details other than the price - $295. If any Swampsters are...

I know that this has been hashed out in another thread before, but that was based on some hypothetical situations... I was chatting with my LDS and he mentioned that NAUI is changing its swimming standards from 200 yard free-swim to a "15 strokes with some forward progress" standard. We...