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Hi again. It’s been awhile since I posted. I haven’t dived since the pandemic started. I had a litter of Doberman puppies, retired from my job, have been busy showing dogs and for awhile o went back to school. We’ve been unable to go diving for about 2-3 years I guess. Still working out a way...

we are planing a trip in two weeks. Will leave Laurinburg on Thursday August 2 and come home on the 5th. We are flexible as we are taking the camper and haven’t reserved a spot anywhere yet. Would like to try diving somewhere around Hatteras but open to anywhere between the Northern NC border...

hey, I'm looking for an instructor for intro tech, advanced nitrox,deco procedures, and maybe side mount. Any good recommendations?

Planning a last minute trip to Bonaire for July 1st. Will be a week long trip. Looking for a condo,apt or house. Only needs one bedroom but prefer not a studio. Must include AC,prefer not to have electric restrictions as we got hit with an unexpected charge last time. Doesn't need to be water...

We're fairly new to North Carolina and finally starting to have time to think about diving. We'd like to go out June 18th,preferably from southern NC or northern SC. Any trip recommendations? Also, I'd like to take some intro tech stuff including AN/DP. Wondering what Blackjack Tech is like or...

I know. Laugh away because this is funny. First dive back since suffering from my bone disease in March,2013. ( multi joint avascular necrosis). Possibly caused by some light DCS, along with some complicating medical issues. Hubby and I are in Miami,he has a conference. Brought the dive gear...

I am a PADI DM, hoping to take some tech class in the future to be able to do some extended range trimix , cave, and other tech classes. I plan to take GUE Fundies sometime next spring or summer, although the exact dat is up in the air because we will be moving to North Carolina this summer. in...

Hey y'all! My husband is interviewing for a job at UNC-Pembroke. Can you give me some details about the diving? We are used to cold water diving so have drysuits. Hoping to take GUE-Fundies and some tech classes. I understand there isn't much shore diving, which we love, but when the boats...

Watched the You Tube National Geographic special on Pitcairn Island a few days ago. Remarkable place, very sad that one of the last,nearly untouched areas on earth can still be feeling the effects of fishing, exotic species and trash. I hope the people are able to save their special paradise by...

[MENTION][FV]I believe that nitrox does not make a difference with nitrox. Not entirely sure as far as experience. I do know that if you build up to deeper dives, you may not "feel" the narcosis as much. However, dark narc can happen at any time. It's a fairly random occurrence. I also know that...

I just started swimming at my city recreation center pool. It's heated but just barely. It will probably be pretty chilly with a brisk wind and cooler temperatures coming. Today it was 78 degrees outside and I was chilled while swimming. Just wondering if there are any triathletes or others on...

Before the closure of Diving Concepts, I ordered dry gloves. DC, famous for poor customer service, sent gloves but not the ring that connects the gloves to the quick-change wrist seal rings. Since I already have the wrist seal rings, and now I even have the gloves, I'd like to find this darn...

I was going through some old pictures that I took from my Pemba Island, Africa trip. I found a few pictures with fish that I don't recognize. Wondering if anybody can identify them? i found the complete lack of color and silver eyes intriguing.

Disregard this post. I started it again with better pics.

I purchased this from Amazon for my Kindle, not expecting much. It's about a group of underwater archeologists for the National Park Service. Honestly, it sat on my kindle for months because I thought it would be terribly boring. I was wrong! This book starts at the infancy of cave diving. The...

I've been diagnosed with avascular necrosis of my knees and a couple of possible tiny spots in both ankles. ( 2mm X5mm) The ankle spots are questionable, improved by 50% from May until August. My Ortho surgeon thinks the ankles may actually be trauma lesions, rather than truly AVN. This most...

I found this fascinating you tube video on DCS. I was actually watching a you tube on the Women's World Record free diver and somehow ended up finding this video as well. Perils of the Deep (BBC Documentary) - YouTube

This side discussion about nitrox has been split from a thread discussing 2 tank morning dives in Cozumel. Marg, SB Senior Moderator Why?You're increasing your nitrogen loading, causing you to have shorter bottom times and less safety than if you dove nitrox for all your dives. Change the mix...

Would like to start diving Canyon lake, since its so much closer to our house than LP. Does anybody have a spot they've found which is reasonably decent? Looking for something with a bit of drop-off so that its easy to get to about 30-50 feet. We'd like to take some training dives out there...

Reference was made to a 3 and 5 minute safety stop in the thread on draining your tank dry. I'd like to discuss the pros/cons of each. Also, any actual papers or research done on the benefits of a longer safety stop would be great. Finally, I'm wondering if doing several stops or pauses would be...