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LDS are closing here in the Seattle area. I'm surprised some of these guys lasted as long as they did, and I still think one or two more will fold. All the shops here are feeling the effects of the economy. I went into a LDS about a month - it was dark, cramped with too much gear, (used old...

Did a 'fun dive' with a local group here in Seattle. It was something new Divemasters were pressured into setting up here, and I went diving w/ an old diver from Israel that hadn't been in the water for 20 years and didn't understand what the whole BCD thing was about! After he corked from 35...

Passport, reg/octo/ computer, log book, mask/ snorkel, and maybe the BCD goes with me into the plane. Everything else goes in the belly of the plane.

Hi Sparrow - welcome to the funny farm. Yes this pressure is normal. Do a quick Google search on Equilization Techniques..like the Valsalva maneuver or the Toynbee maneuver and this problem is easily overcome. If you can grab your nostrils, pinch them shut - and then try to blow through...

Oh, this camera is on my Christmas list...thanks for posting!

Whew...good question. First - do NOT buy the cheapest suit you can find...unless it fits perfectly and will also suit the kind of diving you will do. Second- consider what diving you would most likely perform. Really- you should read that last part again. A bottle collecting diver needs...

I need a good referral for a fishing charter out of Wesport, WA. Anybody know anthing on this topic? Been there before me? Please advise- thanks.

Take flying lessons. ...all the way through IFR certification. Or take golf - and actually go golfing every weekend. Tee off fees, shoes, clubs. Then come gripe to me about scuba. Scuba still isn't cheap, but amortize that over your diving amount, then it drops drastically. (Amortize..is...

The FROG that spins over and over has GOT to go. Sorry, your thread is now resuming. Thx, Jim

Found a 25' measuring tape. Mask w/ snorkel. Weights on more than 4 dives...sometimes loose, sometimes still in their pouch. A backpack that I didn't open..and I regret it to this day ... maybe it was missing Jimmy Hoffa stuff? I still regret NOT opening it you know? Could been 50 K in...

O.M.O.H. - buy 'em.

Ya gotta read yer gauges.. Repeat! This is an interesting topic, it makes me wonder where the diver was certified. I was certified in Seattle, in 50 degree crummy viz...and gear heavy, drysuits, etc etc. Then I went to Hawaii, 70 degree water - PERFECT viz, and went on a charter where we...

Billy, I think this video is great...you have captured some great shots of what a diver would see in Hawaii on some charter boats...and thats true life stuff, rental gear that doesnt match...new divers kicking up some cloudy silt, etc. Doesn't matter if the hold of the wreck needed more...

Just switched out my orange gloves for the thicker ( and less rip prone) blue Atlas gloves...and I can already tell my dexterity is going south with these blue ones. But no leaks so far!

Shark bites a lawyer? Whats the problem?

I had an interesting discussion with my LDS about this...black, black, black-ness. He mentioned a few years ago almost ALL the manufacturers were offering multi colors - pinks, blues and greens - and of course BLACK. The pink colors, and greens and blue gear all sat on the...

Faber MP (3180+) 120 steels ? Buy 'em. I like my Steel LP Faber 95, but keep kicking myself that I didnt go with a LP 108. Ah, anything is better than AL80's...those tanks are evil.

Quicksilver is allowing a $50.00 trade in credit for old steamer wetsuits...see attached? Quiksilver - Wetsuit Promotion

Just like Lynn and Peter, I have a pair of this stuff, tops, bottoms, and the socks. It is, aside from the Dry Gloves I just now started using...The Best Piece Of Dive Gear I own...toasty stuff. Didn't add or lose any lbs, and I'm diving a DUI CF200X - read: compressed neoprene drysuit. As I...

According to the seller, my usual dive buddy (an ex instructor and pretty good friend) - yes it really is a LP... wish I had a photo of the markings right about now.