One of my pet peeves in the dive industry is an obsession from some to use as little weight as possible. This can lead to divers under weighting themselves with an inability to do a safe ascent or hold a safety stop (or deco stop) when their tank is empty and more buoyant at the end of a dive...
I was at the NSS-CDS conference. I seem to remember the accident analysis group say they would post a report once a year, but I could be misremembering. If once a year, I don't imagine we'll see a report in a few weeks.
The cavern drops more or less straight down to 70 feet and the slopes down at an angle. Had they drowned at 70ft, it is very unlikely the diver would have sunk to 137ft as he would need to be a quite a good bit further back in the cavern to hit that depth
In the report it mentioned the teenagers overheard the divers discussing if they had enough gas for a second dive. Then one of the deceased divers was found down around 137ft and the other floated up. My guess is they both ran out of gas and one diver tried to make it back to the surface but...
I've done it in sidemount recently and doubles before they had the boardwalk. With the boardwalk, as long as you have an appropriate cart it is relatively easy. That said, my guess is they were in single tanks.
https://www.wfla.com/news/1-diver-dead-1-missing-at-buford-springs-authorities-say/
Resurfacing this thread. I suspected with the number of open water divers diving Buford that there was bound to be deaths at some point from people pushing the limits. Sadly now there has. I hope the site isn't...
Don't have a good recommendation for you but why keep backup lights on your helmet? Seems like a strange place for them. I much prefer attaching them to my harness (shoulder drings) or keeping them in pockets.
I don't know anything about that BCD, but would definitely choose the 28lb lift version over the 18lb. 18lbs may not be enough lift for heavier steel tanks.
Have you considered a backplate and wing setup instead of a BCD? They're modular so you can mix and match wings to the backplate/harness.
There is significant flow in Ginnie, and especially on the way in, there's definitely a benefit to being in certain areas out of the flow or in eddies which allows you to progress further with lower effort/gas consumption. Through the Gallery for example, most people get as high as they can and...
I personally think that the Halcyon Focus sucks, but perhaps I haven't seen newer versions of it. The one I have seen is adjustable but most people run the light so that all they can see is this pin-point of light with no light spill. Great for signaling buddy, but terrible for seeing any of the...
HP50 with a 10 degree spot is more difficult to signal with if you are behind your buddy. I don't notice a big difference in color temperature though. I dive with @Jaaron82 above who mentioned he has the HP50 and I have the EX35. Love the EX35 light and it puts out a nice tight hot spot with an...
Just to add another opinion, I too use air integration/transmitters. When I switched to sidemount, I was originally using SPGs, and then for awhile ran both transmitters and SPGs. I eventually switched to just transmitters. I like the convenience of just looking at my wrist for tank pressures...
How is running a dive with AI vs. a SPG any different other than being able to reach for the SPG to look at it? They're both showing you your remaining gas pressure...
Objectively, for reasons stated by AJ and others, DIN is superior to Yoke regardless of the service pressure of the scuba tank. Is Yoke good enough for most recreational diving? Sure, I could concede that, you don't see massive amounts of deaths due to yoke regulator failures (though you do...
If your tank has a 3/4in NPS thread which nearly ALL scuba tanks do, it will take either a Yoke valve or DIN valve just fine. If it is 7/8in UNF threaded (old HP PST tanks for example), you can still get DIN valves but will only find 300 bar DIN valves instead of the more popular 200 bar...
Wow, arguing that Yoke is better than DIN seriously boggles the mind and posters argument is essentially - many people have always used yoke and therefore it is better. Lol
I have a bunch of HOG regs, some Dive Rite, and a few ScubaPro. I like that I can service the HOG and Dive Rite regs...
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