Off to Sharm in March - 2 x advanced openwater divers with limited
experience looking for a reliable and respectable centre to dive with - any
recomendations i can check out please
gaz

My aged Aladin Air packed up yesterday,it has Err on the display. Bought
1998 and has around 240 dives under it's belt. Last time I looked, in
the autumn, it wat showing 63% battery life remaining. It must have
known I was thinking of replacing it to get nitrox capability so it ...

First a bit of history, I guess...
I recently acquired a pair of 15.1 liter 230 bar steel tanks that were made
by Aqualung / Spiro... They have the M25-2 threads on them... Unfortunately,
FedEx managed to drop one of them on the valve and bent it so much that not

I know it's a weird idea, but does anyone know what the regulations are for
diving the Thames (non-tidal part). I am particularly interested in the
section between Hampton Court and Hampton Court bridge.
Cheers

A few months ago there was a discussion on airline baggage allowances
for scuba gear, e.g. Thomas Cook allow an extra 10Kg.
Someone very kindly produced a website which gave several airlines
policies in a searchable format, and I thought I had bookmarked it, but

I'm planning on writing a program that will take the hard work out of
calculating gas mixing
Some of the features I intend to build into the program would be allowing
the user to enter their own personal preferences (regarding PO2's and

FYI Everyone...
http://www.divernet.com/news/stories/270105rsadw.shtml
Changes to Red Sea Regs. SUMMARY
Livaboard:

I have an offer from someone on a second hand drysuit, and I have the
chance to go and have a look before I buy. So I was wondering if anyone
could give me some tips on how to check the fit is reasonable and how to
check the condition of it (e.g. looking for potential leakiness). ...

Looking for a change (haven't bought a new gadget for a while)
Any user views on OMS double bladder red wing and IQ backplate (or
views on steel / alloy / IQ)
Jury seems out on mag reviews, some love it, some hate it..main gripe

Has anybody out there had any problems with Insperation handsets not powering up - failing underwater??

Hello does anyone know of a dive centre in Valencia in Spain?   I would
prefer a BSAC centre but I guess there are not many in that area.
Thanks,
Justin

I am looking for something similar to this
http://www.moosejuice.com/html/suitjuice.html that is available to buy in
the UK. The suitjuice looks ideal for what i want but cant find anyone
selling it over here..anyone else any ideas on what i can use...

I'd never really understood the difference between male and female BCs
until I tried the Diva LX on at the weekend. Wow, I didn't realise
that a BC could be comfortable! This has now persuaded me into
thinking it may be worth investing in my own BC, rather than using

Well,
Just got the results of the state of my shoulder.
No swimming, golf, heavy lifting, diving [1] or fun [2] for the
next few months.

Does anyone know of a web source for diving terms in Spanish.  With English translations.
I have pigeon spanish, which extends as far as "Where is my aunt's pigpen?", and "Two beers please", and recently had fun in a
Spanish dive centre trying to find out how deep they were diving. ...