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As a European I find this fascinating. Our standard tanks are 232 bar/3364 psi with high pressure 300 bar/4351 psi! The standard tanks are commonly filled to 2900 which is the accepted minimum generally. You wouldn’t complain about that sort of fill. You’d never see a cold fill over the max...

These are brilliant and very reasonably priced https://www.azdry.co.uk/diving-range/

Exactly this happened to me last year. We’d completed our safety stop and were coming up the line to the boat. At about 2 meters we hear the unmistakable sound of a rib starting and it then spent 5 minutes or so running about untying the boat next to us. Was very grateful I didn’t have to work...

Dived with Pro Divers St Kitts a couple of years ago and they were very good. Visited Ona cruise ship so was just for one day/two tanks but impressed with their service and safety.

you need a steel tank!

Try fourth element, they do 3mm suits with short options. Their sizing is on the small side but their actual measurement chart is spot on. I usually go up by one from my normal dress size. I’m 5’2 and find they fit pretty well.

Personally I prefer compass on a bungee as I find it easier for precision navigation. Attached to SPG or wrist means I can’t always line it up properly, especially in a drysuit. For rough nav I use the compass on my computer so effectively a wrist mount

Oh wow! When are you going??

TUI have picked up the Gatwick-Hurghada flights

This time of year there is normally a 5 involved!

it normally takes 15-20 dives to get comfortable in a drysuit. See if you can join a local club that has pool nights and/or weekend trips. Wraysbury is nearby and perfect for practicing buoyancy as it’s quite shallow.

Definitely a Red Sea liveaboard. Am doing one this month and taking my drysuit :D Weather is fine but not quite warm enough for sunbathing. A liveaboard will help with the evenings as by the time you’ve had dinner and done a night dive it’s pretty much time for bed. The early morning starts are...

that’s interesting as one of the PADI standards is each student must have their own personal set of materials. If they’re prepared to break that standard what else will they do?

I second the purchase of a second hood

Any suggestions for rib diving? Will clip off tanks but no ladder on these so would have to do my beached whale impression up and over the side with added weight if it's all down my spine. Could prove very amusing for my fellow divers...

Stealth Rec

Normal jacket BCD :eek: My gut feel (and your calcs agree) is I shouldn't need as much weight so wondering if this might be 'getting used to a new rig nerves' adding a couple of kilos. Don't consciously feel nervous but still slightly task loaded. Not into games about how little weight I...

10L 232 bar in fresh water

For local diving I will definitely use steels, 7l seem to be the perfect size for me and am happy to add a small amount of weight. Although for deep winter I may move to 10l as I have been known to wear 4 undersuits when it gets proper cold which does add a little buoyancy!! Next dilemma...

Hi All, I am predominantly a cold water diver, dry suit only and temps 2-15 C depending on time of year. In fresh water with a single 10l steel and middle weight undersuit (arctic) I would use maybe 4kgs. I have recently started to dive sidemount and seem to need a ridiculous amount of weight...