Enhance your Scuba Talents - Mask Removal

Removing and replacing a scuba mask is the talent that most new divers stress about. However with some simple steps you can master this skill.
Mask clearing
Before you learn how to remove and replace your mask utterly you must practice clearing the mask till you are ok with this skill.
Remember - when you clear the mask start breathing out before you tilt your head up to stop water going up your nose.
Fill a basin with water and place your face in the water.
Each time you do it try and stay an additional couple of breaths till you're employed up to 30 seconds.
Practice in your comfort zone
When you can your next scuba diving session ask practice in the shallow end first before going into the deeper water.
If you panic signal the up sign and your instructor will bring you to the surface.
Mask removal and replace - step by step

Remember the point of the practice sessions are to build your confidence, if things are not going well ask to take five and come back to the ability later. Making sure you are confident with mask clearing, practice with the sorcery snorkel at home and taking things slowly in the pool session will help you remove and replace your mask without effort and confidence.
Good luck!

The New Oceanic OC1 Dive Computer/Dive Compass/Dive Watch is Now Available!

BREAKING NEWS! Oceanic and DiveNav, Inc. announce the availability of theDiving® scuba diving simulator for the soon-to-be-released Oceanic OC1 Dive Computer. The OC1 is an advanced all-in-one dive computer featuring Oceanic's exclusive Dual Algorithm, wireless air-integration, digital compass, remote Buddy Pressure Check, and so much more. All in a strong, lightweight titanium housing. Scheduled for June 15,2009 delivery.

The New Oceanic OC1 Dive Computer is an all-in-one dive computer featuring a precision digital compass, dot matrix display, wireless Buddy Pressure Check and so much more.

SmartGlo backlighting and audible alarms keep you current when every second counts.

 

• Precision Digital Compass including North, reference modes and declination adjustment

• Titanium Housing  

• Dot Matrix Display provides superior readability and intuitive user interface

• Digital Watch, Air, Nitrox, Gauge and Free Dive Modes

• Switch between up to 3 independent wireless transmitters, tracking 3 Nitrox mixes or buddy’s tank pressure with Buddy Pressure CheckTM

• Audible Alarms with User Acknowledgment

• SmartGlo® Backlighting

• Includes OceanLog® PC Download and Settings Upload Software and USB cable Sport Divers Magazine

Sport Divers Magazine - Editor’s Pick – March 2009

COOL FACTOR

Enough functionality to make 007’s gadget man, Q, raise an eyebrow in approval.

KEY FEATURES

This do-everything machine includes a digital compass, dot-matrix display and functionality to switch among three wireless transmitters. The latter allows for a buddy pressure-check function. Four dive modes handle air, nitrox, gauge and free-dive duties, and the dot-matrix display is crisp and easy on the eyes. All of this comes wrapped in a strong, lightweight titanium housing. SmartGlo backlighting works great in low-light conditions and at night, and the system includes Oceanic’s software along with a USB cable for integration with a PC.

 

For the Scuba Diving Equipment Enthusiast, this is the first adopter must have! Do what others have already done and

 

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Amplify | Tevis Verrett’s Clog - A Reluctant Optimist looking for Enlightment in an Internet Based Virtual World!

Too much free
If you want to know who’s a newbie on a film set, just watch what happens at lunch. Major films have huge buffets laid out for cast and crew, and the newcomers can’t resist. It’s FREE! Over time, of course, the old-timers come to the conclusion that it’s just lunch, and the crew gets a bit more jaded and learns some self-restraint as well.
The first time a previously expensive good or service is made free, we’re drawn to it precisely because of the freeness. The fifth time or tenth time, not so much.
Free online has two distinct elements, then. Breakthrough free, like the first free ebook or the first free email service, and sample-this free, which decreases the cost of trial and lowers boundaries of the spread of an idea.
But they shouldn’t be confused. As the market for free gets more crowded, we’ll see more and more people promoting their free products, stuff that people used to have pay for. A complete shift from ‘you will pay’ to ‘it is free’ to ‘I will pay for ads to alert you it’s free’ to ultimately, ‘I will pay you to try it’.
Free by itself is no longer enough to guarantee much of anything. (Here’s Kate’s take, which I just discovered.)

What about Diving the Continent of Africa? Specifically Mauritania

Hi All, my friend Paul Hunter of www.AfricanDiver.com has just published his latest issue on Adobe Acrobat.pdf

Membership has its privileges, so either click on the picture above, OR click on this link:  http://www.africandiver.com/articles/issues/africandiver_issue5.pdf

Your issue should open in its own window. . and you can right click to download. . . and then save it to your hard drive. .

OK, now that Ive wet your whistle. . who wants to roadtrip with me?

You make the arrangements, I will keep the lights on,

Tevis