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Otherwise, enjoy your time, its a great country with much to offer the tourist other than diving, (eg) in Cape Town a week is possibly too little, in Sodwana, a week is possibly too much, all my opinion of course,... I wish you well.

The Beuchat VX 4 is very basic, I would repair it, still a good solid product. There are generic HP seat's around which fit and work fine, check at Trident. As for o-rings etc, I still have the manuals here somewhere, if you need a copy of them I will go look for them, just let me know, but be...

Its a tank Heiser made for the French diving company Beuchat and was sold in small quantities into the USA market via Beuchat USA in the 90's. In metric its an 18 litre cylinder. Its original colour was a light grey. They were very heavy, and some had a convex bottom so no boot was required...

You can also try Ollava Divers just a few 100 metres down the road from Pisces. Ollava - Cape Diving - Scuba Diving Courses - Scuba Diving Equipment - PADI

Not sure I understand, If you mean planned open water scuba dives where you feed Great Whites, then No I have never seen it here. However diving in a cage with great whites is very common. Perhaps its just a misunderstanding of terminology. As for regular great white shark dives in a cage, no...

That was pretty darn funny, not too sure if the point was "not listening" or "hard selling", but, it was certainly a good chuckle.

You can, its not an issue, personally I dont think its necessary thermal wise but some folk like to wear a thin pair of gloves for protection, its up to you.

I assume you are visiting Durban and the Natal South Coast?.. however I don't think the colder water will be a problem, wetsuits you may rent here are all suitable for these conditions, certainly, you will be uncomfortable in a 3mm short suit, but a good 5mm full body or Farmer John and Jacket...

:) Shucks man I know it could have been stressful but the way you put is just too funny "I must have been forgettable, but was wearing a bright orange Harvey's, size XXL " - Too funny man. :) Here its almost impossible to get left behind, all diving is done from inflatables so theres usually...

1. No 2. Me 3.No 4.Depends, safer only probably not, it would need to have other options / advantages as well. 5.No I am old school, in my opinion theres no better preparation for diving than actually diving, training and experience is far more important than any technical gizmo you can wear...

Yolk is very common in most rental situations I have been too as well, all over the world, I dont think its a problem. Sure, if Aqualung is a popular and supported product in your area it makes perfect sense to use it, rental equipment needs to be basic and easy to use and repair, bells and...

Yes, as above rinse and dry out, theres usually no need to toss a light, the case cant get damaged with a bit of water and you can usually replace any internals that may need replacing, mostly the reflector and LED. The secret when one has any flood be it a light or a computer or a camera is to...

I spent 30 years in the industry, I dont see anything wrong with your set up, the only thing I would change is toss the Aluminium tanks and get Steels. Sizes I would use are mostly 12 litres and a few 10's for the ladies. Din inserts work just fine so its something to consider I guess, but Yolk...

Sure, ....cold water, current, poor buoyancy, working hard, short shallow breathing, not venting completely,..... I think it certainly could have been a big contributing factor.

Its possible I guess, but I dont think so, it looked like a classic case of panic, she was highly stressed waving her arms around and struggling to go up, working hard she just lost control and the first thing she does is pull her mask off downwards (which is usual from my experience) and with...

The water in Cape Town is on average cold, very cold, there are also strong currents and poor visibility, lots of dives are also done from the shore with longish swims, if she was a tourist its possible these factors were not something she was accustomed to and stress played a major part in her...

Okay, its cool. I see it as pointless and draining to continue with this, so I am just bowing out.

Sure, I dont have an issue with that. Similarly I have maintained from the get-go there is a progression in everything, and informed training is part and parcel of that progression. I am fully on the same page. Explaining to someone in a positive manner "this is not a good idea" and backing up...

You are a kind man, and its a nice post. Generally I dont respond to adverse opinions, and there have been a few cloaked ones directed to me in this thread, its okay, everyone's mileage is different, however the post that riled me was the one where a member who has no idea who I am, based on...

I like this post. Balanced and levelheaded, diving isnt elitist, not by a long shot, but there are risks, granted, mostly we manage them, just like we manage every other risk in our day. In any endevour we look at the risk and the reward, sometimes we just reconcile with the risk and go for...