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Sign in a local dive shop about an upcoming trip: Fiji May 2010 $2999.00 includes air from LAX I'm not sure I want to do this dive trip if they're importing the air for my tanks from Los Angeles. Couldn't they find better air to import?

Nerd? No. It does sound like you are an inquisitive dive addict. You're in good company. Welcome to Divers Anonymous.

How fast/slow you breath will affect your overall air consumption. There are things that have a much greater effect: The bottom line to air consumption is the amount of CO2 your body creates. The more tense you are, the more stress you feel, the more exertion you do, the more CO2 your body...

The two things I do with my epic to make it connect are the slow turn on described by rwgodfrey and to manually program it into the epic if I ever update it via the sync cable. I have noticed that info put into the Aeris PC software does not properly show up in the epic when synced. I have to...

Congrats. I enjoyed Rescue Diver. There is a good deal of information in the class and the open water scenarios will give you a good idea of how hectic a rescue can be if the problems are allowed to progress.

Four days is four days, whether its four days in a row or one day a week for four weeks. There are pros can cons for both approaches. But to answer your question directly: If you get a good night's sleep after diving and before your management class, then the only other concern would be if...

. . . and now for the other perspective . . . Understand your own risks in dealing with a lionfish. First and foremost is their ability to poison. I strongly recommend NOT touching a lionfish for your own safety as well as the safety of your dive buddy. We don't want dive buddies freaking...

ScubaGirlJg, Congrats on your first ocean dive. It's an amazing feeling to hover weightless while sharks and fish swim buy. Soon, you will be as addicted as the rest of us: thinking only of where your next dive trip will be. (I've already planned out the next three with dates and...

Zaberman1's comment is based on the fact that a common cause of a regulator free flow is because the valve is stuck. Try the following experiment and you will see: Standing in the pool's shallow end, submerge your regulator mouthpiece down. Notice nothing special happens. Repeat, but this...

I became a DM to become a better diver. I accomplished my main goal. What I learned along the way is something more. Unless I intend to pack my bags and be a "tour guide" DM, my primary value as a DM is that of an instructor's assistant. To be a good assistant, I need to know my instructor's...

I was trying to be kind about their coffee drinking habit. Yeah. . . I think we left one day around 9:30, but that was the exception. I didn't care what time they returned (and yes, 2 or 3 PM was normal) as my wife is as addicted to diving as I am and neither of us had anything else we wanted...

If you are getting water in your mouth, then you probably (1) had the regulator too far out of your mouth or (2) you were not pushing on the purge button very hard. Since you are trying to emulate a free flowing regulator, press the button hard and make it flow like it is really free flowing...

I agree with AndyNZ. First figure out what you want to do with your diving, then figure out if you need a class or identify a class that teaches what you need to know. My wife took the Boat Diver class and learned quite a bit. I clearly saw an improvement in her skills of managing herself and...

. . . or require nothing more than the person be a diver. :(

I learned that duck guano is a slimy thing that gets into every crevice of dive gear and requires extra time to rinse clean. My last dive had me be an unconscious diver on the bottom of a quarry while the rescue diver class did search patterns to find me and bring me out of the water. Being a...

My wife and I dove with S.E. Aruba Fly 'n Dive, a dutch group that was a blast to dive with. Uncrowded boats, great service. If I have any complaint, it would be they take forever to finish drinking coffee and get on board. The boat never left on time. On the plus side, they are extremely...

Any PADI open water diver who has taken at least three adventure dive is an Adventure Diver. Five adventure dives (of which one must be deep and one must be navigation) is the requirements for Advanced Open Water. If one of your friend's adventure dives was the deep dive, then she has...

Kick, glide, "oh look at that", kick, glide, "oh look at that" "Kick, glide" is a great suggestion, not only for students, but for normal diving. I noticed that beginning students tend to drift apart or swim as different speeds. By stopping often to show them various things brings them...

On the plus side, automatic renewal professionals will get a digital version of the new instructor's manual.

Run? No. But you should go see your doctor. There may be some ear injury.