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    Bad accident on Independence II today (20 Aug 2022)

    https://www.nj.com/news/2012/03/deadly_dive_off_nj_coast_has_o.html Thanks everyone I went wreck diving out of Manasquan many moons ago with Captain David Haines RIP on The Seagull. Once off the boat ever man for himself.Being a shore diver from New England I was wondering why everyone followed...
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    Rob Stewart Investigation

    Thanks I have a special interest since i had a home in Layton on Long Key. So this was my front yard Did lots of diving but never at that depth Just tanks or free. Previous to this I was wreck diving out of Manasquan and before that a new England diver .Got a 20 Lb Lobster off Gloucester and...
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    Rob Stewart Investigation

    Additionally, REVO’s documents allege that the charter boat company didn’t comply with U.S. occupational and safety guidelines when conducting deep dives with rebreathers. Not only that, the documents allege that the charter boat company “and its cohorts were masquerading as a dive team from the...
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    Free diving, tank sharing fatality - Australia

    Yes! i've heard that a scuba diver was working & died from embolism caused when a large wave passed over and reduced pressure of the trough caused it. I myself free diving when scuba diver offered air I stupidly took it when i surfaced my lungs told me they didn't like it scared me! Do Not mix...
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    Man crushed diving Tidenham’s - Gloucestershire, UK

    Instructor Alexander Fox said that Jurasz had completed his Tec 40 qualification, permitting him to dive to 40m.He told the court: "On this day he had exceeded his competence levels. He was diving solo, which was not permitted at that depth. He missed one hour of decompression by coming up so...
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    The Abyss "if you gaze into the abyss the abyss gazes into you."

    "Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster; and if you gaze into the abyss the abyss gazes into you." Harry Schafer a friend of mine from the florida keys was a stunt diver in the movie. When we first heard of his diving in the movie we thought it was going to be some little...
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    RIP: Jeff Simonds, 32, Fla marine biologist, spearfisherman

    Wow. So sorry to hear of such a tragedy He certainly is a loss to all of us Someone who is so dedicated in love to our ocean environment Thanks Mr. Simonds "Keezdiver." "Fair Winds and Following Seas" Godspeed. I lived in the keys for years and know that area quite well It's one hairy...
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    Shark attack. .

    I did one Night dive in the Fl. Keys that was enough for me. This kid doesn't put his butt in The ocean when ya can't see period and it ain't just about sharks.Like the two guys who went into the blue hole in Egypt on a night Dive and only one comes back saying "they both agreed to turn off...
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    Seventeen Years Today Oct 12.

    Wow sorry to hear about your loss Dan. Reminds me of how fortunate i was when no one mentioned my single tank, one reg, no air backup, no dive buddy, 130 foot wreck Dives off Manisquam new jersey Absolutely Dan. He was Living "doing what he loved best" To close my eyes is to be at sea This...
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    Santa Catalina, Panama: stinging plankton

    Thanks for reminding me of some Dive Adventures ! It's interesting that you mention this. I have encountered stinging plankton in Zane Grey creek which is an ocean tidal feed,to the Long Key salt water lake. On Long Key in the Florida Keys. The Sting was unpleasant with some marking...
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    Good Friend Almost Kills me with Air

    Thanks for The response. The two different types of diving, free and Scuba, have for me completely different Mind Sets.Scuba, breathing freely,naturally, staying Alert but relaxed ~ def not breath Hold!!!!!!,Free Diving, absolute breath holding as long as possible, and bobbing up and down, at...
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    Good Friend Almost Kills me with Air

    Nice Dive bunny never thought of it that way. I say You are absolutely correct.Unless Dive planned and rehearsed ~ a compressed air diver should never offer a free diver Air unless it is a life or Death emergency. That could save a life. Wow sorry to hear about the death.
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    Seventeen Years Today Oct 12.

    Thanks so much Thanks with deep respect for mentioning the ones who died doing what we love and the ones that have died. A good friend of mine Cpt.Harry Shaffer , a diver in the movie "The abyss" ,I new and loved him before the movie,would say when we got back to the boat, in the keys ,"we've...
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    Good Friend Almost Kills me with Air

    I was free diving along with my friends who were scuba diving.Upon one decent a friend scuba diving offered a friendly exchange of his air from his regulator which i unfortunately accepted. These two modes of diving for me at that instant almost became a Deadly mix.Duh! This that idiot "me"...
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    looking for my friend & dive buddy-Capt. Dave Haines,Sea Gull Manasquan Inlet, NJ

    Sea Gull Capt. Dave Haines Manasquan Inlet, NJ
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