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Fin size has never been a problem for me and I wear a 15. Dry suit boots were an issue, but I was able to get pair of size 16 Hollis rock boots. They may be discontinued. Most open fins come in a 2XL size. I don't even consider buying a close foot, those are almost guaranteed to not exist...

Her mask is upside right.

As I understand it, the urge to breath has little to do with the level of O2 and everything to do with the amount of CO2 in your blood. I was wondering why you would try to hold a non-required stop when out of air. Safety stops are a nice thing to do, but you are unlikely to suffer any...

I travel with my regular open-heel fins and use booties, which are much better on hot or sharp surfaces. I also have a neoprene socks that I really like a lot. They stretch over the foot, so they prevent chafing under almost all circumstances. Wet wool tends to bunch and sag and won't compete...

I'll mention this because it has yet to be explicitly stated. Ditching lead is something you do to stay at the surface. You should be able to swim your rig up. Once there, you can make a decision on whether you can stay there. If the conditions have gotten much worse, or you realize you are...

Always plan your configuration as if you were going to have to swim home. Boats can lose you, currents can carry you, you can miss read a compass bearing. Ditchable lead is your redundant buoyancy and is bullet proof reliable.

Why I would be interested in buying a used product with a known defect and the explosive force to dismantle a car is beyond me. Weirdly, these are often the same people that go on about how important “life support” equipment is…

It's not like AL 80 tanks are a rare vintage find. They are common and cheap as dirt. The extra testing isn't worth the money or the trouble. Plenty of divers buy stuff new when they get certified, hardly use it and want to get it out the basement ten years later.

I am all set as soon as I put my hearing aids in the charger. It is a little scary how little I can hear (other than the tinnitus)

if the foot pocket were to long, you might feel pressure on the top of the foot. Numbing in the toe makes me think the heel is too tight. I would loosen the heel. 3mm should be plenty of padding to avoid chafing. You might want to borrow some fins to see if you can find some that are more...

It depends on what type of trip it is. If you are going to be doing challenging dives, you need a good dive buddy. If you are going to be puttering around reefs and sharing a room, a good companion. Easy on the eyes and easy virtue...

Why they had to charge you $300 to announce they couldn't get parts is beyond me. They should have should have just given it back and said they could no longer service it without doing any work on it. Charging you for work they should have determined they couldn't complete is bad business...

A comforting thought for the expendable tank monkey filling tanks $10 an hour...

A member of our trip was bit on the hand at “the Aquarium” site near Blue Hole. I wasn’t there, but as I understood it, the ruse sshark was next to him and kicked or hit it (unintentionally) and gave him a nip. He had it bandaged the rest of the week, so I don’t really know how bad it was...

Looks like it was an epic dive.

When I was diving Turneffe Atoll in late 2021, one of the DMs had a Hawaiian sling for killing lion fish on every dive. We did not see a lot of sharks, but when one showed up on the last couple of dives, they stuffed the dead lion fish into the reef and abandoned them for the sharks to find on...

They want to make sure all the drug packets were removed....

If your cam-band is adjusted for the mesh and you use a non-mesh tank, you will have to adjust your band. I think it is an upsell. New tanks are like new cars to some people. They're mortified at the first ding, so I can see why some people use them. Me? Nope.

Dump valves will not fix a runaway overflow. To stop the loss of gas, you need to disconnect the LP inflator. A blown HP line will take forever to bleed out your tank. An LP free flow will do it much faster.

If you want color, go for color. Too many divers go with black everything. Safety yellow is good for visibility on the surface. Colors that are identifiable at depth (like yellow) will make it easier for your friend (and possibly enemies) to find you. My tanks are galvanized steel. MY...