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You say its been a while since diving...how long exactly ? Wholeheartedly recommend getting the regs and BCD serviced. Can you take a pool refresher course before you go ? It's one evening. Totally worth it to run thru some critical skills.

I'm convinced that PADI's OW diver cert is well enough to go diving in most tourist / tropical destinations. You can show that card basically anywhere and get an air fill. Their materials are very well written - very clear- with all the check-up quizzes spaced throughout the book. Is...

Totally depends on the scenario. If I booked a local charter - and then filled the captains boat with divers- I usually get a complimentary couple of dives. Since the captain is getting paid by the group of divers that I brought him, we both see it as a win-win. The staff on the boat are...

I would say go with Scubapro ...I have had a few in my time - all have breathed great. Mk20 + S550, Mk20 +G250 Nothing wrong with them. But I would totally steer you away from the Air II. There's a few threads on here about them, and have come up as "the one piece of gear I've regretted" a...

This is fantastic...

Yes: Hurricane Irma, the most powerful in recorded history, makes landfall in Caribbean islands Irma shows its strength as most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane ever Getting into almost splitting hairs at 185 mph vs 190 mph, but still : " Irma has broken Allen's record for sustained winds...

Hurricane Irma was the largest, most powerful storm in the history of hurricanes. The way it got to that level was unprecedented warming of the oceans. Ivan on 2004, Katrina 2005, Dean and Felix 2007. It's a good sized list. And each year becoming more frequent. Let's just get back onto the...

Just gonna go out on a logical limb here for a bit... let's go ahead and suggest that Climate scientists have little to gain - financially- at getting their scientific findings discovered and then accepted by a politician. They would gain some credibility within their peers, and if not a Ph.D...

Golem Gear SS plate, and 35 lb wing.

There is usually some science background along the way somewhere - yeah, this is exactly right. Charles Bolden was an astronaut, Mike Griffin was an Electrical Engineer before he became head of Johns Hopkins Physics Lab, was appointed by Bush - and yep, also a Climate Denier. Daniel Goldin had...

Alu80's have positive buoyancy when they are nearly empty, which is the case when you are making a safety stop. Exactly this. Precisely .

I'm pretty comfortable underwater. Much more than, say, at a cocktail party full of strangers. But I've been spooked really, really good a few times. Once got sick while underwater. One time got bumped by a large fish in the dark. Part of my brain was screaming at me, "That's a SHARK, dude"...

" After many years of diving with the original ScubaPro jet fins, I decided to give the F1s a try. " Heck - I could have written this word for word myself. I'm thinking Ill still keep my split fins, take them to Grand Cayman...but Ill use the Hollis F1 for cold water for a bit. Some guy...

Nailed it. Great post

Apparently- I stand corrected.

Sam Miller...the guy calls himself Scuba Legend, and California - where recreational scuba began. Um, dude- there's a few French guys that would disagree with you. Maybe you've heard of them ?

Really good experience, I placed my order on a Tuesday evening, the product shipped Wednesday by lunch, and received all in great condition. Perfect.

I'm right there with JFE - I just got the Golem Gear SS backplate/ 35 lb wing combo. Arrived Wednesday. It comes w/ a hogarthian one-piece continuous harness, and even a cutting device. For $ 350.00 ? Done, son.

All I need - fitted thru two-inch webbing on my harness. Blade is maybe 1.75" long. Just enough to cut away some line.

I'd lean towards agreeing w/ Chilly_Diver and tbone1004 right now- I'd go with the Fusion suit. DUI had ( at one time) a fantastic reputation. As Susan, Kathy and Dick Long are all now gone - and the company's service department is like a ship with no rudder - I'm very, very skeptical at...