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Who said I was calm? I was bloody terrified. Like I said, my buddy saved the day. And that second scenario was the Kiwi diver, panicked after the ascent was begun, that I described earlier. That whole South Pacific trip, without a doubt, caused me to be a better diver, because I saw so much go...

OK full picture came out after the dive and through a translator. On a dive boat, discussing the possibility of taking a DM course there ( I was considering emigrating) Japanese divers, a couple had poor English, but understood "divemaster" and assumed I was a divemaster. They jump in after my...

Heh, Not one of these divers were people I knew. Two were students (not mine) one was a Japanese tourist in southern Queensland, Australia (and that situation was so odd I hesitate to recount it, because I would never believe it if I simply heard it) and one was a Kiwi tourist on the GBR. Just...

Respectfully: My position comes from the idea that while I cannot guarantee a diver will be out of control, I absolutely cannot assume they will be in control of themselves. They might have nerves of ice. I don't know. I cannot guarantee I would not panic in an OOG situation, how can I...

What you have there is a chewy, very filling sort of read. Fireside diver was a fun read. PADI Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving is a good overview, just past a basic book on diving. I'll let others chime in now. Nomad

Because in the vast majority of OOG emergencies, the receiver needs to be controlled. If you are out of gas, you lost control of the situation. I've donated four times. None of the divers had control of themselves, let alone their buoyancy. If you insist on attempting to control an ascent...

Nah, I'd dive with you. Making an error in judgment is not a problem per se, it's not learning from it that's a problem, You clearly learned something. And I've seen Monastery go from glass to "Oh my God, what have I done?" in 15 to 20 minutes. Wind/ tide change. Mad respect for Monastery. Nomad

hmmm. I have to say it was a bit of the cycle of life. A very small crab and a couple snails preying on a tunicate. I watched them worry off bits of the tunicate for about ten minutes. Sand bottom "nothing to see". Most would have missed the entire thing. It was an example of the cycle of...

In over 2500 dives,you've never lost anything while diving? You've always finished every scrap of food on your plate? You never "waste" anything? Those lost fish will not be consumed by some other marine organism? It was an accident. No one loses several hundred dollars worth of gear on...

I've had both beer and BBq's numerous times at Breakwater. I've only problems I've ever seen is a complaint from LDS' because a competitor was there at an "official" function. (Used the group permit ordinance as the basis for the complaint) and when people just got stupid, drunk, loud and...

It's a shop thing. Couple years ago, customer in a shop i was working in wanted to use their own gear. We wanted to inspect it, he got huffy but brought it in. Total trash. thirty year old reg, green with corrosion,non functional gauges horsecollar BC, dry rotted, dry rotted rubber skirt mask...

Some jurisdictions will not provide a fill without a scrip. Many will. Prax air will O2. Dive shops who do tech diving mixes (Trimix) can fill these bottles. The O2 course is well worth it, since it's the only first aid available for a DCS hit.The equipment is not cheap, but the course is well...

I questioned the shop closely, (I had very little money) met the instructor first night of class. Second OW cert, chose a shop based on a recommendation and questioned the shop again. After working in a shop, the first question I ask the shop is "I want to meet my instructor first, when can that...

No, the problem comes from the heat treatment so many DYI paint jobs make necessary. Many divers have their tanks painted like it was a car, and that sometimes means the tanks are heated past an acceptable level and alters the metallurgical characteristics of the metal, weakening it. The process...

Or even better, ship it to me, prepaid, I will "dispose" of them properly...:eyebrow: Nomad

Oh, no argument there. I was not expressing an opinion per se, just putting some information out there. I just had flashbacks to a shop employee in Florida looking at someones tank with a Mares sticker on it and the employee said "Mares? (pronounced Mears) we don't fill that brand of tank." All...

In a perfect world, no. PADI has a slightly different standard. I would suggest contacting the PADI facility to double check, and take notes as to who you speak to. PADI instructors are allowed but not required to honor universal referral forms. it's not usually a problem near the US but it pays...

No opinion on the shops decision, but I've had the same situation. There are shops that will not fill tanks made of a certain alloy or of a certain age, based on a history of failures. What can happen is that a tank will pass hydro, and said tank will fail eddy current testing after hydro due to...

Hmmm, I believe you are confusing the idea of ability to teach, versus, risk assessment. There is very good science as to how brain development affects risk assessment. Risk assessment is very different from being able to teach. While the two are connected, they are different arguements. As...

Granted. It's been shown that parts of the brain that judge risk assessment are NOT fully developed at that age, particularly in males. The issue, as I see it, is that an 18 year old can have several hundred dives, and not be thinking like an instructor, and so can a forty year old. I never...