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Just buying my first regs - going with Apex XTX50 plus XTX40 for the octo and the Apex contents gauge in bright pink (alright!!). I had originally thought that it was "best" to go for the DIN 300 version (I thought I had read that this could be "adapted" to the A Clamp if necessary fairly...

Hiya, I am going to be spending a few days in Melbourne and a few in Brisbane over the next month and am obviously keen to do some diving! Can anyone recommend any good dive centres in these regions? I am always keen to do some shark diving - are there any sites near either of these cities to...

Hi! I need to get hold of an old fashioned single lens mask or a high volume mask for my boyfriend - whenever he dives all of the "normal" masks he has ever tried (lots, believe me!) put pressure on the bridge of his nose - the only time he has found a mask that fits was when he first learnt on...

Hi - I tried both these BCD's on in a shop today and I think either one of them could be a good choice for my first BCD purchase. I am looking for a jacket style and a really basic BCD which is going to be reliable and not too "fussy" :-) Does anybody have any experiences ofeither of the BCDs in...

I am an avid shark diver and am thinking that the Caribbean will be the holiday destination this year (over new years actually). So which is the best island to go to for some nice shark diving and tropical paradise :-) I have dived in the Bahamas before and whilst it is awesome and I loved it...

Hiya! We are looking at Peru for a holiday this year. My boyfriend (the kitesurfer) has found some kite beaches south of Lima and now I need to scope out some good dive sites for myself! We will be flying to Lima so does anyone know of any good dive centres driving distance from Lima? Also...

Hi! I am in the market for a new dive computer! To be honest there are a mind boggling array of choices on the market and I am having a little difficulty pinning down which one will be best for me so I thought I might ask for a little advice... Basically I would like a computer which can...

Would really love to do some shark diving when I am in Durban in May. However I am not too keen on the concept of feeding or baiting and would like to go with a dive centre who does not practice these things. Can anyone recommend anywhere? Cheers, Caz

Hiya, I have been involved with shark conservation for a while and this year is the year to see great whites in the wild as I'm off to South Africa in August. There are, of course, an abundance of dive operators in South Africa and it's really important to me to make sure I pick one which is...

Hi, Going to Nassau end of April purely for diving with sharks. However, I'm very keen to see sharks in their natural environment and not to engage in shark feeding - if I wanted to see that I'd just go to the local aquarium! Can anyone reccomend a good dive centre that doesn't do shark feeds...

Hello everyone. Well I'm in a bit of a pickle and I need some quick advice. Me and the fella were going to go to bahamas for holidays as I want sharks and he wants wind. Best time for wind is end of March. Unfortunately flights from UK to Nassau seem to be nothing below £500 at the mo. So I...

Me and my boyfriend are thinking of the Caribbean as this years holiday destination. He wants to kitesurf and I want to dive so it seems perfect. However, we're a bit stuck on which island to choose. My goal this year is to do some diving with sharks - so that's priority 1! Does anyone have any...

So I got a new BCD which went on to sit in the cupboard for a fair few months before I got the chance to use it. It's the Tigullio B52 Hover. Sadly, I used it last week and the dive sucked! I kept floating to the surface and couldn't get the air out cos my feet were waaaay above my head. Also...

A friend of mine is going to Hawaii and is going to learn to dive with his wife. So far he has informed me that he's found more or less 1 million idve companies, all seeming to charge about the same. he asked if I could find out if there were any particularly good companies or if they would all...

Yes, I'm sorry, it;s a oee related question! recently when I was diving I really, really needed to pee. Fine, i thought, I'll do it when I get in the water. Unfortunately, through 2 layers of wetsuit this didn't prove to be the easy task I'd originally imagined and for the next hour I literally...

Hey all. Well here's the thing....I've kindly been bought a Tigullio BCD for Christmas (you can see it here http://www.tigullio52.com/t52/ita/prodotti/hover/hover.html) I'm pretty sure that it's going to be fine, and all the reviews I read on it have been great. However, now that I have 10 days...

I have finally decided to do my MSc in some region of elasmobranch research. I've trawled through papers on the sharks trust website and many other marine websites but I am really stumped to think up a title for my research. I really want to focus on conservation and not a topic which would...

I know I could post this in the hunting/spearfishing group, but I thought it might be a more general question and would like to see what everyone thought. This is what I heard about spearfishing... 1) You can only catch as much as you intend to eat 2) Spearfishers prefer not to use a tank...