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I'm going to be in Hollywood Beach 4/19 - 4/21 for business. I have never dove in Florida, and I'm wondering if it is worth extending my stay to get a little wet time. I have tried searching the forum here, but my lack of geographical knowledge makes that hard. I don't know the area at all...

Arrived sooner than expected. Perfect condition and nicely packaged. Thanks Mike. Dan

Thanks all for the quick replies. I shall order tonight.

My girlfriend is looking for a new reg set. She has very simple needs; she is a warm water only vacation diver who does ten to twelve dives a year. She doesn't want anything fancy, and she likes a console. It seems to me like the AT20 US4 Stage 4 Set at DRIS for $399 is a really good choice...

I'm looking for stiff, colored webbing for my backplate. The stiffer the better. I was going to order from Piranha, but I dove with someone using their webbing last weekend and it wasn't all that stiff, at least not when coming out of the water. It looked good though :) Does anyone have...

I bought a new BP/W, and I need to figure out weighting. I paid an instructor for a couple hours help, but we didn't get it to where I would like it. I think I could do as well, or better, if I could just spend a little time in a pool by myself. How does one get a chance to spend time in the...

me too.

Deleted because I didn't understand the spreadsheet. (Probably still don't.)

To close out this thread with my final observations... Since last posting I have spent about nine hours in the pool. I have tried a few different techniques and watched students doing the tank-lift when I could. All my practice and observation has been kneeling. I realize that makes this...

Why not both? Do the BSAC class now and PADI next year for their refresher? -- Posted from a mobile device. Please excuse errors and brevity.

I would love something like that, but I certainly haven't found it, at least not in the SF Bay area. I have heard of some OW classes doing obstacle courses and "zen drills" (motionless lotus position to work on buoyancy,) but nothing outside a certification class. The certification...

The way Bob phrased it, I completely agree. (He's one of the smart ones around here.) But, in general, that is not my attitude. Aren't opinions wonderful :-) I'm new to diving, but scuba isn't my first hobby. What has worked well for me is to take a lot of classes early on so that I don't...

According to the 2009 DAN Annual Diving Report eight percent of female divers in the PDE hold technical certifications compared to six percent of male divers in the PDE. More information on the PDE here. It's not a statistically valid sample, but it is better than anecdote. I prefer female...

Just to clarify, this is grabbing the right shoulder strap with the left hand in front of the body. Then using that hand to anchor the strap so that a shoulder shrug lifts the tank relative to the body. Is that correct? ---------- Post added February 2nd, 2014 at 07:31 PM ---------- Thank...

I hope I am not breaking some unwritten scubaboard protocol here, but I will try to answer the poster's question. I'm taking the assumptions as facts. This is based on things that have actually happened to my girlfriend, who is a much more experienced diver than I am. Two while I was there...

I'm more of an emacs person. (Sorry. Wrong forum, but I had to. And I use nano. I'm lame.)

In my open water class I had a really hard time doing the tank lift method of regulator recovery. I didn't much care as the sweep works well for me. Over the last two days I have been watching open water classes learning the technique, and it doesn't seem to work for many people, at least not...

Regarding timing on the ladder. I get a hand on the ladder a little early (unless the boat is moving too much.) That let's me get a feel for the swell. Then I get my foot/feet planted as the ladder nears the bottom of its movement. I hold on and let the ocean drag the bulk of my bulk...

I'm sure one of the shop owners will be along shortly, but while we wait you can good "minimum advertised price" for more information. Most local dive shops sell for less than the advertised price on the Web, at least for name brand gear. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk

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