For those that may be interested, a new study on UK public aquaria has
been recently published by two British organisations.I thought that
some of you who may have some knowledge on marine wildlife might find
some of the issues raised relevant.

CKVR News reported a death on the Waome, Sun. Sept. 26.
They said 47 yr. old Ann Kim Davies of Willow Beach failed to return
from a dive on the 70 ft. deep wreck. A team went back down and found
her. News later reported she had "run out of oxygen," and couldn't

Which dive tables are better to use, the U.S. Navy table, or PADI table?  
The  USN tables seem more liberal on the front end (60 ft. for 60 min. vs.
60 ft for 50 min. for PADI), but seem more conservative than PADI for
surface intervals and RNT.

   Well, I'm back from my seven night Caribbean cruise.  I can without a
doubt say that it was fabulous.  The Mariner of The Seas (Royal Caribbean)
was
awesome.  The service was great!

Looking for recommendations on a good dive operator in Maui, preferably
Kehei or Lahaina based.

A question for any scuba expert here......if any remains around.
If I puked coffee (breaskfast) at 20' fsw.............could I make
damage to my stomach valve?
Since I puked during a dive at Key Largo I have developed

Does anyone have any info on the New Cave Divers Social Date?

Other than discomfort, what are the consequences of not equalizing your
mask at depth?

We have just found a P38 lightning in perfect condition in 17m of water
in Milne Bay, PNG.  Just wondering if any of you out there might know
who/where we can get any info on this plane and how it came to be there.
 The radio call sign on it is 2-12649.

New date on the Social is 16 Oct 04, location Ginnie Spring, Devil's Eye
Pavilion.  For more info, try here:
http://www.ginniespringsoutdoors.com/events.htm
Ron White

I work on a cruise ship and have done a lot of diving over the last
few years.  I'm going to Hawaii, for my first time, for the next 4
months and am looking for recommendations of dive operations in my
various ports.  Unfortunately, due to time restraints while in

Anyone--I'm interested in the current water termperature range that is
currently being experienced on the WindDancer, and on how much Hurricane Ivan
has affected the diving (visibiility, damage, etc.).
Respond to group or by reply e-mail.

I just got back from being on my boat for the last week - had a commercial
charter up in Two Rivers, WI - and I found nearly 500 new posts on
rec.scuba.  But, as usual, they were mostly not worth reading.  How about a
thread on transferring technical techniques to entry level scuba ...

Anyone experience problems getting on an aircraft shortly after doing a few
days of SCUBA diving?  From what I understand it is necessary to wait 36
hours after doing 2 or more dives before you travel by air or you can get
bent.

I am looking for someone who has been on dives with the Oceanic
Omega 2 and hates it. Please tell me what you don't like about
these regulators. I am wondering if I have missed something.
On one set of gear, I have a pair of Omegas. Main (clear body)