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Update: Apparently they have NOT found the body - it is the ROV that is being recovered @260. Third hand info... will keep posted what I find out as it happens. Like a bad game of telephone.

According to a friend (fellow diver) who has friends involved with the search - His body has been located via ROV @260 feet and will be recovered later today. He states that this person was a rather novice diver but had no additional details about the incident to provide. No additional...

This is where I have to humbly disagree with you - it is the instructors job to not only understand the fears of the typical struggling OW student, but to offer suggestions as to the best way to overcome those fears using various methods, while reassuring those that they are not alone - others...

Ya see, here's the thing - I am too lazy to put in your coordinates into some map program to see where you are, but let's just say it gets hot there - or not. I have lived the vast majority of my life in places that are down right hot and have lived by the following rule: Wet gear - get it...

Well, for me it started with the U.S. Army and learning to use a compass, natural terrain features, map, and something called a stride length. Still use a compass, natural terrain features, site guide (some sort of book if available), and a kick count. However, current conditions sometimes...

Arm the whales. Make it a fair fight. That would be cool. Train them to deliver high explosives on command... Okay Shammy - here's the plan: You take this, swim down 500 feet, swim under the boat over there, let this thing go... then swim really fast and get as far away as possible. Then...

Greetings elfn and welcome to the underwater world and to the board. You are going to get 2 basic types of replies to this, so i will try to sum them both up and maybe get you a decent reply right off the bat, but as I am typing, others may post... First type: The camp of 'Do AOW now to...

Sorry, I musta missed that part where you said that. Thought I made that clear that I dive with both based on my aviation experiences - so I can certainly see where the confusion sets in. All the best right back to ya. Glad we got that cleared up.

Umm, no. Seeing as how I have planned the dive to begin with, I know what the expected depth and time are, I kept track of my depth (analog), and my analog guages kept track of the time - I can easily put this information into the tables (and if they allow) continue on the day. I do dive a...

Perhaps it's from years in working in aviation, but the thought of having an analog guage as a backup to me is just good planning. Aircraft have analog pressure guages that work when you have full failure of all electronics, and I have my analog guages right there in case my computer decides...

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Of course you did and we all completely understood it. I just took the opportunity to suggest that you weren't trying anything completely out of your realm there and the joke got missed. Humor on these boards is very difficult to conveigh and I seem to have an especially hard time at doing it.

See, there's your problem right there... you new guys are always out to warp space-time and you have to be DIR/GUE/Super-tech fundie approved to do that.:D No worries about your 3 feet - you did well and seem to have a plan and a grasp of they way you know things should be.

When you're too proud to admit you bought a spare-air so you make an adapter to fill up your tires to justify the expense.:D Not that I have done this... it was somebody else....

But could I breathe in a pool on the moon with this hose since there is no pressure on my lungs?:confused: Oh and FWIW, I liked the question so I could learn all these cool experiments and how NOT to do them... keep it coming.

Safety Stop?:D

True, they do fill them off of their tank - the first time - and then use it for however long they need to. So, on the first dive, it is a wash, but the second (and subsequent dives over a defined period) it is just that pinch more air to provide that one or more breath that may be needed. I...

Spare air, combined with split fins and an air-2 is by far the greatest combination of equipment one can buy on the market. Also, this could be a troll type post, but I will take a chance. Okay - now that I have gotten that out of my system, here is the real deal - if you are going to dive...

As all divers should know - the proper use of your knife is only when there are really mean sharks around - you stab your buddy and swim for it.;) Seriously though, the other posters have it right - it's a just in case thing.

When I contemplated going to the 'next level' so to speak, I always thought to myself, am I ready? As far as going from OW to AOW, that answer for you seems to be 'yes' because you are doing some soul searching and asking the question. Are you going to get anything out of AOW and if so, what...