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I did a quick dive the other night to clear rope from a prop I doubt I made it to four feet. When I hooked up my reg I didn’t notice anything amiss. The o-ring was in the valve the system pressurized and there were no hissing noises. In short all appeared normal. I jumped in did my thing and as...

So this is seems like a really dumb question to me having been in, on, and around cold water my entire life. I am clear that when wet and cold you need to get dry. On the other hand if you are planning multiple wet dives in cold water, mid fifties, when you get out do you pull yourself out of...

I have discovered that to correct my sinking feet I need to move some weight up towards my shoulders. I experimented the other day with hard weights on a cam band up around my tank strap and the results were amazing. Now I am looking for a permanent solution. My BC is not weight integrated and...

I posted here a couple days back about kicking in silt. I was back in that harbor today looking for a guys mooring, it was cut off by ice over the winter, and if I thought it was bad before I was wrong. I dont have a lot of dives, 25 or so, all in the ocean. What I saw today maybe common in...

Here is a question for all you DIR and GUE types. I have heard of kicks designed to limit the amount of silt that is disturbed by your passing by something. I have had the chance this spring to do a little diving in a local harbor doing odd jobs, but as with most good harbors the bottom is very...

I am looking for shore diving sites on Penobscot bay and around MDI. I do have access to a boat and am interested in places in Penobscot Bay that make good boat dives as well. I am from up here, but new to the sport and recreational divers are few and far between in these parts. Everybody talks...

My wife and I just go back from our first ever dive vacation. The purpose of the trip was to get my wife's OW check out dives done after doing the course and pool work over the winter up here. She was nervous, and hadn't been even in the pool since March. She worked with two intructors Pat and...

I am not sure if this is the appropriate forum or not, but service like this should be complemented so here goes. Three weeks ago I purchased, among other things, an Atmos 2 console on clearance from Scuba Toys. At the time I thought I had ordered the three gauge console with a compass. The...

I have been researching computers, reading here, books, ads, whatever I can find. I currently dive with just analog gauges. I have seen the pros and cons of AI vs. not AI, wrist vs. console, nitrox vs, air, and so on. Here is my confusion, I have read that with a non AI computer if it fails, you...

I have been getting in the pool with my wife during her OW class. I myself am a new diver and have been using the free pool time to play with bouyancy. I find that I am head high all the time. I am not weight integrated, but use the DUI weight and trim system. I remeber this past summer seeing...

After a long ride to a not so “local” dive shop and a couple hours practice in the pool my wife went to her second open water class last night and left laughing! She was way more comfortable in the water and was able to perform every task asked of her. The mask only leaked a very little, no more...

As I watch my wife work on her OW certification I have started to wonder about proper weighting and female divers. Now I am very new at this sport and am still working trough proper weight and trim, and maybe it is my thinking about that that leads to the question. With apologies to and women...

I have a question about mask fit. My wife started her open water course last night. The class is all guys and she was a little intimidated so I tagged along to help her feel more comfortable. When they got to the pool portion she had a problem with her mask. Whenever she opened her mouth to put...

The literature on this system says it will work under most BC’s I have never actually been in the water with one on, but have tried them on in the shop and noticed they are quite popular around here. I have just a base model Sequest jacket style BC, but am worried about access to the drop...

I was on a dive this weekend and my buddy suggested this a place to learn more about the sport so I figure I would come take a look. This appears to be the most comprehensive site I have found to date.