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Diver Fatality at Blairgowrie Pier in Victoria On 3AW 10am news. A diver discovered a male diver's body under Blairgowrie Pier at around 6:30 am this morning. No suspicious circumstances, but the police will be preparing a report for the coroner.

I dont have a lot of information however it was related to me that all diving in Turkey has been stopped due to a rebreather diving dying whilst diving WW1 wrecks in Turkey. From the information I have, a number of other divers were also bent trying to rescue the rebreather diver who passed...

An unconfirmed report of a 66 year old female found unconscious at Beware Reef, with regulator still in mouth. Nothing yet found on local or national media

Does anyone have a link to or a service manual for a Diverite RG5400 Oxygen deco set. Mine has an issue with the second stage, and the first stage has pressure creep and I need to service it, but its the one reg that I dont have a service manual for and I prefer to service with the manual rather...

I purchased 4 off 0520 filter cartridges some 18 months or so ago. As they were being used in series on my Bauer compressor as a secondary filter, I realised they would not require frequent changing. So as a way to store them and extend their shelf life I vacuum sealed each one. Before sealing...

Anyone have any recommendations on the best style of light to use for a main light. It seems in some circles canister lights are out of vogue now? If so whats the in vogue lights, if not what would others with more experience recommend? Hand held seem short in battery life and a PITA to use...

I purchased a new LED light that takes 6 x 1850 lithium batteries. They are 3 paralleled lots of 2 batteries in series. That is to say 3 columns of batteries, each being 2 batteries nose to tail. What I found was that after a full charge, the batteries would be flat after a week with no use. In...

Two scuba divers have died at Mornington pier. It's believed one was an instructor, the other a student. The man and woman were diving off Schnapper Point Drive, near the Mornington Yacht Club on Friday morning. A local alerted police after seeing the bodies of the two divers underneath the...

My chat numbering is slowly falling. It looks like when I chat its now subtracting from my chat numbers? I was around 5500 a day ago and now 3825 when this morning I was 4200. ????

Search and rescue, waters off Mission Beach QPS Media on Feb 16, 2016 @ 9:05pm A search involving multiple agencies will resume at first light for a scuba diver reported missing in waters off Mission Beach. Around 2.45pm this afternoon, police received information that a 54-year-old man had...

Just read an article relating to the (alleged) poor maintenance records for Air Vanuatu. Has anyone experienced maintenance issues such as (regular) engine failures. If so, is this local flights or international as well. I see that their air safety rating is 4/7 on the internet? I was...

What is the buoyancy difference between Helium and air. Lets say in a tank we have 1000 litres helium/1000 litres air vs 2000 litres air. What is the buoyancy difference.

I have been looking for a reliable line marking strobe depth rated to at least 100m. Many seem very unreliable and reviews seem to rate most poorly. Does anyone have any experience with the new "Jotron AQ-4 Mk II LED strobe. They are expensive but from what I have read seem "relatively"...

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Coron Philippines. Has anyone dived there an d can you recommend any dive operations there. Did you travel with your own gear as it appears its somewhat difficult to get gear over there by flight. Any other info would be appreciated.

Tried to fly to Truk on 10/06/2015 but the flight did not land due to bad local weather and shortage of fule to do a second approach (why no spare fuel given a long ocean voyage). On to Pohnpei and that's where we are stuck along with 70 odd other travellers. First thing United rep says is WE...

What weight system do people use with dry suits. I am currently using a weight harness but whilst it carry's the weight well (24 lb) its a pain under my harness. I thought about spreading the weight to some back mounted, some on my harness via pockets, but there is not much real estate for belt...

I bought a twin set of 10.6 litre Fabers yesterday. Took them home and as they were full I decided to analyse the air as it had been in the tanks for about 4 years. The oxygen level was fine, then I analysed for CO and found 5 ppm, whilst this is below the OZ standard of 10ppm max, to me it...