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Yes! Any dive is a good dive. Any dive that you come back from is a great dive! I like the quarry....cold.....dark....limited vis. Very Zen. Blue water freaks me out! Look how far you can see! Look at all the divers! Look at the boat. Look up. Look down. Look at the coral. Look at all the fish...

Depends on where you are diving. If you are going out of Nags Head/Manteo you would definitely want a 5/7ml with hoods and gloves. Iwas there in mid August and I was recording temps on the bottom of 51 to 52 F on the U-85. On a shore dive I saw 56F. Some of the people that were on the boat...

What you saw was testing for the new PADI open water non-swimmers certification. You simply put on as much weight as you can along with as much air (doubles prefered) and walk in. You keep walking till 1/3 of your air is gone then simply turn aound and follow your foot prints back. Simple...

On the left side of the bumper "Will Work For Air". On the right side "Will Work Longer For Nitrox"

I dove Bora Bora, Manihi and Tikehau. I wore a shorty at first (rented) but wound up diving in my trunks. By any measure it was almost 40 degrees warmer then the quarry I usually dive in. After two tanks in the morning I laid out in the sun on the beach or by the pool. No problem! They could...

You guys are making me jealous! It was a year ago today we got back from a two trip to FP. I got certified just to scuba there. Now I'm completely hooked. Anyway I can't help you with Moorea. We did Bora Bora, Tikehau and Manihi. We stayed at the pearl beach the entire way and dove with Blue...

Recertification is a bogus idea. Training dosen't produce a good diver or anything else for that matter. Experience does. We've all met "book smart" folks who can't do anything. I know many people who could put up a good front to pass a skill set but just go back to bad habits on the very next...

Thanks for the reply. I went to a retina specialist (with much trepidation) No tear so far. He indicated the next three to four weeks I am the most vunerable to having one. Nothing to be done to prevent it other then what you suggested. I asked him directly about my diving and it turns out he is...

The cost is a varaible depending on who I am talking to and when. Wife:Before I bought my equipment renting for the local quarry dive was not that expensive. Now that I have purchased my own gear rental costs have soared in order to better justify the expense of buying equipment. I don't figure...

Thanks for the replies guys! When it comes to vision you can't be too paranoid.

This weekend I had floaters and flashes of light in my left eye. After a trip to the ER and to an opthamologigt on Sunday an acute tear in the vitreous was indicated. I asked the doctor about diving. He said resume ALL activities after three days. His comment was this can be a precursor to a...

I agree with everyone. Diver error. My brother will telll you he screwed up big time as well. I have indicated in my discussions with him how stupid his actions were in a way that only an older brother can! About the only thing I didn't vilify was his lineage (for obvious reasons). He is an...

I spent all Sunday night watching my brother who is new to Scuba (10 dives) in a hyperbaric chamber getting unbent. He had a rapid, uncontrolled ascent from 50 feet and reported DCS symptoms the next day. DAN was called and off the the decompression facility we went. Should he have been more...

Forget dying under the water. I want to die when Im 90 years old with a bullet in the back from a jealous husband!

92 ft quarry dive at 41 degrees in a 7 mil wetsuit. No prob bob!I'm happy to be underwater. PS no ice crystals so I guess I could go a few dergrees colder?!

Boy, after reading all these cool dives mine might sound lame. Last summer I was diving off the wall in Tikehau at about 80 ft. It dropped straight down a few thousand feet. The vis was about 150 feet. I had been watching the riot of color and activity on the wall when I turned around and looked...

All very good. I have one addition: Paper is always strongest at the perforation!

Migranes, I think we all can agree are no fun. In my situation I identified several contributors. They would not need to be alone. Many times it is a combination of factors - A tipping point would be reached and WHAM!. The factors include, intense light changes, temperature changes...

OK. I have my first dive computer, a Suunto Vyper. I went diving with it for the first time. I loved it. I printed out the profiles and staring me in the face were two concepts I would like to see a more detailed discussion on: surface air consumption and SCFM. What do they signify? How can I...

For cert I bought mask, boots, fins, gloves and snorkle. I then dove for a year on rentals. Looking to see what I liked and worked for me. It gave me a chance to speak with many different folks with different rigs and ask questions. The first thing I bought was a BC and regulator set up. Next...