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One option is to put something on the webbing that can act as a retainer instead of the can light. That could be a dedicated retainer as mentioned above, or alternatively a pocket, or a knife, The other option as mentioned is to tuck it in. If you opt for this, and have issues withit becoming...

I would also look into technique, in addition to nutrition/hydration. If the cramp only shows up during the back kick, not during other kicks, it’s more likely a technique issue. Why do you constantly need to back kick? Are you back kicking into a (strong) current? If there is no or little...

I imagine it must be difficult to get the full support crew together. On the fateful day the 200m support diver couldn’t make it, but everyone else was there (presumably unpaid). Several support divers, a medic, dive manager, press/media, ...? If you cancel and postpone, maybe next time you have...

Well the above wasnt supposed to be an actionable dive plan, only the illustration that even if you assume fairly unreasonable parameters, the amount of gas required will still be huge. Hence the large number of cylinders... Regarding the wing, if you look at Sebastians pictures carefully, you...

Because its a very long way from 300m to 200m where you will likely not have any safety divers and where you dont want to waste a single second faffing around with clipping stages. And remember he didnt have a safety diver at 200... Also, I doubt that you will find many safety divers willing to...

Call me conservative, but ... I kind of doubt that anyone will go there on OC (or a RB) ... ;-)

I just do a freshwater dive after I come back from a salty place. After freshwater dives I don’t do any gear washing, just put it on a place where it can dry well.

Reading the bit about the guideline reminded me of Sheck Exley’s death, he was found with guideline wrapped around the tank valve. Interpretation remains that in Sheck’s case, he knew he wasn't coming back and wanted to minimize the risk for a potential recovery team ...

Nope, they stopped recognizing deep air dives as I wrote. The record you are referring to is a mixed gas dive, ie special breathing gas mix with lower oxygen content, lower nitrogen and additional helium vs air. 300ish meters on air is physiologically impossible, both due to oxygen toxicity and...

While this is possible, it is extremely improbable. Pretty much anything that goes wrong, that would be survivable on a 10m dive, has a very high chance to get you killed on a 300m dive. Look at the stats of dives below 240m, incident rate and fatality rate. It’s freakin high. Look at good old...

I understand where you are coming from. I don’t dive solo, so take this with a grain of salt ... but imho you might want to reconsider this strategy in case of entanglement. In my modest experience from cave diving, the best thing to do in case of entanglement is to stop immediately, think...

If I remember correctly, Guinness World Records stopped recognizing ultra deep air diving in 2005 due to the extremely high fatality rate. The still standing record on air I believe is 155m ... Given the high fatality rate in recent years trying to push beyond 300m (using mixed gas) makes you...

Sylwia Winnik Official The post has a picture of (allegedly) his dive computer, showing a depth of 333.8 meters.

I can see the usefulness of doffing the rig at the surface, e.g. like Storker described. But I’m not sure why you would ever want to take it off under water or in mid-water. You might argue about restrictions in caves/wrecks, but in this case you should probably question if backmount is the...

Tenta di battere il record mondiale di profondità, Sebastian Marczewski muore nelle acque del lago di Garda Google translate: He was fairly active on Facebook (“Iron Diver”) and had won the support of quite a few local sponsors. I think he’s the fourth Polish diver to die in Lake Garda...

Oh sure we did plan a dive using tables during the course. But on subsequent dives, especially post course dives, this wasn’t the case. And as a fresh OW diver with a grand total of 4 dives during the OW class, you don’t challenge the dive shop when they tell you it’s a super easy dive, just...

Well, it's an improvement over the "just follow the guide" approach that was prevalent when I did my PADI OW. With those ops, none of the customers had computers, and nobody planned dives with tables or whatever. We just had mechanical depth gauge, no watch, and trust the dive master ...

With GUE fairly well covered ... what about other agencies? UTD? ISE? RAID? CMAS? ...?

Deco is not allowed in Rec1 / fundamentals, using the language you are used to in this context. It is a non-deco course. As far as the table and fundamentals training goes, the GUE wording would be a bit different though. First, every dive is a deco dive, even if you dive to 10m for 10min. It...

Maybe a bit of perspective for others reading this: at first the DUE/DIR style may come across as fairly dogmatic. Some claim you must follow it to the letter, least you shall be excommunicated or die. In my experience this is far from the truth, and while hardcore DIR-fetish-zealots may exist...