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13 years ago I gave up the day job to train and work as an Instructor, so other people would pay me to dive... Now I just live by the sea and dive from my 4m rib or from the shore... Oh, and my buddy and I bought a small compressor a few years ago when the last air fill station for 20 miles closed!

Always carry one, sometimes two... Reels jam with monotonous regularity! As a UK instructor I teach the skill and get students to practice it. If every diver carries one, then every buddy pair has a spare, but if you get separated from your buddy you still have one. for those of you blessed...

I always carry SMB, and if you dive off my boat you would too, and know how to use it! If buddy pairs get separated and only one of you is carrying one, what happens? They should be deployed at the end of a dive, and by the time you have ascended, your boat will have had time to locate you and...

Too true... Please get it checked out, you really will not enjoy having a ruptured eardrum..

Too true ~ ask away, there is a wealth of information and experience here for you to draw on.. and you might help someone else too. Welcome to the underwater world, your life will never be the same again.. but in a good way.

I did my Rescue Course in a pond ~ I was also told it was a lake but I maintain it had pond weed growing in it, and it tasted of pond water.. therefore it firmly remains a pond in my memory! I used to hate my snorkel, always in the way.. getting tangled up where-ever it shouldn't, but as a...

I don't think I can add much to the excellent replies above, just to stress ~ please tell your Instructor tomorrow and explain what has happened. If you still feel unwell or get worse then seek medical advice. I agree with CO2 buildup and used to suffer this myself, however being careful is...

Nathalie, thank you for sharing your terrifying experience, may I join the rest of the community here in wishing you a speedy and complete recovery. You are a very brave lady, but next time ~ listen to the fish ;) I think that bit is amazing... Hope you are blowing bubbles again soon...

Try flying this one as well, it may not be required by law.. But it is at least easily understandable... The is no law requiring casual water users to know what either the Alpha or red/white flag represent Dive Flag - Diver Safety Diver Down | diveflag.co.uk

In the UK we fly the alpha flag by law from a dive boat... But recreational water users are not required by law to understand what it means. I have found that flying my diveflag as well as any required by law has overcome this issue.. Now water users know I am there, they don't bother me as...

Hi, Just feeling my way around.. so thought I had better stop here first.. (well, after finding the chat room that is!) Who am I and what do I do? Good question.. to which my usual answer is as little as possible as often as possible.. but it really isn't true! My name is Elly, a PADI MSDT...