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Interesting. Lots of people like to poke fun at the PADI "basket weaving" specialties, but after all, isn't seeing stuff the whole point of diving?

Sheesh: Talk about promoting diver safety - Every dive op should post a photo of that thing, with the caption: "We Proudly Announce Our New, State of the Art Recompression Facility!"

And here is one of the scorpion fish.

Here's a picture of the aforementioned turtle.

Hi Conway, I'm still looking. I liked TS&M's idea of just buying an AL plate, which would take 5 lbs out of my luggage, but it doesn't reduce the bulk factor much. I didn't care much for the Zuma's design (or its color) and while I like the Zeagle Express Tech, I'm not sure how the...

My wife and I run a business, and over the years we have three kinds of customers: 1. The "Buddy" - Nice, laid back, undemanding, helpful. These friends make doing business a pleasure. 2. The "Jerk" - Unreasonable, unknowledgeable, complaining, unpleasant. Life is too short to put up...

Much easier than PSI/Feet/Atmospheres/Leagues/Drams, etc. When someone asks how much air you have remaining, how do you communicate that?

On my first trip to Cozumel, our little group of a dozen divers did giant strides off the dive boat and followed the guide down to about 80 feet or so, where we entered single file into a long, dark, narrow swim-through. I was one of the last to enter, well behind "Mary", who had rented all of...

Knowone: A dive only lasts 45 miinutes, sometimes quick, in between looking and doing and going and thinking and coming and diving, sometimes excruciatingly long, and with all this and sometimes falling asleep or crapping yourself you can't do everything Emile - On some dives, I have closed...

This was definitely the case with the conch shells, which were covered with brown algae and looked no different from the rocks. But once you had found one and gotten a good look at it, the bottom was suddenly littered with the damn things. It makes me think that maybe divers would benefit from...

I drifted slowly over the coral, looking down, looking forward, looking side-to-side, and occasionally, looking up, in case there were cool things to see in the 40-odd feet of clear water above me. I passed the cave and kept going. So it wasn't being in a hurry, or for lack of looking, that I...

It isn't difficult for us at all. I just bought two large rolling duffle bags from Costco. They were cheap and they are wonderful. My wife and I were able to pack most of our dive gear, clothing, etc. in the duffles and come in just under 50 lbs, and that was with our 6-pound SS backplates...

I strongly agree with those who say cold water diving is a whole different kettle of fish.

My wife and I are in our sixties and we found the entries and exits on Bonaire easy: Of course, they were all boat dives :D

Losing gear is a pretty common thing for divers to do, and in San Diego we commonly hear reports of lost fins, masks, knives, lights, cameras, et cetera. One thing I have learned the hard way is to wear my mask around my neck whenever I'm not using it underwater. It may not be comfortable...

Good question. "Why" indeed. If a 12-year-old diver with 50 dives under his belt loves diving and wants to learn and advance his skills under the supervision of a PADI instructor, why shouldn't he do that? I think the only sensible answer is, he should. He should learn all he can, if...

I'm TOTALLY with you on that, Bruce. I HATE it when that happens!