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Heh! Heh! good one! A buddy of mine was in Ginnie and folks in a canoe kept getting uncomfortably close to the divers with paddle blades. It's really easy for a diver wearing tank and weights to capsize a canoe. Some paddlers went for a swim.

I'll add --(A) don't touch the wildlife -- period. Unless you plan to legally kill it and eat it. This greatly reduces your chances of being shocked, stung, irritated, dismembered or killed by the offended critter. And -- (B) don't wear gloves during a simple recreational dive unless they...

Soft scrub with bleach rubbed around with a cotton ball or a gauze pad. And don't just scrub it once, but several times. Regular "Comet" cleanser sounds like a bad idea -- too abrasive. Soft scrub is called that because it tends to not scratch durable surfaces such as glass. The flaming...

I didn't have the time to spend away from home for my divemaster internships so mine were done in the cold, murky, quarry waters around Middle Tennessee. I hope someone will give you a response that will be beneficial to you and others. I will say that when I visited Roatan a couple of years...

Fred makes a good point. The new area is heavily treed and even on these hottest days we have had it is much more comfortable, especially with a little breeze. All that sun baked rock and a tin roofed pavilion on the other side was rough.

My response to a shark attack ---- bleed. Or alternately ask the shark to calculate pi to the last decimal point.

I was there a week and a half ago. Before that I did my mapping project for divemaster at the new site at Martha's. Fred is working on gradually improving the new site, but it takes time. If you recall the old entrance was immediately next to the railroad tracks. The current entrance is...

Since the body has not been recovered (as far as I know), that means it is nowhere near anyplace at Vortex I am going to be diving. And since that water is not still water, I'd still dive it. On the other hand, we had a young woman missing in an area lake recently. She was missing for a...

I does not have to look pretty. I have no decent swimming technique-- that is, no well defined stroke. But I can stay afloat as long as required and get from one place to another with my own, inefficient technique. Having confidence and survivability as a swimmer seems to be of most concern...

At Beqa Lagoon November of 2008 I was just fine in a 3mm and I tend to get chilled a little more than many divers. It's so variable from diver to diver, though.

"mandate" and "safety stop" do not belong in the same sentence. One is a "must" and the other is a "may".

We've had an unusual number of drownings in local lakes this year. I've posted this scubaboard article on my facebook page a couple of times now to try to educate folks. This weekend a young woman on a pontoon boat full of people apparently silently disappeared during a swim and was not...

Hand cranked ice cream at Island Hoppers Scuba this Saturday evening. Come by and introduce yourself. Bring your favorite ice cream to share or a topping or a favorite beverage. If you can't bring something come on by anyway. There is a large deck out back with plenty of room. Island...

I thoroughly enjoyed the Divemaster Course. The academics, the pool skills, mapping project were a fun challenge. Now I'm eager to share my skills with some students. I've assisted several OW students, gotten a couple of DSD internships out of the way and am doing a Scuba Review this weekend...

I have a sentimental fondness for those Florida Springs from memories of snorkeling them as a kid and later diving them as an adult. I have a brother in Williston so when I visit Devils Den and the Grotto always beckon. You'll find a lot of great advice on these boards and sometimes a dive...

If you spit in your own mask to defog it, then put the mask on and it does not significantly leak or flood any bugs are going to stay on the glass (Unless you spit a great huge wad onto the glass and left it.) The microbes can't fly. No biggie. If it works for you, do it. I personally...

It's often interesting to see how quickly a thread will degenerate. It took three posts for the replies to begin to wander off topic and four for it to begin to turn into a debate. RETURNING to the original question -- Having a minor in chemistry including organic and biochem., I cannot...

Larry, Larry, Larry... You read waaay too much into my statements. I was referring to a tooth that had decay only in it. You know, the kind that zings you when you take a sip of iced tea or eat something sweet. The most likely problem a scuba diver would encounter diving with a simple...

Beqa Lagoon Resort.... Been there once and had a great time. Especially good food. All staff including dive staff are great. Don't go here if you don't want to really get away from it all. No phones, no TV, no roads, no wi-fi. I'd go back for sure.

I'll put my two cents in... I'd guess that the most likely problem you would have if you have a decayed tooth might come from breathing relatively cool and very dry air. A tooth can get very sensitive when it's dried. If you do have some sort of infection or inflammation in soft tissue going...