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Wow....must be nice to have water that clear. What will probably happen is your mask or fin is going to end up a bit farther away than where you drop it. So there is probably going to be a search....except when you can see it from the surface. So i guess the question is what are you talking...

Last minute bidding ("sniping" as its termed) is the way to go. Just remember, you aren't winning anything. You're buying. Get into a "I'm competing" mindset and you spend well more than its worth, IMHO

They live in florida or someplace, dive dry, or don't count "THOSE" months as not diving ;)

Some dive ops DO check logged dives/date of last dive. As for pulling my c-card if I haven't been under in the last 6 months, How are you going to police me to see when my last dive was? :D

I'd go with still. Here's why 1> Budget is a concern. Video housings plus the associate lighting etc are much more expensive 2>Complexity. A video camera is harder to use effectively than a still cam 3>Awkwardness. A vid housing is more buoyant/larger/ etc than a still cam and is...

I'm not a deco guy (yet) so this should be taken with a grain of salt. I have a newer version (GUE (graphical user interface not global underwater explorers) included, rather than the old dos version) of Zplanner. That uses the buhlman b and c algorythms. I've used the free version of...

But the 40% rule still applies? or no?

Plus nitrox diving without certification is not too bright.... If you are able, it might be wise to take the nitrox cert before you buy. Or you can talk to your LDS about the purchase. (Although i had a lds employee tell me that regs with titianium in them couldn't be used for nitrox (i've...

Its not a problem if they are using regs/tanks that aren't 02clean/serviced. ALL recreational nitrox diving is done between 21 and 40% o2 (the most common blends being 32% and 36%). As long as the precentage of oxygen flowing through your reg doesnt exceed 40%, there is no need for o2...

I have heard of this. I have one for that purpose....just can't figure out how to carry it. They make a unit that attaches to your reghose that can squirt water in your mouth through the mouthpiece. Then there is some kind of filter that you can attach in line that warms and humidifies the...

just completed nitrox certification. All modern regs are "nitrox ready" to 40% (the recreational limit) which means they can handle it. O2 servicing and cleaning is needed to use a mix higher than that. Any reg that you use with an air fill (that is not o2 compatible) will have to be at least...

Thank you all for your replies. Cave diving up here does seem rather limited (true blue quarry in VT is the only place i've heard of. Guess i'll have to get a job in FL if i want to get into it on a regular basis) I was looking more into the noncave tech side of things (deco, trimix, wreck...

"NOT THINK ABOUT PRETTY PINK UNICORNS" Thanks man.......now i'm going to be not thinking about them all day ;) True. Laughing at someone who is having trouble, even if they are an *****, is rather bad form. Its at best rude and more likely rather sanctimonious. Why a DM would get...

By all means the instructor (s) are to blame. However, to now blame the other divers because they didn't help her, seems a bit short sighted. If we believe the original poster, they tried to help. And she wouldn't listen. Diver: "Don't look down, look out when you leave the boat"...

Apparently, unless i misread, there were quite a few offers on things to change....she wouldn't listen. Thought her 3 cards made her a god.....

Yet another reason require a number of nonclasswork dives before letting you take AOW or Rescue. "LOOK MA, I PAID $1000 and I'm now a Divemaster! I've never been in the water without instructor supervision, but that's not important....look at my shiny new card!" ;)

Instructor's make the difference. Read some more posts here. There was a gal who was AOW/RESCUE/NITROX certified with 6 dives (what that means, we're not sure). Apparently she couldn't leave the boat without losing her mask, couldn't navigate, and had other major problems. Unfortunantly...

Still need to get AOW in plus some more dives, but anyone have any suggestions on tech diving (Tech 1, cave, etc) education places up here? I live near boston and would prefer not to have to drive 250 miles.....(of course staying out of boston would be a plus too ;) )

THe depth (the ROV was at anyway) was somewhere around 300 ft. And diving in soup..... oh boy.....

I second that. would you be playing frisbee in the woods where others were hunting? Just asking to get hit......