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You're assuming that the medication behaves the same at elevated pressures and that your response will be the same each day. Neither are particularly solid assumptions. To be fair, Bennett and Elliott's is less conservative about the use of medication than I would have expected. However...

Let’s see: drowsiness, lightheadedness, tiredness, dizziness, irritability, talkativeness, dry mouth, increased salivation, difficulty urinating… which of these are a good idea for diving? Xanax is a benzodiazepine, a tranquilizer… valium and scuba, does not strike me as a...

I think by basic, he (Bruce Wienke) means fundamental or first principals. All of his texts are excellent resources but you definitely earn the knowledge you gain. Bennett and Elliott’s Physiology and Medicine of Diving is an expensive but useful text to consider. Keep an eye out for Dr...

Good, I'm glad you've discussed it. Knowing what to expect from each other is half the battle. That said, try it... knowing what to do and being able to do it are two different things (drills are more than just a way to coax more money out of students). There is a very good reason to practice...

I spend a fare amount of time in an AGA and occasionally in an Exo (like them both). However, ffm dives for me are either working dives or psd and are surface supplied with comms. I can see the appeal of diving ffm and comms are way cool but, for me, the convolutions in the event of an...

This may be a reasonable approach if personnel, planning and communications permit but with so many variables in rescue mode you really can’t count on the third body to be available to hit the water and relieve you of your recovery. However, along a similar line of thought, how about...

Scubamoo, Try to set up a training on dive fizzyology and decompression. I’m not talking about technical diving, just the basics. If you work from the historical evolution of Haldane/Buhlmann based dive tables (please excuse the spelling) to some of the newer multiphase theories like RGBM and...

There’s actually quite a bit of info you can get from a gun even after its been in the water. Latent prints etc. Exact location can be a useful piece of information, amount of sediment/algae can all be part of the puzzle. Of course, someone’s gotta care, if your local cop shop doesn’t...

Maybe if you ask nice you can get the towel...

I hope they at least gave you a fresh tank!

All good tips and it sounds like you have the right approach/attitude. Stay on top of your buoyancy. Depending on the type of exposure suit you’re used to diving, the buoyancy swing of all that neoprene can be a bit of a surprise. Make sure you can do everything with the gloves on; nothing...

Maybe they can do a new reality show. Left Behind… ten divers get off the boat but only nine are allowed back on. They could vote during the surface interval. Lots of drama to be had… Brian narrowly avoided death by switching to his regulator after beginning is dive with his snorkel in his...

My wife and I were in PV last week. I dove Chimo with Boca Divers and was less than impressed with the dive. This is supposed to be one of the best sites around and I was nonplused. It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t spectacular. In all fairness I’m a bit spoiled. PNW diving is fabulous and the only...

I spent an hour and a half wet at 48F, the last 20 minutes or so stuck in the water with a miffed computer (long story/steep learning curve). By the end of the dive I didn’t understand nor particularly care what my computer said, I was by god getting out of the water. I went from the boat to the...

I wore mine for two weeks diving in Palau. In fact, they were the only thing I wore besides BP and wings (until I managed to fry my shoulders). Didn’t catch much flack for wearing them either. Can’t see wearing them over the drysuit though, having your shorts end up around your knees while...

Here’s a great graph from BRW’s last book (excellent, buy it!). If the VGE bubble count is an indicator of DCE probability then this graph pretty much answers the safety stop question. http://www.rockisland.com/~dgrove/VGE_Bubbles.jpg

Ok, I went the orally inflated rout. This was less than satisfactory with my 80lb(?) CC bag. We typically shot from 30-40ft so there wasn’t much more than a 2X gain in volume. The 80 made it to the surface just fine but left a lot to be desired in the visibility department. In stark contrast was...

I've heard quite a bit of discussion on the legal ramifications of “SOP” with standard operating guidelines or recommended operating procedures leaving a little more breathing room when up against a legal wall. We're in the process of revamping ours, including a name change... Dave

We’ve been back from Palau for about five hours now, what a great trip. We went once before in March of 2000. Jellyfish lake is open again, other than that I’m not sure how or if the life has changed all that much. We spent two weeks diving with Sam’s, they rule. You won’t get near as much...

Just got the canister from Stealthdive. Nice nice kit. Simple, sturdy this is what I had in mind. Thanks Dan for your speed, help and a good product… now I just need a 9000 Ah rig for my 18W. Dave