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This is one of my lessons learned from the dive. 17# does not leave much margin for error or reserve buoyancy and I may move away from using it. I was diving 100 cf tanks and wearing a 3mm wetsuit. I had it dialed in about right -- the wing was nearly empty for the safety stop, though not so...

I have one of these attached to the bottom of my backplate with book screws.

Yes. The mechanical device has moving parts that wear, so its lifetime is inherently limited. The electronic device ought to be able to go forever. It's not like it has vacuum tubes or something. I still need a depth gauge then. Hard to find one that I like. Most of the analog ones are...

A few weeks ago I was in Key Largo. It was windy. A couple of days of diving were blown out completely with the op calling to cancel. Showed up bright and early for a morning dive on the last diving day of my trip. The op was one of the SB favorites, the kind of place that gives you whatever...

Rechargeable batteries usually have a shorter life than the devices they power. It is rare for them to last 10 years. Even if rechargeable, I want to be able to replace it. My regs were all built in the 1970s.

When I started diving, roughly 8 years ago, I bought an Oceanic Geo 2.0, and thought it would be, "good enough," until the industry got its act together and came out with a better computer at a reasonable price. The Geo shows depth and time to NDL and supports nitrox, so in that sense, it is...

I do, and it doesn't.

That applies to inspected passenger vessels, specifically, vessels carrying more than six passengers for hire that are under 100 tons. See §175.110.

I carry a grappling hook sold as a canoe anchor for that. It's useless for canoes but works OK for a dive flag or smb.

I do go out on shore dives with friends, family, and sometimes people I don't know especially well. I've had people diving from my boats but only family at this point. I don't take people's money. I think the broader question is what sort of a host, diver, and captain do you want to be for...

Help me out here. I have been unable to find any place in the CFRs where there is a requirement for a first aid kit for recreational vessels, or for uninspected commercial vessels other than fishing vessels. I carry one anyway. I even carry one on my little 12' aluminum boat.

You are not legally required to carry O2 unless you are an inspected, commercial vessel and your COI mandates it. If you are a dive professional, then your agency or its insurer may require that you have O2 available when supervising others who are diving. Legally required? Probably not, but...

I have one. It's too big, and the space goes to waste because you hit the airline 50 pound limit before it's anywhere near full. I replaced it with the TravelPro Bold 28" rollaboard, which is better, as long as you choose fins that will fit. The 28" weighs a couple pounds less so you can...

I dove with Mermaid Dive Center six years ago when we were last there. I would dive with them again. Keep in mind that the diving in Aruba is OK but not fantastic. https://scubaboard.com/community/threads/trip-report-aruba.558068/

<< (Summit????) is not certified to put the + sign on a tank, >> On the other hand, places who do not realize that they are certified to put the + sign on the tank or who haven't been trained to do it definitely exist. We have one here, too.

When I dive from an unattended boat, I do so within swimming distance of shoreline that permits a safe exit. In many cases this involves situations where the shoreline is privately owned, not readily accessible by car, or where there are laws/ordinances restricting shore diving. So I dive from...

10' is small. I have a 14' one and it's small. Reboarding advice. Take off your kit and weights and tie them to a line you've left trailing from the boat, but leave you fins on. Board over the side. If there's someone aboard then they move to the opposite side and lean back over the gunwale...

For local dives without much weight, I use the Mako trim weights on the belt of my BP/W, that attach and detach individually with their own bungee. Otherwise I use a rubber belt. I had a Mako belt for a while until the rubber started to deteriorate, and now I have one with a friction catch...

Quite possibly M18. I encountered an older tank with that thread form once. Amazon has them. No idea what the quality is like. Be sure it truly does fit properly, natch, valve ejection accidents suck. www.amazon.com/TUXING-4500Psi-Scuba-Diving-Valve/dp/B0BLZ2VTQ9

I have moved towards using a dive watch. On the many shallow dives I make where NDL is simply not a consideration, it is now all I use. On deeper dives I use it in conjunction with a computer.