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  1. skwirl

    Fire on dive boat Conception in CA

    This video has the first shot I've seen of the underside of the hatch in the sleeping area (at 21 seconds in). It looks like it would have been very obvious to whoever was sleeping in that bunk. It sounds like they had a full boat so someone would have been there. It doesn't seem like the...
  2. skwirl

    Fire on dive boat Conception in CA

    I do not think that in this case speculation is inherently disrespectful to the victims. Most of the cases here involve individual divers and the threads can take a victim-blaming tone as people speculate whether the diver panicked, ignored training, and so on. Those threads can indeed be...
  3. skwirl

    Fire on dive boat Conception in CA

    The photos that have been published so far make it clear that the boat was entirely consumed above the waterline. The report that the boat is Conception and the location of the fire lines up with this scheduled trip: Labor Day Weekend; Northern Channel Islands - Worldwide Diving Adventures
  4. skwirl

    Student dead - Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

    The article has been updated and no longer refers to the diver as a student but as a "certified scuba diver." It also says that rescuers removed her equipment while she was in the water and her equipment is unaccounted for at the moment with state police divers conducting a search.
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    Student dead - Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

    The first was in Rockport on April 29 according to this thread (One correction - I did not read about the first death in the news, only saw it here). The second was on the Chester Poling wreck last Saturday (May 26). So the first was a shore dive on Cape Ann, the second was a boat dive just...
  6. skwirl

    Student dead - Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts.

    This is the third death involving scuba in Massachusetts over the course of a month. In each case I read about it in the local news and then came here to see if there were more details. It has definitely been noticeable, even if most likely a coincidence. I'm curious how many deaths involving...
  7. skwirl

    Cape Ann Divers :(

    I feel like one of the "Solo Divers" in this thread isn't diving solo by choice.
  8. skwirl

    Diver dies at Molokai on Maui dive boat

    In what way were her posts all over the place? They seem pretty clear, concise, and consistent to me, and she answered the questions that were asked of her.
  9. skwirl

    Massachusetts Fatality

    According to Gauntlet's charter schedule they were scheduled to dive the wreck of the Romance yesterday morning. I don't know if they actually ended up diving there but either way it probably wasn't a scallop dive.
  10. skwirl

    Padi Aow Question

    Your math may vary, but to me, it looks tough to justify the PADI e-Learning course. Looking on PADI's website, it costs $164.00 just for the "classroom (book) portion." Rainbow Reef in Key Largo does the entire AOW course including the book for $160 (before dive trip costs). I'm flying down...
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    Diver assaults another diver underwater

    Fish collecting ban advocate attacked while filming reef | West Hawaii Today Conflict between environmentalists and reef fisherman runs deep - KPTV - FOX 12 I agree completely with your statement '"Harassing a fisherman" is looking pretty unlikely when the only evidence other than...
  12. skwirl

    Diver assaults another diver underwater

    We do know the diver who was assaulted is being charged for "harassing a fisherman." Since I don't see the harassment in the video, I have to assume it's based on something we aren't seeing and haven't been told about. What that is can only be speculated on, but we can safely say at a minimum...
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