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It is with profound sadness that I report the passing of Gary Smith, friend, mentor, and the man who introduced me to diving. The diving community of Barnegat Light NJ has lost a champion. Tom Burke

I've only had one major free flow problem. I'm not counting a poorly adjusted regulator that creeps. I stuck my tongue in the mouth piece to keep my cheeks from puffing out like a squirrel and headed back to the anchor line. When the tank was empty, I switched to my pony. I prefer a completely...

My compass is mounted on a large slate along with a pencil and a small barrel clip. It usually stays in a pocket mounted on my wings harness. If I'm using it for navigation I can take it out and clip it to a D ring. If not, it stays in the pocket and out of the way. I don't mount anything on my...

, are safety stops really that important or just a "it can't hurt" idea? We would surface, swim back to the boat, then go down the anchor line to do our deco. We extended our shallow stops because we felt "more was better". It also made us feel less tired and less fizzy.:eyebrow: It's...

Your emergency air supply should work exactly the same as your normal air supply. During an OOA emergency is no time to be breathing like a stoner sucking on a bong. Your pony second stage should be right where your octo was. Under your chin or in the center of your chest. And its too small. 13...

The Old Fart's $.02:coffee: When I learned to dive. "83" We used the Navy Tables. I am a NAUI trained diver. We were taught that every dive was a deco dive. The way the tables were written, you ascended at 60ft/min or 1ft/sec. If you were coming up from 40ft, your total deco time was 40sec...

I'd go for the reg and console With SPG, depth, and bottom timer. Buy them from a LDS. Get to know the people there and tell them your looking for a BC. Maybe they will let you try a few different types or invite you to a Demo Day. I've heard more people complain about the fit of their BC than...

I dove Crystal river only once and I wore just a skin.

I've been OOA a couple of times myself. The first time was A blown disk at 90ft. It started as a hiss and developed into a scream then the air was gone. I switched to my pony and did a safe controlled ascent. No problem. One time it was my fault. I was inattentive. But I had my pony so it was...

Wow how things have changed. When I was training to be a DM and helping out at classes in the pool, I would be the one to turn off the air. The students knew it would happen but they didn't know when. First the instructor would have them spit out their reg, blow bubbles and together they would...

I learned how to dive on the Jersey Shore in the early 80's. Worked my way up to NAUI divemaster. We dove square profiles. (no computers) Also our tables still gave you 60ft for 60min. Occasionally people would get bent. I don't know when it was started or by whom, but we started using a...

I have 2 DUI CF200's and have been diving dry since 1987. I have 300gm thinsulate underware. I wear them all year long. (Jersey Shore) I have neoprene seals and they do leak around the tendons in my wrist when moving my hands around. Sometimes, when people are not carrying enough weight, they...

My first check out dive was on a wreck at 85ft off of Beach Haven NJ. The year was 1983. There were no specialty courses. We learned that every dive is a deco dive, that you don't dive without a redundant air supply. (pony bottle) We only dove wrecks because that's what we did on the Jersey...

If this is a learning experience than try all the methods. Bring it to the anchor line and loop a rope around the anchor line. Connect the lift bag to the motor, inflate it and send it up the anchor line. You can only do this if no one is on the anchor line. When the bag starts to rise, move...

Easy way to check.. Switch regs. If he likes your reg, get his fixed. If he doesn't, get one he does.

D. None of the above. When I learned how to dive in "83" (NAUI, Jersey shore) we were taught to buddy breathe. We were also taught that the safest diver is fully redundant and trained in self rescue. You couldn't get on the dive boat without a pony bottle or split doubles and 2 regs. If you have...

We were diving off the Jersey Shore on a wreck called the Vizcaya. We had several new divers on the boat and we told them at the outset that some nice artifacts had been found here including some coins from before the 1890's. the instructor who set the hook also took the time to salt the wreck...

Hi, My name is Tom and I've been diving for a while. This site was suggested by another diver. Hope it's better than the previous one I was on. But that shouldn't be difficult. :D