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Hell! I enjoyed the "Chicken Drop" on a Wednesday in AC better than I did the Blue Hole!! Wonder if it's still a-happenin'? If you land in CC mind those no-see-ums. That walk from the airstrip to the beach was awful. Seadeuce

Have followed the Healy deaths from the beginning, without comment. But now I feel I must say something. Having been diving in the high Arctic some time back I had the pleasure of doing so alongside an American TV film crew, all of whom were using Oceanic environmentally sealed regulators...

Forgive me for being late on this topic. It's amazing how different styles of diving there are, as shown by the opinions posted. Each as valid as the other. Over here we kinda do things differently, but with good effect. Our rule of thumb is "two-thirds of the limit of viz" for the...

HEAR! HEAR!! Now that's my Bible!!! As already intimated, many divers consider experience to be gauged by no. of dives done, time underwater etc., when in fact they may be in the category of having been diving ten years and only have one year's experience ten times over. Same with dive...

Second that on the drysuit. Have done more than 1,000 coldwater dives - incl. the Arctic - and have never felt so "bitterly" cold as in Scapa, and it was only 8degsC. Good diving, nad you can do the big ships without breaking 40m. Most are 28 - 33 if you stay off the bottom and go along the...

Nice video .... guess he shudda thumbed the dive ... Seadeuce

Great thread! Having read it all I agree with 90% of the postings on a Good Diver. FWIW IMO a good diver: Is not one who can get out of a situation, but one who doesn't get into a situation. Knows enough to know he doesn't know enough. Understands what is happening...

You didn't say where in Ireland you intend to stay. Check out: http://www.scubadivewest.com http://www.oceandivers.com http://www.flagshipscuba.com ... and they might have news for you Seadeuce

Check out: http://www.oceandivers.ie and http://www.flagshipscuba.com Seadeuce

Nice one Assar. Have read it all once. Thought AL80 cylinders were 11 litres? 18m/min too fast for me! Prefer 10m/min. Diving inside the recreational depth limit can give you O2 Toxicity if you're on Nitrox 36. Will read it again soon, Seadeuce

On the Umbria wreck in the Red Sea you can dive past two spare prop blades, lashed upright against a bulkhead. Probably a common occurrence, but I don't remember seeing spares on any other wreck. Hmmm ... the above can aptly be described as thinking out loud Seadeuce

Read my answer to the post beneath yours. Seadeuce

Please check the following for related info.: http://www.thecompassstore.com/whatisglobne.html http://www.mapworld.co.nz/global.html It echos what has been said. In the marine environment I have used the basic Suunto SK5 wrist compass for years in all five of these zones with no...

... or he may need screening for a PFO Seadeuce

Check out: http://www.scubadivewest.com/location.htm nearest dive centre to Westport. Seadeuce

For liveaboard try: http://www.quasarnautica.com I went on the Mistral when there, 10-day trip, very good. I would suggest you get all details from the website, then ask your local tour operator to do the booking, giving him (her) the details. That way you have some recourse if things go...

Very sad to see fellow divers die in any sphere. Condolences to the family. Good to see that a report of this magnitude is released. The CG at least have their priorities correct in trying to ensure there will be no recurrence. One lesson for us rec. divers is the misunderstanding of...

A 50m, and deeper, dive in the Red Sea is quite commonplace, and should not sound alarm bells. Air divers do it all the time, on single AL80s, with multi-level profiles to compensate for deco obligations. They do "swimming stops" as part of their dive, and end up with a dive time of 60 - 80...

Have not done Rocky/Zabargad. But I would put Brothers ahead of Deep South AND Sudan. Plus you may see the Oceanics on Elphinstone if lucky. Seadeuce

Deepest coldwater dive was 180ft on a night dive here at home. Found some excellent topography and followed it down, but didn't make bottom. Have been looking for it since, by day, and no luck! Warmwater diving means deeper and longer: 223ft at Cabo Marshall - downcurrent! 177ft at...