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Bishop posted:A bigger issue IMO is divers ascending too fast. Unless you've gone real deep and need to get up to a deco stop, it's almost impossible to ascend too slowly. Absolutely this. The number of times I've seen divers finish a safety stop then shoot to the surface is unbelievable.
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Waterproof drysuits and Hollis F1 fins. A winning combination.
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poo poo - my girlfriend is on a dive trip to Bali at the moment and looks like one of her party got a reasonably severe bend today. Limb paralysis and vomiting presenting about 10 minutes after surfacing - dive was to 30 metres and the profile was conservative and within limits apparently. He responded to O2 but apparently the chamber there isn't open on Sundays! DAN are trying to get them to open it apparently. Food for thought....
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He didn't get treated till the following morning apparently. He had a five hour session this morning and has to stay there an extra week for follow up treatments before he can fly back to Australia. I just hope the delay doesn't end up causing any permanent damage. Apparently there's going to be some fuss kicked up about it all by the dive medics over here (quite rightly). I don't know exactly, but they'd been doing probably 2 dives a day for maybe 4 days. Generally in the 25 - 30 metre range with a couple of rebreather divers doing deep dives to around 60-65 (but I don't think it was one of them) Yeah some people are certainly more susceptible to DCS than others and recreational dive tables are purposefully conservative to try to compensate for that. He could also have a PFO, or have been dehydrated, but sometimes it's just bad luck. Certainly makes me think twice about doing deep dives on a Sunday in Bali.
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Safety alert from a local dive shop - a staff member was seriously injured while filling when the valve blew off a tank a couple of weeks ago. Investigations are ongoing, but the suspected cause is a subtle difference between metric and imperial threads on the valve and tank which appear to fit, but are actually substantially weaker. Can be an issue when dealing with cylinders and valves from different parts of the world. Be safe with compressed air people!
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legsarerequired posted:This is a strange question, but I'm not sure where I should ask it. Disclaimer: I am not a diving doctor (but am a diving instructor) and this advice should be treated as any advice on the internet. The best thing I can advise your boyfriend to do is to see a dive specialist doctor - however, there are reasons specific to scuba diving which prohibit some people with obstructive lung disease from diving. From my limited knowledge of your boyfriends condition - it doesn't sound like what he has will restrict air flow in and out of the lungs. This is the major factor in assessing the suitablity of a candidate for scuba diving. If they simply have a limited lung capacity with unobstructed airflow, there shouldn't be any reason why they cannot snorkel (or even dive) as long as he has the sufficient exercise tolerance to undertake activities safely. You could also try calling the Divers Alert Network for medical advice, they are normally very helpful, even to non members. Tomberforce fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Feb 6, 2016 |
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The Zombie Guy posted:I've gone snorkeling a few times in Florida, and fallen in love with it. I've always enjoyed watching nature shows, and being able to see marine life up close was amazing. I've toyed with the idea of giving scuba a try, but frankly, I don't trust myself to be in charge of my air supply. I have these recurring visions of myself being deeply engrossed in the ocean life and forgetting to check my air or some other vital thing, and drowning like an idiot. Is there vibrating timers or something similar that would let me know "hey dummy, time to surface now"? Gas management is one of the key training components of any open water course. If you have an air integrated computer you can set audible/flashing alarms if your gas supply runs too low, but by the time you've gone through your training, managing your air will be no problems. Remember you should always have a buddy looking out for you too! Decompression sickness (the bends) tends to be associated with deeper dives, especially with repetative dives deeper than 20-30 metres but people have certainly got bent shallower than that. There are a huge number of variables at play and a dive profile which would result in DCS for one person, may not for another or even for the same person on a different day. Diving conservatively within the depth and time limits set by decompression tables or your dive computer and always making slow, controlled ascents should ensure that you have a lifetime of safe diving.
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Trivia posted:It's the perfect I-hate-money hobby. Yeah it's pretty insane. And I mountain bike too... 
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Oakland Martini posted:Trivia: Awesome pictures, glad you had a great time in Komodo! Out of curiosity, which operator did you guys go with? When I was in Oahu I dived with Island Divers and they seemed a decent outfit. Great wrecks off Oahu, would have liked to have done the other islands!
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Oakland Martini posted:Not a huge fan of wreck diving actually, although it seems like that's the main attraction of of Oahu. Any other well-regarded boat dives (or shore dives, I've done Sharks Cove before) on Oahu? Didn't see any humpbacks, but we did hear them on one dive! Did a couple of reef dives on Oahu, would have to check my logbook for the names. Not much in the way of coral, but cool rock formations, heaps of turtles, white tips and hanging out in a cave with a Hawaiian Monk Seal was definitely one of my diving highlights. God I would have loved to have seen a humpback though! One of the wreck dives was called the LCU - which is basically one of those military landing vessels flipped upside down so it's basically like a cave with white tips hanging out in it. That was a cool dive!
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Beast Pussy posted:I'm dive out of here, and I really like them. I'm doing my DM and instructor course through a sister program of theirs, though, in the interest of full disclosure. I would say that the wrecks are far and away the best part of diving here in Oahu. Thailand diving is generally agreed to be second rate compared to Indonesia! Not dived Thailand myself so can't say for sure though.
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Anyone here dived much in Melbourne? I'm moving there in a month!
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Trivia posted:This is generally accurate. Though the Similans were pretty cool I must admit (granted this was about 7 years ago). Yeah the Similans are still supposed to be excellent. My gf did her DM in Koh Tao about 10 years ago and apparently it has got significantly worse since then. All the dependable shark diving sites that she dived back then now no longer have any sharks  There seemed like there were dive jobs kicking around in Bali. If you're after somewhere to do your IDC it would be pretty good to do it, though personally since the IDC mainly classroom based, you could do it with a shop at home (if there is one) and then go to Asia afterwards do a bit of guiding and try and get a instructor job that way!
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Anyone here dive in Melbourne?
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In Australia we basically see occys every dive!
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Jesus, just heard on the news that an instructor and student drowned in Melbourne today. Its been a poo poo week for diving in Australia, we lost another diver to a shark attack - she was a former student of two mates of mine. Stay safe, wherever in the world you are diving...
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Your buoyancy and air consumption will improve through experience. Anxiety in yhe first few dives is quite normal and once people relax underwater their air consumption improves dramatically. I'm taking my new argonaut drysuit for its first dive today! Arrived just in time for winter to properly kick in. Super stoked!
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lord1234 posted:So Scuba.com used this to advertise for Father's Day....well done Scuba.com Oh jesus I got this straight away. So loving sad and awful.....
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