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And on that note, many heart surgeons will not close a PFO unless it is a clear hole directly though the tissue. My wife has a PFO but it is not a direct hole from one chamber to the other, they suspect the skin flap is attached mainly but allows gas flow into the skin, along the flap and then...

My experiences of being involved with people being bent; Wife complained of an itchy spot on her stomach the size of a thumb nail, mottled and purple, suggested she was bent, put her onto Nx for dives afther that and the spot dissapeared and no other issues. (diving pattern was 15-30 m dives)...

If you are going to do say Palau and Truk, I would do Palau first. I enjoy wrecks and after 2 weeks at Truk, going to Palau wasa let down for me. The reefs we were taken to were badly damaged and we were taken to the same area over and over. I got bored and did not enjoy it. The only wreck we...

SImple answer is yes they do support CCR. They have everything you need along with a CCR/camera room to set up in. Our group is a mix of OC and CCR and we always use Blue Lagoon.

Well that kills off tech diving in these areas. Clearly done by bureaucrats who know little or nothing about diving, and dont realise the financial loss to the industry in their area.

I am disappointed that they would, however it suggests a government out of control with an industry they know little about. I believe that their recreational rules are no diving below 40m, single tank and no mixed gases. Tech divers from other countries were the exception which they perhaps...

An update in diving in Turkey following this accident. The Turkish Government has banned all dives below 40m, allow single tank only and no mixed gases until further notice. So on that basis our trip in March has been cancelled.

Also always check the mouthpiece for small splits. I had issues with Oceanic regs where the mouthpiece would get a small split where it contacted the edge of the reg. Couldn't see it unless you pulled on the mouthpiece, but it would let water in. Also sometimes the exhaust valve will get bent up...

We were both wreck trained so somewhat different rules, but they met their obligations on our dives. I cannot however say if they do this consistently, or we were a once off? All I can say is that in our circumstance I was impressed enough. I have also been with dive shops that do very dodgy...

I can only comment on what they did with us. They did not take us into any wrecks that were a risk. The larger wrecks, we did not penetrate. We did wind our way though some very small wrecks but the risks were very insignificant. They did not take risks in the way you suggest.

I read your post and it makes me shiver. The dedicated DM came in very handy, as it was pitch black - it felt like a pretty tight penetration (through the prop shaft, down a corridor), though obviously I was a very new diver (this is wrong wrong wrong) - and I almost lost the DM at one point...

It was a comment that not all shops are dodgy at Coron. From my experience this particular shop was very professional when we used them. I cannot comment on any other shops in the area as I have not used them. I posted the remarks as a contrast to LeeButlers remarks on the Coron scuba industry...

We dived with Discovery Island Resort and they were nothing but professional in their diving. The diving is run by a German and he is very strict and professional in how he runs the dive shop and the DM's. We had no issue with them and they did not take risks, even though we are both tech/wreck...

Thanks for the clarification. I have since had information which is similar to what you have stated here. Also my understanding was that no other divers were bent during this incident? My reason for the original post was that as I am going to Turkey in March 18, and wanted to be clear on the...

Thanks for the update and corrections.

Ok an update from someone who was over there. I was advised that the diver was Kevin Hurley from Victoria Australia diving a KISS, and that's all I know about the incident. Diving is still happening in Turkey, I believe only the operator who was involved in the incident was shut down. Also I...

Well the info I got was from a reputable CCR instructor who had contact with a person over there, and apparently he was told that the current OZ group over there was now not diving due to this incident. Happy to be corrected on this as I am booked to go there in March. I will also contact my...

I dont have a lot of information however it was related to me that all diving in Turkey has been stopped due to a rebreather diving dying whilst diving WW1 wrecks in Turkey. From the information I have, a number of other divers were also bent trying to rescue the rebreather diver who passed...

Sorry, my main is a Petrel (or Predator if CCR) and backup a second Petrel. Reliable, consistent, easy battery change etc etc. I would only ever use Shearwater as they are so good.

Speaking generally for the majority of divers, it should not be an issue. The safety stop is there as a precaution only. If you come straight up from depth with no safety stop you should be fine. If you are right at the end of your No Decompression Limit, the risk does go up a little but still...