cold water

Hi I am Sascha and from Germany - 42 yrs old married with one little child. My title was chosen to be a little bit provoctaive so people look into, but there is some truth to it. After school I studied physics and ended up as a researcher in theoretical physics (well I changed field 8 years.ago...

Hello, I'm a cold water drysuit diver in Minnesota. When I purchased my DUI Yukon II drysuit I needed new fins to fit the drysuit boots. Upon recommendation from my local dive shop I purchased the Apeks RK3 (heavy) fins to offset any concern about inversion (floating feet). It turns out the RK3...

Are there any Michigan/Ontario divers getting ready for the sturgeon spawning in the St Clair River this May/June? I haven't been under the Blue Water Bridge in a few years and am looking for recommendations for entry and exit, preferably on the Port Huron side. Are there any divers heading...

Hi, I am a beginner AOW diver based in UK and trying to gear up for a local cold water dives. Would also use this gear for warm water vacation dives. Would like more experienced divers to comment on my gear choices before I take a plunge, especially Xdeep ZEN vs. i.e. ZEOS or should I go with...

TL/DR: Poseidon XStream, Mares Abyss 22 Navy II, and Interspiro RS4 have been harshly tested to 198ft at 29 ± 1°F (-1.7 ± 0.6°C). This exceeds any nationally approved standard. Information in this post is only as good as the date of this post, the Navy may add or subtract something from their...

Hi guys, as I am new to scubaboard, I hope this is the right place for this question. When I first bought my regulator, I went with an APEKS XTX200/XTX40 with a fsr first stage. This is also my setup, when it comes to recreational diving in open water for one valved bottles. As I plan to...

I've been very much a vacation diver for the last 8 years. Every trip, I come home resolved to start diving at home, but there's one big thing holding me back. I run unusually cold, and live in California. From what I can tell most folks in my area go with a 7mm wetsuit. I can't really go up...

Selling my Apeks MTX-R DIN reg set that includes first stage and two white second stages (one as the octo). Selling because I'm moving and need to. This setup is more slick than one with a yellow octo in my view, and the white is very visible underwater. Has about 20 dives on it. If you're not...

Filmed with a GoPro Hero 9. Depth between 1 and 5m. Dive site "Baumgärtli"

This week we went to Lake Zug, Switzerland and flew along a wall, met some fish and found a Memorial from the army.

The quai in Vevey is a really nice dive site. Located in the city center at the marketplace, there is plenty of parking available, entry is via a stony beach. The dive site apparently also offers deeper options and a wreck somewhere, but we decided to go for the shallow route under the quai...

I'm trying to dial in my exposure protection for winter Lake Tahoe diving. It gets down to (and is currently) 39F, pretty much from the surface on down. I've taken a number of steps to boost my thermal protection and have successfully done 90 minute dives at this temp without getting too chilly...

Selling my very lightly used OMS San Diego drysuit. Had the boots changed to XL (size 12-13 shoe) from stock size L, this is priced accordingly should you need to have the boots changed again. Comes with stock M hood and husky knee pads I bought as a precaution, does not include the zip seals...

Hi all! I need two undersuit recomendations. I just got an Apeks KVR1 drysuit and the Aqualung Bullet neoprene shell (as an extra) 1) I usually dive in temperatures between 14C and 21C. So which undersuit would you recommend- if at all- because I know due to the double layer system of the KVR1...

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TOP NOTCH Dry Suit - Pinnacle Black Ice, Unisex, very light use Priced to move for help covering medical expenses. The purchase price was $1,250, purchased from Cave Adventurers (in Marianna, FL)...one of my favorite dive shops/instructor! I have dove in this suit 15 times and it's in great...

I have been a diver for 50 years, I've only dove warm water sites and I can do 20 dives at 76-78 degree water with no problems. I'm heavy. I see divers wearing wet suits in water over 80 degrees and I have no need of a suit above that. I sometimes wear a fleece vest. However this has kept me...

Hi diving folks, I will start in some months with my Divemaster and search for my first own equipment. specialy i have some questions about the first and second stage. After reading in this forum and on other pages i coud find the right answer and i am nt sure which combinaton is the best. my...

Few months ago I moved in Edinburgh, UK. Here water is a bit chilly and drysuit is required for diving. Next week I will be taking drysuit course in order to learn drysuit diving skills. Accordingly, I started looking for drysuit. My preference would be trilaminate suit. There are many different...