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Hi All, I will be going to Krabi, close to Ao Nang, and would appreciate any advice on good diving centres and interesting dive places. Thanks!

There was a fatal accident today at Ojamo mine, Finland. The news reports don't say anything about what happened. The only extra things I know so far is that it was a middle-aged man and that he said during the dive he had some unspecified problems, but didn't make it. News in Finnish...

I'm looking at buying heated gloves, but am not able to try them before ordering. You only state the palm circumference size, but length from finger tip to wrist would also be important. Is it possible to provide that information?

Hi, Despite some standardization in backplates, there are still some differences. Wondering if the Halcyon Cinch system only works on a Halcyon backplate of if there are other backplates with the wholes for screws and straps in the same place and also same dimensions and angles in a way that...

Saw this circulating today. Out of gas situation due to plastic debris blocking gas passage to the second stage. From Andy Davis at Scuba Tech Philippines Technical Diving Articles | Techniques | Knowledgebase Don't know what kind of lining these hoses have, but this seems very weird.

I don't know what the policies are regarding the Basic Scuba Discussions board, besides being a friendly place to welcome questions and a learning zone, but although equipment is a natural concern of divers, more than a learning place, this board is becoming a dump site for many...

A very interesting documentary, with reconstructed scenes, from the early days of cave diving and cave exploration... when fins and air were dangerous... :) 1st part https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYxMreI6BOU 2nd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBw1pBfumIs 3rd...

Hi, I have an oldish Aqualung regulator and was wondering if service kits are still available and if they are specific to this regulator or are the ones used also for other models. The first stage is a DIN Cousteau with dry seal, one second stage is the Impulse Cryo, as seen in the picture...

Not long ago there was a thread started in the cave sub-forum about the lack of consideration for other divers and the cave environment. Today I noticed something shocking on the IANTD Tek Lite manual (The one for advanced nitrox and advanced recreational trimix), this image of two divers...

Although often the news say oxygen cylinder when they are actually referring to air (or other common dive mix), this time it was really an oxygen cylinder, but that used in the emergency O2 kit. Three divers were injured, facial trauma, broken leg, burns. Why it exploded is unknown. The...

Was wondering if this should be posted in the Tech board :) There are plans to build a 50m deep pool in the UK. https://www.deeperblue.com/worlds-deepest-50m-pool-to-be-built-in-the-uk/

Got my ER / Trimix (metric version) manual and... it's pathetic! I hope there is a new version coming out soon!

Shocking photo shared by Poseidon on their Facebook account https://www.facebook.com/PoseidonDivingSystems/photos/a.412170126704.177292.310022061704/10152796505801705/?type=1&comment_id=10152796637151705&notif_t=photo_reply

I'm looking into buying an argon set and although pending towards 1.5l aluminium, I'd like to know how they compare to the 1l steel. How do they feel in the water? And for what range / kind of dives are they good for? Usually deeper OW dives don't have many ups and downs that require the suit to...

News from 16 January 2015 A diver was found guilty of manslaughter after his two buddies died. (My French is not the best and I hope I don't make any mistakes) This diver was a 34-yo instructor and took two 20 and 22-yo brothers., "level 2" divers (I presume this is CMAS), to a 60m dive in...

Apeks is launching a sidemount harness. Description and some photos here: https://www.facebook.com/Simplysidemount/posts/1005917219436717

Do you have an idea of what you want to achieve in terms of diving during the next year? Either in terms of diving somewhere, doing courses or getting some equipment? I usually have an idea of one or two things I'd like to do. For the coming year I expect to finally dive Ojamo and go to the...

Hi, When comparing Dirzone and Halcyon balanced p-valves, the Dirzone one is a lot smaller on the outside. Looks quite nice. Although inside it will have an extra tube that Halcyon have managed to hide. Any opinions on the quality of both? Leaning towards dirzone, due to it being more discreet...

A man born in 1978 (~36yo) has died while diving, apparently due to some sudden illness. Autopsy will be conducted to confirm cause of death and, although without indication of any malfunction, the equipment will also be analyzed. Link to news in Finnish Kokenut harrastajasukeltaja menehtyi...

Prompted by this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/general-travel-vacation-discussions/483596-best-place-dive.html I was wondering if it would be possible to have a calendar containing in each month some info about dive conditions around the world. So if someone has, for example, free time...