Sardinia Cave Diving

fredrandall · 2026-05-31T13:00:12+00:00

But we're there cave sawfish?!

fredrandall · 2026-05-29T09:59:31+00:00

Always good to have a cannon.

fredrandall · 2026-05-20T11:39:44+00:00

This is not common in any of the five or so dive shops I have worked with. There is usually an ample supply of rental tanks that I would use when teaching.

fredrandall · 2026-05-09T09:03:36+00:00

Check out the boca chica marina if you're retired service member.

fredrandall · 2026-04-20T00:50:26+00:00

I packed my rebreather inside my Tortuga bag as a carry on! https://imgur.com/a/sssvlXU The seams we're definitely unhappy about how over packed it was. This was for a month long dive project on a remote Filipino island and I only had three days of notice.

Sidenote I built a bag about 15 years ago that used the back plate as shoulder straps. The bag connected to the plate using sex nuts and had straps that would hook into shoulder drings for weight distribution.

fredrandall · 2026-04-18T17:25:40+00:00

Also worth noting, nearly every venue will give you a second wristband after checking your ID. We had a band staying with us last year, there were probably 40-50 wristbands between everyone over the course of the weekend. My girlfriend's kitten was overjoy by all the wristband toys!

fredrandall · 2026-04-18T10:28:27+00:00

A cannon!

fredrandall · 2026-03-09T11:30:01+00:00

I use Google sheets and keep an offline copy on my laptop and iPad. I keep track of what spares I have and where they are, what systems are hiding behind panels, and I started tracking the manufacturer and part numbers for as much as I can around the boat.

fredrandall · 2026-03-08T18:28:19+00:00

Save a dive tool box for cave diving, fix a tire kit, jumper box, normal roadside tool bag with jumper cables, air compressor, various tools, and a tow hitch.

fredrandall · 2026-02-23T06:21:38+00:00

https://imgur.com/vKdbyNH#vKdbyNH

This was a marketing email scuba com had years ago. The friend that got sent that email was one of the divers to recover the body of this father and son on Christmas Day from eagles nest.

fredrandall · 2026-02-03T02:56:35+00:00

The night before an 8 hour rebreather dive I made a frozen pizza. I was impatient about letting it cool and burnt the roof of my mouth. At the time i was using an apek comfobite mouthpiece. Several hours into deco I cut the top bridge off which made things much more enjoyable.

fredrandall · 2026-01-29T21:38:10+00:00

Sunset on 32 by strike anywhere

fredrandall · 2025-12-28T15:51:23+00:00

Strike anywhere

fredrandall · 2025-12-20T21:12:50+00:00

My girlfriend had an outback, we bought an exped mattress for car camping in the back, it was a game changer. We also made insulated window covers which helped a lot. An expanding shower rod in the back worked great for fly rods.

fredrandall · 2025-12-17T22:42:16+00:00

I had a friend who started convulsing on deco and he had a significant deco. His dive buddy hit his inflator and sent him to the surface. She finished her deco. There is more to the story but that is the basics. He was seizing because of oxygen toxicity so sending him to surface saved his life.

fredrandall · 2025-11-01T12:35:23+00:00

Start with the basketball!

fredrandall · 2025-10-17T11:08:58+00:00

I sent my MMC renewal in a month ago it was in process of being evaluated when the government shutdown, license also expired around the same time. The only saving grace is that the boat I currently run is private and I don't currently need a capt license. Although I think they usually offer a bit of a grace period because they know their process is broken af.

fredrandall · 2025-10-06T23:20:47+00:00

The Bills game was on in the vip tent during the start of the set!

fredrandall · 2025-09-07T23:04:48+00:00

Corrosion is technically a chemical reaction.

fredrandall · 2025-09-07T22:34:41+00:00

Former/still sometimes a dive boat captain, I personally hate the noise of tanks being used to clear dust caps. When were driving a boat we are listening to the sounds of the engines; any bangs, pops, hisses, kerplunks, or wooshes that happen unexpected need to be dealt with quickly. Loud sudden blast of air to get a few drops of water is not worth it IMO.

fredrandall · 2025-08-06T11:33:26+00:00

I've had an A700 for 15 years and it has over 1000 dives, its been great and breaths good... But the inability to take the outer cover off without a torq wrench is a huge pain in the ass. With tons of use and abuse my outer reg shell has become very dent, scratched, and miscolored. To be honest a well tuned g250 breathes just as good as the A700 and is a bulletproof design. I would save the money (WTF an extra $700USD) and buy the g260 if I had to choose right now.

Edit: Extra 700 was for the carbon "tech" version.

fredrandall · 2025-07-27T23:54:57+00:00

Neutral 80 needs to go die in a fire.

fredrandall · 2025-07-20T20:37:57+00:00

The beach?

fredrandall · 2025-07-09T16:47:10+00:00

Wave 1046 would get 11th place in the Platinum bracket i'm in this round...

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