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G'day, It depends on how you like to configure your setup. For my single cylinder setup, my occy is on a strap around my neck, so that is a 90 cm (36 inch) long black Miflex hose. The reg in my mouth is the one people are going to grab in an emergency, so that's a 120 cm (48 inch) long...

I just like to always be able to breathe from a very good and reliable regulator. So now I have Apeks XTX-200s as the main and ocy and both my technical and recreational setups, plus on my stage cylinders. When things are going pear shaped, you want to be able to grab and breathe from the best...

G'day, There are plenty of operators, but I'd recommend Pro Dive out of Cairns. For Open Water, I think you do two days on land in their pool and then 3 days on a liveaboard boat. Thus you get out to the dive sites that the numerous day boats out of Cairns and Port Douglas don't go to. I did...

G'day, I dived from the Humboldt Explorer in August 2010. The boat had a good diving setup, though with 16 onboard it was a bit crowded. 12 would have been much better. The food was very ordinary, but hopefully they've fixed that since then. The boat was also very noisy. You spend a long time...

On my boat, it's someone with a boat licence who can properly run the boat has to be on the boat. Got caught in the fog on another guys boat. We both learnt that day that it is smart to have start and finish the marks programmed into the GPS so that you can find your way back through a...

Our independent, non-profit dive club has waivers in place for people joining the club. Plus we also have stuff in place for use by the boat owners when they take any diver out on their boat which we've just updated. See Victorian Sub-Aqua Group (VSAG) - Downloads - Category: VSAG for the...

The dive ladder was a Christmas present to my partner Cheryl last year. There was a very small dive platform on the boat that she just couldn't manage, so it was replaced with the dive ladder. Took the boat into a specialist marine fabricator, briefed him and let him do his thing. Great results...

G'day, For some time now the Victorian Sub-Aqua Group (VSAG) has been working on an updated set of Dive Boat equipment recommendations and guidelines for its dive boat owners and divers. You might like to check out the resulting documents which are now available on the VSAG web site, under...

Thanks Nemrod, Mine is an old boat. It's been used as a dive boat through two previous owners in our dive club. When it became available, I purchased it because I'd already been diving from it and liked it. This particular model of boat - Haines Hunter V17L - was extremely popular in its day...

G'day, Back in March 2011, I purchased a second hand dive boat. I spent the next 9 months getting it setup to my liking before doing some diving from it over the summer. Then I went into house selling and buying and moving mode this year. Now that summer is approaching I'm looking to get back...

G'day, On a typical recreation dive my safety gear consists of: Spare mask in left thigh pocket, whistle on BC, Dive Alert air horn, knife on waist band, 6 ft self-inflating DSMB attached to a ratchet reel with 75 metres of line, second dive computer (usually in guage mode) and compass on right...

G'day, Some members of a dive club I'm a member of, like me, already have Nautilus Lifelines and more are planning to get them. However, being safety consious, the dive club is also getting five Nautilus Lifelines to share between club boats and club divers on our club dive days. We typically...

G'day, It's true that you legally have to have a Marine Radio Operator’s Certificate of Proficiency (MROCP) to use a Nautilus Lifeline in Australia. But few boat owners and even fewer divers bother to do the course and pay the money to get one, as I have done. But in a true emergency...

Actually this isn't quite an accurate representation of the Monty Hall paradox because it isn't stated that the diver signalling that exit "B" isn't an exit knows where the real exit is, knows what choice you've already made, and is now giving you a chance to switch your choice to exit "A" or...

G'day, Yes it does and yes it can. Got the MMSI number for mine on Friday. But remember, to legally use one in Australia, you're supposed to have a Marine Radio Operator's Certificate of Proficiency (MROCP), as I do. But no one will care in a real emergency. Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.

G'day, I chose to use a Patriot3 Maritime Ops-Core Base Jump Sport Helmet - see Ops-Core Base Jump Sport Helmet - Helmets. It's working just great for what I want, which was a memory aid for remembering and logging my dives. Indeed, the results I'm getting are way better than I thought...

Well having Bikini Atoll at the top of the list is a great way to start your bucket list. As would be doing more dives at Chuuk Lagoon. Be careful about who you go to Sri Lanka with if you're planning to dive the HMS Hermes (95). I was fortunate to be on an expedition where I was the relative...

G'day, Okay, so I'll put my hand up and say that I have regularly dived beyond my training. However, I will qualify when and how I do this, and the nature of my motivation. I don't do such dives unplanned. I read voraciously all of the available information about what I'm planning to do. I...

Well I still find it easier to twist my wrist and see the dive computer there in such a situation than try to see it on a console. Besides, if monitoring your depth during a procedure like deploying your SMB is what you're worried about, then you're doing it wrong. You're diving with a buddy...

G'day, Do Suunto have any plans to provide a product which lets us monitor and log the gas usage of multiple cylinders? Or even better, provide a firmware update for the HelO2 to be able to do this? I dive with a transmitter on my single setup, and another on my twin setup, so I get to monitor...