Rebreather Diving: To BOV or not to BOV?
The general rationale to a having bailout valve (BOV) on your rebreather is to have the option of rapidly switching[…]
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Author: Walt Stearns
In addition to publishing his own blog site, UnderwaterJournal.com, Walt Stearns is the Editor for Scuba Diver Magazine’s North American publication. Scuba Diver Magazine is also published in the UK, Australia/New Zealand and Germany. You can also visit waltstearns.com to see more of his photographic work.
Rebreather Diving: The Caustic Cocktail
A cautionary tale of my personal experience with the dreaded mixture.
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Rebreather Diving: CCR Diver Lingo
Users guide to understanding those confusing acronyms commonly used by Rebreather Divers. I’ve never considered myself to be a “tech[…]
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The Cutting Edge
A realistic look at why most of us don’t really need or bother to carry a traditional dive knife when[…]
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Two Species of Goliath Groupers
When it comes to the heavyweights of tropical reefs of the world, few fish will command more attention than the[…]
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Dive Rite XT Wing with SuperFabric
Hands On Review – Putting a Dive Rite XT CCR wing to work on a KISS Classic Explorer Rebreather to[…]
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Close Encounter with the St. Lucia Thing
Back in the late 1980’s to early 1990’s, St. Lucia’s has a somewhat legendary resident sea monster called the Thing.[…]
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Gulf of Mexico’s Enigma Reefs
Back in 2007, I was highly fortunate to be invited as part of special survey trip out to the Flower[…]
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