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I have dived with cow sharks, gully sharks, reef sharks, ragged-tooth sharks, moray eels, rays of various types and sizes, seals, gigantic and very, VERY aggressive red Roman, potato bass and southern right whales. 95% of my diving has been in the Great White infested waters of False Bay and...

I see. Well played sir.

I love that flow chart Bob! It strikes just the right balance between humour and levity whilst clearly showing what I take many, many sentences to explain to my students. Would you object strenuously if I were to use it in my courses?

Sorry for the OT post but in the spirit of humour and laughter I can't help but share. I have seen multiple people put wetsuits on back to front with the front entry zip on the back but a story that "my" instructor told me takes the cake. He had a student who put his weight belt on INSIDE his...

Hollis F1 "Bat fins".

:shocked2: Must. See. Fish! 9 feet?!? What is it? For contrast the biggest fish I have seen is a potato bass. I've seen sharks that big but never a fish 9 feet long.

With a great deal of tolerance. :D Actually I haven't run up against this problem during my courses much. I usually have two DMs riding shotgun and are enough to keep my students reassured. I guess they get the fair share or students brushing up against their fins instead of me. Rank hath its...

People who brush up against my fins. It sounds weird but it gets to me BADLY. So you have your shnozz up in my fins, now I can't kick. So I'll just move away from you so that I can kick again ... OH WAIT, I CAN'T MOVE WITHOUT KICKING. I dive in a lot of kelp and every so often I get that...

Sounds to me as though the 240bar 11.5L cylinder is what our American brethren call an AL100. Yuppers ... at rated pressure that comes out to about 97.5 cft. So it probably is an AL100. You want the AL80 or S80 which is the 207 bar 11.1L cylinder. The AL100s are beastly heavy and quite large...

Thank you Jenth for both the confirmation that it is possible and the hints and tips. Your effort is most appreciated.

The udder cream that HenrikBP mentioned is called Bag Balm. I use a local equivalent because Bag Balm isn't available locally and I can verify that it works wonders. It totally eliminated the burning sensation underwater, lessened the red ring after the dive and made the little redness that I...

I have been donated a pair of Diving Concepts dry gloves and rings (http://www.divingconcepts.com/link1.htm) and have been struggling to install them in my Fusion. I have tried about three times and each time I either didn't have enough of the glove side ring sticking out to seal on the...

Adiabatic cooling. Edit: to be more precise the air cools as it leaves your cylinder due to the decrease in pressure. This cool air can suck the heat out of a drink thereby cooling it. It is the same principle that freezes regulators into an open position when diving in very cold water.

I know it has been mentioned before but there is your problem right there. There are just some people who will use less gas than you no matter how comfortable, streamlined and efficient your are underwater. And those people tend to be petite females. I have seen women a foot shorter than me...

The morning of my final OW check out dives I pulled into the parking lot of the harbour, opened my car door and was greeted by the sound of Sepultura blaring out from my instructor's truck. Man was I pumped to go diving after that! It was so energising and invigorating. To this day I maintain...

For what it is worth R2300 for a 12.2L steel (new) is a damn good price. The shop I worked at sold them for R3500.

I meant no disrespect to Tobin with my flippant remark. I was merely trying to demonstrate the fallacy of that diving gear shill nonsense.

Well by that logic Tobin must be bankrupt by now from the legions of viciously loyal zealots he has on his payroll.

Well in case anyone is interested I managed to find a pair of Chucks in my size. Turns out I had to go a size up to (UK) size 13 which is, I think, about a 14 in US size. Still, you know what they say about men with big feet ... they need to buy big shoes! :blinking: None of the local...

I am looking for a workaround for rock boots and decided to try the Chuck Taylors that everyone suggests to go over drysuit socks. Unfortunately they don't come in my size here in South Africa. I wear size 12 shoes and CTs only come up to size 10. Does anyone use any other types of shoes...