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Me? I have been to Egypt 4 times.

After finishing OW and AOW courses in probably worst probable location (Egypt) it was very clear to me, that I should not enter overhead environments. Even if no one mentioned it to me (don't remember), it was surely covered in books. And as a doctor myself, I am used to trusting scientifically...

Is it worth going to Egypt these days? After all the events, there are far less tourists now and even a year and a half ago we felt funny there, because there were few tourists and locals seemed worried and grim. Also it was difficult to find a suitable daily boat, because most of them were...

We did one search. The person helping us just tied a rope in a middle and made an increasing circle around. The visibility was about 1 meter to begin and 30 cm to finish. He found one wedding ring, but not ours. So, we are planning to make one more search in the beginning of autumn, when the...

Hmm... found something to contemplate. I don't remember much from OW about descents - you just dump air, breathe out and go down. They taught us to go vertical, feet down. But I feel more comfortable getting horizontal after first 2-3 meters, so I just did that. In low or no current, great...

Ok, I got it right then. Just wanted to be sure. Thank you very much.

As far as I understood, all of women reporting these symptoms are post menopausal women with some extra weight, cardiovascular problems and not very athletic. All of the above increases chances of getting bend and the symptoms are also similar to bends... It is interesting whether the breast...

Excuse me for my incompetence, but what exactly is "to set up a decent grid"?

We visited this shop a couple of weeks ago. I have to admit that the owner is a very kind person and it was a pleasure visiting this shop. As for local brand Dive Pro it is cheap and you get what you pay for. Our wetsuits changed color in one week of diving and my socks had separated suture in a...

I can't even imagine my spouse violating my safety and I would never do that too. First thing that came to my mind, that he was inexperienced and in panick, but all the signal showing and refusing to surface weaken my theory. It is wise to find another dive buddy until he becomes a safer diver...

Now I don't know anymore what ir proper weighting. I am a female, 164 cm, 62 kg. I was diving in red sea with a 3 mm short suit. I've finished my OW with 8 kg of lead. This year I decided I was overweighted and lost half of that weight - started with 7 kg and after several dives only used 4 kg...

A bun and a hood does wonders for me. Without hood I couldn't take off my mask - it ued to be so entangled in hair.

My husband, after exactly 3 weeks of marriage, lost his wedding ring in a lake. We memorised the place. It is about 7 meters deep, visibility is about 2 meters, there is a lot of sediment in the bottom. We have a technical diver with metal detector to help us in couple of days. Do you think it...

I feel totally dumb to ask this, but I'll ask anyway. What is a silicone strap around the regulator supposed to do? I was given it with a regulator and forgot to ask what is a proper use of the thing. Is it supposed to hold octopus?

Thank you T.C. for your insights. I finaly bought a second hand aqualung legend lx supreme regulator set (octopus, first and second stage) with a suunto cobra 2 dive computer and oxygen pressure gauge. All from the same guy who had to give up diving because of health concerns. I liked the...

He really managed it nicelly. He might have dropped his gain bag though. I think it was attracting that shark. But looking at this video makes you think the shark is not such a beast if you can shoe it away with a fork.

According to ACOG guidelines it is not recommended to scuba dive during pregnancy due to the fact that nitrogen bubbles form much easier in a fetus. There were no randomised studies or clinical trials or any kind of advanced research (at least I don't about such research). What would nitrogen...

I'd definitely like an encounter with whale shark. Dream waiting to come true. They are majestic, graceful and pretty harmless. The great white is one of my favorites when talking about the look of it. And makos are quite stunning too. Actually most of the species are beautiful in one way or...

Thanks for all the advice. Feeling dizzy already from reading about various red sea diving sites. In their promotions they all seem to be the best. :) Now I just have to pick something suitable for us - benign conditions and nice underwater life, not so interested in wrecks...

No I am not planing on using lights yet. I asked just because it looked so bright and vivid. So I assumed it was very shallow or lighted with additional lights. So now I am encouraged to buy the switchblade. I'd really like Backscatter, but to pay for red filter system half the price I paid for...