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    Info Ultimate dive locker built complete

    Not quite as pretty...
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    Info Ultimate dive locker built complete

    Yes, for 30 years I had a great dive Locker.... it was my dive store.
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    Traveling with a Backplate

    These are plates made by Highland (XS Scuba). I use them when I travel with my BP wing. I have a SS and AL plate, but if I am flying I take my aluminum plate and these plates to dive and save on the weight restrictions for travel. You can mount them wherever your webbing allows you to on your...
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    Jacket to wing transition

    Best advice I have for transition is to dive with somebody that has been using one for a while, preferably one who has mentored people before. Adjusting your straps in the fitting process would go much quicker and smoother if somebody is there to help you. Another tip, specifically for drysuit...
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    Start Up

    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...
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    Whistle Placement - Opinions? DIR?

    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.
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    Why is this SPG so cheap?

    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...
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    Why is this SPG so cheap?

    What is an honest mark up ?
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    Why is this SPG so cheap?

    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...
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    Has anyone tried this for mask defog?

    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...
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    Tips on starting diving doubles

    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...
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    where to buy bungee for necklace?

    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.
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    Cave Class in Asia?

    Where are the closest cave to dive in Moalboal?
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    Is Hilma Hooker a good dive for a new OW diver?

    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...
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    If you use a long hose configuration...

    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.
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    Trip Report Cozumel, February/March 2025: diving and lots of restaurants

    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...
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    Trip Report Guanaja/Roatan report

    Whatever happened to the old Bayman Bay Club on Guanaja?
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    Anyone book the St. Thomas dive through NCL?

    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...
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    Anyone book the St. Thomas dive through NCL?

    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...
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    Grand Cayman vs Curacao

    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.
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