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I'm 6'3" and a bit slimmer. I can get away with off-the-peg shorties, they stretch enough in the right places but long suits - no way! For the last ten years I have had all my suits custom made. It costs about 50% more but they kept me warm at least twice as long. I found a company that...

Ollen doesn't believe in technology much so the website is a piece of history. You can email him at sundivers@candw.ky and while it occurs to me - for instruction at Turtle Reef, contact John at Happy Fish, he does have a website!

...and I'm 6'3" and had no trouble sleeping on the Cayman Aggressor.

Not much more info but; Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Diver death reported

Why does this keep going through my head? Don’t argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. - Greg King

Lulu has already responded to this far more eloquently than I would have, but in the interests of giving the good doctor the benefit of the doubt I have spent the afternoon reading up on the subject. I believe that Dr Martin is a lung doctor and this quote may apply in the context of divers in...

I, like many here, have been watching this thread with morbid interest and I've been a bit reluctant to wade in but I'd like to just throw a few thoughts into the mix. If I knew now what I thought I knew at 200 dives I'd be a far better diver than I am. I have never, in all I have learned...

The idea is to limit their ability to reproduce and, you're right, people will not like it but the fish huggers have to decide whether we tackle the lionfish or live with the consequences of not doing so. In Cayman we are required to go through a short course on how to catch and handle...

Time to wade in on this one! Neither 'balance' nor 'ecosystems' exist in this context. Nature is constantly changing; big changes little changes, cataclysmic changes. Species went extinct long before we came along and will continue to do so once we are gone. Defining any part of the ocean as an...

You cannot leave students underwater on their own under any circumstances. PADI standards do not allow it and I don't know of any other agency that does. You take one up a line, you take them all up. Assuming that this is right, and I think if you put this on the I2I board a lot of...

So to get back on track and try to find something constructive for the future readers of this thread. As someone who has been handling boats for about 25 years now, my first decision when I bring a boat in to the dock is: Can I do this without mashing the boat up? If the answer is 'no' I...

Apparently litigation is a posteriori insurance! You forgot option 4. Am I liable?

I'll add my congratulations on not panicking! I think we can be 99% certain that you had too much weight on, that being the case you could have dropped some of your weight until you were able to swim up. If you are having trouble staying on the surface then ditch it all, your instructor will...

Colregs do not use the term "right of way", boats are categorized as "stand on" or "give way". The stand on vessel is required to maintain course and speed but remain ready to manoever if necessary. Both captains are to blame in this incident, (not necessarily equally). The clip is a bit short...

It's happened to me a three times, fire ants nesting in my BC. Twice I realised before I put my gear together and just sank my BC on the end of a piece of rope for 15 minutes. The other time I'd put my gear on before I realised. Yelled to my buddy that she'd find me in the water and got under as...

British are stealthier; the French initially thought they'd hit a cargo container (or maybe submarines are getting a bit lower tech in the Royal Navy).

To get the latest from "the horse's mouth" got to Caribbean Hurricane Network - stormCARIB.com - Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the Caribbean Islands and follow the Cayman link. We did alright here in GC, water on the west was pretty calm this morning. The sister islands got the...

Well, the SMB looks to be made well enough to lift 50lbs so I wouldn't worry about that (worst case you only want to lift 12lb). The downside is control, I don't see a dump valve at the top and a runaway ascent could easily happen. If you haven't practised ascending with a lift bag I wouldn't...

Dive-aholic has answered the original post. The situation is this; PADI wished to get away from the bundle of photocopies that instructors used to hand out and try to standardise their materials. If you sign up for a PADI course you get a book. PADI would like every student to have ready access...

Buoyant, Un-buoyant, Dis-buoyant...? Maybe we should stick with density! You're too dense for your volume, take some weight off! You're not dense enough have a couple more pounds.