Shearwater Dive Computer Comparison I’ve wanted to write this article for a long time. Before I get started comparing Shearwater dive computers, let me admit…
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Tag: technical diving
Choosing a Scuba Regulator
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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Technical Diving: Are Doubles Dead?
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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Dive Travel to Truk Lagoon – Truk Odyssey Live-Aboard
Travel & Scuba Gear, Camera Choices for Truk Lagoon As I begin writing I am on a United Airlines flight to Guam. I’ll spend two…
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What’s the Most Reliable Scuba Regulator
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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Dive Rite 12 lb QR Weight Pockets – Review
Dive Rite 12 lb QR Weight Pocket System Probably the only thing in diving that’s less elegant than weight pockets are lead weights themselves. However,…
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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.…
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Rebreather Diving Bonaire – Buddy Dive CCR Experience
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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Scuba Diving with Maui Pacific Divers
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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Joe’s Rebreather
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 Review
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
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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My Transition to Sidemount Scuba
Sidemount Scuba When and why I became a believer in sidemount scuba. If you are thinking of making the transition to sidemount scuba, read on……
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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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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 ReviewTiny 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…
View More Is Technical Diving Right For You?Moving 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…
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