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Thank you - absolute maximum would be 30m - both dives to 29m today were 44 minutes average depth of 16m - should be similar tomorrow.

Hello, I am planning on doing 2 dives tomorrow so e time between 8am to 1pm-ish. i have a one hour flight at 8:40am the following day. So this will be about 20 hours after the last dive. I know it should be 24 hours but on DAN's website they indicate it is possibly safe after 17 hours...

Hi, I would love to stay at Anse Chastnet in St Lucia but it is just too expensive. From what I have seen / read it appears that the best scuba diving is at Soufriere Bay - is this true? For half the cost of Anse Chastnet I could stay at St Lucian (Rex Resort) at Rodney bay, but would I not...

Thanks guys. So a couple of you mentioned "there is a difference between stopping breathing (wth the airway still open) and holding your breath, with a stopped glottis" - how can I tell the difference? Is it that feeling in the back of your throat that when you shut you airway there is almost a...

Some really basic questions but I'd like to understand the "science" behind the answers. Knowing why I need to do something is important... 1) I understand that if you were hold to breath ascending it could lead to lung over expansion, air embolism etc. BUT if I am taking a photo underwater at...

Dry suit course completed ;-) The viz was c*** but after a week in Malta and completing my AOW it gave me more confidence to handle the shocking viz. Biggest issue I faced was getting the damn suit over my head, I have an unfortunately large head but slim neck!

I met with this dive club for the first time at the site so they had my suit size and so I put it on for the first time there and then. I probably should have made a bigger deal about the neck seal, but as it was my first time in a suit I thought maybe it would be fine. They did have a spare...

Oh and yes I wanted to do the dry suit course so that I could keep up my scuba skills doing some UK diving...it's getting warmer now so I'll take the suggestion of a thick wet suit and build up my skills first.

Hi guys, thanks for your comments. I will definitely do what a few of you said and try some low viz wet suit dives in the local area. The course guide says you are meant to do a confined dive and a couple of you asked about this...I didn't have the opportunity to do a confined or pool dive. I...

Feeling pretty deflated heading home from Wraysbury without completing my dry suit course. So I got to Wraysbury (muddy bottomed reservoir in the UK) at 9am and it took until 11am to finally get kitted up and into the water. I just wasn't sinking so had 18kg added to my pockets!! When we made...

Hi, I'm really getting into amateur photography (on land!) and know what to look for in a good (not top spec and too expensive) camera. I used to have a Pentax DSLR but have just changed to a more compact Lumix G5 - a fantastic camera I think. I am going to the Red Sea in a few months and...

What's the rule of thirds/this about?

I'm always amazed with the sheer number of responses each post gets on this forum - my thanks as ever to everyone who has replied and sharing your opinions!

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I think through understanding as much as possible about diving, that knowledge will erase any irrational fears. And reading the helpful posts from experienced divers on this forum is a great place to start. I am a newly certified diver and found on my first experience in a pool that I suddenly...

Just in case someone comes to this post again, I went diving in Santorini and have posted at: Learning to dive and the fish thereafter... Not a huge amount of sea life, but some interesting rock formations, especially around the White Island site.

There is another post asking whether people use their log books/why log dives, but my question is - do you mock people who enjoy keeping a log book? :dontknow: I recently completed my OW course with PADI and through the course the instructor never once referred to my log book with me. It was...

I like the points about making exercises scuba specific...I live in Stratford, London so I've got my fingers crossed that they'll open the Olympic pool to the locals!

In support of what Jar546 said, I was taught to use the dive tables as part of my OW classes but my boyfriend was only taught to use a computer. After my course I sat with him and within 5 minutes taught him how to use the table and he was so happy to have gone through it because the computer...

Welcome! Sounds like you are absolutely going to love diving!!