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We recovered the body of a 21-year-old male on Saturday. He had been in the water for less than an hour and a half. The lake was a tiered lake, but he still hadn't drifted very far from the PLS. Water was about 10' deep; viz was 0-6". It was a good experience for several of our divers as...

This is an example of the inflatable Type V PFD referred to earlier. It automatically inflates when it hits the water, or it can be inflated manually by pulling the cord. The link is to the Stearns website that shows these PFDs. Note that there are several models available. We use these for...

At Duke there's an organization called DAN Who takes care of divers throughout the land Should you get bent You'll be glad for the money you sent Dan takes care of you when s*** hits the fan

Once met a diver named Ben Who was on a deep dive when He swam off with a shark because he was narced And no one ever saw him again

I have a great dive buddy We dive in water quite muddy No such thing as viz But that's just how it is Our job can sometimes be cruddy

This diver is a mom with twins who like to play with her fins They strap 'em on down around the house they will clown And fight to see which one wins

I seem to be having the same problem with the Wheel. Although it is aligned correctly, I keep coming up with answers that are slightly off from what the book says that they should be. My instructor wasn't too worried about it as long as the method of answering was correct and the answers...

Diver reported missing off of Ocracoke 08/28/2005 Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Maryland man who was reported missing while diving about 20 miles off the coast here on Saturday. The family of Richard Pryor, 34, of New Market, Md., said Pryor did not...

DivingDoc We did Palanacar Caves before Emily and Palanacar Bricks/Columbia Shallows after. The viz was down and the seas choppy but this was the first day of diving ops after the storm. The second day after was smooth and easy with great viz. It's amazing what 24 hours will do. For...

OK, Guys. Christi isn't kidding. We dove on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday was Columbia Shallows and Tormentos. Viz wasn't very good and seas were a little choppy, BUT...Wednesday was GREAT!!! We went to Santa Rosa Wall and the Wreck. Viz was back up and conditions were better. The reefs...

Found them. Guess my husband didn't see them last night and I didn't recheck this morning before posting the question. Thanks for all of your help and I'll know next time if I happen to need another one! Sorry to have posted a semi-useless thread...

Sorry, guys! I know this has been posted before, but I couldn't seem to find it. I've got a Hammerhead SS backplate with STA. I need to know what size bolts to get to assemble everything. Any help from you would be appreciated. Thanks!

There will be a whole group of us there July 14-21. We're staying at the Barracuda and diving with Dive Paradise.

I spoke with a representative from my pacemaker manufacturer the other day. She said that the company has no specific plans to make a more durable pacemaker. However, they are beginning to do more testing to determine if these pacemakers might be able to withstand greater pressures and...

Absolutely no cowboy diving with only one diver on the scene... Our policies state one diver in the water with a line going to a trained line tender. We have one back-up diver in the water standing by completely ready except the reg which is about 4" or so from his/her mouth and a 90% diver...

We almost always dive dry and use either an AL 80 or 100. Thanks to all of you for your replies. They are helping a lot. Please continue to give any information you can think of.

Would we be better off with the 45lb? Would that accomodate small doubles or should we just buy two wings? If we should just buy two, which two sizes would you recommend? Also, what is your opinion on bungeed vs non-bungeed?

I originally posted this thread in the DIR forum. I thought I would also post it here to see if the responses were any different. I'm not trolling or trying to start a Hog vs DIR debate, or anything else like that. I'm simply trying to see if some other folks have a different opinion...

Good point on the tech diving and just getting two wings. Do you have two completely separate BP/W set-ups or do you just change out your wing? Inquiring minds want to know... I know ponies are not DIR, but they are pretty much standard for PSD. That's where we'll be using them. We...

AL 80s and 100s Would like to use a STA for singles but still have the capability to dive with doubles.