lachicadecafe asked:


I haven’t been diving long at all, yet in the past 6 dives I’ve logged in the last two weeks, I have been the only female diving. On one dive, the DM who stayed on shore was a female, but other than that, there have been no ladies around diving. I’m just trying to understand what that is about… SCUBA certainly doesn’t seem like a sexist sport at all, and fortunately for me, the guys I’ve been hanging around and diving with are nice people that treat me like I’m their pal.
So, where are the other girl divers?
Elisabeth, you stated what an AI I had coffee with last night said; that most women want to go do their diving in warm water in Mexico, or the Caribbean, not in the colder waters around here in the midwest.

susanakapo13 asked:


I want to be a SCUBA-diving instructor,but I cant just go to a commercial dive school because my family would disown me if i didnt get my bachelors degree,and i guess i want to go to college anyways.Should i major in Marine Biology?,or are there any SCUBA specific majors out there?

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scuba-steve asked:


I am new to SCUBA, and I have come into contact with an experienced diver who has offered to buy me any epuipmnt I want. what should I tell him I want? what kind of: Regulator? BC? Mask, Snorkel, Fins? Wetsuit? Tank? Gauges? Anything else?

chubbsboy20 asked:


Something cheap but realiable

C-Dog asked:


Yesterday night i went scuba diving and have not been able to equalize my ears. I took sudafed but its not working (i should have taken it before!!!). Any suggestions?

snorkelman_37 asked:


i would like to purchase some vintage dual hose regulators and wetsuits and nobody at the scuba shops sells them. I’ve checked out the websites online too… does anyone have any they don’t need anymore? I will take them off your hands for free if in good working condition! ..

mattkamper asked:


I don’t have any scuba diving experience.

lachicadecafe asked:


I really love my Mares reg, but the mouthpiece isn’t the most comfortable so I’m looking into getting a different one for it. Any recommendations?
Thanks!
P.S. I’m so sad… wetsuit season is about to end here in the midwest, and since I’m not into drysuit diving yet, unless I get to go someplace warm over the winter, diving is just about done for me until the spring… boooooo!!!!!
I do have a 7mm jumpsuit that so far has been great, and also gloves. A hooded vest or a 1/2 mm suit under the 7mm have both been recommended to me as well. Last weekend I used a long-sleeved t-shirt, which reduced the “slosh” factor a bit… you know how it is when new water sloshes into your wetsuit!
Sooner or later I will end up in a drysuit, I can’t bear the thought of several months without diving!

desikawa asked:


I am interested in starting scuba diving. I am in good health, however a little afraid. I expect to only do shallow dives (10m or so). Are these kind of depths dangerous? Also, I have suffered mild panic attacks in the past. Should I do it?
I plan to take a PADI course in Australia in December.

JW T asked:


I have just bought an Apeks regulator and had it put together. I then bought a BCD separately and want to attach the inflator hose to the regulator. My inflator hose does not have an O ring at the end where it attaches to the regulator.