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I've "known" I was interested in technical diving since pretty much immediately after getting my OW, so I've talked to a lot of people about it as I've been steadily working my way through the requirements (all I have left is Rescue, which I should be doing this summer, and then hitting the...

Anyone have a list of charter boats along the coast? 3 hour drive from DC is roughly from VA Beach in the south to along the Jersey coast in the north. New York is more like 4 hours, but if there are good recreational dive charters sailing from there feel free to include them. I was hoping...

Howdy. Got back a few weeks ago, and have just now gotten my pics, etc, up online. http://www.thelogictheorist.com/maltaindex.html This is written for the benefit of a lot of my non diving friends, so the text may be a little basic for some of you.

I've read a number of places and seen posted on here several times that heavy exertion after diving is bad. I get that it leads to the formation of nitrogen bubbles and therefore the bends. But what I can't seem to find is: How long after diving do you have to wait before doing anything...

I'm diving the African Queen on August 8th (if anyone else is going on that trip with OC Diver feel free to hit me up) and I wanted to get some more info on the wreck before I went, particularly since this is a one dive afternoon charter. So far google is failing me for anything more than a...

Thanks everyone that helped out with constructive answers in my questions thread. I didn't end up buying the DVD. I was the only one signed up for the class, so I basically watched the DVD, asked the 2 questions I had about the material, went over the knowledge reviews which I got completely...

Being a novice diver, I sometimes pay attention to what people around me are doing to try to find cues for things that weren't taught in courses. On my last boat trip, I noticed no one else was suiting up with a snorkel attached to their mask. I thought about it, and our instructions for...

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find any search terms that would difinitively locate another thread like this. Aside from rinsing your wetsuit with fresh water after a dive, what else do you do to take care of your exposure suits? How often do you wash them with some kind...

I have a few questions that hopefully you can help me out with, mostly related to the learning materials. 1) What is the deal with PADI making us buy the DVD? Aren't we going to watch the DVD in class? Is there any reason at all why I'd need to own it? 2) Does the DVD contain any...

This is semi-diving related, but I figured it went here anyway... I've always been really interested in wreck diving, but as I'm looking at more and more wrecks that I want to dive I'm realizing I would also like a good background in maritime history. To that end, can anyone recommend some...

So, as a fairly new diver, I'm still guzzling air like it was going out of style. I would like to start working on this, and would appreciate any tips or even drills I can do to reduce the amount of air I use on any given dive. What I know so far: Neutral bouyancy is key, as having to...

The setup: I have an AOW cert, but this was my 2nd non training dive (11th dive total). I'd booked a trip through my LDS for wreck diving this past weekend. I do not have someone I dive with regularly, and asked when I booked the trip if I could expect to be paired up with someone on the...