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I will be on Maui till the 22nd of October visiting family. Have my own gear minus tanks and weights. Looking for a shore diving buddy that is familiar with the local dive sites to dive with. If you are interested PM me here. Lets have a blast! My dive bio: 37/M PADI Rescue 60 dives with...

Hey everyone, I have a Cochran Commander with the updated Analyst Pro software. Does anyone know how to clear the dives already logged into the computer? I am a new owner and want to clear dives from the previous owner. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

I have not posted in a long while. This is more of a boast post than anything else and to show the power of ebay. I just bought a Cochran Commander EMC-16 for $50.00! A listing for the dive computer was placed on ebay with the condition listed as for parts not working. The person selling it was...

Hey Gang! I have to learn how to use Excel for work. Not the most enjoyable thing to do. I did attempt to make a Rock Bottom Calculator for Excel. I think its pretty bare bones but it does the job. The plan is to get this document into my trusty Blackberry and take it with me on dives...

Hi everyone, I am wanting to get into my Sherwood BRUT second stage prior to sending it out for service. I have read the manual from Frogkick for the SRB5100 BRUT but the purge cover is different on the current model. I was hoping if someone could tell me the best way to take the purge cover...

Hey everyone, A bit of a dilema here. I currently own a Sherwood BRUT SRB7100, and I love it. I am looking at getting a pony bottle set up soon. I was going to buy an older model Sherwood Magnum and use it as my regular setup and switch the Brut to a pony bottle. I have just found a pretty...

Hey all, I am snooping around the market for a new (used , maybe) Sherwood regulator. I currently own a BRUT (SRB7100) and love it. My plan is to get a pony bottle and hook up my current BRUT to it. I want to get a Sherwood Magnum or another BRUT to use as my regular? regulator. I have been...

On 15 August 2009 I dove with Olympus Dive Center located in Morehead City, NC. This was my first set of dives off the NC coast and I had a blast! I must take my hat off to Olympus. They run a very good operation. It is very safe. The staff is very knowledgable of the wrecks and conditions of...

Hey Everyone, I own a reef scuba safety reel. It has (had) 125ft of #24 line on it. I used about half the line yesterday using it as an upline from a wreck. I want to replace the line. I just dont feel like wasting all the line still on my reel. Is it acceptable to connect the end of the old...

Near miss to report, thanks to everyone for the knowledge on air management and rock bottom pressures. Yesterday went on wreck dive to 60 fsw. My buddy was a fairly new diver who although has been certified for 12+ years had not had alot of experience in the water. His main purpose for our...

Hey Everyone, I completed the pool session for my DS class using a DUI CF200 with latex neck seals. I noticed that when I was vertical, air would blow out my neck. Could not quite pin the problem down until this morning. First, upon the advice of my LDC's scuba guru I folded the neck seal in...

Okay, so there is no question here just excitement. I have been on the drysuit market for a while, trying to find something that will keep me dry and is cheap. I tried ebay, and dreamed while visiting numerous drysuit manufacuturers websites. Today I go to my LDS to buy a signal tube and a...

I am pretty sure that this has been covered in previous posts but even after searching I cant place the answer. When sizing your drysuit is height or width more important? I will explain. I am tall and skinny. I have been to numerous websites for drysuits and looked at the sizing charts. When...

I would take this as a lesson learned rather that a near miss but you can be the judge. I am usually very good about checking my gear completley. I have always felt, it is my responsibility to check my own gear because it is my own life that is going to need it. So there we are on the boat...

My friend and I traveled to Costa Rica from April 5-14 2009. I would like to share with you our awesome experiences. We decided to travel to Costa Rica because we are both divers but, there is also a lot more to do and see in Costa Rica besides diving. Our first three days we committed to...

I am taking my nitrox course now and have a question for everyone. In the maximum and contingency depth formula you are dividing two different numbers by your O2 percentage. Those numbers are 46.2 for Max (1.4 ATA) and 52.8 for Contingency (1.6 ATA) depths. What do those numbers represent? It...

Hey SCUBA fanatics! I am going to Washington State soon and figured while I am there I should try to dive. I am normally a warm water diver and I hate cold weather. I am definetly going to have to do this in a drysuit. I do not have my drysuit certification yet. I have a few questions to ask...

Imagine this scenario for a second. You and your buddy are at 40' having a wonderful dive seeing the little fishies swim around. Your buddy has lost situational awareness and stopped checking thier SPG. When your buddy does finally check it, the diver realizes that the fish are not so important...

I am pretty sure this has been asked by someone but I couldnt find the post so apologies in advance. I am a paramedic and have had a current CPR card for a long time. Is it possible to waive the EFR requirement for my Rescue diver course? It is not so much the CPR card that I am asking about...

Alot of threads that I read in reference to bouyancy and descent deal with controlling your fast descent. My problem is a little bit different. I have a problem with starting my descent. When I am at the surface I let all the air out of my BC, and exhale as much as I can, but I still stay at...