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I have only the one day to dive and am booked in with a company in Portofino. Drysuit & BC are packed (can't believe I am really going to haul it across the atlantic! but its what I would dive at home). I'd have to admit to being a bit excited!! PS - dive shop has just reported that the...

I have a chance to go diving in Genoa Italy this November. Does anyone have any experience with this area & local dive charters?

Please describe. I have both a computer & compass to convert.

Oceanic's Canadian representative has responded very quickly and I am confident that Oceanic is taking this matter seriously.

I bought an Oceanic gauge console with a compass in March last year. I have 25 dives on it and the compass has developed a leak. My LDS - Oakville Divers in Oakville, Ontario tells me that Oceanic has refused to replace the compass under warranty. Is this consistent with the Oceanic...

Someone said debate - I don't see any debate. I see unanimous agreement. snorkel goes in the dive bag. ps. not really for sale - that was sarcasm

So what's next for me - a snorkel burning party? Right - no one has convinced me that I "need" it. I have done the surface swims, sat waiting on the boat in 4 ft swell. Tried the snorkel, only to spit it out. Best of all was during my OW cert. The task was to use my buddies octo and...

Snorkels - does anyone wear theirs diving? If so, when & why? I am still diligently wearing mine but realizing that no one else is. In addition, I am finding it a total pain and always in the way. Andrew

I have a Turtoga vest. Originally bought in Mar '06. In Aug'06, you replaced it because the back plate cracked in half. The new vest's dump valve on the inflator hose requires a very strong pull to activate. I realized this when I kept having problems dumping air on ascents. Yes, I can...

Two questions: 1) What are the tables / algorithums used? 2) how do these algorithums compare to suunto's?

OK - I bought a TUSA IQ 700 computer. Thus far, I am very pleased. I just looked into the download cable & Scubatoys wants $120. OK - I know it says scuba to the price is stupid to start with but from the picture it looks like its just two contacts on the computer and USB at the other end...

Just to add to the weight part of this thread: My wife & I first dove our BCs in Barbados. I wore my 7mm (nice & warm!!) & used 24#s. I dove Tobermory with the hooded vest & gloves also 24#s. I dove last weekend in a local quarry (ie. fresh) in just the 7mm and only needed 12#. I started...

I am not ready to introduce scuba to youth but am very interested in introducing snorkelling. Has anyone developed a snorkelling program for youth? say ages 8-12? If so, I would be very interested in details. Skills taught, references used, prerequisite skills, time involved...

OK - My hope here is to explore how to manage trim. Put forward your ideas of what makes good & bad trim; how to assess your trim; how do you adjust your trim; what effect does equipment choices and equipment configuration have on trim. I'm not, but pretend you are writing a adventure dive...

I'd choose the BP & wing. I bought a back inflation BC with weight integration & now wish I had chosen the bp & wing. 1) can't use the pockets cause they are too hard to get into being so high up & with weights there is no room left. 2) if something breaks - its all gone! Comfort - while I...

Hey - great comments - don't take this lightly. I cleared my ears under pressure free diving in a pool (12'). Mine healed very slowly (3-4 months). I am also unable to take ephedrine. The symptoms of bad barotrauma can be horrid: anxiety & panic attacks, tinnitus, pain, stuffy ears...

OK - Sherwood have replaced the BC. Two weeks. I am pretty pleased with this. Only snag - as soon as I got in the water, I went to test the right shoulder dump valve and the knob fell off. You can guess I was not impressed. The other note - the LDS, for reasons I don't understand, seem...

I have SWIV console. I am very interested in moving to wrist mount for compass and depth. I have been told I can buy rubber wrist staps. I have also read the instruction manual about dismantling the console. Question - do I have to do anything special to the pressure to use it without the...

Absolutely don't dive until the ears are sorted out and don't take drugs!!!!!!. Find a Doctor who knows about diving. Don't go to your run of the mill GP - in my experience they don't know anything about ears and diving. I did my OW in Feb '06. A week after the pool session, I went...

I have a Turtoga BCD, bought from an Ontario Canada LDS in Feb '06. I dove four times in Barbados (OW cert Apr '06) and once in Tobermory (Jul '06). After the Tobermory dive, I was cleaning my gear and realized the backplate had snapped in half just above the tank strap. I returned it to...