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I have had quite a few partners call different dives. The answer is always the same. "Don't worry about it, eventually I am going to call a dive one day and I expect the same courtesy. Let's go for a drink." Henry

I don't usually wade in to this type of conversation because it's pointless. You are either going to learn or kill yourself. Neither of which matters to me. Having said that I want to put your $50.00 worth of gear rental in to perspective. The following is my cost for a cave diving trip to...

Our plan was 130 I had 127, Brent had 129 and Mike had 124 feet. It's steep right to 130 and I can see how the wreck would slide further down the slope. A number of years ago it was only at 90 feet. So I don't really know. I would not be surprised that it's at 170. I will have to go back and...

On Sat, three of us set out to find the rail road cars at Porteau. We dropped in half way to the NAkaya due to a heavy surface current. Swam out under water the rest of the way on a bearing that was half way between the Nakaya bouy and the rocks. When we got to the end of the sandy bay and...

Hi all, Just bought a sport KISS and am in my 3rd day of training with 2 days to go. I am currently using a Vytec (transmitter not hooked up) set to 29% to dive during the course. It gives me a ball park NDL for my dives to 90-100 feet. I would really like to either replace my Vytec or get...

Yah, the campground is best done when the far gates are open and you can drive in to drop off your gear. Otherwise it's a long walk with all your gear. The wall is fairly short width wise and sort of deep. If I remember right, it bottoms out on a really low tide at about 120 feet or so. The...

I went looking for that train last summer. One of my dive partners has seen it but he dove it years ago and can't remember excatly where it is. He said that he happened to come across it while swimming from shallower wrecks toward the Nakaya. He had droped deeper past Granthall and traverssed...

Dove today, it was fine. Water was a balmy 8 degrees. Warmer then the air temp of -2 to 1 degree in the parking lot. Vis was nice. Henry

I think we were talking about two different things. You are talking about a lost line, deploy safety reel and locate main line. I was talking about the lost diver is already on a line but does not know which way is out. That's why I said, wow, you would deploy a line at that point. It seems...

In the scenario that we are discussing. As you said, as the lost diver encounters the second arrow pointing the wrong way (again, placed by a team of divers that do not believe in cookies), he now had a conundrum. But if the other dive team had placed a cookie, then the lost diver will not have...

No disrespect intended but...for discussion only. If I am reading your post correctly. You don't believe in round cookies (which would make them non-directional markers). Let's say you had a zero vis situation by way of silt out or all light failure (yes I know that you should have min 3...

Perfect. It just seemed that it could have been easily misunderstood that KISS is CE. I almost did until I recalled reading that little blurb (because it was funny). Thanks Henry

KISS is not CE approved. The following is taken directly from their website: "This rebreather has NOT been tested by the US Navy, DCIEM or any other organization, it is NOT CE approved and the only guarantee that it comes with is that it is absolutely capable of killing you" FYI Henry

Just looking for some clarification. Thanks Henry

That cave system is well marked and has many jumps and gaps. Depending on the dive plan (stage or not, deco or not) you could go quite far. I've not done the Calimba traverse, but have gone past Cuzana (bird cage) to "the room" via the main line. I don't recall significant silt on the bottom as...

Ogden is must do, but check out Henderson point as well. Why not make it drive and dive. Go over to Victoria but come back via Nanaimo and do a few dives over there, then you can catch the Departure Bay ferry back. Henry

Kat, Can you give us more details on the caves? location, depth, length of penetration, cave interior description ..... etc. Also did you ever find your lost watch? Henry

Is there a DIR difference if I mount the shear sideways or vertical? The pouch that I have in mind is mounted sideways. I anticipate that if I mount it horizontally just to the left of my crotch strap, that will put the shear handles close to the center of my body with the shears pulling (or...

My LDS has a breathing machine that they put newly serviced gear on. The machine puts 4-500 breath cycles on it before the reg is returned to the customer. It serves 2 purposes. One, to make sure the everything inside the reg is seated properly. Two, to make sure that any "oily" smells has been...

Does anyone find that by putting the knife on your belt tends to put undue pressure on the knife case and your body? I tried putting a knife there and broke the casing off completely (lost the knife). It probably happened when I bent over. Probably as I was getting in or out of the water...