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It teaches to not excessively hyperventilate and purge too much CO2 from your lungs. Proper hyperventilation (per PADI) is 2 or 3 deep breaths and submerge. Not hyperventilate for 10 breaths, submerge, swim and blackout. If you're doing the IDC, you should already know this.

I've heard if any money changes hands, even if it is only a couple bucks for fuel, it can be considered a charter service from a liability stand point.

To add to the pot.. if you're taking folks out diving, are they going to help with fuel or any costs for that matter? If that is the case then the state or coast guard or the federalies can look upon your operation as a charter service. Which can open a whole new can of worms. If you're...

Welcome! Do you ever get over to the coast and dive offshore?

6 packs usually need 4 to go, so if you, your buddy and in2adrenaline get on a charter list, then they'll only need one more to go.

Emerald coast scuba

Assuming you want to dive wrecks. There are a number of dive ops you can go out with in the Beaufort, Morehead City area, Discovery Diving, Olympus, Diver Down, Tortuga and others. There are other dive ops in Wilmington. Google and call and see what they have goin on. Diving here is very...

The cooper river is probably a better bet for meg teeth, but its pretty much blackwater and gator diving. It can get crazy with the currents and bank cut outs. The fossil ledge is decent, lots of teeth but also lots of growth on them. Theres also whale bones by the tons out there. Overall...

Lightroom? Its an adobe application, you can do pretty much all you need to photo and its cheaper than Photoshop.

Agree with above, water above the reef and get lightroom. Use auto white balance and you can adjust the white balance in post processing. You can even tweak the exposure and contrast to some extent. That will help a little with color blow out. Get a decent digital camera, housing and a strobe...

I have a vyper and on the surface it'll say I'm at 297ft. After I get in it works fine, depth and time always match my depth and timer.

If you go to the several wrecks where sharks hang out (Caribsea, Atlas, Papoose, Spar, etc), 100% of the time. They're almost always sand tigers, sometimes you'll get a sandbar shark here and there. I saw a bull shark once on the Papoose. And if you're really really lucky you may get a chance...

It should clear, and will have to clear in order to dive. My left ear is a little slower than my right, and it takes just a little more push to equalize. You might try pulling down or out on your ear lobe. Your left eustacian tube may be different (smaller, not as straight) than your right. Or...

We do our discover scuba with a 1:1 ratio, occasionally 2:1 if the individuals seem comfortable and perform the skills easily. And its very safe with a competent instructor. Like was said earlier, maybe think about doing it locally, most shops (we do) will apply the cost of the discover scuba to...

Eastern NC may be an option for you. There is Duke and UNC-W both have outstanding Marine Biology programs. Plus there's plenty of area for horses and a couple options for boarding. Around Beaufort/Morehead there are many shore dive spots, ya just have to know where to go or who to ask. Plus...

Cobia

Wow. 50 years of diving. Thats epic and congratulations! Voit made tanks, I actually have a voit 72 with a j valve and it still has the rod with it.

Gotcha, my reading comprehension skills were out to lunch I guess :)

Thay depends on which certification agency you're going with. If its PADI then a 200 yd or 300 yd mask, snorkel, fin no stop swim (untimed), 5 min tread and 10 min float, a test, and show mastery on diving skills. There 5 confined water sessions and 4 open water sessions. Dive skills include...

Congratulations!!