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I came across this story today. Divers need to know when to abort: inquest | SBS World News I was just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this problem and how common it is. The article didn't say much about the details other than if you have trouble breathing end the dive.

Ok here's a question I haven't been able to find an answer to. If I have a boat that was built in the US and then reflagged in Canada, can I reflag it again in the US and use it as a charter (more than 6pack) without falling under the Jones Act? I appologize if I'm using the wrong terms. I'm...

I've got a D6 that has a setting for freediving, and I do use that to look at my profiles. Is your computer the only way you keep track of how many dives you have done?

I'm sitting here at work reading the board, and the question popped into my head. Does anyone out there log their freedives like some do for their scuba? If you do, how do you log them? List? Book(like scuba)? Computer? etc. Do you log total time in the water, or each decent individually? What...

It's been a couple days since I have been able to get on here and check in. I'm going to see how that final breath technique work for me thank you for posting it. Here's a quick update on my progress. I'm still working with the CO2 table and it seems to be working. I end up with a new PB almost...

I couldn't help myself. Hit 2:35 for today, but I did take your advice about not looking at it. I'm trying not to overdo the practicing, and that's why I'm trying to stick to only once a day instead of going back to back with the tables and practicing.

I've been diving for a while, but didn't really start looking at or working on breath hold until yesterday. I'm sure I will improve since I am now concentrating on it more, and once I get some free time here at work I'll see if my psychological issues have worked themself out some. Bob, I was...

As a DM I always seemed to get tasked with giving the snorkeling portion of OW classes. I knew the basic mechanics of it, but I had never been very good at staying down. Once across the width of the pool was my limit, only about 45 sec. It made me feel like a sham trying to teach something...

Ok here's my little story for ya. I'm down in Tampa, FL for a business trip, and I want to do some diving on my weekends. I read about shark tooth diving in Vienna, FL and head that way. Well I dive on Friday finding a handful of teeth, but no big Megalodons. Saturday I go back and make three...

I don't know if you have gotten your answer to this yet, but I use one of my old 35mm camera housings to put a Garmin in. The housing is rated to recreational depths, and I'm not using it for anything else anymore. I can't push any buttons on it, but I do turn it on and hook it to a reel. If I...

It's been a long while since I posted on this forum, but I have a change to one of the locations I posted about earlier "Owens Beach" in Point Defiance park should not be attempted unless the tides are perfect. My girlfriend and I decided to go out there for a quick dive one morning and didn't...

Hello everyone! I have a problem that I'm looking for some advice on. Here's the situation. (questions at the bottom) Yesterday my girlfriend and I were heading out to repair a trout holding net in a lake near me, and when we got to the marina we were drafted into a half sunken boat recovery...

Titlo beach is great at the right tide. Redondo is good as long as there aren't too many classes going on. Edmonds Park is ok if you don't mind a long surface swim to get to the buoys. Octopus Hole is a fun dive if you can get one of the 3 parking spots and actually find the short wall...

I sold 3 more years of my life to the military and found the extra cash to get my gear. It also helped that I was dating one of the LDS employees :D so I got some of the best deals. Other than the initial cost of buying gear diving is fairly inexpensive for me. I don't have to go on fancy trips...

I guess I got lucky with my LDS. Cheap training, Cheap prices, free air for me(I DM for them) $3 normal, no taxes. The only catch is you have to have the right ID card to shop there, and they don't always have the exact gear you are looking for, but they will order about anything you want. I...

At this time of year it will be warmer in the sound than out of the sound. Winter time it gets to about 45 degrees or so and Summer it can get up to 55. I do the bulk of my diving in the sound and I got my OW cert during a nice Feb weekend. The worst part for me was taking off the wet suit after...

I'm considered overweight and even obese by some standards at 6'1" and 210lbs. I am actually in good health. I see the biggest problem here as lack of skill. She may have been new and nervous, but she probably has the knowledge and is just unable to display it properly with a class. She is also...

I carry two knives. One on my calf and one on my BC. I've had to use both at one time or another. I don't think anyone who supervises divers should be without one. New Divers usually won't have one because much of the time they rented their equipment and renting a knife just isn't seen as a...

Hi I just posted a Christmas poem in the parent directory to this one. I missed the Poetry forum at least three times. I should have put it here :) I can't post links yet, but i'm sure you can search for "sea slug christmas" and find it. Or you can look through post authored by me and find it...

Here's a diving Christmas poem I just finished. I'm sure there are some grammatical errors, but it's fun anyway. I haven't seen too many Scuba Christmas poems. If you want to copy it to paste somewhere else all I ask is that you credit me with it and keep my link at the bottom. Thank you and...