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We wait at the very least till the coast guard is done. And, dive2deep4you was present. I also know everyone involved.

And therein lies the rub. As is often the case with the fossil ledge incidents, she was alone, and it's hard to put the pieces together even for those who where present. Further, I think most would prefer to hold certain aspects back until the investigation concludes. Personally, I'm ok with...

Not a particularly important distinction to make at this point, but Amy was not a tech diver.

Amy was alone at the time that something - we don't know what - happened that caused her to bail out of her gear and come up. We know she headed back to the anchor with plenty of air, and last seen she was close to the anchor line and not in distress. Then there's a gap. I'm hesitant to give...

Been with her family and friends since yesterday. Consider this confirmation. Devastating loss.

Another Wilmington, NC area diving fatality today....on another fossil ledge dive - I believe the same coordinates as well. Not a good week for diving in NC.

I know both Aquatic Safaris and Outer Banks Diving (who bring their boat down in spring and fall) cancelled their charters. The conditions yesterday where pretty rough and I'm a little surprised anyone made the call to go out.

1. That seems pretty darn short to me. This past winter my LDS started teaching referral classes in six hours of pool time, and most of the instructors agreed that this seemed VERY rushed and didn't allow for much time for practice and gaining comfort in the water. We're going back to a 9...

I get enough crap for taking the time to paint dive flags on my toenails....I'd never live down a tattoo.

So am I lol. I've known some genuine instructors who really had no business being instructors... This reminds me of when I first started my divemaster class. A friend of mine introduced me to a guy at a party as someone who was a "serious diver." He told me he had his "master diver." me...

Are you trying to use either for diving? Because unless there are markings on the gray one that you didn't picture, neither are usable for that.

As others have said...that's NC diving for you. I have NEVER been on a boat out there where I wasn't expected to handle all of my own gear - and in fact I prefer it that way. I do not want anyone touching my set up but me. I also have always had to transport my own tanks. I've been diving with...

I agree with this 100%. I actually recently felt like this was a weakness of mine. I've done a good amount of diving, but always with people with miles of experience on me. It was too easy to let them lead a dive while I looked at critters. So my personal plan of action was doing some...

Can't she go as a non diver? All the trips my shop runs offer a diver price and a non diver price. I'm currently single, but had the same dive buddy for a long time (the guy I was dating) - I was lucky that he was as into it as I was and we never dove apart. I've recently been doing the...

I dive with sharks regularly off the coast of NC. It's my main reason for going out there so often. The picture in my avatar is one I took myself and I have been within arms reach a few times. I just mind my own business....same ocean, same day. I've had a couple get a little curious, but...

My worst was probably actually the one I did a couple of weeks ago on the F.W. Abrams wreck in the outer banks. Not 30 seconds into the dive I got stung so badly on my lip by a jellyfish that I was yelling and cussing into my regulator. It was generally the same story 2/3 of the way down the...

Not me. I didn't have a huge number of logged dives before I started my divemaster training. But a large majority of those dives were in difficult and advanced conditions. So I know as well as anyone that the number doesn't tell the whole story. I once watched someone with 20+ years of...

I'm personally wary of rushed programs, especially for people without years of experience. My LDS had a sort of rushed DM program that I passed on in favor of one on one instruction that was drawn out over the span of however long it took me to feel like I was really qualified to watch over...

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that I am the only female who said Phillippe Cousteau Jr. Hellooooooo! Not only is he a stud, he's scuba royalty. I don't want to dive with some silly actor i'll have to take care of and look after the whole time.

Philippe Cousteau Jr....