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I am travelling for the first time to the USA next September and will be doing a road trip in California. As I will be around Monterey at some point, I would like to dive Point Lobos (on a Monday). Any dive shops that take divers there?

This weekend, before a dive one of my DIN valves was leaking through the small hole that some valves have. I reattached the first stage and the problem was solved so took it for another 2 dives without any issue. After the dives, I noticed that there was water in the valve. I am assuming the...

Hi everyone, I am looking for a liveaboard in the next months (February would be the best) and I am divided between Socorro and Bahamas: - Maldives, Indonesia and Galapagos are out due to future travel plans); - My liveaboard experience was 5 days in the GBR and a week in Egypt; - Looking for...

Can a dent on the body of a first stage lead to corrosion?

Any reason to choose the extra-long knobs vs the standard on the twin tanks below? https://www.deepstop.de/en/twins/345-dir-twin-deepstop-edition.html I am assuming galvanized is better than painted and that round bottom is the standard vs concave. I am right?

I am moving to doubles and obviously need a second first stage. I currently dive a FSR with 5th port on my single tank rig. Which second first stage would you recommend? Deep 6 is not an option due to import costs and I am not servicing them so they do not need to be equal. Probably Scubapro...

Fellow EU divers, where did you buy your doubles? I am looking for 12L twin steel tanks.

Does anyone know any good restaurant (that is not La Cantina / the Brewery) in Bonaire with ales (not lager)?

I will be in Bonaire January 27th - February 5th and I am looking for a buddy or buddies for one or more dives. I am AOW and did GUE fundies so happy to dive with anyone. I will have a truck to drive around between dive sites.

I am going to do a liveaboard to the Red Sea in the upcoming weeks and I am planning to carry as much dive gear as possible in the hand luggage, as I arrive 6 hours before the boat sails. Does anyone have experience with regulators and/or backplates in the hand luggage, when in transit between...

Which silica bags do you use for the PT-058 housing? Olympus' or different ones?

I have been struggling with making the pipefish below look consistent (the color of the posterior section of the fish is different from the anterior). Any ideas?

After the free SSI Science of Diving in the first lock-down, SSI is (at least in Portugal) offering a free Marine Ecology Specialty in the second - I did not find any official info on their website but I already saw three local dive centers offering this. Did anyone see this in a different country?

Just read that, while scootering, a long hose's "placement reduces the drag and cavitation one would experience from a shorter hose.". I understand the drag bit but how does hose placement affect caviation?

Does anyone have any clue which is the species of the fish on the left of the photo (not the sergeant nor the surgeonfish)? My first guess was some sort of parrotfish but can't identify which. This was shot in Opal Reef (Great Barrier Reef) in the middle of the day, while snorkeling on June...

Did anyone have issues fitting a Suunto Zoop Novo into the DSS bungee mount?

This past weekend, I finally started editing the raw files from my trip to the GBR last year. It was my first experience with Lightroom so need some feedback/help from experts (to be fair basically anyone with experience in photo editing probably has valuable advice): I have been doing the...

Does anyone know to which species the following fish belong to? These were observed around noon, near Berlengas (island off the Western Coast of Iberia) - depth 10-15m.

Due to ignorance, I dunked my regulator (not the first stage) on water with shampoo that was supposed to be for wetsuits. What should I do to clean it now?

After each day of diving, I rinse my regulator (Apex FSR + XTX200 + XTX40) for a bit pressurized. While rising the second stages, I hit the purge button. Is this the correct procedure? Today one of my second stages free-flowed while doing this. I had to move the venturi lever to stop it.