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My wife has a genetic disease called Stargardt's disease(aka juvenile macular degeneration) and she is legally blind. She has some vision, but only in her periphery and she has a large black spot covering most of her vision. She is young and incredibly healthy otherwise, but her vision is very...

I'm new to diving, I've never really gone scuba diving but I've done dives where I just swim down and enjoy the water and the view. I was wondering what people like to take when others do this because I prefer to dive with no gear like in a swimming pool. Also wetsuits never really agreed with...

During a diving trip in Banda Sea with Pindito in last week of November 2022, we saw some whales and free dove with some of them, as shown in the video.

Florida native, diver since 1970s but haven't visited Keys since the 80s. Strictly snorkeling now- wanna check out any decent living reefs in the Keys, based on what divers say :) Don't wanna fly (or I'd be in Raja Ampat!) so we'll drive from home in Central Florida to Key Largo and beyond. Best...

Hi Would you count all free dives or skin divers under the same number of dives that you use for the scuba or would you put them all in a diffrent log book. Since I don't know ethir or not to log then all in my padi log book which which is used for scuba or if I can get a sepfic free to...

Hi Would you count all free dives or skin divers under the same number of dives that you use for the scuba or would you put them all in a diffrent log book. Since I don't know ethir or not to log then all in my padi log book which which is used for scuba or if I can get a sepfic free to...

Hi everybody! My name is Meghan, and I am a student at UC Berkeley studying Environmental Sciences and Justice & Sustainability. I'm originally from the midwest but I'm here for the next few years to finish up undergrad. I'm certified open water scuba and free diver level 1. I was seriously...

In a review for the mask called Seabeast AF90 in this video

Hi everyone We at Dive the Big 5 specializes in shark cage diving and other diving activities, including The Sardine Run, around southern Africa. We would appreciate it if you had a look at what we are about, by visiting our website at Dive the Big 5 - Shark Cage Diving | Sardine Run | Diving...

Hi -- First, a thank you to the board runners for having these discussion threads open to peruse! I know I'm going to probably get a chorus of, "Just get certified already!" in response to this post, but life has been busy in the two years since my boyfriend and I tried a Discover course on...

It's peoples (al)most feared PITA again: Spontaneous pneumothorax But I will not ask, whether I can SCUBA with one, but have a rather urgent question regarding free diving: As part of the treatment, a pleurodesis has been sugested (with obvious advantages on land and in case of SCUBA), but free...

We at Spearfishing Today have moved to Biodegradable sunscreen only. In case you still use regular sunscreen while diving in Cozumel, take a minute, read and change. https://spearfishingtoday.com/news/biodegradable-sunscreen

Snorkeling Komodo and Expedition Cruise Whoever said you do not see as much snorkeling as you do diving obviously has not snorkeled in Komodo. Komodo is repeatedly voted one of the top #5 places to snorkel in the world. If you’ve thought about snorkeling Komodo, now is the time. Adelaar...

We're starting a new project and I was just curious if the community here had some feedback and observations to contribute. We're starting a multi-institutional collaboration to try to understand what factors accelerate or place controls on the diversity of fish color over time. There are a lot...

Saipan, Northern Marianas Islands. Saipan's Grotto is sometimes listed as one of the best scuba diving sites in the world. In terms of cavern dives, there is out there that can top it. Visibility in The Grotto was far over 50m. In fact I reckon could see nearly 100 meters - by Freediver HD

This past Friday five divers with Capt. Jim at the wheel, headed out on the Giant Stride dive boat to dive the rigs, wrecks and reefs off the Southern California coast. On-board were Barry and Kevin, two decked out tech-divers, accomplished female Orange County free-diver Lauren Renteria and...

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Taiwan, Kenting national park News (in Chinese): 為拍水下美照　伊林女模嗆水身亡 | 即時新聞 | 20160516 | 蘋果日報 A 25-year-old Taiwanese professional model, Olivia Ku, drowned yesterday during an underwater photo shoot in Kenting national park, Taiwan. According to the news and community information, this happened...