cold water diving

I bought an E-PL9 and am running it in the Backscatter Octo Housing made by AOI. It has a flash trigger/vacuum seal system and the manual states it can operate down to 32F. Well, I hopped into 39F water this morning and the results were not good. The strobes fired irregularly (mostly not at all)...

This is kind of an intro built into a question I have been certified PADI Open Water since Fall of 2020 but I have not logged a whole lot of dives. I did 4 Grenada, 2 in Mexico (Cancun), and 2 in Costa Rica (Pacific Side). So all of my dives have been in warm salt water. I have never put on a...

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Hi everyone, I'm relatively new as a diver, and have done almost all of my diving in relatively warm waters (Thailand, Maldives, Saipan), though I did have a few cold water experiences (Bonne Terre Missouri, Busan South Korea). I want to be able to dive more in South Korea, but the water is...

Never worn. I got the wrong size and returning them would be more expensive than the value of the gloves. I believe they retail for about $65. I'm asking $50 plus shipping. These are size L, and should fit hands with a palm length and palm circumference of 8-9"

Hi, I am looking for some fin suggestions. I normally dive single tank in a 7mm wetsuit in cold water. I have tired the RK3 non HD and found them floppy, lack of power, heavy and buoyant (floaty feet). Wondering if I should get the Go Sport fins or Cressi Frog (not frog plus, they are too...

All suits should have neck and wrist seals replaced. Zippers are in good shape. Boots sizes approximate.* Actually body sizes close but not guaranteed. If you wear those shirt sizes listed below, the fit will be approximate except for boots if you're not the size listed. (#1) Large long, 8...

I spent the long weekend diving around Gangneung out of the Sacheon Beach area. The two most famous dive points out of Gangneung are probably the wreck of the Russian trawler Stella and The Tank (1X tank and several armoured personnel carriers), but the area has a lot more to offer. There are at...

FS: nearly brand-new (used on only 2 dives) Scubapro Everflex Steamer 7/5mm Men's Wetsuit, size Large. This sells for $549 new; selling for $325obo. Reason for sale...belly grew too much during COVID. I am 5'10" with 42in chest (and at the time this was purchased, I weighed 185#). Used...

Winter is coming, and that means winter diving. This vid is a light review of what cold diving means for different people, exposure protection (wet vs. dry) and cold-water weighting.

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...

Happy New Year Scubaboard, I am (PADI rescue diver, 82 dives, based in China but will return to Germany in 1 years) looking for my own 1st and 2nd stages incl. Octopus. Out of the ScubaBoard search I concluded that there are multiple regulators which are favored by different persons depending...

I did quite a lot of trainings with PADI and TDI. After moving to Edinburgh I wanted to dive here as well. However, I was a bit afraid of cold water as it did not know how my bold head will react to really cold water :) So, I decided to try diving with drysuit first. I enrolled into PADI Dry...

Retails new for over $3200 without the upgrades! Still have the Drysuit Bags, talc and ZipStick™. asking $1200 FEATURES: -Upper body: Trilaminate material made of polyester / butyl rubber / polyester -Bottom: Trilaminate material made of Cordura® / butyl rubber/ polyester -Self Donning -...

Would like to get insights from experienced cold water divers (32-45 degree water) on best practices we as divers can follow to diminish the probability of a free flow when diving cold water. The assumption of this question is we are diving with cold water rated regs that are properly serviced...

Looking to extend my diving season into the fall. I know this is subjective as to one's tolerance to the cold but in general curious to know how realistic it is to dive a wet 6.5 semi dri into the fall in the East Coast Mid Atlantic region at the local quarries. Does anyone do this ? thoughts?

Men's and Women's: (5) NEW wetsuits, (3) used wetsuits Listings are for 10 days but if you can't wait, eBay policy allows listing to be sold to a bidder at anytime without ending auction and resisting it. Will consider special offers to a student going through scuba class right now, military...

$699.00 USD. Size Medium. This vest is remarkable heating up quickly using the wireless remote. Really cool! I bought it to use for Canada diving recently. I used only on 2 dives. I am selling because I live/dive in Florida and...well... I don't really need it! It is in the...

I've just got back to the UK after a living in Australia for a year and after doing 50+ dives in the last year want to keep the momentum going in colder waters (not TOO much colder than Sydney where i often dived 14C in a 5mm) Anyway, I want to get a drysuit straight away and besides a bit of...

Hey everyone! My hand-me-down TLS350 is on its final legs, and I am in the market for a new drysuit. I recently moved up to Alaska, and am starting to get into technical diving, and I am hard on drysuits. I'm trying to choose between the CLX450 and the E-Lite. (I dive a BP&W) As for...