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    Looking for new Fins - Currently using Mares VoloPowers

    Thanks for the rec! I'll take a look :)
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    Looking for new Fins - Currently using Mares VoloPowers

    Hey all, so I'm looking for a new set of fins - I'm leaving my VoloPowers behind for my snorkeling adventures and am considering getting a new pair of fins. I've seen good things about the Hollis F2 fins, though my biggest issue (and what I read about the Hollis F2 fins) is that in currents the...
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    Looking to get friend certified; first time doing this - can anyone help?

    Thank you all for the great responses! I've decidedly gotten comfortable enough with my diving that I want to share with friends and the big thing is most of them are timid about diving without someone familiar in the water. I think I'll go with the recs here and look for local shops :)
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    Looking to get friend certified; first time doing this - can anyone help?

    I'll take a look :) I figured I'd get them started on course stuff regardless. I am trying to figure out a trip to Cozumel or Grand Cayman and they expressed interest, I figured why not be a guide
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    Looking to get friend certified; first time doing this - can anyone help?

    Looking at PADI; so if I do a 4 day course and want to dive with them is there a way to do that? How long is the non-diving portion where I would be doing my own thing? Sorry for dumb questions, I want to get a friend into diving and realize it could be daunting without a familiar face around
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    Looking to get friend certified; first time doing this - can anyone help?

    So basically I am looking to get a friend certified and want to know the process. I did a 2 day weekend course, intensive-ish, for both OW and AOW. I did all my pool drills, went to a dive shop, did pool drills again, then all the open water business. I want to help a friend get certified and...
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    Interested in Megalodon Tooth Diving: Where should I go?

    Title pretty much sums it up! I'm Advanced OW certified, but I figure Nitrox might help and I'm not certified for that yet.
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    Traveling to Cancun the 1st of July and need a good dive shop! And recommendations

    Hello All, I'll be going down to Cancun with a buddy of mine from school to get a long-talked about dive trip in. We have everything booked but for the Dive Op. Any recommendations on what dive op to pursue, as well as what dives we should try and opt for? Any and all information is much...
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    Eventually want to get into Wreck Diving - what are the pre-requisites?

    Awesome, will do when I have a bit more time! Thanks so much for the outreach guys, I really appreciate it. How difficult of a dive is the USS Mohawk? It's in Florida and ~90ft, I feel like it'd be perfect on Nitrox. I'm getting ahead of myself but that seems like a really cool wreck to dive.
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    Eventually want to get into Wreck Diving - what are the pre-requisites?

    DevonDiver, fantastic post! Thanks a ton for that, and thanks to everyone else for posting as well :)
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    Eventually want to get into Wreck Diving - what are the pre-requisites?

    Yeah, I don't expect to go "Okay, this this and this, time to wreck dive!" I still have a lot of easier diving to do before I'm at that point. I just want to look towards the future. I live in NYC right now, but I want to get into more local diving (so far I've done all my diving in the...
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    Salt water wire cutters

    Yeah I was just wondering what a good middle ground is, and if there are shears that are built more like pliers for easier use and far greater cutting potential in terms of material to cut. Hmm
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    Crazy, Scary, Funny, or all of the above?

    how easily is Vertigo treated in underwater environments? I'm not sure it would be a great situation if an instructor were to get hit by vertigo while a student was struggling (but I am not feigning knowledge on the subject, I don't know how easy it is to control vertigo under water)
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    Lost my new mask and didn't get to use it once

    Just from what I understand, you have to think to put your mask around your neck/on the back of your head, whereas on your forehead or off is just a natural movement. When panicked, people will go for the natural movements, which include throwing the mask on their forehead/into the water. That...
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    Salt water wire cutters

    Why are pliers with cutting sides not used over shears? I feel like shears could be a pain to get on your fingers if stuck while pliers can easily be used with one hand
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    Eventually want to get into Wreck Diving - what are the pre-requisites?

    Eventually I would like to penetrate wrecks. At first I would be more than satisfied with "easy" wrecks to dive, and remaining outside (or wrecks like the Kittiwake where penetration by non-wreck divers is okay since there's barely any sediment and there's holes *everywhere* to get out). I still...
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    Eventually want to get into Wreck Diving - what are the pre-requisites?

    What would you say are the pre-requisites to getting into Wreck Diving? Of all the dives I did getting certified and after, the Kittiwake was by far my favorite dive (like, in a tier of its own). While that is a simple wreck to dive, I really want to dive more wrecks in the long run. Obviously...
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    Crazy, Scary, Funny, or all of the above?

    The scariest part is they're now training to be/are Dive Masters :(
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    Great at spearing fish in the open water, but suck with lobster

    The fish is in a hole. Against a wall. The spear needs to go through the entire length of the flopper head to deploy, otherwise it doesn't deploy. "How in the world!" isn't exactly too difficult to understand.
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    Better ability to hold breath after SCUBA diving?

    I never push myself when diving, and I had two buddies (it was also to 20 feet of water, the deepest I go around here is 40ft for lobster/conch/fish) so it was within the realm of safety. When my body starts telling me I have too much CO2 building up I usually surface at the first instance of it...
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