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Weight varies a lot between my friends. In my DS, synthetic long johns, 200g thinsulate underwear, 100stl tank and jacket BC, I'm at 14#s in fresh water. Others I dive with are at 20. This keeps me pretty warm to the mid 40s. Add a vest, and the weight goes up 4 pounds. And I'm 5-11, 240- on...

At our shop, they create their nitrox with a membrane, not mixing. It is O2 compatible. On some deeper wreck dives off our coast, we just go with air. Of course it is checked and labelled by the diver as 21%. I'm with TS&M on this one. I do steer clear of a shop that would do O2 mixing...

I was there last March with my daughter on Spring Break, and would recommend the Cenotes on the mainland. We missed the Whalesharks off Cancun...guess another day. I found the diving in the Riviera Maya area okay, having about a dozen dives. Did do 4 Cozumel dives, which were far superior...

Thankfully the bottom does not appear to silt easily. Looks like they'll have more bones down there to explore soon. Appears only a matter of time....

I grew up in KCMO before I started diving. Can't imagine a lot of diving there, unless there is much lake diving to the southeast. Now I'm in MD, and 2-1/2 to 3 hours to the coast. Do it occasionally, but otherwise its the 6-10' lake/quarry visibility, with 40 degrees at 95 feet when the...

Since day one I have kept a chart of different exposure scenarios and the weight for each, as well as the weight placement: Salt water, fresh water, Pony, wetsuit, drysuit, and type of drysuit underwear (and even fins- use different fins and BC at home vs. travel). I updated quite bit in the...

If case it may help, here's a listing of many tanks sizes and weight from different manufacturers: Scuba Cylinder Specifications from Tech Diving Limited - 928-855-9400

Your other thread strongly suggests that the posts here tell you safety is not important. Somehow your degrees and education have not focused on reading comprehension. I can't see where anyone mentioned safety is not important. Also, since parading all the education by us, you must be very...

Listen to these guys- logging is the only way to go. Wetsuit, drysuit, warm, cold, shallow, deep. I keep detailed info on this , and it is absolutely indispensable.

I agree, take a course that is worthwhile. Over a 100 boat dives here, and never thought of taking the course. What would be more useful is if you read "There's a cockroach in my regulator" or some other similar book/article to learn the dos and don'ts in boat etiquette. That's what they...

Anytime I buy new equipment, the first dive is an adjustment dive, always without camera. You don't mention if you own your own equipment. I dive in quite a few different venues, warm and cold. With that in mind, I bought all of my equipment and lug it around with me. My daughter dives less...

I would guess about a third of the boats I've been on do roll call or something similar. Quite easy and efficient, and a practice I strongly prefer. On those that don't, I have noticed this immediately and do a quiet run-through of those that I noted before the dive- just another reason to...

Just to note- if this is Stage 2, there must be many more stages than I am aware of. Excellent- I have more to look forward to....:D Terry

Congrats- I was just in Sanibel last weekend (family lives there). When you get a desire for some different diving, try out the Megalodon Tooth diving up in Venice. Good group of people, and fun to dive with. Terry

We heard that it was really tough on the next week, and that the viz was like quarry diving for the first part of the week. While it wasn't idea for us the preceding week with the high winds, at least we typically had 60-70 feet of viz. Unfortunately, none due to the boat, we had to stay in...

to the OPs question, dive away. But, as my daughter has discovered, check the suit's placement before you take off the wetsuit, especially the heavy ones. Neoprene can pull fabric away from its intended position. Fortunately, Dad was close with a towel. Terry

Wow, this may be up there for the number of hijacks in one thread for only 6 pages. To the OP's question: Several months ago I took a Stress and Rescue class with two others, a husband and wife. They both had Air2s and short hoses on their regulators. After several dozen rescues scenarios...

Gear: New dry suit, Fusion, which I love and a new camera outfit- downsized from a Full frame DSLR to an Olympus OM-D in a Nauticam housing. Training: Stress & rescue, and starting my DiveCon training (back to the books) Travel: Curacao, Cozmel, Rivera Maya and the Cenotes, shark tooth...

I have found their level of service on the dive deck just right. I have cameras, so I want to be next to the camera table. So I have to take 20 steps with my tank on my back before I jump in. After a dive, after I sat down in my place for the week, I had to take my regs off, let them fill in...

Everything to this point is accurate, so I won't repeat. I have been aboard the Aquacat twice, and am scheduled again for next year. Fabulous crew and boat. A few thing to note- you will need a power strip, for they are few accessible outlets (which are 120v). Go light on the clothing- most...