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I wonder how many people actually go for T3 since T2 is almost dead in the water due to the gasbills adding up rapidly. Seeing more and more CCR divers it makes sense I guess.

The explanation given to me by my instructor when doing DPV was that the DPV itself acts as a magnifying glass for problems occuring underwater. So you already have some errors or failures happening but now you're speeding along behind your DPV and all of a sudden you lost your teammate, bury...

Diving in France most of the time, always 400gr regardless of time. I'm nice and toasty throughout the dive. I dive the Mola Mola Thermoflexx++ undersuit with drygloves and neoprene socks.

You can hoop the battery up to a known load that draws X amount of amps. Now you time how long it is providing that amount of amps and at what voltage it is. Plot these parameters in Excel and you can get a good idea of what your battery is capable of. You could buy a burn-tester or an...

I think Bonaire has a few caves that are diveable.

For me, the most important item on the list is why did it make sense to the diver to do whatever he/she did at that point in time? What led him/her to make that decision? If we understand the answers to the questions above, can we start to work on a solution.

Why? At the beginning of kitting up, you check your manifold and valves are open. Once you enter the cave, you check again that everything is open. If you hit something, you do a valve check to check that everything is open and that you do not have a roll-off.

I use a fourth element Actic over a Kwark two piece suit. It used to keep me warm in 4C water for over an hour. I've added a Santi heated vest to that to keep me just a bit more comfortable for longer as mine/cave diving I want that extra comfort and dexterity in my hands and feet. Will switch...

For me it's the BC that is used as primary bouyancy regulator. The suit is only for isolation and to negate squeeze. I dive steel double 12 liters. If you want to see if you can swim up with you set-up, I suggest to go down to 21 meters (63 feet), dump all the air out of your suit and see if...

AJ, let's do that!

Seeing most of my buddies veer off in the distance with C1 and T1 certifications, I wasn't going to be left behind. After discussing it several times with SWMBO, the long haired general finally gave me her blessing to take up a GUE Cave 1 class. Looking for instructors, I choose JP Bresser as I...