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Hi Matt. The Shearwater on my scooter stays there. I have one on each wrist, plus the one on the scooter itself. A little sickening to think about having $3000 in just dive computers alone. I originally just had a depth gauge on the scooter, but after just a couple of dives I decided it was more convenient and much safer to have a full blown computer on the scooter. I do some pretty spooky dives, so I hate to compromise on gear. Thanks for watching and dive safe!

@@missionscuba Ahhhhh, OK, got it! I had not even considered that you use multiple Shearwater computers (I run the Perdix 2 AI with just a cheapo Cressi as a backup). Obviously you rely on your wrist mounted units for your deco profile, that all fits now, thanks!

@@meltingfeather Hi friend. They were mounts that were sold by Dive-X a couple of years ago, but they have since discontinued them. Thanks for watching!

That was a surprise to see you two for sure! Good to meet you both! Hope to see you at the lake sometime. I won't be back on the boat until the weather cools off a bit towards the end of August, but I'll be shore diving for July & August. Dive safe!

Good to meet you two! I had the boat packed full of ladies and was parked over in Arizona Cove. I went down to Purgatory and then traveled NE towards the mouth of Black Canyon just to explore around. I saw you guys on the way back while I was at about 40ft depth. I wasn't expecting to see anyone because there weren't any other boats in Black Canyon when we got there. Did you see that cool log I was carrying across the front of my scooter when I passed by? lol. Dive safe guys!

Hello! This shore dive starts from anywhere along Boulder Beach at Lake Mead. You can pull your car right up to the water's edge and suit up right there. Park roughly at: 36.039901° , -114.780503° Aggregate pile 1 is roughly: 36.042483° , -114.776100° Dive safe and have fun!

The Mexico trip was amazing! I did my cave apprentice course with Natalie @ Under the Jungle and her passion and dedication to the training was incredible. We dove 6 straight days, and I was exhausted by the end of the trip. What a great experience! Thanks for watching!

I consider myself pretty lucky to have such a great place to dive so close to home! Dive safe!

Thank you! Wreck Alley out here in Lake Mead has all kinds of cool things to see. Thanks for watching, and dive safe!

Hello! These are the various RAM mounts I used to mount the compass and computer to my scooter: RAP-B-201U-A RAP-B-201U RAP-B-202U RAM-B-238U RAP-B-379U-252050 Dive safe!

I love my DUI suit. I have been diving this same suit for the cold months of the year since I bought it in 2010, and it's still in perfect condition, so I would say it has more than exceeded my expectations. It's extremely comfortable and not heavy at all. I have the Cordura up top, and a polyester trilaminate on the bottom. I added knee pads and pockets to the order when I got it. I don't recall it ever being stiff, so I would say it has not gotten more flexible with use. I am not as flexible as I am when I am diving wet, but part of that is because when I ordered this suit, I was 40lbs heavier, so it's a little baggie in the gut now, so if I ordered a new one, it would fit me even better. That being said, I wouldn't say it's restrictive by any means, and it certainly doesn't keep me from reaching things on my tail plate. Dive safe!

I purchased the light holders at Dive Gear Express. Dive safe!

I’ll keep my eyes open for it and give you a shout if it turns up! Thanks for watching. Dive safe!

Lol. Well that's disappointing! The "treasure" was the 100 year old historic U.S General Land Office survey marker I discovered by accident. It would have been placed on the Colorado river shoreline before they built Hoover Dam, and now it's under water permanently. I guess it was much cooler to see in person than it would be in a video. Thanks for watching, and dive safe!

Thanks for the correction, my friend. Dive safe!

Hi Jerome. It's a personal choice. Highly debatable of course, but it's a choice I personally make based on many, many factors, and close to two decades of technical diving. At 218ft, my PO2 is 1.6, and technically, I'm diving freshwater, so 1.6 puts me at 225ft, but again, it's a personal choice. Thanks for watching!

@@missionscuba fantastic answer. I am just starting into tech diving, I still try to stay shallow. I am a lake mead diver as well, thank you for the solid response. Make more videos.

I appreciate your honest response! I was expecting you to fire back about how unsafe it was/etc. The tech diving community is quick to judge, and opinions are plentiful, so I intentionally choose not to engage in the "conversations", because they are usually just not a conversation at all. Regardless, congrats on your desire to get into technical diving! You can find my email on my web page. Feel free to shoot me any questions you have. I'll be happy to answer whatever I can. Dive safe!

@@jsgaddis I second the make more videos part!

Hi Craig. Thanks for watching! I usually make it out about twice per month. I'm pretty much a loner and most often I dive solo. On top of that, I often don't know when I'm going to dive until the day before, so scheduling with other people is a challenge. What type of diving do you do? I'm always reachable through my website if you have any questions. Dive safe!

Hello! Are you talking about coming to visit Cody here in Las Vegas?

Better plan on NOT doing it in the winter 🥶🥶 Paint baller.

Ivan! Miss you buddy! Hope you're doing great! Come by and visit us sometime!!

Thanks for having me! Par for the course, it was a blast diving together!

We dive at the lake a few times a month, year round brother. The water level at Mead is supposed to come up 20 feet by September with the heavy snowpack in the upper Colorado basin. Yay for us! This doesn't affect our diving, but does affect the launch ramps, but we had a 6 foot extension made for our boat trailer that allows us to launch the boat even if the ramp is below a 6% grade. Thanks for watching, and dive safe!

That's a question each diver would have to ask themselves and make their own decision. I'm sure diving alone is not an option everyone would approve of, but for me, it's an acceptable risk. Thanks for watching, and dive safe!

Hi Ken. The water in Lake Mead is always clearest this time of year. Once it starts warming up, we get some sort of "bloom" that reduces visibility some, but typically if we're diving along the river path, the water is always clear. We'll see if the larger releases from Powell muck it up or not!

Sorry I missed you this weekend! I haven't been on the agg piles in a couple of months. They're so shallow right now! Did you shore dive or boat?

Hiya Cody. Let me know what days you're available and I'll see if I can ditch work and head to the lake. You can email me directly from my website at missionscuba.com

@@missionscuba Great, I'll shoot over an email!

Thank you for the tips! I'm sure this will save some shore divers some struggles. Thanks for watching and dive safe!

Hi Andrew. Glad you liked the video! I'd like to do an updated video now that I've been diving my Blacktip for a couple of years, but I don't think I'll ever get around to it. The good news is, I still love the scooter, and it's just been amazing to have. Regarding your question about diving doubles before you get the scooter - I would say that if you're already planning to switch to doubles or side mount, then do that first. I say that so you can master your buoyancy and the different diving techniques before you introduce the scooter. On that note - I would never recommend a scooter for a new tech diver. I would think you would want at least 50+ technical dives to really become comfortable before you started adding a scooter to the mix. If you're doing true deep technical dives, it's all too easy to get yourself into a pickle, and a scooter just adds to the trouble you could get yourself into. If you're considering doubles vs side mount: I dove my doubles for over 10 years before I switched to side mount, and the switch was mostly so that I could be a shade more self-sufficient considering I always dive alone. Hope that helps a bit. Thanks for watching and dive safe.

HI Peter. My only diving in Hawaii has been off the west coast of Maui.

@@missionscuba most of my diving was on the Big Island except the time my dive buddy invited me to Honolulu and got me on a dive boat he was working on. Took me out east of Waikiki and we did a 100 ft dive down to a WWII Corsair that crashed and sank out there. There are plenty of youtube videos of that dive. 2nd was a drift dive where we went thru lava tubes and came up about 1/2 mi from where we started. Great dives that day.

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Mahalo friend. Thank you for the message! I’m a private diver, and I make it out to the lake on average about twice a month. Dive charters come and go here in Las Vegas. Lake Mead is a national park, so to run a dive charter, it requires a fairly expensive permit from the National Park Service, a registered coast guard captain on the boat, and of course insurance, so this typically weeds out that casual diver from running a charter. Thanks for watching and dive safe!

@@missionscuba how cold is the water in the lake? Do you go in with just a wetsuit or use a drysuit instead?

The water temperature at the lake changes based on depth and time of year. It's in the low 50s top to bottom in the winter, and up in the 80s at the surface in the summer. It's always in low 50s down deep. You can see the monthly water temperatures @ www.missionscuba.com Take care.

Good question! I don't know for sure, but I would think weight wise, you would be fine with the 15ah batteries. Even with a compass, dive computer, two GoPros, two aluminum mounts, and two lights mounted to my scooter, I still have a considerable amount of pellet weight and both stainless steel weight plates loaded in the nosecone, and that's in freshwater. I often have something additional hooked to my scooter when I'm on a "special" dive, and even when my scooter is heavy or weighted funny, it still travels well, so my thoughts are the 15ah batteries wouldn't negatively affect anything. Thanks for watching, and dive safe!

@@missionscuba Thank you for your reply, that helps to know. 👌🏼🙂 Safe diving.

Hi Fred. Without question, this type of diving should ONLY be performed by someone with a technical diver rating, and then to expand on that even further, only by someone with technical training AND years of technical diving experience in this environment. Regarding the decompression obligation, here is the runtime I planned this dive with. Note that the decompression time was not even touching the 50% decompression gas I was carrying. This is deco on straight air. The number in parenthesis is the dive runtime. Dec to 150ft (3) Air Level @ 150ft 5:40 (9) Air Dec to 175ft (9) Air Level @ 175ft 1:27 (11) Air Asc to 100ft (14) Air Level @ 100ft 15:00 (29) Asc to 50ft (31) Air Stop at 50ft 0:48 (32) Air Stop at 40ft 2:00 (34) Air Stop at 30ft 5:00 (39) Air Stop at 20ft 26:00 (65) Surface (66) Thanks for watching! Dive safe.

Depending on someone’s biology, and resistance N2narcosis is very manageable. Trimix isn’t always needed. Sure it’s preferred at 140-170ish, but it’s not a hard fast rule. It’s all about depth and time. Helium is mega expensive these dayz.

Yes sir. Speed 4 in those videos. There's a possibility it was 3, but I'm usually cruising at 4, so it would not have been any higher than that. Thanks for watching! Dive safe.

Hi Caleb. I have my SPG facing forward for two reasons. 1) That's where the guys that I originally started side mount diving with had theirs mounted, and 2) I can see my pressure without having to use my hands. It's funny, or not so funny I guess, that now I'm questioning whether or not I need them dangling out in front of me that way I do. When I was back mount diving, which I did for more than 10 years, my deco bottles always had the SPG plumbed to the aft, and then bungeed so they were wrapped around the 1st stage and then faced forward so they were readable the same way my SPGs are now, but they weren't sticking out the way mine are now. I think I'll switch one of my tanks for my next dive and see how I like it. My thought is although it would be more streamlined and "proper" the way you're describing it, that might degrade my efficiency a bit, so I may stick with what I have. Or not! I'm going to mess around with it for sure. Thanks for watching and for the great tip! Dive safe.

@@missionscuba cool man. I’m sure it’s like everything else. 10 years lots of changes occur in this sport. I am still jealous of that water. I wish I had something better locally. I will say though the 2-3’ vis I have really helps you hone your compass, buoyancy, and buddy skills.

You're always welcome in Vegas. Look me up if you ever plan to be in the area. The water here is the clearest when it's coldest, which would be January through April. By mid summer it gets much murkier as the water gets into the high 70s and 80s, but it's always pretty good if we're diving out where there is the most "current". Dive safe.

Hello! Good question. I added the parts I use to the video description. I use a combination of most of these items, but once you take a look at them, you'll see how they generally work. Thanks for watching and dive safe.

Hello! I intentionally placed my compass as far from the motor as I could, and I have not noticed any compass interference. Thanks for watching and dive safe!

The Blue Moon has always been in this area and sunk due to an engine fire. The other wrecks were carried in by what we call "The currents". Dive safe!

It’s located in the Overton Arm of Lake Mead.

The B-29 is diveable by permit only, and it's been more than 10 years since I've been on that wreck. I don't know if I will ever be back to dive it again. We'll see who is awarded the guide license next. Thanks for watching and dive safe!