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A heads up: If Bill is in the boat, he's very direct, not very diplomatic. He's been called a curmudgeon and, IMHO, it's not an entirely inaccurate characterization. However, he can find little stuff and that's all I really care about. Also much to his credit, he's trained and retained some...

That's the one: two prongs, each 45 degrees off the vertical. Voltage is 220/240 VAC. Many electrical/electronic devices sold in the USA will operate on either 110/120 or 220/240 VAC; check the labels.

FWIW, I've been to St. Vincent 4 or 5 times, always diving with Bill Tewes at Dive St. Vincent. Don't expect to find any big stuff. Probably the largest thing you'll find is a 2 to 3-foot moray, but the place is loaded with small stuff and Bill and his crew know how to find them. Get lucky...

I've been away from this board for a few years, but it's interesting to see that this topic is still being beat to death. IMHO, a diver's goal should be to be be neutral at the end of a dive just below the surface with an empty BC, a near-empty tank, and breathing normally. In that way, the...

Maybe not what you're looking for, but I've been diving with a back inflation units (currently an OMS) for years using a mix of weights on double bands and a (waist) weight belt for trim. I've always carried enough on my waist to dump to become buoyant even early in the dive. In more than 30...

From the Delaware Underwater Swim Club's newsletter: "A SAD NOTE "It is with extreme sadness that we must tell you that Greg Masi lost his battle with cancer Sunday night, October 4th. He died peacefully in his sleep. He had been battling brain cancer for 2-3 weeks. Greg was a fixture...

Nice if you happen to be flying from Japan - worthless from the States.

Last year I was using julie@kaivitidivers.com

You wouldn't be disappointed in either Wananavu Beach Resort or Kai Viti Divers, but be prepared for fairly long boat rides (around an hour) to the best dive sites located near the edge of the channel (Vatu I Ra, as I recall) between the two big islands, Vanua Levu and Viti Levu.

With a near-empty tank and empty BC on the surface, yes, you're pretty close. Doing that with a full tank isn't. Floating with the surface at eye level doesn't do it unless the diver's lungs are full - with a near-empty tank and empty BC. Obviously, from the amount of discussion and...

No, it's not about competition. Being underweighted can be exhausting, carrying a few more pounds of lead than that minimally required to remain neutral throughout a dive isn't a bad thing. However, increasingly excess lead weight makes remaining neutral increasingly difficult and it's serves...

You're NOT perfectly neutral at the surface - you're floating. My gripe with the "PADI weight check" is that's all that's taught. It appears that proper weighting isn't, yet being neutral throughout a dive can make scuba such a pleasure.

It's a great deal IF the airline will allow the transfer of an E-ticket to another name. The airline issues the boarding pass and the name on it and the traveler's ID must agree to be certain of getting through security.

The "PADI weight check", which has been around and used by other diver certification agencies for decades, makes no sense. It certainly didn't weight me correctly. Minimal weight obtains by being neutral with an empty BC, a near empty tank, breathing normally just below the surface. While...

Oh, don't worry - the sharks are there. If you were to have 100 feet of vis instead of 10 feet, your chances of seeing a shark would increase by 1000. Years ago, I'd sometimes see sand tigers around the wrecks off the Delaware and Maryland coasts. But don't ask about recently - I gave up...

You're right. When hovering, often during one's safety stop, the gentle rise and fall is perceptible and feels quite natural. For me, the slightest bit of finning obscures that.

A minor quibble - I don't believe it's necessary to synchronize one's breathing so as to exhale to stop ascent and inhale to cease descent to achieve "Now we are fish!". A diver breathing normally cycles a couple of liters 5 to 10 times per minute. Assuming the diver to be neutral with a...

It certainly looks like a 300.

For recreational (above 130 feet and no decompression) diving, the principle advantage of a dive computer is the extended times it allows in multi-level diving. This is especially advantageous when diving on a wall where one can begin deep and slowly work one's way up to the top of the wall...

For what it's worth, I wrote an article on weighting which included: "Data on neoprene foam compressibility seems hard to find, but the following table was derived from some data on insulation loss with depth: Depth (ft) Reduction in Thickness (Percent)...