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Another thing to think about with regard to shorties vs full suits is protection from stings and abrasion. I have a .5mm full suit for summer just to protect against those chance times when you're tossed against the rocks during shore entry/exit due to wave surge.

Scuba Wetsuit Thickness Guide: How to Match Your Wetsuit to the Water Temperature

Personally, I've found the HRM to be so inaccurate as to be worthless. Compared to my chest strap monitors that I use for running and cycling the watch is so far off it's comical.

Once set up, I'm of the opinion to just leave it open. It's too easy to forget that you closed the valve, then you end up having to deal with it in the water.

Diver Below

:rofl3: Don't forget the generator and water distiller.

Better than a sedan or coupe? What isn't? Out here I see people using kei cars (Diaihatsu Hijet, Suzuki Every, Subaru Sambar, et) as dive vehicles so that's not saying much. In my opinion the ultimate dive/recreation vehicle would be a sprinter type van, followed by a mini van or full size...

Wow, that was really not helpful. "Up to. . ." and "as quickly as" are huge modifiers. If you throw a banana peel out in the middle of the desert it will still be there years later, just desiccated. Throw it out in your average deciduous forest or rain forest and it'll be gone in weeks. Drop...

This reminded me of an moment recently in a LDS. I was talking to the girl behind the counter and she mentioned she still hadn't finished the "classroom/book" training to get dive certified. Pretty much everything she read about in the training manual frightened her, but the free flow...

Easier to start, and less intimidating I'd imagine. Most people learn to ride a bike as a kid.

Cycling.

I think this sums it up well, coupled with the fact that scuba simply isn't on most peoples radar. Scuba isn't something you see on TV, it's not something that you do as a kid, and it's certainly not something you see going on around you as you travel through town. Personally, I'm not so...