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Some excellent info and discussion on all things diving! Relax and enjoy some great reading and inspiration for your underwater adventures…

Jungle Green Shadows

Victor 2 Company 2 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion, Vietnam 1967–1968 By Tony Howell MC Published by John Douglas Publishing At first glance you wonder how the history of a single deployment by a rifle company could translate to a narrative of more than 400 pages, but once you start reading, it all becomes

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Do I need a Dive Computer and what type?

Y.E.S. You Especially Should have a dive computer. Jokes aside, the answer is obvious.  What we would like to do is highlight some of the reasons why we are so confident in our recommendation. Compared to using dive tables and guessing water temperatures, moderating no-deco limits and even air consumption options.  These

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Air Integrated – Sherwater Perdix Dive Computer.

The Perdix Shearwater AI (Air Integrated) dive computer has a large, easy-to-read screen that clearly displays the tank pressure, your gas time remaining and other essential dive data. The computer has an optional integrated transmitter that sends your cylinder pressure and time remaining to the Perdix. The Perdix can be used without

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Constant Mass Flow – KISS mCCR

The KISS CCR is an mCCR or manual CCR. That means it does not rely on a solenoid to detect and inject oxygen when the PPO2 drops. The KISS PPO2 is controlled by two events. The first is an orifice through which oxygen flows constantly at a set rate. The second is

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KISS Classic CCR – Syntactic Foam Test Results

In a previous copy of Dive New Zealand magazine, I told you that the first KISS Classic rebreather with a syntactic coated canister had arrived in New Zealand. I can now tell you how this innovation will save you money and extend your time underwater. At least three divers have already converted their KISS

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Simple is good, Complex is Dumb

I have known since my first days as a diver that people under stress are fighting panic and tend to make wrong choices. In an emergency, divers need a limited number of survival responses. The main danger with Scuba is no air. We need to get gas quickly, either from a buddy

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Learning to dive a Closed Circuit Rebreather

It was a very exciting day when I took possession of my first CCR. I had been diving scuba since 1972 and had a couple of thousand dives. With that background I hoped it would be easy. What a rude shock awaited me – so, let’s start at the beginning. When we learn to

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Wetsuit or Drysuit

Here is a first world dilemma. If you were going on the Waikato Drift Dive trip, would you take your wet suit or your dry suit? On one hand the Taupo temperature is predicted to be sunny and 13 degrees, it’s the end of winter and the river is colder than the

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