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  1. pasley

    Quick dive on Torrance Reef

    Viz? Surge?
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    Please confirm required vaccination status for Indonesia

    I am heading there next June for a 14 day trip including 10 days at a dive resort, a hotel in Jakarta each way, and an airfare total of $4200, I have a tentative reservation for 10 and need 7 more. DM if curious. Regarding what is required for Covid I don't know, but seriously do you want to...
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    What Kind of Gear Do You Keep Duplicates/Extras Of?

    I don't keep duplicates of anything much. Let me see 4 Regulators 2 Full Face mask Ocean Reef Neptune III with light and comms 2 BCD (I don't wear them except in a pool) 3 Dive knife (don't ask) 2 Line Cutter (one metal the other ceramic) 4 or 5 Fins, I think 4 Camera lights 3 Dive lights 2...
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    Which dry glove system is 'best'

    DUI ZipSeal Dry Gloves work great...and I don't use them any longer. Too challenging to pull the neck seal over the head after putting my hands in the dry gloves and my shoulders object to putting the neck seal on first and then dislocating my shoulder (maybe it only feels that way) to put on...
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    Line on a spool: Flat, twisted, or braided?

    Akimbo, If I understand you correctly you have 20 feet (6 meters) of 1inch/25mm nylon wrapped around the DSMB. That implies that during the launch process of the DSMB you unwrap the line prior to the inflation of the DSMB. I would appreciate it if you would elaborate on your procedures for...
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    AOW shake down

    Weight harness it great. No worry about the weight belt sliding off. Highly recommended. Weight. I am a 6ft, 180 pounds (fat) male, and dive with a 26-pound wing, weight harness, and 1 continuous piece of webbing for my gear in a 7mm wetsuit or drysuit depending on the day and FFM. I have...
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    What is the value of a drysuit class?

    The value of the class is covering the "you don't know what you don't know" gap. it is IMHO for safety first and second to make the transition easier. A new drysuit diver is like a new Basic Open Water diver in terms of buoyancy control. Arguably they will get it quicker because they...
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    What to do if Instructors Teaching Credentials are no longer valid

    Hmmm, so PADI has elected to suspend this instructor, but not call it that. Interesting. Not a PADI instructor, nor will I ever be, but I wonder what their S&P says about status - and what they mean. Shame someone had an accident, and it is a shame this student will be in a lurch. Find...
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    What to do if Instructors Teaching Credentials are no longer valid

    Need clarification on instructor status. The original post has two very different statuses (underlined and in bold above). Inactive Status Instructor - An instructor who did not renew their instructor card by the annual renewal date by paying the fees and having the appropriate insurance. To...
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    Regulator Technician Training - Summer 2022

    Pleasant drive up the coast from LB to Napa, visit some friends, sleep at local Air Farce Base, and attend in person. Is this possible?
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    How to strip a vinyl coated steel 72.

    What about the heat guns used to remove paint set on low to soften the coating and then the putty knife?
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    LAST HONEST LDS

    I too was a client of New England Divers and Mike. We miss him. Jocko is terrific and he enjoys having you watch....er more like actively participate in the servicing of your own gear under his watchful eye. I have heard that he is at Dive-N-Surf a day or two each week. So now my closest...
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    Should I get "travel" dive fins?

    Live in the Los Angles area and have done the following trips 2xBelize, 2x Grand Cayman, 3x Fiji, 1x Solomons, 1x Papua New Guinea, 1x French Polynesia, 2x Philippines. Not an expert by any means but I have found a rigid case warrantied for 1000 airlines flights with wheels and a pull-up handle...
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    Sinus Surgery, thinking about it?

    Had the full roto-router done and the septum chiseled off and relocated twice (1983 and 1991 or so) and a balloon plasty done once. All helped tremendously. I had the first procedure under local....Big mistake. The dreams for years afterward of the sound of the hammer and chisel as I told the...
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    Info Returning to diving after brain surgery

    A couple of years ago I certified a diver who had a brain tumor removed. He is paralyzed as a result (incomplete quadriplegic) of it but loves his diving. Met a lady in Honduras while on a dive trip there and is now a married man. His biggest issue was keeping the regulator in his mouth. He...
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    Question OTS Guardian "riding up"

    See MFG site at Videos Archive - Ocean Technology Systems This is there Donning A Full Face Mask Guardian and Spectrum FFM - Ocean Technology Systems See NAUI for their videos in the FFM Certification course too. I teach the Ocean Reef so I can not talk about the OTS. On the Ocean Reef...
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    Solved: Full Face Mask Forum

    I am with you on this. FFM instructor
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    For Sale New OceanReef G-Diver FFM

    Have you contacted Ocean Reef in Vista California yet? It is my understanding the difference in the size is the nose cup. That could be a part you could buy from them and replace. If not, let me know in PM I may be able to help.
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    Tingling in fingers MULTIPLE times after diving in very different conditions. Thoughts?

    For medical advice consult your Dive Medicine Physician. See DAN for referral if needed. Disclaimer - I AM NOT A DOCTOR, or Sane. I have extracted what I consider the key points of your question below PeskeyMokey said 1. "I'm a pretty new diver. I'm AOW and own my own gear." 2. "I recently...
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    FIJI DIVING - 4K HDR VIDEO

    2022-07-20 Returned from Paradise Resort Taveuni Fiji, my second trip there, the previous one being before Cyclone Winston. On this trip I brought my family, (wife, youngest daughter, her husband, and their 2 kids) along with 2 friends. Had a great time with great people as always.
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