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"My thinking is to aim for being a little too warm, and let in some water if that happens. If I had to choose between being too cold or too warm I would choose too warm. :)" Same here, always. I can cool off a lot easier than I can warm up. Funny story: I was on a Bahamas trip once in October...

Being cold really takes the joy out of diving. After all the training, practice, and trip expense, assuring that you're warm enough is the only rational choice.

I totally agree with @RainPilot's post above. Every word. Until I started diving dry, repetitive dives meant I had to start working to stay ahead of the heat loss curve from the first dive of the first day and work it very purposefully throughout the trip. By the end of a week on a liveaboard...

Personally, I'd make it a single dive. There was no surface interval as such, just momentary surfacing, which happens sometimes.

I'm curious as to the mechanics of how tanks filled from the same compressor could end up with markedly different levels of contamination. Do you know how that works?

Keeping your legs strong is critical to aging in general, whether or not you dive. You can't go wrong by keeping after them, preserving/maintaining mobility and balance skills. This not only keeps you ambulatory but also reduces your likelihood for falls, which come more easily and with more...

Whatever the ultimate cause of the accident in this thread, that's a very effective video. Thank you for posting it.

It gets better, and you'll figure out your own system for keeping it all straight. Checklists are a godsend. Practice is, too.

Welcome! Most of the states are landlocked, but that doesn't keep people out of the water. You'll find quarries and lakes somewhere in your general vicinity that are diveable, some of which will include underwater platforms, buoyancy challenges, and odd items of general interest for...

You might look at how the ages line up with the age distribution of scuba divers in general. It isn't so much that diving is hazardous to people in this age group as that a lot of divers happen to be in this age group.

I copy/paste any truly important info into a Word file of my own, organized by general subject. I find that organizing (and sometimes paraphrasing) it for my own use helps me to internalize it better anyway, in addition to having it available in my own customized system. It's old school, but it...

Thank you, @Patoux01, for doing what you do. It matters.

I'm so sorry that this has happened. I wish much support and protection for your broken heart and those of his son and the rest of his family and friends.

As @Jim Lapenta has pointed out, an advantage to donating your primary is that there is the unconscious reassurance to the diver in need that, "Here you go, you're okay because see, I was just using it myself."

How nice that you can share diving with your kids! :)

Nicely done. Though it seems the facts are hardly ever all in at any point, so those watching along have no way to judge the clarity of the picture they're left with.

I know of a very well-run quarry not far from here that probably doesn't do a tenth of the business but averages about one fatality per year. I'm not sure how they could improve their procedures because they are already so safety-conscious and conscientious. I've been to Dutch and thought that...

As a smallish woman who is more athletic than most, I am not at all offended by OP's question. I think it's natural to wonder, and asking the question shows me an interest in understanding, which I always appreciate. Personally, I've always found the weight of the gear to be difficult and the...

It's nice to hear of an incident turning out so well against all odds. Thanks for posting it.

I'm usually all about renting equipment at the destination, but never, never exposure suits. Ewww.