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I'm a USA citizen living in New Zealand. The local dive shop refused to hydro my relatively new pony bottle because it's a USA certified bottle and doesn't have a New Zealand certification. I can understand not filling it (I do that myself), but to not test it? New Zealand sells the same...

It is much much more difficult to control you buoyancy in shallow water like the pool than in deeper water. You will have a lot less difficulty at 10 meters than at 3 meters.

My wife is not large breasted but floats like you would not believe. Must have hollow bones!

Thank you for sharing! Those are some of the most amazing nudi photos I've seen. Great photos from an obvious great photographer.

The Poor Knights, New Zealand!

Also, foreigners living or visiting Hong King could be extradited to mainland China and prosecuted.

I am happy to be able to put in a few words regarding States abusing copyright. The CRCA (Copyright Clarification Act) was instigated by my wife and myself when UCLA, a state university, pirated numerous copies of 7 different software programs properly copyrighted by our small company see "BV...

3000+ (can't say for sure) over 51 years, not a single equipment related failure. Had a couple of "stupid personal related" failures but still alive and looking toward to my next dive adventure!

A lot can happen in the three minutes of a non-required "safety stop". I suppose my actions would depend a lot on who the missing dive partner was. Before you get agro at my calous sounding response, I am 100% more likely to risk my life to help save the life of my wife or children than I am...

Nice. They must be poisonous or they would swim faster.

Not being able to see the bottom can be unnerving to some. I‛m not an expert on this but it may be similar to a fear of heights to some people. Knowing that you‛re not sinking below your certification level might help and relying on your dive computer to tell you your depth might help solve...

Absolutely not! You have an absolute right (and responsibility) to end any kind if dive at any time if you feel like it. Any buddy worth calling a "buddy" should be happy with your decision for a number of reasons.

Did download religiously for a while. Then decided "what`s the point? Now only look at the dive if something interesting happened.

Jack3d42 has the right idea. Wife had similar issues till she went to a larger BCD. She`s now thinking about a backpack.

Small knife zip tied to inflator hose and large knife on calf of left leg.

Wow, reading that release it seems that the dive boat can leave you after you get into the water and your survivors have no recourse.

A radical prostatectomy has left me somewhat incontinent. Switching to a drysuit and using an adult incontinence pad solved the problem.

Have had the PADI self reliant certification for three years and never been asked to show it - darn!

When you leave the boat make a note of the depth. Then use your compass to head in a certain direction (e.g. North). Try to stay on that course and not vary from that direction too much. To get back to the boat follow a reverse course. This is the simplest method of navigation. As you get...

I love the 4mm thick compressed neoprene drysuit. Tried a tri-lam and was cold even with quality thermals underneath (it was winter and water was 14 deg. C). As regards the extra drag with tri-lam, the compressed neo also has more drag than a wetsuit. Not really a problem unless you want to...