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Thanks for sharing that! I have never seen the black ones before. Ours are greeish yellow.

You sure are steamed, aren't u? There are some silt-kickers out there. And it does damage the quality of the dive for others. The only way I can see it geting better is to have more pool time before dumping the roto-tillers into open water. I doubt that raising the price on travel & gear...

Aquatec is being nice when he says we don't have time to dive often enough to get the buoyancy tricks down. I think we DO have time but are not organized & connected with enough other local divers to get out in thos niches of time when we CAN squeeze in a dive. I have a buddy who has a whole...

If you have a wetsuit that will work in the water you wil be diving in (Pacific NW) you can stop worrying about ill-fitting rentals. After that, I'd go for the BC (another thing that should fit & you should get intimate with as a piece of personal equipment.) You don't have to blow a lot to...

Yeah, you give a lot of details, but I really like reading your posts. The entries do sound a little clumsy & the instructor may have to get creative on modifying them differently for you. I am not convinced that you are underweighted if you are sinking. OUr lungs fill up like big pontoons...

Go to the YMCA. There is no profit-motive there, just a commitment to teaching skills methodically at a slow pace. I have been assisting instructors over the past year & my role is to take the students aside who are having trouble with a skill in the pool & go over it until they are confident...

...but my favorites were some off brand that only cost about $15 but had a really thick sole. I have a pair of o'Neill's & Body Gloves that have thinner soles that I use on sandy beaches & boats. To answer Zagnut's question, the same fins that fit over one pair of booties may not fit over...

...and I still would if it had not been stolen (if you see a big gal in purple & lime green, tell me where I can find her!) It had been measured by the guy who makes them & was a perfect fit. I opted for zippers, which was a mistake as it added floatation on the extremities. The color...

...and not JUST color, but fun designs, too! We saw a club of Japanese divers in wetsuits that made them look like colorful MICE! (Little ears on the hoods!) I LOVED it! But then is there not also a thread on this board in which it is revealed that women comprise more of the diving population...

Sea angel mentioned that she was competing despite illness. We are all warned in basic classes that we should not dive even if we are a little under the weather. Yet how many instructors, professionals, & diving dignitaries have the "show must go on" attitude? I admit to having gone in the...

Wow! I hope that DAN will have the next one out here. YOu did a great job of sharing the highlights. Thanks for the reminder about the last part of the ascent after the safety stops.

Today was a pretty diving day at White Point in San Pedro, CA. We joined the Greater Los Angeles Council of Divers for a 3R's program (Rips, Rocks, & Reefs). The current was mellow on the South-facing beach, with viz away from the lush kelp about 10'. Schools of opal-eyes and lots of bat...

One of my favorite buddies is literally less than half my size in total mass. I am 5'8 & thick-buillt, while she is barely 5' & very slight. We both carry our own gear. We both have good safety standards, & great stamina. Her tank is quite small, but I have seen her use an AL 80 with no...

I sneak my Husband's scubapro reg whenever he is not going to the ocean with me because I like it a lot more than my low end Aqualung.

You will get used ot your equipment! After 10 dives, you are just discovering traits of your gear. I also notice that the booties get fulla foot-heated water. Wish I could find a use for that!

I agree that black is overdone. My guess is that the reasons are not really diving-related but rather: Black shows less dirt, black is more slimming, and if everything is black, everything matches. Here is why color makes more sense: When a group dives together, colors help us distinguish...

I vowed months ago not to mention the name of the agency/religion that always starts fights on the board, but I liked your joke! Glad you had fun. Hope you don't find yourself on any involuntary wreck dives anytime soon!

There are lots of mags that give semi-biased gear reviews (but a biased review is better than no review at all if you still need to buy gear!), but I like the ones with fewer ads & more info on general diving. Alert Diver (published by DAN) prints the results of studies that are pertinent to...

I am with those who say that there has t be more info on what type of dive before I give a particular answer. This question is near to my heart because I once dove with a new buddy who told me that he would need 500psi to ascend. I was quite impressed, as the dive was 90'. I presumed that he...

Humility is a great virtue in the water. Thanks for sharing that experience. I like the way the club handled the situation. Rather than letting the evaluation be up to the ego of one person, they worked as a team & offered tangible feedback. I am glad to hear it when diving brings people...