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Never get tension headaches otherwise. I dive pretty horizontally and try to keep it at the safety stop. I’ve had reverse blocks when I’ve dived with a cold. Very different feeling. A reverse block is right behind my eyes in my sinus proper. This it at the base of my skull where the neck...

Sorry, didn’t mean to imply you were. If there is something else at play I’m all ears. It started 4 years ago in Coz, but wasn’t too bad. I was wearing a new hooded vest that was tight around the neck so thought that might have been it. The next trip I thought I might be skip breathing so I made...

If I don’t have water before a dive and am dehydrated, then like clockwork when I hit the deck I get a raging headache. At that point I need to drink a bottle of water and wait a half hour, usually under a towel before I feel functional again. On the bad days, I can feel the thumping headache...

Dehydration gets me. I need to drink at least 500 ml water before every dive or I get headaches. Kinda like the worst hangover headaches only magnified. The worst is when you can feel it coming on at the safety stop. Rick

Warm, tropical diver here. Scubapro lighthawk bcd. I never use the hose. Right shoulder dump to descend. Quick inflate at the bottom and dive. Most deflates during the dive are right butt dump valve as I think I am head down slightly (or my bcd bubbles to the butt naturally). Every now and...

hi all, Every year for New Years about 8 families get together and we rent a big house for a few days. For December 2020 we are looking at doing a warm destination and I’ve been working on the group to do Cozumel as there are a couple divers and a couple more interested. Can anyone recommend...

I’m in the same place as Chris, in part from his and others’ reccos on wet pixel. I am using the em5 mk1 in the olympus housing. I used to use the 9-18 and 60mm behind the 4” zen dome and it was good, but not perfect (mostly corner issues that bothered me). Before this latest trip I moved to the...

Andaman side has a couple options but is seasonal dependent. Fortunately the seasons are opposite to the other side of the country so you have year round options. We did the similans area not from a liveaboard around April 2016. The diving was good. The similan islands themselves had great...

Scuba club Cozumel is running 5 nights of accommodation, 4 days of boat diving, unlimited shore diving, and breakfast and lunch included for $550 pp (or about £425). Flights to Cancun plus a bus across to the ferry are reasonable. Dinner on the island is cheap. Thanks Rick

We’ve done moofushi as well as arthuruga and Kandolhu which are all in the same general area. Forget about hammerheads. You might hear about one sen on a dive here or there but they are rare and not something to plan for. Moofushi is great. The dive crew are very experienced and know what is...

I run double strobes and a central video light. The light is more for focus light and peering into cracks and ledges. I don't really do much video but having another bright light underwater is never a bad thing. Depending on your budget I would get one of each and put them on opposite sides...

This is basically my setup. We dive tropical, rec diving in pretty clear water on open reefs. A long hose isn't necessary. The friends I dive with are basic padi style divers. Most all of the other divers we might be diving with are in the same position. Primary donate? They wouldn't know...

We also dove big blue. The time on the water was our determining factor. Big blue is 90 minutes to Richelieu rock. Everyone else was at least twice that. Have you considered a two or three day liveaboard? Rick

I dive a scubapro litehawk and have used it exclusively for the past 4 years. We only vacation dive so I don't consider anything cold water locally. We also only dive warm water where a 3mm hooded vest is the max. Normally I am diving a rash guard or skin suit, al80, and 2 kg lead. I really...

I'll echo dmaziuk about the leonardo. My wife and I both dive that computer. I have no issues with it whatsoever. It does display the 3min/5m safety stop and it does count down the time in 1 minute increments. As noted, if you drop below 6m or above 4 then it pauses the countdown until yo...

Enriched Air Adventure Dive. Middle of the list. thanks, rick

For the most part, July/August will need to be shark season for the central atolls. The Mantas have largely moved on to other areas (though they do see some then). Whale sharks are always around but diving with them will be tough for the Maldives. I don't know of any areas where you can...

We dove aldora. They max at 6 divers in a boat and they will do personal guides if you want (though we had no need). The service was great and I'd go back with them in a heartbeat. The steel tanks were great and the guys on the boat could tell you how much weight you needed if you knew what...

I have the Litehawk and have dove it for the past couple years. It is my only BCD and I only dive tropical so my requirements are pretty easy. I like it and at $250 or so from LP as it is priced now I think it is a good buy and a good intro to back inflate. I like the size and weight for...

As tropical water vacation divers who do a max 2 dives a day usually on AL-80s, and usually no deeper than ~32-34m, we just ride the computer. Start at the deepest bit below all of the other divers where the interesting stuff usually is, hang for a bit and explore there, and then work your way...