As I understand it, nearly all commercially available regulators in the modern day will fail open (that is, a freeflow) rather than failing closed (no air at all). As I recall, there are only a couple of regulators on the market which fail closed and both are for tech diving use.
I was curious...
Heading to USVI for the first time in January, looking for some advice on:
Water temp + recommended wetsuit
Best dive sites (especially wrecks) in/near Trunk Bay, Cinnamon Bay, and Watermelon Key
Any other general advice, whether dive-related or not.
We are renting a boat which we will be...
I have no formal UW photography training and have been essentially learning it by trial and error over the past few years. I've gotten frustrated, however, so I'm looking for some wisdom from experienced UW photography folks.
I realize that I'm working with fairly amateur equipment (SeaLife...
Looking for some advice regarding mounting a safety sausage & lift bag to my Halcyon BP&W.
I was recently on a charter boat diving a wreck of NJ. During the dive, a buddy pair completely lost the wreck so, unable to find it again, they used a safety sausage + reel to make a safe ascent. It...
Looking for some advice regarding mounting a safety sausage & lift bag to my Halcyon BP&W.
I was recently on a charter boat diving a wreck of NJ. During the dive, a buddy pair completely lost the wreck so, unable to find it again, they used a safety sausage + reel to make a safe ascent. It...
I usually dive the wrecks off NJ which are known to still yield quite a few artifacts. Thus far, I have not succeeded in finding anything although I have dived with folks who have found silverware, ammo casings, etc. (I should note that this is legal in NJ so long as the wreck is not a protected...
I usually dive the wrecks off NJ which are known to still yield quite a few artifacts. Thus far, I have not succeeded in finding anything although I have dived with folks who have found silverware, ammo casings, etc. I was reading about "magnet fishing" recently which is basically like normal...
What Shutter Speed, Aperture Value, and ISO are recommended for diving NC wrecks? I am looking to get some good pictures of sharks and other close-up sea life.
1.) When use of an octopus/backup second stage become the norm? I know that for a long time they simply were not a thing, now they’re essentially mandatory.
2.) Before the octo era, what were OW students taught to do in the event of a freeflow at depth or an OOA situation?
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