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I'm going on a boat dive next Sun. We are diving on the Pacific Star in Southern California. I want to take a HP120 and a HP100 instead of the boat LP72. I read boat fills are susceptible to giving you fills that will cause your tank to rust and need a tumble. Is this true? I would just use the...

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No one is going to care what symbols you use underwater. Do as you like. However, the OK symbol is the worst symbol to use as a diver. If someone signs ok, usually the other person will respond back with an ok. If they dont understand, they give you the ok. They are having trouble, they give...

No worries. Whenever you get to try them, I'll be waiting to hear the results!

I saw this online. It says it pulls over the Zip Seals and don't need any additions. Anyone know anything about these? I'm assuming you still need to put the Viking/Si-tech system to pull over. But all the information provided says no... Heavy duty pull up dry suit gloves.

Per your prudence in the forums. I'd go with RAID. I'd also ask if you can do the buoyancy day first and come back a month or two later to do the rest of the course... If you have been out of the water for that long, I think it would make a huge difference if you got in 1 or two dives. Then...

This is standard practice for any extra tanks that you may drop like a stage. Dropped as in completely removed from you. Theres two cases you care about 1) If you were too heavy and needed to, you can toss your pony. 2) if you were to drop your pony and were perfectly weighted with your pony...

And that's just the USA while having major restrictions. While we worry about economic damage and such... But I'm sure this has been much harder on the destinations that depend almost completely on tourism. I remember giving well deserved 3000 baht tip for someone who took care of my living...

The further you can go out from the coast, the better the dives will be. But the cost will be substantially more, but most people would agree it's worth it if you can afford it. We did divers den since we just didn't have the funds. This was 2 years ago. It was some pretty good diving, but...

I'll tell you what i'd do if i was exactly in your situation. I'd jump in a pool and swim atleast 20 minutes. Do whatever you think you would do. Dump air from each dump, go sideways and upside down and make sure regs don't breathe wet. Donate. Looks both directions and make sure none of the...

I totally agree about suuntos rgbm. The authorithm Is very conservative. Once I took deco, I immediately realized I needed something that could allow GF. So now I have two perdix AI. I really like my suunto otherwise. I know my suunto core allows changing the rgbm to a more aggressive or...

If you can, try it in a pool after the changes. Make sure to keep the tools and spares in your car if you have to adjust or change it back for whatever reason. This is simply change so nothing should go wrong, but MURPHY likes to pop up. Happy diving!

If you want, I have a 2x SP MK25 EVO + S600. They are used, I'm taking them on their last dive in a couple weeks before I get them serviced and sell them. We dive LA all the way down to SD. I'll give you a good deal if you buy both. Otherwise, I don't know about the GUE fundies. But I'm...

I actually got specific cert cards so I would never be denied. If I went somewhere and I wanted to dive it, I'd be super pissed if I was put into a class instead of enjoying the dive. I've seen rescue divers that don't know how to dump air out of their BCD on a high current 100ft wreck (no...

Why don't you just sling a pony vs a spare air? Also for NDL I don't push that to zero. I usually push it near 2 minutes. If I'm doing multiple deep dives I'll push it to 5 minutes or plan to do deco. I don't plan on ever doing CESA. My goal is to get to my backup gas source which either is a...

I have some made in japan. It says 2R and 2L on it. I'd do 60+ shipping

I have and bought so many used tanks and never had a failed hydro or even a need for tumble... For a hydro failure of HP steel is it just wear and tear or abuse from overfill?

@Bert van den Berg I think @RainPilot is the "list". I typically just give them AOW so I don't end up babysitting. I paid to dive, not to babysit for free. Now if people have issues in water, I'll always try to help. Once everyone is buddied up, if I'm diving with a DM i'll let them know my...

There is another reason for DIY. I feel like diveshops rip me off and I use 3 LDSes. Quote? Usually ends up being much higher and you don't find out until you get there. Better yet, no quote for additional work. Also I've had my regs held for 3+ months while it was being serviced and they had...

I agree with you both. If I'm unsure of weighting of myself or teammates or environmental depths or I know it will be shallow, I tend to bring an extra 2lbs on my tank cam band. If I'm diving just my GF and myself, my only extra weight I can pass to her is my flash lights and butt pouch. Funny I...