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So no smiling?? How can one not smile when diving in calm clear water over a healthy reef with lots of fishies? EEK :zen:

Coast Guard and fire rescuers search for missing free diver By Star-Advertiser staff The Coast Guard and Honolulu Fire Department rescue crews are searching for a missing 50-year-old man last...

OW + 4 days, including deep and nitrox(assuming he didnt do the "diving version" of the class) Wouldn't he also need a couple of days for Adventure diver since you need at least that to do Deep, if he was PADI at least? How did he fit all the class and study time in and still play by the...

I was worried it was a Facebook bait and switch type of change, where all pictures, account, and personal information was hereby property of SB and would definitely be sold to the highest bidder and used in direct marketing purposes... I am glad it is such a small change as to not really be one...

This sorta related story http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/accidents-incidents/391304-snorkel-boat-kills-maui-diver.html in a sorta related place is current news Boat Captain Enters Not Guilty Plea in Death of Lana'i Diver | Maui Now in the legal system, and the issue of dive flags seem to be a...

Night diver fatality. Might be a spearfisher, just a guess though. Diving fatality is identified as Waianae man, 28 - Hawaii News - Honolulu Star-Advertiser and not really a diver, but still a water fatality. Body found in area where swimmer swept out to sea - Hawaii News - Honolulu...

Hmmm... Article says there are no good CHEAP cameras. Too bad... :zen:

Looking forward to a post-training report... :zen:

In some places in the US, this too is a permit-required activity. An attempt to raise revenue off of the helpful nature of some concerned citizens? :zen:

Thanks everyone for their input. Tech or Fundies or cave cannot possibly be the only answer. I would bet that most of the instructors in this thread offer that intermediate step, even at a rec level. Let me ponder how to rephrase the question for a bit... :zen:

No, I am not looking for technical training. At least I dont think I am. Am I? Hmmm, maybe I am. Seems unfair that to be a safer rec diver I have to be tech trained. :crying: I was planning on eventually trying it out if I got halfway decent at rec diving. Maybe I have to move it up a...

If you are mostly worried about first stage blowouts, H valves and Y vavles might be what you are looking for. :landmine: If you do this, make sure you practice a lot before really counting on it. :zen:

Where? Besides the three I mentioned. Is there a list of courses like this? It can, but often times doesnt due to the economics of it all. And of course the "conditions equal to or better than" thing could reduce the skills taught in the class. I try to do some of it on my own, sometimes...

Its a weird question I know, but searching on the NAUI Dive Center Locator, I only see UH-Hilo, one shop each on Kauai, Oahu, and the Big Island, and what looks like one independent. I thought there were a lot more before, though I cant name them.. :zen:

Let me start by saying I hope this is not the start of the Rescue or not, DM or not, DM vs MD, which standard course, GUE or not, tech or not, or PADI vs whoever thread... So in the mostly lurking I do in this forum, I see the recurring idea that new divers want to get to DM to become a...

Can someone post a link that has all or most of these signs? The OW manual has around 10, and a quick google gives maybe 5 more. :zen:

So it seems there is no way of actually doing it directly from a computer. The rule from combining the last two posts seems to be wait 1 hour if you were not close to NDL, wait 3 hours if you were close to NDL, wait 8 hours if you went into deco. It seems that figuring it out as a multilevel...

How do you safely ascend to some altitude after diving at sea level on a computer? I have seen the "Required Surface Interval Before Ascent to Altitude After Diving" table posted here and in the NOAA manual. It seems like you need pressure groups to use that table right? I dont think...

is the OP asking two unrelated questions that we might have gotten mashed up? One about two dives on one tank and one about pony bottles? :zen:

Would it be acceptable to log a SNUBA dive in your logbook? I know there are no logbook police, so I am just curious as to what is considered "fair." Also, i just passed the one year mark since certification. Woo hoo! :zen: