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  1. couta0938

    I need 100 of you...

    Hi everyone, No offence intended on leaving NAUI out, but please note that I am based in the U.K, so to me, NAUI is an 'other' organisation. I don't think there's a NAUI training agency in the UK at all, just as it would be a bit silly for me to assume that there's a British Sub-Aqua Club in the...
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    I need 100 of you...

    Lil38 - Sorry, that was an oversight on my part. If you've been diving under a year, please just round yourself upto the 1-2 Years category ;) ZenDiva - As far as I know there's no "Scuba Police", many recreational organisations have a basic set of rules or a code of practice, one of the most...
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    I need 100 of you...

    Do it easy: A risk assessment is essentially an examination of what in your particular line of work (diving in this case) could cause harm to people, whether you have taken sufficient precautions or should do more to prevent harm. Nowadays, Risk Assessments are a legal requirement for all...
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    I need 100 of you...

    Hi Mark, The survey is not intended to change opinions. It is purely for collecting qualitative data (i.e. statistics) that I can use as references to support my various arguments. Thanks anyway, Andy
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    I need 100 of you...

    I'm studying a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Outdoors Education and Adventure Recreation. This is my final research project, 25% of my total mark. :)
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    I need 100 of you...

    Hello all, I'm doing some research on solo diving and the buddy system, with a view to find out just how much safer, if at all, diving with a buddy is than diving solo. It's nothing difficult, 10 questions and two optional text boxes. It'll take five minutes max, but my statistics tell me...
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    Equipment for cold waters dilema

    Hi Thorz, In my opinion it's wise to get the best kit you can afford. It really doesn't pay to skrimp on kit, as it supports your life whilst you are underwater. I recommend Scubapro or Poseidon regs for cold-water diving. If prices are so high in Norway, perhaps it's worth a trip on the...
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    POLL : Oceanic Atom vs Suunto Mosquito

    I'd take Suunto over Oceanic every time. #2 for me.
  9. couta0938

    New divers and "trust me" dives

    You've only done 11 dives mate. This is all still new to you. It's a learning process, the more diving you do, the more you'll learn and if you put in the effort to learn how to do the things you're not confident in doing, you'll pick it up with experience. Although you don't feel you can do the...
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    Military Members Roll Call

    Royal Corps of Signals BRITISH Army ;)
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    Your most dramatic dive moment.

    Best Moment: My first dive out of British waters, in the Red Sea. As soon as I entered the water, I looked down and could see the seabed, 20 metres below me. Up until that point the most vis i'd ever had was about 7 metres! It was breathtaking and I almost got vertigo :) Worst Moment: Doing a...
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    UWatec/Scubapro Air Z Nitrox transmitter question

    I believe this is possible. If you remember, when you first set the computer/transmitter up, you have to synchronise them. I would hazard a guess and say that it is possible to use different transmitters, but each time you swap over to a different transmitter, you need to resync the computer to...
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    Breathing from a Free Flowing Regulator

    Right. Keep a firm grasp of the regulator as it can blast itself all over the shop and potentially hit you if you've got a loose grip of it. Don't seal your mouth around it, you need to sip at the air, and try and direct the main flow of air out to your side, otherwise you risk having your mask...
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    Please get in shape!

    Looks good. I find the easiest way to build up fitness it to simply get into a routine. My own morning routine is as follows: Before breakfast, do 1 x 25 Press-Ups (arms tucked in) 1 x 25 Sit-Ups 1 x Max Pull-Ups Repeat this three times, preferably with no rest in between exercises in sets...
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    Please get in shape!

    B.M.I's are a waste of time - keep them to glossy womens lifestyle magazines. They don't differentiate between body fat and muscle mass - and are therefore a poor indication of physical condition. A lot of people here seem to be justifying being obese (and i'm talking about having excessive...
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    Are you fit to dive?

    Some good responses and some that leave me wondering. Perhaps, as somebody said, the swim tests don't need to be tougher, but Divers need to be taught more about lifestyle and the importance of being fit and healthy. ChillyWaters - Great, so you won't sink... but if you find yourself bobbing...
  17. couta0938

    Are you fit to dive?

    Hello all, My first topic, so hopefully we can get some good discussion on this one. First off, I confess to being a bit of a fitness fanatic, so perhaps i'm a little biased on my viewpoints on this subject. The reason i'm starting this thread is simple. I had an incident off a shore dive...
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    200 yard surface swim..

    To be honest if you are worried about swimming 200 metres then is diving the thing for you? I'm not having a dig at you John, but the level of fitness and swimming ability of some divers is a real cause for concern for me. I'm going to start a thread on this in a short while. But the issue...
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    Dive Norway, in October

    I'll have to withdraw interest for this year Kompressor, my October has suddenly become a lot busier! Sorry for any time wasted, Andy
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    Diving in Uk

    Sea Temperature off Sussex is 18C today... 23C at the Inland training site the Dive Centre uses. As a rule of thumb, I dive in a 6.5mm Semi-Dry from March to September and October - February the Dry Suit comes out. Loads of decent diving over here. It's not that cold so don't flap about...
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