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Divers I trust say Biodiversity is excellent. RADL has amazing views and lovely bungalows. They're close to excellent dive sites. Food was not amazing. In Waisai, I recommend Meridian Adventure Dive even if you're not diving. Misool looks amazing topside. Underwater visibility was not amazing...

I own one of these DGX valves. I can confirm it takes many revolutions to fully open, which I find a pain on a deco bottle. I only dive 50% O2 anyhow, so I'll likely switch to a standard valve. I'd use the valve with 100% though. It's possible I find it a nuisance because I use a Mk25 as a...

As others have mentioned: Jakarta street food tour ... very good chance this will ruin the rest of your trip. I'm not picky when it comes to food, and reasonably adventurous, but Indonesia showed me my culinary limits. Jakarta traffic is next-level bad. It's one of the reasons they're moving...

Here are updated photos. Since I've now used the backplate, I can't sell it as brand new, so I'll modify this post's subject. I probably only dove it once or twice. It's low quality. The metal looks worse in reality than in these photos. I can't explain the "titanium" changing color since...

I actually forgot about this post, but sure, I can still sell it. This past year, I've found the weight of this backplate to be useful. It's in between my true titanium backplate and a couple of steel backplates I have. So if this weight is interesting to someone, it could be a good purchase...

I liked it. It may be the only Raja4 liveaboard which uses a dhoni, which was wonderful.

Halcyon Evolve 40 for sale. From 2011. Has the old-style rear dump valve. This has finer threads than the current model. Not compatible with using the current Halcyon SMB dump valve cover in case you need to replace it. Some old-school divers prefer this original dump valve though. Zipper...

Wanted to buy: Mares Power Plana fins, size Regular. Preferably in one of the non-black options Mares offers from time to time.

It's possible that the Dewi Nusantara could pick you up in Waisai instead of Sorong. I think many (all?) liveaboards stop in Waisai first. This means you could stay at a land-based resort and then get to Waisai instead of going all the way back to Sorong and then to Waisai again. You can ask...

I believe a dive shop called Scuba Fusion in San Mateo offers a guide if you book a boat dive through them. More: Boat Dives at Monterey - Scuba Fusion. I've never gone this route, so I can't offer any comments. Other dive shops might have similar deals.

An air bubble in a dry wing will be silent but an air bubble in a wing containing some water will make noise? I'm having trouble understanding why.

Has anyone tried the Rite in the Rain Gravity-Fed Lead Holder? Looks promising to me.

No storms when I went in late November and early December, 2022. There might have been two overnight crossings, but I don't recall exactly. Large ships made from metal might be more stable. The White and Blue Manta come to mind, or the Velocean. I have no experience with either and there...

DGX now offers their Gears XTRA reg with or without the auto-closing feature.

I enjoyed it. Their killer feature is the dhoni, an idea they brought over from their operations in the Maldives. It's a large tender from which all diving happens. You keep your dive gear on the dhoni and simply walk over from the Zen before each dive. The food and hospitality were...

Sold.

Dive Rite Goodman Handmount with Universal QRM for sale. Comes with: Goodman Handmount QRM: Quick-Release Mount Universal receiver which allows any light to be mounted Does not come with the bolt snap shown in the pictures. Dive Rite's QRM system allows lights to be quickly mounted and...

Try Peninsula Dive Services in Marina, just north of Monterey.

I would choose a guide over an instabuddy since you can only dive that one morning. Try Brian at Monterey Expeditions.

I'm puzzled by that. Here's how the ACD works: The ACD should not close during a valve drill since you're only shutting down gas, not removing the valve regulator. This is an interesting problem to think about. I wonder if the reg was not 100% screwed in. Maybe it was screwed in enough...