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I dive a BP/W and feel more streamlined in the water. That being said, I have done a lot of pool and OW training in a BCD as well as an occasional vacation rental. Most divers would find either one more than adequate. The best choice is always to rent or borrow one if you can.

Another way to think about it is: what do we want out of diving? At a younger (more fit) age, we might be testing ourselves. There's no dive too cold, too dark, too deep that I can't handle. Having survived that, I'm now at the stage of "no drama". I want to see the reef, take some photos, enjoy...

Its not age per se that is the issue, its health, fitness and having or making time to dive. My usual group of 4 are all retired, but active in one way or another. Two of us have Assistant Instructor ratings, and the two women have roughly twice as many dives as we do. The guys often help carry...

The guidelines are just that: guidelines for somewhat standardized conditions. Real life has more variables, and some folks have been okay with shorter surface intervals, and some have gotten bent when seemingly well within the guidelines. What is your metabolism like, how hydrated have you...

Gymnastics press?

Bush senior promised not to raise my taxes. That didn't happen either.

The SPG I would check is mounted on my buddy's rig.

Great vid! Thanks for sharing. The 28-60 is not one of the sharpest or brightest lenses, but it seems it was more than adequate.

In “ moderate” seas I’ll try to grab on to some part of ladder with left hand, kick up with fins and hand the housing lanyard to a waiting mate. Hopefully I remembered to unclip the housing tether from my chest d ring. Always exciting when I forget. If the seas are more than say 3 feet this is...

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The unknown is not the fill, it's what could happen on the dive. "Men plan, God laughs." But enough on this digression. If you're comfortable managing your dives with short fills that's your prerogative.

I disagree. It’s the unknown unknown that requires the extra margin. And what are we really talking about? Getting a standard “fill” as opposed to being shorted.

In general, you have to pick pre-dive whether to shoot macro or wide angle. we joke that if we have our macro lens and port, there will be a random whale shark, and if we have a dome port and wide angle lens mounted there will be mating sea horses bouncing on a frog fish! In practice, you may...

Night shore dives are my faves. You can also do a "daybreak" dive: splash in an hour or so before sunrise. I've also done many dives with sharks. On one occasion in the Bahamas, I literally bumped into a 6 foot reef shark in the dark. I think she was as startled as I was. The couple of rare...

I consider it a safety issue. Not so much what I come back with, but in the edge case of needing to share air with an OOA diver. 2700 might be okay for a shallow shore dive, but otherwise its just like shorting any other element of dive safety.

I was diving with Stuart Cove when he outfit Shaquille Oneal for his filming during "Shark Week" a few years ago. As I recall he had to have a few suits cut up and parts of fins glued to old sneakers.

Same. Seems like a minimal effort to plan surface activities for last day in return for safety margin.

I understand your point and agree, yet for advising a tourist, I personally have never experienced a problem using English in any of the ABC islands or in Amsterdam, for that matter.

English spoken everywhere. Joe's , Sebastian's for upscale food. Reservation needed. Sunset, multicourse dinner sail on the Melissa: better than you would expect (cash only). "Beer and Burgers" has salads, too. Ocean oasis is a great spot to chill after diving the Salt Pier. Our favorite...

So I would like to upgrade from my SONY A7R3 to A7R5, but I can't justify $4600 for a new housing. I'm very happy with my current Sea and Sea housing, ports, etc. So I wonder if there is anyone out there in SB land that has tried to mod their existing housing for a new camera with slightly...