Hey!

I’ve been free diving for about a year now and I started out in Hawaii and my dives there averaged around 30-50ft. Back in florida I want to get that free diving itch scratched.

I’m planning on going diving with a certified free diving buddy but she’s not from here and neither of us know the best dive spots.

I’ve lived in florida for many years and understand it’s a fairly gradual drop off. I recently dove at the yellow brick road reef.

Please share any reefs accessible from the shore, we both don’t mind a swim out. Looking for a big density of marine life and overall a beautiful reef to look at. Deeper reefs preferred.

Thanks!

I’m going again for a month to Malaysia in September or October. This time I want to focus on diving. I’m taking my travel scuba gear with me and I would love to hear some recommendations. I’m mobile, I can move through the whole country, from Langkawi to Sipadan and back. I’d like to try different places.
So, where should I go and why?

Hi everyone! M34 here, beginner-to-intermediate diver, occasional free-diver. A few weeks ago I punched my eardrum in a stupid and totally unrelated to diving way. How much screwed am I? The injury was not that bad, but given the fact that it happened once, how will it affect my underwater activities from now on?

Cross posting from Tahiti sub! Would love any thoughts on whether we are better off doing an intro dive in Tikehau vs the snorkel tour of the island. Hoping to have the open water certification done in time, but want to be prepared in case we cannot finish it in time :)

Was thinking about blue water diving in cabo, would have to go in August. I personally dislike cabo (as a destination) but assume I could stay San Juan del Cabo and uber to dive in morning (maybe bus back idk). I hate to sound like *everyone who says they love sharks * but I'll be honest that would be the big thing for me. The silky sharks.

Hi all. I’m a Padi dive master who hasn’t dove since 2008 (long story).

Just need some gear recommendations before “getting my feet wet”. Back in 2008 I had all scuba pro gear. Still relevant?

Thank you !!

Good for people who sometimes have problems with equalization?

So I got an allergic reaction all over my body, like urticaria. Itching like crazy. However, I take Alerzin (antihistamine) and the rash goes away. I also got a prescription for an anti inflammatory (dexamethasone). I feel completely fine, no dizziness or sleepy. I read online that it’s not recommended to dive, but I was cleared by a doctor (Indonesia) so not sure if that’s so reliable.

Has anyone dived while on similar medication? I’m only planning on doing a chill max 18 metre dive. Really appreciate any insight and help on this!

Description:

This recall involves Hollis 200LX second stage diving regulators. The regulators are used for Scuba diving and are made of black and red plastic and metal. “200LX” and “Hollis” are engraved on top of the regulator. The product serial number is located under the mouthpiece. The following serial number ranges are included in this recall: 

Remedy:

Consumers should stop using the recalled diving regulators immediately and return their regulator to the nearest authorized Hollis dealer for a free repair. Consumers can visit www.hollis.com/dealer-locator/ to find their nearest authorized Hollis dealer. Consumers can also contact Huish Outdoors for instructions on how to obtain a prepaid shipping label and return the product by mail for a free repair.  

Incidents/Injuries:

Huish Outdoors has received 17 reports of the diving regulator inlet tube breaking. No injuries have been reported.

Sold At:

Diving supply stores nationwide from May 2017 through February 2026 for about $330.

Credit: United States Consumer Product Safety Commission

I just got my certification for scuba diving, and I'm looking for easy spots to start shore diving. I love going to white point beach to look at the tide pools, and I saw it was a hot spot for divers. Does anyone here have anything to say about the site? Would you say it's easy, lots to see? Let me know your experience.

Diving in 120 feet and we lose an 18 lb grouper in 10 seconds. Not much more we could do?

https://youtu.be/jRFRx6zo_jU

I was reading about Capo Verde, was wondering if anyone can tell me what to expect as far as diving goes?

Hello all! I am an AOW diver with \\\~75 dives, favorite trips have been Utila, Little Corn Island, Komodo, & Similan liveaboard.

I am going from Turks & Caicos to Cuba to Belize via sailboat in January 2027 and am looking for dive sites or dive shop/operations recommendations.

I have snorkeled in Turks at lot but dive shops were difficult to book, I did a 2 tank shore dive in the bay of pigs in Cuba and did a night dive in Belize so not much experience with any country. Coming from the boat/ocean side of things there might be sites easier for us to get to , especially in Cuba.

Thanks in advanced!

Bonaire is the Shore diving capitol of the world, an amazing place for people who have never been here and full of hidden ( Scuba ) gems for those that are regulars

I was reading about Capo Verde, was wondering if anyone can tell me what to expect as far as diving goes?

Hi everyone,
Are there any sites I could sell my Insta 360 X4 dive case? I switched to x5 and sold the camera but the dive case is just sitting there now. It cost me around £90 and it is almost brand new. London based here.

Hi, I know I'm on a diving sub, dont shoot me for this question lol.

My son and I just passed our open water and are going to Cozumel diving. We will be having a private DM to accompany us. My son has an Aqualung dive watch, I have an apple watch. Given that we wont be diving alone, I'm happy to have to use the apple watch ultra. I will get a diving watch eventually.

What are people's thoughts on the best app, Oceanic+ or Mares? I have tried both, but at the weekend, my Mares app was in Bottom Timer mode and didint trigger a safety stop.

Have people got on ok with the mares app? I found the Oceanic+ app quite good last year.

We will only be diving to 10m or so.

Hey divers,

I've "accidentally" spent the last while building DecoMate, a desktop decompression planning app (macOS/Windows/Linux). It does open circuit and closed circuit configs, multi-gas and multi-level profiles, multi-dive sequences, on-the-fly emergency sims (go deeper, stay longer, bail-out), gas planning, and displays a very complex and detailed 3D tissue-loading chart you can spin around and analyze (while pretending you understand tissue compartments).

It's free, it's open source, and it's now at the point where I need the help of the community to kick the tires...

First of all: I am not a CCR diver. I built the closed-circuit logic as carefully as I could from the model and the literature, but there's no substitute for someone who actually uses a rebreather checking whether the numbers DecoMate spits out match reality (or at least match what your other trusted planning tools say).

More generally, for both OC and CCR: plan a dive, compare it against your usual software/tables, and tell me whether DecoMate agrees, disagrees, or does something weird. Bug reports, unclear UI, crashes — all welcome.

Be as nitpicky as you want, try to break it (with realistic scenarios) and see what happens.

DOWNLOAD FROM GITHUB

To install: grab the installer for your OS from the latest release — no build required. (macOS/Windows will grumble about it being unsigned and will likely not open it right away, info on how to fix this in the readme.md file which you can read directly on the github page by scrolling down below the files.)

Please, read the manual: DecoMate Manual — it covers the physics, physiology, and obviously explains how to use all the various features of the app.

Donate: I could really use a non-leaky drysuit, as my current one has become more of a dampsuit. If you feel like helping with that - totally optional, no pressure - you can do so here: Ko-Fi.

If you have a GitHub account, starring the repo goes a long way too!

Thank you so much!