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Went diving with some members of the CHUM group out of Houston. Date: 21MAY2022 Location: Mammoth Lake, Clute TX Water Temp: Surface, above 80F. Down to 61 degrees at 40ft. Visibility: At best 10ft, much of the dive was less. Comments: Still fun diving. Remember, diving poor conditions will...

Welcome to our world, congrats on the cert! That is a very good way to look at diving, with regard to continued practice. I don't know how many divers I've seen that only dive on vacation one time a year. For most, that really isn't enough to develop/maintain skills and safety. Good on you guys...

Yep, all good stuff, but all stuff I already knew. There's a lot of good info in there for newer divers though.Thanks for the write up though, I appreciate it!

Oh, okay. You were speaking about trim, gotcha. Yeah, I can feel my trim in the water quite well, but feeling minute changes in depth without visual reference was what I was talking about. I guess I've mainly heard the term 'balanced rig" used in the context of buoyancy, not trim, but I guess it...

Yeah, I've heard of people trying to feel it in their ears, but didn't know that could be used with anything smaller than a few feet. I'm definitely going to try that at my next safety stop. Stay neutral, and close my eyes, and really try to feel what is going on with my ears. Thanks!

Honest question - how do people maintain depth within an inch or two without any visual reference for minutes at a time? It's not to difficult with open eyes, but how is it done without any reference?

Blue Lagoon, Huntsville TX Saturday, 16APR2022 Visibility at least 10-15ft. Min water temp 68F Just a couple groups there diving, not too crowded at all. Nice diving!

Also, make sure you get one that has a relief valve if you plan to use it at depth so it doesn't pop on the way up. There are ones that are just called SMBs which are designed to be inflated only at the surface.

DSMBs are especially important when diving big water. For instance, when boat diving in current, it is quite possible to get swept away from the dive site, and the boat. DSMBs make you much more visible so you are more easily seen by a boat, even from quite a distance away. I would scale my...

Hi all, Does anyone know how to disassemble the I550 high pressure hose quick disconnect to clean and change o-rings?

Hi All, I'm an experienced diver that is new to the Houston area. Anyone looking to dive soon that wouldn't mind a tag-along?

Hey there, I'm new to the Houston area, and looking for dive buddies as well. I know this is a pretty old thread, but are you still looking for people to dive with?

Underwater is a 3d environment. You can use topo lines to keep your bearing. For instance, if you are in a lake, you can swim out until you get to a certain depth, and then turn right or left and follow at that depth. When you do that, keep track of your time swimming after you take that...

Chasing the biggest number on your dive computer just to see the number can be a recipe for disaster, even though I can relate to the call of the deep. But as you said you are diving within your limits and plan. And as long as your dive buddies know exactly what they are getting into when the...

I use a Perdix with two transmitters with my sidemount setup, and Subsurface for my logging software. The Perdix only displays SAC and GTR for one of the transmitters during the dive, but air consumption is captured for the gas from both transmitters when I import it into Subsurface. One more...

Also, I don't know if you use a yoke regulator for your back mount diving and DIN for your sidemount, but you can get valves that have a little insert to convert from yoke to DIN. Just FYI if you ever get your own tanks.

If you're using rental tanks, you may just have to make due with the standard valves. However, since I use my own cylinders, I'd go with the type of valves shown above. Also, as mentioned above, the should still work fine as back mounted singles. The knob would just be in the other side for the...

Yep, there are tank valves you can get that work better for sidemount diving. Your local dive shop should be able to get and install them for you. http://scubatechphilippines.com/scuba_blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sidemount-cylinder-valves.jpg

Yeah, it looks a bit different, but similar to that. I think flymolo is right - I think it is more similar to an Apeks reg. I think the o-ring could be causing the issue. I'll take a look at that. Thanks for taking the time for the pictures, lexvil.

Okay, that's kind of what I figured. Just have to get used to it. Oh yeah, that's why I didn't pursue moving the inflator in the first place now that I remember - the inflator hose routing would be a mess. So, you generally use the dump valve on the left shoulder? That's the one I've been...