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A couple of people have suggested BP/Wings, but does the OP dive with a BP/Wing? If not, do you have time to learn how to dive a BP/wing? Are you gong more independent or are you going to be affiliated with a dive store? I started teaching when we were using Horse collar BC's. That meant you...

My right Pocket with my wetnotes/ mirror ( red/silver) / and whistle. Because I have a DIR configured system I always have my two scout light on the harness. SMB /reel is usually clipped to my D-ring crotch strap that is slid all the way up in the rear so I don't sit on it when I have to.

I understand that there are dive stores that have different pricing structures. They can price it however way they want, but to generalize that "That's not cheap - that's just good price and not getting scammed by your local diveshop with ridiculous markups." is unfair. I don't agree with that...

What is an honest mark up ?

If you are employed by any company you understand that your employer has to make a profit to exist. It is not a scam, it is business. Look around you and ask the question are all these business scammers? As a retired Dive Store owner, I take offense that you blanket identify us as scammers...

The reason why Baby Shampoo was used is because the solution would not be as irritable to your eyes as bath wash or regular shampoo would. In my many years of teaching and diving the manufacturers have made some really good defog. I personally have used Sea Drops and 500 psi. None of these...

Do you know anybody that dives with twins? You have two options to learn how to dive twins. 1. Take a class from a place that sells and dives them. 2. Find some divers who dive them and get mentored. As a member of a group many years ago that got into diving twins we realized that all the time...

One good reason why you want to make your own is if the knot ever comes undone, you will be able to retie the knot.

Where are the closest cave to dive in Moalboal?

Buoyancy skills and air consumption should be a mastered skill to do it, unless you are diving with experienced diver who can watch you and that you have trust in. The advice above is great but it all oils down to controlling your depth, that means paying attention to it and watching your air...

When I started diving with a long hose I had a knife on my waist strap that the long hose was tucked under on the way to my neck. I got use to that method and both of my plates had a knife in that position.

On day trip boats I have been on outside of the US they usually don't have analyzers. They may have it at the shop, on in the case of Bonaire they have they on the walls for divers to use before they go on a beach dive on the beach/ premises. If you are intending to dive Nitrox inform them that...

Whatever happened to the old Bayman Bay Club on Guanaja?

I always book my diving on cruises independently. The only advantage of booking it with the cruise company is the ship will wait till your trip comes back, if you are running late or else they will leave you if you don't show up on time of ship departure time. Most of the operators that I deal...

Just got back from a cruise stop in St. Thomas. We dove with J&J diving (which is the same dive operation at Admiralty Dive Center). We just wanted to get wet. The dive operation was good. Our guide was "Triskit" (not sure) and was very enthusiastic and safe. We were not aware of any special...

Between Grand Cayman (not Cayman Brac or Little Cayman) and Curacao, I would take Curacao just because there is a lot more do to on that island and the diving is a notch better.

I was not interested in the tanks so no reason to low ball. The guy is from Peru. I identified the twin set because the single tank would be pretty obvious on the decal of the tank that it was a US Divers.

Are the tanks empty of air? Those a pretty old tanks circa early 70's . All the o ring on the valves will be shot. Voit has been out of the scuba business for decades. Here is the US the would be considered junk or just for decoration in someone's "Man Cave" or scuba store.

My closest experience to "Losing it" was in a shipwreck dive in Isle Royale. I had a camera hanging around my neck ( never did that again) and proceeded to ascend to a hole on the upper deck and snagged the camera on my chest. I stopped and slowly tried to drop down to move my camera but the...

I heard that "Old Whitey" was taken and sunk in deeper water a couple of years ago.