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I read their on-line policy documentation, all 50 papes of it.

Have you read the policy document.

For DAN Europe, you have to be ‘domicile’ in Europe. But they will take your money as they’re not registered with any financial regulator, that’s why there based in Malta.

Mine cost £9.36 per fill last year. Slightly more than the nearest fill station, but I didn't have the 50 mile round trip to make. The total cost per dive was arount £30 including depreciation; it would have been lower, but I opted to do one dive on many occations rather than 2.

In Florida this is the norm, Rainbow Reef. Up to US$100 for 2 dives.

If you're going to advertise at least contribute to the Chairman's costs.

In Egypt alone there are 57 scuba agencies issuing ISO accredited qualifications as authorised by the CDWS, PADI is only one.

I had a club meber who was refused the dive because he didn't have a drysuit certification. I send them evidence of the 20 drysuit courses he had run - allowed to dive, but wouldn't bother again, too much hype over the dive.

If you plan working at a dive centre, remember you’ll need work permits on entry to most countries. For Thailand, I think it’s 3 month then you have to leave the country to renew.

On a recent 36m dive my computer twice indicated a 4 min mandatory stop. Once at 22m which cleared by the time we got up to 15m, then again at 12m but cleared before we got to 9m - then a normal 3 min safety at 6m, total dive time 70 min. The important aspect is calculating the gas requirement...

I’ve got an old AP Valves jacket (considered indestructible) which I haven’t used in 15 years. If I wanted to bring it back into service I would send it to AP to get the inner bag, hoses and O-rings charged. The chances they’re all brittle now and will crack when used.

Not first class, but I have started traveling business class.

Not so, an experienced diver/instructor with 1,000s of dives got one near the end of a Red Sea liveaboard trip, last year.

This is wild speculation, but could be ’Immersion Pulmonary Oedema’.

Must be a friend of ‘you know who’.

I second this.

I’ve done hundreds of unknown dive sites. It’s how to expand the known ones. Yes, plan maximum depth, time and gas (air) requirements, research for information on entry and exit, tides and current, weather, what your expecting to see, location of public phones (if no mobile sign), availability...

Even though you’re with a guide/instructor you should get into the habit of planning your own dive profiles. I confirm that my students have gone through the planning cycle for each dive. That way they are better prepared for the day they’re not with a competent guide/instructor or even diving...

Be careful going into Australia and New Zealand, they are very touchy about visitors having the possibility of working. And will refuse entry on a whim.

If you weren’t diving with your own computer. Tell us you planned the dives using tables before getting in the water. Ideally, you had a slate with max depth and times on it.