The Scubapro Seawing Nova It is with a heavy heart that I recently made my first fin change in over 20 years. For decades now, I’ve been diving in what I believe is the best dive fin ever produced; the Apollo Prestige. It’s perfect in nearly every way, but when … Continue reading
Monterey Divers: Please Help! I dive in and around Monterey fairly frequently. I have for decades and I love it there. As divers, we always have in the back of our minds, that there exists the possibility of getting bent. But, since diving injuries are rare, we tend not to … Continue reading
My first set of scuba tanks was a pair of 1800psi 38′s, or so I’m told. I suspect they are actually 45′s, and, when filled 10% over, 50′s. They were manufactured by ScubaPro in 1972, but I got them used about 10 years after that. I was really excited to … Continue reading
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 about diving come from message boards. This is especially true at the technical level. For example, I read a lengthy thread a few nights ago … Continue reading
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, I stumbled across it trying to find out how much actual diving experience Dave Shaw had prior to losing his life in a South African … Continue reading
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 the Internet looking for anything new that will make my own diving a little safer. Naturally, there’s no shortage of opinion, and I am often … Continue reading
Should no-decompression diving be renamed no-stop diving? Earlier, I was semi-involved in a discussion about terminology regarding no-decompression diving, or diving within the no decompression limits (NDL) that define sport or recreational diving. I suggested that every dive is a decompression dive. I’m not the first to make that assertion. … Continue reading
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, I’ve been thinking about dive planning and how to convince my recreational students how valuable it is to follow an established dive plan. Then, I … Continue reading
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 helium mixes, it’s not optional, but even on air, it often makes sense to use a separate dry suit inflation system. For example, earlier today, … Continue reading
In the early days of dive computers, uploading dive data to a personal computer wasn’t even on the radar. My first dive computer was an Oceanic Datamax Sport, a solid computer that was compact, easy to read and simple to operate. It would store quite a few dives, but didn’t … Continue reading
I'll get around to doing a full review of this powerful little light soon. I bought one a few weeks ago and love it so far!