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Another way to handle a free flowing regulator is to have a hand overthe top of the mouthpiece and cup your hand to gather an air bubble. the free flowing regulator will replenish the air as you breath in from the cup of air. This keeps the regulator further from your face and increases...

I came down to Destin for the weekend only to find that most of the charters are not running. I am looking for a charter or a good shore dive. Does anyone have any clue? Any help would be apprieciated.... Thanks, Rich

I hate to ask, but are there still any avaiable at this price? I am looking for two 300 bar DIN. with a metal wheels and enviro kits. I can do with out the Enviro kits for the moment if you are still out. You can message me with the answer.

Well, Bill and I dove mermet springs on Sunday. Let me tell you, it was cool air temps and great diving. The visability in the quarry has gotten much better over the last couple of weeks. at platform 2 you could actually see the other side of platform 1. At 60 and 100 feet, the visability was...

Thats why I am diving that weekend, have your cake and such... Will do on calling Dave, and a close dive spot is a great thing. PM Bill or I with a time that you want to dive with us again (if you still do), We are thinking table rock next weekend...

Raphyy, I must say congrats as well. Hopefully it is the beginning of a lot more diving for you. If you are talking about the PADI Advanced Open Water cert. the differance is that they teach you more advanced skills (buoyancy, navigation, etc.) they also give you a taste of some of the...

The question that I would have for you is this... How many dives did you have under your belt before taking the drysuit class, or was this part of the OW cert? How comfortable were you with your buoyancy before the drysuit class? The thing about drysuits is that they are far less forgiving that...

Thanks for the update, but I was just checking up on the updates. My brother and I are diving mermet tomorrow, but we have plans on new meele soon. As far as tonight goes, the girl I am dating said that if I don't see her tonight, I'll never "see" her again:eyebrow:, if you know what I mean. So...

Hey phil, Just wondering, have they made the main dock more stable yet? that two peice dock can be somewhat tricky to walk on and I heard rumors that it was going to be reinforced/replaced. Have you heard or seen anything with regards to that? Rich

also, as I have mentioned in another post, try doing this. Take a breath in from your regulator at the surface and from that point forward in the descent, exhale through your nose into your mask. this pretty much guarantees that you are equalizing often and early.

with pracice you can learn to yawn with your mouth closed. took me about a month to get the hang of it. Works well for me...

If I can make a suggestion here... when I am diving, and I am talking specifically about the descent here, I like to take my breaths in through my mouth and exhale through my nose and into my mask. I taught this tecnique to a girl that I was dating at the time (just got her OW a week before) and...

the PADI prerequsites are below... Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization) and 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver) Number of dives: Five dives Adventure Dive options include altitude diving, AWARE-fish...

there are many differant schools of thought on this. I prefer to streach my neck as I equalize. I find that this makes the equalization easier. lifting your head gives the same effect. the pich and blow technique of equalizing is called Valsalva method. There are others as well like Frenzel...

I have found that allegra (fexophenadrine) the morning before a dive helps clear my head and makes equalizing much easier. BTW Instructors are teaching all of their students to equalize by the pich and blow method. I personaly can not equalize my ears well with that manuver and perfer the jaw...

Most of the posts above are on the nose. I have found that most all students are taught with about 1/3 more weight than is needed. if you want them horizontal and they want to become better divers, there is really only one thing that you can do. Practice with them. teach them that they are more...

I am in for next Sunday if we can get a group together. One qustion, I do not want to seem like the money grubber of the group. but did they charge you all an admittance fee?

Well, it is NOT looking like Bill and I (bsigmund and rsigmund) are going to make it out there on Saturday. The instructor we work with needs us to teach class on Saturday. If there is still going to be anybody up for Sunday, we can probably do that. Otherwise, we are down to 6 total. Also, if...

If you can not afford a DUI drysuit (great suit but very expensive), you might wantr to try a Bare drysuit. You can usually pick one of them up for under 1000 dollars with everything that you need to dive. As far as the best place to dive around here, Mermet Springs, Rolla, offset mine, and...

If you get a contact number for the bags please post it and I'll do the same. As far as bumpers and such, I will be bringing several 4 gallon detergent bottles and nylon cord for markers (I think that I have 4 - 5). Bill and I are working on bringing some extra tanks as well. I never heard...