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You know, continuing to dive even though you're experiencing ear pain can set ya up for permanent damage to your ear/hearing. I *love* diving, but if I were presented with a scenario in which I ran a very significant risk of causing permanent damage to myself, I'd probably find another hobby.

TCDiver1, I like your avatar...is that your license tag?

A. If you are going to forget that you use more gas as you descend deeper, you do not need to be descending deeper for now. Your "personal best" of 60 feet vs. 100 feet...That is a pretty big jump. Maybe there should be a few steps in between? Remember when you learned to drive a car? Did your...

For one thing, a 2 day Rescue class is all about teaching self-rescue skills, and giving divers a few tools to allow them to help their fellow divers should an incident occur. It is NOT about making your average diver into a professional rescuer. I have been a paramedic for the past 5 years...

everything else was set up...shoulder straps on the correct side, etc, and so forth. It was obvious someone was actually diving in that configuration. If I see that gear setup again, I'll be sure to gently point out that the diver might find himself much more comfortable if said backplate were...

Was diving at my favorite puddle o' mud, and found someone's gear sitting on the dock....the backplate was turned around, so instead of the concave end resting on the back, it was the convex end that was. That could not be comfortable! Anyways, is there any earthly reason why someone would...

It might not have been the "solo" in particular that the OP was commenting on, rather the "crowbar and net bag", as the OP refers to that diver in the next line as "Mr Sea Hunt"

A third degree burn is a fairly significant burn (first degree = looks like a sunburn, no breakage of the skin, second degree = blisters, third degree = charred, pale, leathery skin) One of the big dangers of a third degree (or full thickness) burn is infection. If I were you, I'd wait until...

Hmmmm...any chance you have a source for this? I can't say I've heard of this before, but I certainly don't presume to know everything ;)

I'm plagued with chronic sinus issues...and it's nearly always worse on subsequent dives that day. I'm not entirely certain of the reason as to why it seems to affect the second or third dive that day - I thought that it might be the minor trauma from equalizing with slightly swollen sinuses on...

Most definitely not an expert, but I always thought that if a pneumothorax was caused by a traumatic event as opposed to a spontaneous pneumo (aka...just appearing out of nowhere without a causative injury), then assuming everything heals up OK, one should be good to dive again. The best thing...

After reading the NACD requirements on their website, I don't see anywhere that *requires* a BP/W. The Cavern requirements only state a "BC with power inflator", and the Intro to Cave cert (the only one you can do in a single cylinder besides Cavern), builds upon the Cavern requirements and adds...

I think you can get DPV harnesses for use if you're diving a jacket BC. Dive Xtras - Dive Xtras Or you can get a scooter that tows you using your arms, instead of a crotch strap... Sea-Doo Sea Scooter Classic ZS01 SD5541 with reviews at scuba.com Bladefish Sea Jet 3000 Underwater Scooter...

I once wrecked a car and knocked the valve loose...thankfully, the air just leaked out slowly. Nowadays, I'm very careful as to how I place my cylinders in my car.

I did it in a wetsuit, and I am pretty happy I did so. Most of the scuba stuff was actually on the surface, and the dives were very short (just involved a few minutes worth of finding someone lying on the bottom, along with some search pattern work). I wore my wetsuit because it was in the...

No issues with my 7 foot hose in a single cylinder, but I do tuck it under my can light. I've got a buddy who dives without a can light; he just tucks it in his waist strap and it hasn't been an issue so far. I really do prefer the way a 7 foot hose routes, as opposed to my 5 foot hose. The 5...

All I know is the damn thing has been in the works for years now, and so far, I don't believe anyone has managed to actually wind up with a rebreather (even the people who paid $1000 to reserve one). At least, that's the last I heard about it.

They are all accepted equally, for the most part. My instructor issued both a TDI cave card and an NACD cave card to me when I finished Full Cave. I like the NACD card better, because there's gold glitter on it :D

The advice, "Just go out and dive", at first seems to contrast with the advice, "Why wait and assimilate bad habits your instructor will have to break". But if you think about it, both points are correct. A new diver who just hops from class to class might not get the chance to feel comfortable...

I guess it is because there are as many opinions as there are divers! :) We all try to give good advice to new divers; but we all come from different levels of training and experience, and we have different goals. When I dive with a new diver, I try to encourage them to develop good habits, but...