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I was curious about Apeks, so I went to their web site. I suspect I don't know the correct question to ask, because it's isn't at all obvious what the differences are between the regs they offer. For example, they have a sidemount "set," but don't seem to say what regs are included in the set...

After a few years off, I decided to get back into it with my third trip to CZM. I decided to keep things simple, so I resolved that there would be no lessons, no drills, no checklist of dives I wanted to do, just a week of tagging along with the attitude "I go where the group goes." There was...

Amazingly warm, one-piece garment, perfect for NE, PNW, Tobermory, NFLD, and other cold-water diving destinations. Fits under a Fusion or standard dry suit. Worn one trip only, in near-mint condition. MSRP $469, in stores for as little as $400, my SB price is just $200 + S&H. Location...

For dry suit inflation (obviously): VIP October 2008. Location: Toronto, Canada. I accept cash and PayPal. S&H approximately $25 anywhere in N.A.

One L/XL suit, I have a thin neck and thin wrists, so you may not need a new seal. I’m including the bag, a pair of XL gloves, and a pair of size 12 boots (sans laces for some weird reason). Fewer than twenty dives, alas, which is why I’m selling it. Location: Toronto, Canada. I accept cash and...

You have a backplate. You dive with a single tank. Even with the plate, you need more than twelve pounds of weight. You want to dive with nicer trim. You need this STA: It is filled with “heavy metal” and weighs a full twelve pounds, which means twelve fewer pounds on your belt without needing...

So from my first stupid question, I gather that diving thirds or even more conservatively is all about unexpected things that delay a return to the exit in an overhead environment like silting out, getting lost, that kind of thing. Several people commented that the likelihood if a team member...

The new record in breath-holding recently went to a Swiss man who didn't breathe for nearly 20 minutes. Scientists explain how he did it.

So I get that diving thirds or sixths or rock bottom or any similar gas management strategy is designed to make sure you have enough gas for you and a buddy to resolve an emergency and then get home together. The basic assumption is that you are planning for your buddy to lose all of his gas...

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I'd like to get people's full-on opinions about diving hyperoxic trimix on dives that are within NDL/Minimum Deco limits. I know we have a good time arguing about labels, so feel free to discuss what you think this should be called, up to and including stroke-tastic or dumb. A few agencies...

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"Minimum Deco" is the most common name given for a practice of making a very slow (10ft or 3m per minute) ascent from approximately one half of your average depth on dives that most people would call "No Deco" dives. Another name you'll see is "One Minute Ascents" (which I find incredibly...

I carry a small open bottom SMB and finger spool in my pocket on every OW dive. Recently, I was diving with a bottom timer and I noticed it was screwy... I was on a 60' reef and it said I was 16' down. It was a group dive so I hadn't bothered with a backup BT (a mistake I will not repeat). In...

Ok, I know zip, nada, zilch about side mounting other than what appears to be obvious: Independent doubles slung under each arm like stages. Over in Basic Scuba a few folks are re-debating pony bottles and arguing that they make a good travel option since taking manifolded doubles can be...

Shamelessly snarfed from Go Side Mount's FAQ Page. He is talking about cave diving, but I can't find anything he says here that doesn't resonate with my own struggle to become an OW diver:

Thinking of hitting Coz again January 3-10 or so... has anybody stayed at the Wyndham Cozumel? If so, was it diver-friendly, e.g. was it easy for dive ops to pick up there?

I haven't been in the water much this past season. I went with a friend for an early-season dive in Tobermory, it didn't go well. I was wearing a set of Winter-weight undergarments and I really didn't have any practice getting the weighting correct. On top of that, I was having trouble operating...

When a diver is run over by a freighter, you can safely assume that somewhere a fishing village is missing its idiot. When the same diver is run over by another boat on the same dive... One can assume it was a very big village and the diver in question had beaten some outstanding idiots for the...