I was out there about a month ago and WOW it is a totally different dive than the first time.
The front is a total delight to do light penetration to swim from the back of the wheel house up through the stern. The dedication sign is totally hidden unless you know where to look for it.
The...
I highly encourage you to check the wind forecast for the days you go diving. It was fairly calm when I got to the wreck and it was great but had 12kt winds by the end of the dive and it turned the inside of of the wreck pretty murky and I was getting tossed around inside from the surge blowing...
Laying claim to the very 1st diver on the wreck after it was opened.
Top of the antenna masts is at 5ft and one of them has already been hit by a boat and is dangling bottom of the stern is sitting at 55ft in the sand.
Would you want to go bigger?
I have a Hollis 85 dual bladder that got me through my AN/DP and then has been sitting in the closet for a while that I would be happy to send down the road for $250 shipped.
Happened to me 2 days in a row at a shop.
Their compressor had been offline for over a week and they had a backlog of tanks to fill and asked if I minded leaving the tanks overnight. Went back the next day and they hadn't gotten mine done yet and were still filling their banks so I said no...
Additionally on the AI Shearwater computers they do have the option to show you real time what your SAC is displayed as X PSI/Bar / minute.
I guess it could be a useful thing to tell you if you are breathing super hard but that is the kind of thing that I can't imagine not knowing already...
I do around 5ish dives a year with a buddy who usually gets my long hose donated to him. He does not dive often to the point that I am pretty sure he hasn't done a dive in the last 3 years without me so his air consumption is crap while my consumption is fairly decent. If I am loaning him my...
Whatever the lowest needed for the dive is.
Day charter/liveaboard going to ~100ft max depth spots I show AOW or if it is a tech trip they get the deco procedure/adv nitrox.
The idea is to go enjoy myself and if anyone wants to judge me on my skills in the water they are welcome to do so...
I almost have almost enough.... Only another 10-70 more to go!
But seriously of my collection of 12 I would say 10 actually see regular use and I don't have any need to expand my "fleet" of tanks unless a great deal comes along.
Most of my diving is at a local lake and either at...
Completely non-scientific / anecdotal story of my experiences and beliefs.
When I was a brand new diver between 0-50 dives (aka I was a dumbass who looked like a drunk muppet in the water) I could set a timer and 60-90 minutes after I got out of the water I was going down hard for a nap...
I would stick with bungie or good cave line.
Using a metal attachment method means that if something bad happened and it gets caught somehow (admittedly small chance of it) you don't have an easy way to cut free the metal attachment in metal grommets and will be stuck.
Work is sending me up to Milwaukee for a week so I am taking some extra time to sneak in a few dives but have no clue where to go and the dive charters that I have found are all booked already so I am looking for a place and people to dive with. I will have a car and don't mind driving a few...
One of the biggest issue with diving I have is doing safety stop on night dives because it means my beard and ears become the only spot in the ocean those critters want to be.
Doing my TDI advanced nitrox now and moving into deco procedure next and so far the only painful thing has been the octo bungee ripping out my beard hair every time I switch to it.
I started out with using a silicone one and have now switched over to just some shock cord/bungee tied in DIR...
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