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  1. Blackwood

    3 Dives off the Marissa dive boat in San Diego- It really gets no better than this!

    Really nice shots, especially the interiors.
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    Sea Lions (Still) Love Scooters.

    Control A - post
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    Sea Lions (Still) Love Scooters.

    On Saturday ucfdiver (from Florida) joined a great group of divers on the Spectre with hopes of verifying Rainer's assertion that Sea Lions Love Scooters. I'm no scientist, but I think he may have been correct. 9YFlxAZJboQ&sns=em Ended up being a great day on eerily glassy water, with one...
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    Told My Jedi Master I'm Ready for 200' - need to start preparing

    On what are you basing your 'readiness' given that you don't have any idea about the details? Deep diving can be as much mental as physical. Anyway, people have done 200+ on a breathhold, on a single cylinder, on OC doubles, on CCR with bailout and deco bottles, and in submarines. Pick...
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    dive to 300 ft

    It probably depends on conditions, but around here you aren't going to see people using support divers for recreational dives even to 300 feet.
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    Horrible Customer Service Experience

    Hypothetically, If this pinch flat had actually been the first failure (ie the tear never occurred), would you still feel this to be poor customer service? Two unrelated failures in short order certainly sucks, but I fall short of agreeing with your position about the level of customer...
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    Light cord over or under long hose

    UTD, I believe, teaches light cord under.
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    Buddies in the South Bay area...

    Agree with the suggestions to hit up the DiveVets board and night dives. Abundance of folks there. Me three.
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    Maximum Run Time poll

    Half as many entries, exit, and climbs across the beach and up and down the stairs/hill :) Gear up at B. Walk to the water. Cross the rocky shore. Hope the surf isn't big.
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    Cave line vs ziptie

    Crazy. Zip ties are really strong. Was it one of the really tiny ones (#18)?
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    Maximum Run Time poll

    Open water, longest run time was just shy of 160 minutes, average 20 feet. Boring training dive. Spent much of it searching for line in a blacked out mask. Longest real dive was just over 2 hours.
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    Cave line vs ziptie

    I don't understand. If the SPG was clipped off and the line or zip tie broke, the bolt snap would still be attached to your d-ring. What are you doing that causes the HP hose to twist enough to break a ziptie?
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    Light cord over or under long hose

    Agreed... but For many years I did light cord under. Most people I regularly dive with do light cord over. So I chose to switch. And now I'm sticking with it. :D (Next on the list of things to address is the clipping of my scooter over the long hose)
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    Think back a little...what were you like as a new diver??

    All I remember specifically is losing a weightbelt the very first time I jumped into the ocean in scuba gear. Fortunately, there is no video evidence so I don't know how bad I was. Also fortunately, I picked up a good instructor (who took me through basic trimix) soon after getting my ow. He...
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    preparing for Nitrox / air dives

    What they said: deeper dive with the bigger cylinder. If partial pressure cleanliness requirements restict the contents, so be it. Depends on who you ask. Some people abbreviate Nitrox "Nx" (and trimix "Tx").
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    Michael LaPrade - 24 July 2011 - Andrea Doria

    Horrible news. rip
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    Tropical diving near Long Beach

    Amazing!
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    Back Inflation vs. BP/W

    All squares are rectangular, but not all rectangles are square. A BPW is a specific type of back inflate BCD with a few notable advantages, among them: cost, customizability, modular, simple to maintain, flexible,
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    Longhose as octi ?

    Under the arm, across the chest, behind the neck (as opposed to under the can light or tucked into the crotch strap, across the chest, around the neck).
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