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Category: Technical Diving

Choosing a scuba regulator: Sidemount Scuba
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Choosing a Scuba Regulator

Joe Ross March 11, 2025 No Comments diving equipmentdiving safetytec geartechnical diving

How to choose the best scuba regulator for your diving Over my decades of scuba diving, I have owned and dived with every regulator imaginable.…

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Are doubles dead? Does diving with back mount double scuba tanks make sense anymore?
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Technical Diving: Are Doubles Dead?

Joe Ross March 4, 2025 No Comments backplatedive traveldiving equipmentscuba cylindershipwreckstech geartechnical divingtruk lagoon

I’m very interested to hear your opinions about this topic. I’ve been a technical diving instructor for a long time. When I started, most deep…

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Most Reliable Scuba Regulator: DGX Gears XTRA
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What’s the Most Reliable Scuba Regulator

Joe Ross January 9, 2025 No Comments diving equipmentreguatortechnical diving

Most Reliable Scuba Regulator What’s the most reliable scuba regulator? Every diver wants to know—including me. I think the best qualified people to ask are…

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OMS Sidestream Sidemount Gear Review
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OMS SideStream Sidemount Diving System Review

Joe Ross September 9, 2024 2 Comments BCDdiving equipmentomstec geartech geartechnical diving

OMS SideStream Sidemount Diving System I started diving sidemount 8 or 9 years ago. At the time, it was really just something different to learn.…

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Buddy Dive Rebreather Diving in Bonaire
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Rebreather Diving Bonaire – Buddy Dive CCR Experience

Joe Ross April 6, 2024 No Comments bonaire rebreather divingccr bonairetechnical diving

Buddy Dive on CCR It’s 5am. I’m at gate A18 in Phoenix after an overnight flight through Miami from Bonaire. It was a good week,…

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Getting ready to dive - Maui Pacific Divers
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Scuba Diving with Maui Pacific Divers

Joe Ross February 28, 2024 No Comments dive travelkiss rebreathermaui divingrebreather divingtechnical diving

  Scuba Diving on Maui – Maui Pacific Divers I’m lucky to be able to travel and dive quite a lot. It is part of…

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Diving Sport Kiss Rebreather
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Joe’s Rebreather

Joe Ross November 23, 2022 2 Comments ccrdive travelkiss rebreatherrebreathertechnical divingvintage scuba

My Sport KISS Rebreather is Still Going Strong As we wind down the final weeks of 2022, I’m noticing some things I used to do…

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DGX Gears XTRA Regulator
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DGX Gears XTRA Regulator Review

Joe Ross May 2, 2022 6 Comments dive traveldiving equipmentlake tahoe divingreguatortec geartech geartechnical diving

Like everything Dive Gears Express sells, DGX Gears XTRA regulators are not only a great value, but great gear. Given my experience so far, I have no hesitation recommending them to even the most demanding diver.

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Dive Planning Apps For Technical Divers

Joe Ross January 8, 2022 No Comments dive planning appstechnical diving

Review of decompression dive planning mobile apps for technical divers Recently, I started down a path of discovery into the prehistory of technical and decompression…

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Post Dive at Hurricane Bay, Lake Tahoe
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In-Water Recompression

Joe Ross February 6, 2016 No Comments diving safetyin-water recompressiontechnical diving

In-water recompression: Good idea? Bad idea? What is it anyway? A few weeks ago I came across the following article: Take Me Back Down: One Diver’s…

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SubGravity Backplate Hole Placement
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SubGravity 6mm Stainless Steel Backplate Review

Joe Ross January 5, 2016 2 Comments backplatediving equipmentdrysuitlake tahoe divingtec geartech geartechnical diving

As mentioned frequently, the most popular local dive spot here is Lake Tahoe. We dive others fairly frequently as well, like Donner Lake, Pyramid Lake…

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Welded 90 degree d-ring
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Are Welded D-Rings Really an Entanglement Hazard?

Joe Ross December 13, 2015 No Comments backplateBCDdiving equipmenttec geartech geartechnical diving

In the diving community, especially the technical diving community, there are a lot of “facts” thrown around related to best diving practices, equipment, training standards, etc.…

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Viking Pro Drysuit with DUI Zip Seals
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DUI Zip Seals on Viking Drysuit

Joe Ross December 11, 2015 No Comments drysuittech geartechnical diving

It’s been probably 5 years since I sent my DUI CF200x drysuit to DUI to be retrofitted with Zip Seals. Since then, I’ve made about…

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Apollo Prestige Dive Fins
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Dive Rite XT vs. Apollo Prestige Dive Fins

Joe Ross December 8, 2015 2 Comments dive finsdiving equipmenttec geartech gear

Someone named Laura disagrees with me, but I have long maintained that the best dive fin ever made is the Apollo Prestige. I love it…

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Join Project Baseline
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Project Baseline

Joe Ross November 2, 2015 No Comments project baselinetechnical diving

In recent months, I’ve had the good fortune to be introduced to Project Baseline. Project Baseline is a not-for-profit, conservation organization that has involved thousands…

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Scubapro Seawing Nova
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Scubapro Seawing Nova Dive Fin Review

Joe Ross July 8, 2014 9 Comments dive finsdiving equipmentlake tahoe divingscubaprotec geartech geartechnical diving

The Scubapro Seawing Nova It is with a heavy heart that I recently made my first fin change in over 20 years. For decades, I’ve…

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Tiny Doubles, I Second That

Joe Ross June 22, 2014 7 Comments backplatediving safetylake tahoe divingtec geartech geartechnical diving

My first set of scuba tanks was a pair of “tiny doubles” (1800psi 38’s, or so I’m told). I suspect they are actually 45’s, and,…

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Diving Safety Technical Diving

Everybody’s an “expert” on diving message boards…

Joe Ross May 12, 2014 No Comments backplateBCDdiving equipmentdiving safetylake tahoe divingomstec geartech geartechnical diving

Don’t believe everything you read on scuba diving message boards I hate to be negative, but some of the most ridiculous things I have ever read…

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Is Diving The SS President Coolidge Safe?

Joe Ross April 13, 2014 21 Comments diving safetyshipwrecksss president coolidgetechnical divingwreck diving

I just came across a blog by a diver in Australia (Read it here). He’s an interesting guy, with obviously a lot of experience. Initially,…

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Is Technical Diving Right For You?

Joe Ross February 22, 2014 3 Comments scuba instructiontechnical diving

Technical Diving is a Discipline Like most serious tec divers, I read everything I can get my hands on related to the topic. I comb…

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Dry Suit Inflation System Mounting

Joe Ross January 27, 2014 No Comments dry suit inflation

Dry suit inflation Whether using air or argon, for most dives, I prefer not to use my back gas to inflate my dry suit. Using…

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Moving your dive logbook from PC to Mac

Joe Ross July 25, 2013 6 Comments dive computerdiving equipmentdiving safetylake tahoe divingnitroxpadi altitude specialtytec geartech geartechnical divingxp10

Sort out dive log computer compatibility problems and getting your old dive computer data into your new software. Tell me if this sounds familiar. You’ve…

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Used Shearwater Petrel For Sale - $425
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Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer

Joe Ross July 23, 2013 10 Comments dive computerdiving equipmentdiving safetynitroxshearwater petreltec geartech geartechnical divingxp10

Review of the Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer UPDATE 9/21/24: I have a Used Shearwater Petrel for Sale (Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer $425) I’ve owned and…

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Underwater Mount for GoPro Camera
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Mounting a GoPro Camera to Scuba Gear

Joe Ross December 17, 2012 2 Comments backplatedive traveldiving equipmentharnessomsscuba cylindertechnical divingunderwater video

Mounting a GoPro to Scuba Gear recently got my hands on a GoPro Hero video camera. I honestly never gave GoPro much thought since I…

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