OMS SideStream Sidemount Diving System Review
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.…
Dan Orr Presents Data on Diver Fatalities
Preventing Diver Fatalities Diver Fatalities Happen But, DAN research clearly shows the majority of diver deaths could be prevented. As a diving instructor, the worst…
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COSMIQ Dive Computer Review – Part I
Deepblu Introduces the COSMIQ Dive Computer UPDATE 10/24/16: The v.9 COSMIQ firmware update includes a setting for freshwater. There are a few other updates since…
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Seven Dive Locations You Must Visit
Seven Dive Locations You Must Visit The image of the ocean-side vacation is one we all keep catalogued away—a still-frame we return to in imagination…
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In-Water Recompression
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 6mm Stainless Steel Backplate Review
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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Are Welded D-Rings Really an Entanglement Hazard?
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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DUI Zip Seals on Viking Drysuit
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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Dive Rite XT vs. Apollo Prestige Dive Fins
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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Project Baseline
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 Dive Fin Review
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…
View More Scubapro Seawing Nova Dive Fin ReviewPacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber Fund
Monterey Divers: Please help keep the Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber in business I dive in and around Monterey fairly frequently. I have for decades and I…
View More Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber FundTiny Doubles, I Second That
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,…
View More Tiny Doubles, I Second ThatEverybody’s an “expert” on diving message boards…
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…
View More Everybody’s an “expert” on diving message boards…Is Diving The SS President Coolidge Safe?
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,…
View More Is Diving The SS President Coolidge Safe?Is Technical Diving Right For You?
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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No Stop vs. No Decompression. Which is correct?
Should no-decompression diving be renamed no-stop diving? Also Read: NDL Meaning – No Decompression Limit Earlier, I was semi-involved in a discussion about terminology regarding no-decompression…
View More No Stop vs. No Decompression. Which is correct?The Importance of Dive Planning
Dive planning I recently came across John Chatterton’s blog. You might know him as the host of Deep Sea Detectives. For the last several weeks,…
View More The Importance of Dive PlanningDry Suit Inflation System Mounting
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…
View More Dry Suit Inflation System MountingLogging Your Dives Online – 3 Top Dive Logging Websites
Online dive logs In the early days of dive computers, uploading dive data to a personal computer wasn’t even on the radar. My first dive…
View More Logging Your Dives Online – 3 Top Dive Logging WebsitesMoving your dive logbook from PC to Mac
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…
View More Moving your dive logbook from PC to MacShearwater Petrel Dive Computer
Review of the Shearwater Petrel Dive Computer I’ve owned and used a number of dive computers over the years. The most recent of these was…
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Mounting a GoPro Camera to Scuba Gear
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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Scuba diving specialty certifications every mountain diver should have. As much as we all love to get into the deep blue, warm water of the…
View More PADI Altitude, Drysuit and Enriched Air SpecialtiesDeep See Pulse Dive Fin Review
Dive fins have undergone a revolution in recent years. In addition to countless designs using every material imaginable, split fins, fins with hinges, unique venting…
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