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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.

I used the shore diving are from training for 6 years. We usually went in after the dive boats left for the morning. I always got into the water with and snorkeled around to see how strong the current was. The current has a tendency to go north (facing the water from shore that would be left to...

Chuck Taylors could rub you the wrong way in the water, plus they would take forever to dry out. Some people use them for drysuits that come with socks instead of built in boots. They are cheaper and more comfortable that Rock Boots. Make sure you bring your fins to try the boots out. Going to a...

some people get hot feet, my wife does. Hates anything other than 3mm sock or boot depending on the fin.

That was an old school trick to suit up on Neoprene/ no nylon wetsuit in the old days. Talcum powder was another thing that they used for our wrist seals . We used Johnson's baby shampoo back when we were using Poseidon Unisuits in the late 700' and early 80's. Just make sure that you use the...

Reminds me of Sea Explorer from Blackbeard's Charters in the 80's. I think they had better food.

I am sorry that you had this experience with DAN and the hospital staff in the hospital. I have had numerous dealings (all overseas trips) with DAN in the 90's and it was always top notch. I work in health Care in the US and am familiar with health Care in the Philippines and other small...