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Fellow mid Atlantic divers, I don’t trust my own repair skills and I had two bc inflators fail on my last dive (thankfully caught during pre dive safety check). So I have a bunch of gear to be serviced: 2 regs (total of 4 second stages) and three bcd/wings. Any recommendations where to...

I was on a boat and must have set up next to a small woman who I later learned took my weight belt and I took hers. They were identical belts that have a single zipper that runs along several pockets that hold lead shot weights. I always liked it, but she was smaller and her belt doesn't fit me...

Winter storm Elliott, described in the media as a possible "bomb cyclone" is forecasted to bring severe temperatures and wind to much of the U.S. starting Wednesday night. Even Florida may get freezing temperatures and high winds. Here is an article (in Spanish) with local forecast: Clima en...

I'm trying to get in a dive day at the quarry with my son next weekend but I am on a training schedule for an upcoming triathlon. I've already taken too many days off and don't want to give up valuable weekend days, so I'm thinking I may take a long surface interval and sneak in a workout before...

Man swallowed by whale off the coast of Cape Cod while lobster diving Amazing story. Fortunately the whale ejected the diver and he was not badly hurt. Spending half a minute inside a whale's mouth is quite a story to tell.

In almost 100 dives I have rarely had trouble equalizing but I did have a problem one day a couple months ago and resulted in a painful week of post-diving ear pain followed by some substantial hearing loss in the affected ear diagnosed via an hour-long test with audiologist. The eardrum was not...

Hi friends, Is there a typical way that dive resorts handle last minute cancellations due to justified medical reasons? The day before my flight to the Philippines I had an upsetting visit with the doctor where they said I was not medically cleared to fly, so I had to cancel my flight. (I had...

I have a weeklong business trip coming up near Manila in July and I want to add in about a week before the meeting to do some diving but also relaxing with my non-diving wife. I started reading threads here but was quickly overwhelmed with info. What locations would you recommend that have a...

Sorry if this has been asked before many times. How burdensome would it be to stay in or near Playa for a week if I want to do 3 or 4 dive days in Coz this summer (early July)? Or should we just book a place in Cozumel? My non-diving wife really likes the all-inclusive options on the mainland...

I happen to own a nice simple Dive Rite BP/W but i think it's wide enough for doubles so looks a little funny with a single tank. I also own a couple of jacket style BCDs, which I'm used to. There seem to be a lot of virtues with BP/W, but is it worth it if it's a little too wide? I'm not...

My suggestion would be to create mandatory fields in fit items posted for sale, (fit items being drysuits, for example), so prospective buyers don't have to waste a lot of time sorting through items that don't fit. The forsale section should be split into fit items and non-fit items (everything...

Hi, I am new to this part of the board as I just decided that after 90 dives I should get my act together and learn how to take and edit better videos. I have so many questions but I don't want to duplicate past threads. I've tried searching, but it's hard because search terms pull up all kinds...

I am returning to the Puerto Morelos area for a few days next week and would love to dedicate some dives to practice skills, but I don't have a buddy and don't want to pay for a PADI course when I know the skills already. I just need to work on them. I have done the reef and cenote dives in...

Sorry if I should have found this already, but where do I start reading if I want to begin the process of planning a wreck diving trip to the Great Lakes? I have about 80 dives, many in quarries, and a wreck, nitrox, and drysuit card, but honestly, very little wreck experience. I want to ease...

Hey, scubaboard, where should I go? Turning 50, want to treat myself. Want to bring wife and kids. 13 year-old son dives. I have AOW, nitrox, drysuit, and wreck cards, w/about 80 dives. He has Jr. OW w/about 10. We get seasick easily so probably not a liveaboard. Wrecks are fine, but shallow...

Anybody have a report from Millbrook, Lake Phoenix, or Dutch Springs to share? Temps, thermoclines and visibility? I'm thinking about going to Lake Phoenix over Memorial Day weekend. Thanks in advance.

Tragic loss. According to this press notice a 63-year old man from Virginia passed away from decompression illness after a rapid ascent from what was "believed a malfunction in diving equipment." If anyone was there, please share info so we can learn more from this terrible accident. The...

I have an opportunity to spend 3 days with my non-diving wife in San Juan, so I don't want to ditch her and spend go off diving (like in Vieques) so I was wondering if there are any decent sites near SJ that I could do a morning dive and be back for lunch?

Hi all, Is the c-card for kids different for kids aged 12+ than 10-11 years old? My 11-year-old son just finished his PADI OW pool work and e-learning and is going to do his checkout dives while we're on vacation in the tropics next week. He turns 12 the following week. If so, I wonder if...

I will be spending a week at Azul Beach hotel near Puerto Morelos and looking for updated info since it's been a few years since I've been diving in the area. I dove Cozumel with Aldora Divers several years ago. Are they still around? Still good? I dove cenotes with someone out of PDC, but I...