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I like taking large glow sticks on night dives as my marker light. There's no good reason; it's just something to get a laugh from my fellow divers and to be a little different. So far I've been able to find 15" green glow sticks online with relative ease. They aren't cheap, but I consider...

Another quick question. What's available for diving around Reading, UK? I'll dive in cold water, but my dive buddy prefers non-hypothermia-inducing dive spots. Is there anything near by? Or is it all pretty cold all year long?

Hi All, I'm not sure if this should be in the Western Europe forum or the Africa forum, but here goes. A couple of us are considering a trip to the Canary Islands next year. Three divers, one non-diver. How's the diving? Where's the "best" diving (e.g. most interesting ... not necessarily...

Hi Guys. I'm not new here, so I _know_ that this is taking the lazy man's way out, but do any of you have recommendations for a few must-dive sites in Curacao? I'm heading down in early August with a couple friends and don't know much about the local dive scene yet. Is it mostly shore diving...

Does anyone know what the typical durometer rating is of the neoprene in a 1mil (skin), 3mil, 5mil, and 7mil wetsuit? What is a durometer rating, you ask? Well, in this forum you might not be asking, but I had to look it up. It's the measurement of a material's density or hardness...

Hi all. I'm in the airport on my way to Brussels. Since the last time I was there, I hae converted my reg over to DIN. I'm planning to dive at NEMO on Monday night and they require yoke fittings (*grumble*). Is there a dive shop in Brussels where I can pick up a DIN-to-yoke adapter tomorrow...

Does anyone have a map of Dutch Springs? I'm taking Rescue Diver and I need to make an Emergency Action Plan that includes a map of the dive site. The best one that they have on their site is: It's not half bad, but it doesn't really give much detail about the diving (e.g. depths...

So there's this small side-bar in the funny diving quotes thread about diving immediately after flying to lower your nitrogen saturation and extend your NDL ... Yes, it's a big joke and no it doesn't work. But it got me wondering. Is there anywhere you can go to learn how to skydive / HALO...

I've been using SDM for about two years now. I have yet to open it once without running in to something new that is broken or doesn't work. A lot of the posts here and elsewhere indicate that my experience is far from unique! So what's a diver to do? Has anyone written a translator to pull...

Hi all. Is there one really good reef map that folks turn to for Bonaire? Thanks!

So how big do they get? I learned on 80s and found out there were 100s when I went to Coz and told my DiveOp that, as a newbie and a guy, I wolf down air. I went poking around the internet yesterday and saw 120 (!) Do they come bigger than that? And if so, what's the down side?

Hi All. I'm planning to be down Bonaire ways in October so I'm looking at places to stay. BuddyDive, the Deep Blue View, and Harbour Village all seem to have good reviews (though they cover a wide range of prices!) What do you think of these places? Am I missing any really good ones? Anyone...

Is the Cobra designed to stop displaying your PSI when it dips below approx 178psi? I have owned my Cobra for about two years. It is serviced regularly, has performed very well, and has not failed me yet. Last week I found myself with about 178psi left and then the display zero'd out on me...

I'm doing wreck training with my LDS on the USS Indra over the 4th of July weekend. Does anyone know how deep it is and what the conditions are like mid-summer (on an average day)? I've been able to locate the coordinates, but no depth information.

Hi all. Quick question. Nemo33 in Brussels says that I can bring my own reg if it has an international connection. They don't allow DIN connectors. I'm away from my references at home, so let me ask you guys: what is an "international connection"? I hate to say it, but I don't know which...

DISCLAMER: I don't think I'd actually consider purchasing something like this, but the idea hit me so I thought I'd toss it out there. A while back I bought a set of throat microphones for my motorcycle. They capture sound by resting on your throat and picking up vibrations. It's useful for...

Hey all. A while back I read a posting from DandyDon about www.cancunmap.com having a pretty good map of Cozumel. I checked them out and they were in the process of updating their Coz map. I just got an email from Laura over there who tells me that the new maps have come in. I've ordered...

Hi all. I just brought my BCD and regulators to my LDS for their first 1-year servicing. It's going to run me about $75 ($25/reg plus $25 for the BCD). Annual servicing makes sense from a safety perspective, but I'm curious about what actually gets done? I'm particularly curious about what...

Before anyone jumps all over me for this one, my strong inclination is to leave it at home. I promise. There is only one good reason to bring it. My dive computer uploads to my laptop and updates my dive log. With a week in Coz coming up, I expect to have plenty of dives to log. Is there...

I see that most folks tend to bring their computer, mask, dive log, etc as carry on items. This would imply that BCDs, fins, and anything else tend to be checked luggage, right? How do you protect these items during a flight? My main concern is that I routinely store this stuff in a mesh...