anyone been watching shark week on discovery channel? at least  they like
surfers much more than divers.

Stopped in and took Kimber to lunch, she's doing great and looks
positively edible.
 She wouldn't let me put her in the truck, probably because she knows
there's a bunk in there with 4 seatbelts...<wepg>

I'll be leaving for Brazil in a week.  I'll be there for 3 weeks, and
I'll be going through Fortaleza, Recife/Natal/Olinda, Salvador, and
Rio.  Unfortunately I will not have the time to go to Fernando de
Noronha...even though I hear it's the best place to dive (it looks like

I have been watching this NG, have not seen anything on it but spam, I say
we take it over and use it for posting pictures and other binaries.
news.groups.scuba.equipment

It was a hectic time in the land of blue seas and potbellied divemasters.
Arrived early, not too early, and immediately signed up to dive.  Arrived at
the boat just in time to ask what the piles of shovels was doing on the
dock.  It was broken English but I understood that we ...

There are millions of sharks out there,  what is one less dead shark?
If I'm ever out in the ocean,  then I'm going to pack my Glock with
lanyard around my neck,  carry my salt-resistant 12ga stainless steel
shotgun with sling loaded

A recent observation of the open water training dives of a new group of
divers found the group completed the required exercises and dives in two
session of about 2½ hours each.   That seemed fast.  How many of you kept
and have your log of your first open water training dives?  ...

This may sound dumb, but it's been bugging me for a while and I just
have to ask... so I decided to come here, and well this is it:
Can people dive to 300 feet/100 meters where the pressure is like 10
atmospheres (or 1 million pascals/147 pounds per square inch/1 decent

July 31, 2006 22:26:01 GMT
With reason of the enormous effort carried out to visit the Argentinean
city of Córdoba, to participate in the Meeting of MERCOSUR, in the
closing of the Summit of the Towns in the historical University of

This is my first purchase of Scuba gear and am considering the
following based on reviews I've read, price etc.. For tropical waters
only.
I already have the Cressi Aqualight R BCD which is compact for travel,

Three dead already http://tinyurl.com/prsv6
Every year it kills at least one. It's the stupidest marketing gimmick
ever devised.
bullshark

We are thinking about Yap and Palau for our next big trip.  Any suggestions,
warnings?

Interviewed about his opinion about my observation, that my
VW T4 TDI bus emits a lung damaging gas, a leading german
hyperbaric physician stated, that same gases were emitted by
his Audi A6 TDI.

The August 2006 issue of "Scuba Diving" has ratings of BCs beginning on
page 50.
I am considering purchasing a BC and am interested in the "Travel BCs"
on page 56., specifically the "Cressi-sub Aqualight R" or the "Sea

Would appreciate recommendations for "compact" analog 3 gauge consoles.
Thanks,
Sy