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    Warning to new divers

    Yep, can tick all 10 too, *especially* number 6! It's totally acceptable to declare, hang on, gotta jump from the boat to wee before we leave and proceed to do so while the rest of the boat is patiently watching you. :blush: Or maybe that's just here ;o
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    You know you're a diver when...

    When you start blowing bubbles when you stick your head under the shower.When you complain about the visibility of a downloaded video not being good. My friend did this and we didn't even notice it was wrong until one person pointed it out.
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    UAE East Coast Temperatures

    Searcaigh, the border procedures haven't been relaxed recently, but I guess it's what you compare it with ;). UAE residents still need a permit (which your op in Dibba can arrange) which takes at least 48 hours to arrange and requires a copy of your passport and visa page. There is no invitation...
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    Dealing with long hair

    I have shoulder lenght hair with bangs and I wear a hood - even in warm water diving where I'm otherwise diving in shorts & rashguard I wear a thin 1mm hood, just to keep my hair outof my face. Looks ridiculous (shorts+hood, lol) but works very well. I found that a bandana/buff/headband comes...
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    UAE East Coast Temperatures

    Temperatures here are anywhere between 23-26C at the moment. A few weeks ago it was 22C at 40m on Lima Rock...so I'm back in my 5mm :D There are a lot of seahorses on Octopus Rock at the moment Searcaigh (record so far is 5 spotted on one dive) and they're big too! Between 10-15cm. We spotted...
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    Question for dive center owners/managers

    Can't really find a picture, so I'll try to explain. Build a (wooden, 'cause it's easiest) rack with horizontal parallel beams on the top with a couple of cm's between them. This way you can hang a pair of fins inside, fintips down, so they get stuck between the beams at the footpocket. This...
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    Making a CESA "ahhhh sound?"

    RJP, I might just steal your Mighty Mouse reference to use in future briefings - brilliant! I find it often helps to have students that are nervous (or more often a case of self-doubt) for this particular skill to practice on land. Measure out 9m (30 feet?) - which is the length that you have...
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    Open Water Certification - 71 two days later

    Congratulations upon completing your course! If you ever find yourself in this corner of the world I'll take you diving :) This week we'll have a few 89 year olds diving with us so looks like you still have a couple of years to go!
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    PLEASE help me prove i wasn't narked

    I've seen them in western Indonesia (bordering the Indian Ocean).
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    UAE East Coast Temperatures

    They all seem to be haning out there this year. ---------- Post added August 25th, 2014 at 04:29 PM ---------- Simon-, nice blenny! Too bad about your camera, can you get it fixed? The weather forecast for coming weekend looks much better!
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    UAE East Coast Temperatures

    Where was this whaleshark?! We still haven't seen any this season! :'( Had to cancel the dives last Saturday due to waves. 17 knot gusts - no fun.
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    Thoughts on where to do DMT in Southeast Asia?

    I can second LumbaLumba on Pulau Weh, Indonesia. Quite a small island with little do to outside diving, but you won't be bored 'cause you'll be diving all the time. Diving is challenging too, so great to get experience guiding, and most of the time there's a class going on too for you to assist...
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    When did you lose track?

    I still log every single one of my dives, around 1200 at the moment (I am too lazy to check the actual number, excuse me ;)). I just write site, date, max. depth, bottom time, and if anything remarkable happened, if we saw anything noteworthy etc. If I am teaching I also write down the names of...
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    What is the problem with doing a Scuba Review/Refresher?

    Just for clarification: I'm not here to either defend or attack 'my' shop's policy. My answer is in line with Chrisch's: there's no easy answers. Dive computer's might be borrowed. Logbooks can be falsified, and like yourself most people stop logging after reaching a certain number of dives (or...
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    What is the problem with doing a Scuba Review/Refresher?

    That story is hilarious and shocking at the same time :D. Very curious as to what Bob's reaction was: did he actually perform all the skills kneeling down? :D To be clear: no one here would ask an active (or even unactive) instructor to do a review and certainly not tell them off for not...
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    What is the problem with doing a Scuba Review/Refresher?

    I'd say that someone with a full cave certification would definitely fall in the grey area, strongly hinting towards white. Meaning: please just go diving. It is interesting though that it is usually the people that are inexperienced (in the 10-40 dive bracket, let's say) that have issues with...
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    What is the problem with doing a Scuba Review/Refresher?

    I think no one would argue with that! Hence the very big grey area mentioned in the OP
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    What is the problem with doing a Scuba Review/Refresher?

    In the Standard Safe Dive Practices Statement of Understanding on the student record file and in the training logbook it states "after a period of inactivity that exceeds six months", but I tend to agree with those that state that 6 months is too strict of a cutoff and perhaps 12 months would be...
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    What is the problem with doing a Scuba Review/Refresher?

    Hi all, A question that has been puzzling me for a while now. I work in a divecenter/resort that organizes daytrips (located outside of the US) and we have a pretty strict policy regarding Scuba Review/ Refresher which causes the occasional discussion with customers. Simply stated, we require...
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    What gear malfunctions have you ever had?

    - Flooded dive computer after changing the battery but -obviously- screwing up the o-ring. - Slowly self-inflating BCD: Disconnect LPI and use oral inflation to get neutral - Broke line of DSMB, luckily the sausage drifted against the rocks and not out in the open - Exploded HP hose (on the...
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