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  1. lairdb

    Oahu dive shop recs for chill dives

    Thumb down for Hawaiian Diving Adventures. Multiple answers in advance via email did not match ground truth; DMs who made errors that OWs shouldn’t. (Super-nice DMs, but super-nice isn’t the principal job qualification). (Late 2024, firsthand).
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    how to attach something to webbing without rethreading?

    If you have to move a thing past another thing, sure. But once it’s in the right… location, scooting the… position a tiny bit shouldn’t be a big exercise; there should be enough slack to loosen, scoot, tighten.
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    how to attach something to webbing without rethreading?

    He said “z-knife” so he probably means a line-cutter (e.g. Trilobite, Knives - Reels - Liftbags - Knives, Shears & Accessories - Z Knife - Northeast Scuba Supply Store) kind of thing; not much stab potential with those. I have one on my left-side waist strap, right around 1030; if I felt the...
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    Question Any Idea What This is?

    :) I wish I had that kind of encyclopedic knowledge, but here’s what I did: fullscreen the video, then scrub around until I found a clear view with minimum background distractions. Then captured that and fed it to the Seek app. Presto. Linne Lens (a similar app) identifies it as a Dragon...
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    Question Any Idea What This is?

    Dragon Seamoth, or Little Dragonfish, part of pegasidae, related to seahorses and trumpetfish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_dragonfish
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    Question Travel/Health Insurance for a working dive instructor

    You'll probably do better asking this in r/digitalnomads; your question is less dive-y and more itinerant worker-y.
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    Divevolk housing leak or flood

    Replaced the glass with OEM, or with DIY, or replaced the whole housing? Curious how that came out.
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    Divevolk housing leak or flood

    @Darnold9999 @Gadgeteer71 @Andrew J B -- but especially @Darnold9999 -- curious about updates, follow up, etc.
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    Divevolk housing for photos and satellite messaging

    Okay -- I spent some time this morning experimenting. Most of this will be specific to the Apple/Globalstar combo. I tested using an iPhone 16 Pro (A3083) and a DiveVolk SeaTouch 4 MAX PLUS. You do for "real" use -- but numerous sources (and some experimentation) indicate that the test...
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    Need hood recommendation after jaw surgery

    Should be warmer than you think; mid-70s in the harbor and the corridor. A 3mm full is usually enough even for multi-day; add a vest or a shorty over the 3mm full for some extra and avoid the whole hood question. If she’s especially cold-sensitive, bring a 5mm full. This. Figure this out...
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    Divevolk housing for photos and satellite messaging

    The satellite signals are extremely faint, in both directions; a hand in the wrong place is enough to completely block them. The case may be.
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    Divevolk housing for photos and satellite messaging

    I am away from my gear at present, but have been meaning to run exactly this test; if anyone has, please do report. Remember that it doesn’t work anyplace they’ve decided it wont work. It’s not like a satphone that might sort of work at the edges of coverage and maybe you can reach...
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    Question Show me how you keep gear streamlined [Pics Requested]

    What appears to be the OEM for the Apeks shorts sells them direct on Aliexpress, typically around USD80. Currently available example: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801507157084.html There are also imitations for about half that if you just wanted to try something to see — but the (OEM)...
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    Recommendations for compact camera for land and underwater

    I think it’s interesting that DiveVolk has just (pre)released a button for the existing housing. https://www.divevolkdiving.com/products/divevolk-underwater-external-shutter-for-seatouch-4-max-plus-housing
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    Suggestion Is it possible to use an AI tool to summarize long threads?

    Hmm. Color me somewhat impressed. I picked up a new mask yesterday, and wanted to see what the current thought was on prepping it. A quick search revealed a 1,021 post thread that looked interesting, but daunting. Prompt: Result (click for full; truncated here):
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    Recommendations for compact camera for land and underwater

    I’ve been surprised at how happy I am with the DiveVolk housing, and (barring major phone geometry changes) it’s a cheap/free adapter change to adapt to a new phone model. I dive my current phone and bring my (much) older phone as a just-in-case fallback.
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    WURKKOS DL03 2800 lumens dive light with Green laser

    This is a good question; I just discovered last night that EcoGearFX 18650 cuts out when used in a WURKKOS FC13.
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    Suggestion Is it possible to use an AI tool to summarize long threads?

    I am not a prompt engineer -- but it's fun to tinker. The following works with ChatGPT or Grok by pasting the thread root URL once at the obvious place: Retrieve the URL https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/carrying-a-pointer-stick.651536/ The page you have retrieved includes a total...
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