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I just want to recognize Blue Planet here for good, friendly service, in unfortunate contrast to another shop in the DC Metro area, which shall remain nameless. This weekend I picked up a new regulator on close-out at a great price from "Shop X." This freed up my old regulator, an Aqualung...

I'll be avoiding this op if I visit Dominica to dive. UPDATE: American student dies off Mero in boat accident | Dominica News Online , Va. Student Killed In Dominica Boating Accident | wusa9.com . It's hard for me to assign this kind of accident to anything but sheer operator negligence.

We completed three nice days of boat diving, for a total of five dives, in Eleuthera this past week. We did three dives with Valentine's Dive Center, http://bit.ly/NojMvk , on Harbour Island. VDC apparently developed a bad reputation before a family from Canada, the Gross' (with, per the...

From what I've read about GUE Fundamentals, the class teaches a lot of valuable skills that one can only get a la carte from other training agencies -- if at all. For instance, I took NACD Cavern last month. A lot of the stuff I learned will likely be quite useful in OW diving. Yet, I'm not...

I'll be taking intro to nitrox in a few weeks, and the instructor is happy to have me use either agency's materials. Please let me know if you've got any just taking up space!

After years of renting, I recently bought gear, including a used Aqualung Calypso regulator and LPO octo. I bought the Calypso in part because it is reputed to be durable and simple to service, but of course as used gear it now needs service. I see that Scubatoys, a company I've done business...

Does anybody know of an indoor pool in the DC Metro area that permits divers to practice skills and dial in new equipment outside the context of a class?