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Look up Tacoma Scuba. They can probably hook you up. Wont be so so either.

The Pee Valve comes with manuals that will let you know the manufacturer's guidance for hose length. Some people keep the hose as long as it comes out of the box. Either way, routing so you don't get kinks or cutting to manufacturer recommended length works. You will just need to see how it...

This technique is more for teaching confidence in water activities. If you are going to be in the water you better be comfortable with it. Think of it as a profiling tool for an instructor to help identify people that will have a natural tendency to panic in stressful situations. A scenario...

For the majority, dusk and dawn is the time for shark attacks. Henry James

If you want to buy used gear, get an experienced diver to help with your initial purchases and have them tell you the qualities or nuances about how to tell whether the gear is going to function and if it is worth the value. This worked great for me when i did my first gear purchase. I got a...

Between dives in Korea the boats come back to shore. We indulge ourselves on Korean spicy ramen, sweet and sour chicken, and black noodles. Then back to the boats for more diving. Henry James

I was lucky that the first drysuit i bought came with a pee valve. I haven't had to suffer other than the first time removing the condom catheter. So far haven't forgotten to plug in...but it sounds like that is not an "if" situation, more like a "when" it happens situation. Till then. Henry...

Set yourself up with a backplate and wing and you won't regret it. Get used to it for a while. The nice part as mentioned previously is that you can change the wing between a singles and doubles set up to suit your dives. Start with what you have for the singles set up, let your bank act...

Nice job on maintaining visual contact and coordinating with someine that could help.

First thing is that good deals come and go many times a year. Dont be in a rush to buy equipment before you get a feel for diving and learn your strengths and weaknesses. Then target your purchases around your diving goals. From the post it appears you are set on a certain type of gear from...

What is the preferred mount for diving with a GoPro Camera? I have held it with a wrist strap, mounted it to a can light. I have seen the wrist mounts and mask mounts. My preference is to have it available when the dive is going as planned, then not have it be in the way if I need to focus...

It seems the original post was focused on how the new guys looked when they were having a bit of trouble. Usually when we critique in public we forget where we were and how we looked when we started out. Most of us were in rental gear from the instructor with a loose octo and loud colors on...

OOA drill and breath off of buddies secondary Primary light failure Ascent using smallest bubbles as guide vs depth gauge Loss of fin Using buddy to help put on and take off fins to replicate shore dive Going over your dive plan, practice talking it through for different profiles and no notice...

I have been to the museum in Seoul and it was awesome! This post reminded me of the trip to the museum. I am also interested in more of the sunken history but as you already said, it is had to find information in English. I will keep a lookout and post if i come across anything. Henry James

For on land compass skills go to a hilly area with a map. You can still do map study, hold a bearing, and if the area is near where you dive in a lake you can get an idea of where finger ridges are and get used to the layout especially if you don't have easy access to a chart for that lake...

Thanks fof the insight. I will be taking a break from diving for a bit due to two new titanium discs in my neck. But i can still research and ponder about while recovering.

I read another thread about weights on a belt and distribution between that and bc. So i am thinking about my set up with all the weight on the wing. The only downside to having all your weight integrated into your bc/wing is that you are positively buoyant should you have to ditch the wing...

After taking in all the posts on this topic, it sounds like expectation management on the surface is key to a good buddy dive under the water. When getting my OW the training always had us paired up. It was an expectation that we work out our plan and run it by the instructor around dive two...

Do these events come to South Korea? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD