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Voor 2024 heb ik twee ideeën waarvoor ik een (of meerdere) maatje(s) zoek. Idee 1: Curaçao in mei Gebruik maken van Hemelvaartsdag (9 mei 2024) en Tweede Pinksterdag (20 mei 2024) om een 11-daagse duiktrip te plannen naar Curaçao. Appartement of hotel, duikpakket (onbeperkt lucht & lood)...

This is a topic inspired by discussions about algorithm lock in dive computers. This thread started it: New diver, looking at Suunto D5 I have gone through a selection of dive computer manuals and looked for the infamous 'algorithm lock' (the dive computer locks the algorithm if you violate...

I am researching a possible dive trip to Malta in 2024. Given the recent court cases and fall-out thereof concerning accountability for dive buddy injuries etc. - has this had any impact on divers in booking trips at Maltese dive operators? Would you guys have real worries about diving there...

Picked this up today, after about 2 months of waiting... It comes with a 5mm neoprene hood. The specs: Made to measure 450 Ferguson Trilaminate T-shaped model Adjustable telescopic hull Neck seal: Si Tech Orust system with silicone seal Metal zipper BDM 08RS with extra protective nylon...

Not sure which subforum to put this in... A massive smelly seaweed blob is floating from the Atlantic into Florida and the Caribbean. Will this influence diving operations much? And how?

I am researching possible dive destinations for a 10-12 day trip in May or June (2024 or 2025). Most likely, both divers and non-divers will join this trip. So: which Caribbean island is the best option regarding the following must-haves: 1. Lots of wrecks and other (man-made) 'structures'...

The rules are simple: - you answer the question - no explanation needed, no judgment wanted - ask the next 'this or that' (if two are posted more or less simultaneously, the first one counts) - you are not allowed to answer your own 'this or that' I'll start. DIN or YOKE?

In a back mount double tank setup with a manifold, the SPG usually is on the left-hand post, I believe. And you breathe the tanks down simultaneously. Should the right-hand valve fail, you close that valve and the manifold and you can breathe the left-hand tank down while you end the dive and...

I am getting a trilaminate drysuit for water temperatures between 0 C and 20 C (that's the Netherlands for ya). For the colder temperatures, I already got a nice warm undersuit. All set there. The same goes for the base layer: all set there. For the 10-15 C temperatures (roughly), I am looking...

In almost any discussion about choices about agencies and instructors, a major conclusion seems to be: get to know the instructor and assess whether (s)he is going to be a good instructor for you and your needs. That is all marvelous, but how should you go about that exactly? How can you find...

There have been a few gear threads lately that had me thinking about objective, factual measurements of dive gear. And that they’re very hard to find. For example: what are a specific fin’s buoyancy characteristics underwater? How floaty is a certain wetsuit? These are things a manufacturer or...

There possibly is diving in my future that involves both backmount doubles (North Sea wrecks for example, diving from a high freeboard boat with a crane/lift to get divers out of the water, probably in some swell too) and sidemount diving as well. Suppose I get a nice twinset of steel 12L...

I am researching an expansion of my BC collection to accommodate for back-mounted doubles. They will be steel 12L doubles (232 bar) on a steel backplate that I already own. I am looking at the xDeep Hydros 40 or 50 as wing options. I will dive them in a drysuit (+ undergarments for cold water)...

I'm an Advanced OWD + Nitrox looking to advance even more. I am working towards diving longer (meaning deco dives, longer bottom times to enjoy marine life and wrecks more - not necessarily setting a record for depth, though). In terms of certifications, this means Advanced Nitrox, Deco diving...

Not being sexual here :wink: If you could just dream... no budget restrictions, doesn't have to be realistic at this point.... What's your diving-related wet dream? This is mine:

I am compiling a list of unusual or interesting dive sites in Europe. Especially inland sites (lakes, quarries, rivers etc.) are diving destinations I want to include. For a personal bucket list at first. But over time, I am hoping to compile a full database of sites that I visited that go...

In many photos and videos of (experienced/professional) divers diving with bail-out bottles, I see those bottles out of line with the rest of the body. They hang more or less diagonally on the side of the diver. In sidemount - where divers also have their (primary) bottles on the side - it is...

I own and really like my Mares EOS 20RZ dive torch. It does everything I want from a primary light. I only use it at night dives or in darker water. I also have a smaller backup torch (Orcatorch D520) that's always with me on my harness. Back to the Mares EOS 20RZ. Mares has a soft goodman...

In 2024, I want to dive in Aruba and do the wreck diver specialty there (and perhaps even advanced wreck diver). I want to see the wrecks there and I figure I might as well get certified while I'm there (and enjoy wrecks even more). Google hits quite a few PADI centers that offer the wreck...

I'm just curious. I suppose it may depend on the kind of diving I do. If navigation is a key part of the dive, I will bring a backup compass. On your regular Sunday morning open water dive in a spot I know like the back of my hand, I trust the digital one on my computer. And I always have a...