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I know that there have been many threads on BC vs Wings but I just saw a news item that made me reflect on the specific situation of a diver adrift. 'That's a wrap on old Jakey': Diver films himself lost at sea This diver was using a wing and found himself adrift and filmed what he believed to...

I just saw this film and I really enjoyed it. Courtesy of extratorrent but I'd have bought a copy if I could find one. As already mentioned, mostly spoken in Finnish but the English subtitles are good.

It really comes down to how well they've been cared for. I'm about to move house (downsizing due to retirement) and so needed to clear out part of the spare dive gear I'd accumulated over the years. This included a couple of old BCs, one with 20Y of use and another with 14Y of use. I gave these...

I'd add a 3rd definition. 3. The one that selects his/her dives For my first 300 or 400 dives I would dive anytime anywhere in any conditions. On live-aboards I'd be doing 6 or 7 dives per 24 hours, starting with the pre-dawn twilight, the morning dive, the pre-lunch dive, the early afternoon...

I just thread the strap in and out of hard weights. FYI, I highly recommend doing what I did - I added two pairs of velcro loops to the two lower corners of the "backplate". This let's me add trimweights, otherwise I found it tiring to relax at the surface with a reasonable amount of air in the...

As this is in Basic Scuba Discussions and not in a medical forum I'll jump in with a layman's opinion based on my old age and similar experiences. First just over 2 weeks seems a short time between surgery and diving. Secondly I really would want the scab to have fallen off naturally and see a...

One of the major factors for battery life of the Vyper is how quickly you rinse it off and get rid of the "AC" on the display. As long as the DC is detecting a conduction path between the two interface contacts located in the recess in the base it will automatically stay in dive-mode and show...

Quite frankly the protection circuit in a dive light is a bit meaningless. The highest probability failure scenario is a leak. Once salt water wets the circuit it will no longer offer any protection whatsoever. I have a couple of larger cells 26650 where the circuits became wet and corroded, I...

Try this link http://jconninv.com/LIP/SuuntoTools/SuuntoCommunicator.zip on this page Suunto Tools Disclaimer - I haven't tested the software. Use at your own risk.

I have 2 Vypers, one old all black one with very low serial number and one black and grey bought some years later. That menu option doesn't exist on either of them.

I never had a paper log. Electronic from the 1st pool session on. First 60 dives with a Citizen Hyper-aqualand watch downloaded to my PC and then I started investing in dive computers - all with PC interfaces. If I was travelling somewhere where I might be asked for a log I just printed a list...

Done, but I'd be very surprised if you find any correlation between amateur/recreational scuba diving and teeth issues. Given the inverse relationship between depth and dive time such divers only spend any really significant time at shallow depths. The OC tech divers I know that regularly do...

I just got back from a weekend of diving at Ilha Grande in Brazil and experienced the highest temperature gradients I've ever seen. Air temperature high 30'sC. In-water near surface temperature 30C. In-water at 20m, 15C in the cracks between the big rocks at the site Parcel do Coronel. Similar...

Arraial is about your closest reasonable diving. Your two options are bus (about 10 per day prices around R$80.00) or rent a car and drive, the latter of course will give you an easy way to visit the many beautiful beaches in the region of Buzios / Cabo Frio. For buses just Google this phrase...

Real problem is that the message fonts are way oversized and if you reduce zoom to make them acceptable then you can't read the date and time of the post!

This attack got a lot of publicity because it's the first recorded attack in Noronha but the diving community in general is appalled by the speculative and low standard of reporting. Lots of discussions on Facebook diving groups. It wasn't a "dive", he was just snorkeling. How the heck some of...

Rather than saying "slower" ascent I'd prefer to see "correct" ascent rate. As you get into deeper dives (30m+) you don't want to be hanging around at depth once your planned bottom time has expired. Too slow ascending at depth and you can easily create an unexpected deco obligation - even...

I saw a perfect example of people not paying attention to their PDC (or thinking) some years ago. The group of about 10 divers did a first dive, square profile, to 42m with one DM and then after 1h of SI we jumped in at the second site with bottom at 24m but with a second DM that had sat out the...

How many engineers do you know that still use slide-rules? - A slide-rule is much more reliable than a calculator or a computer or a smart-phone. It will NEVER let you down. - It makes you think about what you doing. - It gives you a feel for the numbers. - It looks cool. Yeah, right! I gave up...

Well as a workaround you could always go back to a serial interface. I have a DIY Suunto-serial cable that I built for about 5USD in parts - it seems ready built Suunto-serial cables are fairly easily found on the second-hand market. I use it with a cheap USB-Serial adapter that cost me a just a...