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Thank you very much, Colliam7, for your detailed reply! I was bit unclear in my original post: I used my friend's console AND her hose the second day, so the problem shouldn't be in the hose. The strange thing is that even after I switched hoses, the spg functioned normally on the first dive...

I'm having a problem with my regulator and looking for some possible explanations... Last week I was out working on a project involving several shallow dives. On the first dive my gear functioned totally normally. I switched it over to another tank on the boat and got back in the water to...

The storm looked far away still and I wanted to continue the dive.

I had mine recently...it was probably dive number 87ish. I was planning an easy, shallow shore dive with a friend in the afternoon, but when I got to the beach there was a storm in the area. We decided to dive anyway, with the plan to surface after 20 min. to see which way the storm was...

I have some words of hope...I injured my eardrum freediving and had symptoms very similar to what you are experiencing. (Especially the pain when you put ear drops in...I have never felt anything like that and it was AWFUL.) I had only just begun diving and was three weeks into a semester-long...

Congrats on your recovery!! I never descend as fast as my dive buddies anymore because I'd hate to permanently damage my ears (now that I realize they are not invincible...) but there's nothing wrong with taking it slow and easy. Hope you have a great first dive back, and I'm betting your ear...

This happened to me while freediving...I had a computer on, wanting to see how deep I could go (competitive drive+feeling of invincibility=problems). Pushed it too hard, at 34 ft heard a "pop" in my right ear, felt cold water rushing in, instant vertigo. Fortunately for me I was not breathing...

I have! On a research dive in Bonaire. My buddy was observing a pederson shrimp cleaning station and I was hanging around amusing myself when I happened to look up and a group of five bottlenose dolphins swam slowly, silently past, maybe 10 yards from us. It was absolutely one of the coolest...

Bonaire is wonderful but it is expensive to live there. I was there for 3.5 months in college and spent all my money (which wasn't much to begin with, but still, it was easy to do).

This is my first summer living in Florida, and I am definitely frustrated by the constant storms. On a shore dive with one other person a couple of weeks ago, we saw storm crowds rolling out towards the ocean but decided to dive anyway. I was a lifeguard for years so I am super...

My 100th is coming up in 12 dives. I just hope I see something cool.

I feel the same way...I did my first 80 dives in an MPA and we weren't even allowed to wear gloves (an extra measure to discourage touching). One of my classmates disregarded this rule and liked to brag about how the ocean was like a "petting zoo." It is a huge pet peeve of mine and it makes...

Reading this thread made me realize that I have never actually been on a commercial dive boat. I was certified and made my first 80 dives in Bonaire, and only a few of those were boat dives. Since I was on an academic program, the small handful of boat dives I did do were all exclusively with...