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Things of this sort are rarely simply experience issues. Very often, the newly trained are still doing things as they were taught - checking pressure because they expected the instructor to ask at any time, doing buddy checks, etc. How many times in the threads where sins are being confessed do...

More words. Not much more information, other than more precise location. Diver taken by sharks near Coffin Bay | Adelaide Now

For the most part, it's simply vastly more efficient to be instructed. I mean, you can take the classroom portion of OW on-line. That leaves you the pool work, which is done in the pool primarily because it's a convenient place to learn some basic things that are as well done in a pool as...

To mine I would add ear stuff, whether commercial or homemade alcohol/vinegar, because I have one ear persistently stubborn about clearing post-dive. And baby shampoo, for it's various uses.

What a great slip made in perfect context!!

And it's really not even that simple. Among operators, there might be great diversity in what they consider appropriate and responsible, and when it's short of all the way against the stop on the conservative side, someone is still going be appalled. And with anything just short of all the way...

[This is long. Sorry. I spend way too much time working with lawyers and this is the Court Cases forum.] While I know of no specific statute limiting the liability of scuba professionals, there are other statutes that are useful in getting a feel for how the law tends to go. Of course...

First thing is to get him checked by getting a referral from your family practice physician to a pulmonary specialist. Now, it may turn out to be something like a sensitivity to dry air. There's a reason people on oxygen therapy, even for short periods, are routinely given the benefit of a...

My favorite, though, it off-topic, not being diving related and being video, but controlling the camera yourself is a kick. (See if you catch the two guys fly fishing at 2:30.) I'd love to see this done diving a reef. 360 Video Nimmo Bay Helicopter Resort | Nimmo Bay

If it was a matter of the aluminum tank burning, I suspect it's most unlikely that every detail of the event can be determined after the fact. Aluminum has some peculiar properties and can be difficult or easy to ignite, depending on the circumstances. Generally, it's difficult. Thermite...

How did he get certified? By his instructor, of course: Actually, the full face mask is practical. Hamish, the scuba terrier (below), sometimes can't resist attempting a bark and loses his regulator and is trained to open his mouth to take it back when his tail is pulled. (Possibly a useful...

Ah, yes. Such drama and agonizing over valves and tanks shooting around. How on Earth have all of us in fire and EMS survived all these years with SCBA and large and small oxygen tanks stowed in all sorts of positions? It's really just another heavy object that could come loose in a tumbling...

Nice body of work from Brazil. Scroll down for additional views. Olho dagua water spring 3

How are you going to pick? People mostly speak highly of what they own. As you've seen, shops speak highly of what they sell. All the makers produce good gear. There's nothing I've seen that suggests that any of those three products are flawed. I suppose there are worse ways to pick than to ask...

You know, I have to consider that any basic buying guide is most likely aimed at users who are pretty new. And while there are some points about relative quality and information about differences in function that can be useful for such a new user, it's not the gear that's going to make the...

In 27 years as a paramedic, I have never known drowning to be defined except as death resulting from immersion in liquid and near-drowning as the period of survival of circumstances that would otherwise constitute drowning, although CDC uses "drowning" in the general sense and "non-fatal...

I think you have to ask yourself if, in the course of diving, you would attempt to rescue someone in trouble and, if you would, would you rather have some knowledge and practice at making it successful, both in terms of helping the victim and surviving the attempt yourself? Is there any reason...

Sunshine Superman - Donovan

Granted - three days of unseasonable warmth. (You'll begin feeling the first symptoms of your roaring three-day head cold sometime this evening.) I wish I hadn't had to chase my $200 Stetson across the wet yard yesterday.

You'd think so, but having worn them as a paramedic for periods comparable to dive times, I found my hands nearly as wrinkled as if they had been in water due to sweating.