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Ok - let me see if i can get my point across - physics are not my greatest forte. We all know that objects appear magnified by about one third as light is refracted passing from the denser medium of water - to air. The "about" aspect in basic discussions has been explained by the fact that it...

The damned craziest thing you ever did wearing scuba? (yes, yes I know a few of you got married:dozingoff:)

Can I just say, this vintage diving thing is a really interesting development. New to me however vintage ;0) I'm a guitarist. On guitarworld vintage gear is great gear. However we are now seeing the second wave of vintage. first wave vintage was 50-early 70ties stuff. second is - surprise...

hi guys Some time ago I moved from DM to OWSI and would like to change the heading in my profile but cant find out how or where to do it. I have written to you once or twice a long time ago and I seem to remember that the answer was that my rank needed to be confirmed with my agency or...

It's a visual age. So ever so often you try to convey some sense of the wonders of the underwater world to non divers and find that you either get the old someone-elses-holiday-snapshot reaction (which I can sort of relate to) or more interestingly the sense that they feel like they already...

Hi guys. For the longest time I've been trying to find a way to edit the number of dives and my divemaster rating on the public display (I moved on to owsi). I've tried every edit in my profile but none seem to adress this. Is something missing or should I resign myself to the fact that my...

yes how do I do that and how do I change the training level under my avatar from DM to Instructor. Sincerely Santa

...and why?

So I'm at 30-odd metres and too cheap to inflate my bcd from the tank so I think "what the hell, I'll just inflate the damn thing orally" - which I do. Now the Bcd has some water in it to begin with so the air is bubbling out in those slow annoying gulps - even as I put my mouth on it to...

Just came back from sharm el sheik where I did my first liveaboard trip. I liked the boat and the crew and the diving and all but I found the guiding itself rather rigid. I went with a group of 12 ranging from inexperienced to relatively experienced divers. The boat had 2 zodiacs, which...

Uhm - I can't edit my dive profile any more. All other edits I can do but not that one. Any suggestions as to what to do? Sincerely Santa

Just recently I had the pleasure of having a tank blowout at 26 metres. The old O-ring gave up the ghost. As one may imagine it happened pretty early in the dive, like 8-10 minutes in so I had plenty of air and surfaced after a regular safety stop without trouble aided only for the last minute...

Just to say that I'm partial to both.

I'm going to Alor for the better part of july and august - and I'm planning to stay on a small island called Petit Keba in the middle of the strait, close to Pura. It's a lowkey french-owned operation - Cedric and Anne the owners are called - one of only few landbased operators on Alor. Have...

Thinking of going - have you been? How great is the diving? How cheap is the living? What's a good time of year to go? What else would anyone want to know really ...

So mares came out with a new model. The ad says softer but more thrust - but is it any good or is it just a softcore version of the old ones? It seems shorter and less wide. Does it allow for quick-acceleration to catch, say, runaway students? I've dove with Atomic splits for a while and...

This could be it. You know those little plastic/cheramic whistles, shaped as nesting birds, that you can pour a little water in to produce a chirping kind of whistle? known since the middle ages, in my language they're known as, what roughly translates as, butt-peeping-birds anyhow ...

Dang - you just missed it and now noone´s ever going to believe or understand. - Or maybe not. I fyou could just visualize ... use your words ... I'll believe you if you tell me about the best pic you ever never took. For starters this one's my buddy Martins. He's a German from Peru...

Welcome to the basic information and communications class ... Now, which type of scubaboard question sparks the most interesting, entertaining or illuminating answers? What may characterize a good or original question? (remember: it's hard to talk about "good" without asking ourselves...

Which scubaboard thread do you subjectively feel was the best ever, and why do you think it qualifies? However much I know you want to - you can't answer "this thread". So sorry but let's get on with it. Since I'm a teacher by education, and strict as a ... uhm ... boa constrictor - I'll...