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Accident Compensation (ACC) – No Lawsuits Allowed In New Zealand you cannot sue someone for causing you injury. If you’re injured in New Zealand, regardless of cause or blame, the ACC scheme entitles you to: Free medical care. Payment of a proportion of your salary – up to 80 percent – while...

Most of New Zealands dive charter boats require that you surface with 50 Bar (735 PSI). This is regardless of whether you are diving a 10 Litre, 12 Litre or 15 Litre tank, or whether you have a redundant pony bottle air supply, doubles on your back, diving with a partner or solo. Doesn't make...

The wife and my one experience trying to do a scuba dive while on a cruise ship was very disappointing. The cruise ship always arrived at the island we wanted to dive after the dive boats left. We had to be happy snorkeling - which was beautiful I might say. This was in the S. Pacific and...

I have noticed that the dump valves on my BCD occasionally get a bit loose and need tightening. I check them every time I wash the BCD. But to come off altogether is weird. Bet your buddy will check them once in a while from now on.

I'll never forget her birthday. We were sailing, hit Banco Chinchorro and sank the boat on her birthday. 45 years later we're still married. b.t.w Banco Chinchorro is a great spot for wreck diving.

No. I'm happy to remember my wife's name.

Being old and forgetfull, I leave it on.

I've done thousands, taken a lot of advanced courses and once in a while still screw up. Still alive however!

I take my hat off to you people diving in Holland. You must really love diving to be doing so in those temperatures! If this Covid19 thing ever resolves itself I would be happy to go diving with you in New Zealand at the Poor Knights Islands. I could practice my Dutch. I have a few videos...

Thank you for posting that beautiful video.

If you don't do decompression diving my suggestion is a 19 cu pony. Smaller probably a waste of time, larger gets challenging physically. Your age might have a bearing on your choice. I'm 73 and the 19 cu is very manageable for me. Younger people might feel the same with a 40 cu.

If you dive Banco Chinchorro please say hi to Marjan for me. Marjan is/was a beautiful 26 foot Choy Lee Frisco flier sloop that we accidentally deposited on Banco Chinchorro for your wreck diving pleasure. She's in the company of several hundred other wrecks, including some freighters.

You don't have to be a scuba diver to "hunt" underwater. I was spearfishing long before scuba diving. You can do this freediving. Start shallow. Diving for scallops is easier than trying to get fish or lobsters. The scallops don't swim very fast. :-)

I started diving solo after my son moved to Australia. The wife didn't dive at that point. We have our own boat and didn't want other people always on our boat just so I could dive. She finally got tired of following me in the dinghy and got certified to dive. She "likes" diving but I...

Am I doing something wrong? Can't see most of the threads that are supposed to be there.

Only problem is having to switch to another bottle for the second dive.

Other than a shark having a go at me on a night dive 250 miles from the nearest hospital I had one experience that taught me a lesson. I dive solo a lot. To make attaching the pony bottle easier I get into the water without gloves on. I always stuck the gloves in the crack between the low...

Interesting that you now need proof of certification in order to buy a hookah system.

My experience with narcosis is that I didn't know I was narced. I didn't feel a thing but the "narc test" that the instructor made me do proved it beyond a doubt. The test was first done on the surface before the dive. The instructor timed how long it took me to write my name backwards. My...

Use the boat's defog but rinse my mask with saltwater briefly after jumping off the boat.