Oh man..... How I miss you!!! I have been a little off from the internet and RUclips last year, but I was getting my certification for commercial diver!! You help me a lot!! I’m so thankful for all of your tips and thoughts!! You don’t have any idea of how much I love you!! You simplified the dive equipment when I was just a dive passionate guy and don’t even went near from ocean!! So thank you!! I really carry you in my heart!!
Excellent video, yet again, Alec. Your channel has been the perfect compliment through my underwater adventures and soon to be career! As my knowledge and certifications grow, there always seems to be a video of yours to grow with me and keep my interest piqued. Thanks for passing such greatly appreciated information to those in the diving community. If you're ever in Key West, my gear is always standing by.
I love Key West. My wife and I go there almost every year. I usually dive with Lost Reef. I like the old guy there and the shop's been around forever. Plus they have that great fish place at the far side of the parking lot - looks like a dump but it's fun and good food. Take care., Alec
Thanks for the tip Alec! This literally just happened to me after being out of the water for 1.5 months. I was so worried my reg got damaged on the plane ride. Another small topic suggestion: I just bought my first brand new wetsuit and I needed only 2lbs less in a 5mm than with my 7mm and hooded vest - hopefully this will resolve itself with more diving. It would be awesome to have a video on how certain things like new wetsuits, different tanks, different types of BCDs impact how much weight you need.
Laura Allen . Hi Laura. I can help you a bit with that. As you already implied, the wet suit weighting will change over time as you use your wetsuit more and it gets compressed more at depth. Tanks, you can look up on line what their weight is (meaningless), bouyance weight full and empty ( very useful). A typical aluminum 80 ft3 is 4 lbs more buoyant empty than full. My weight fluctuates from 200lb to 240 lb. i have wet suits, dry suit, sidemount, back mount, rebreather, etc. i make it a habit with all this to RECORD in my summary logs what weight seems ideal for each gear setup i have and for each wet suite. Plus my current fatness weight. Also salt vs fresh water. It is a bit tedious but nothing is more frustrating than having the wrong weight on in your first dive off the live aboard boat. My notes save this aggravation. Trim can also be affected. I have different fins i use at times. Some are heavy, some are neutral and some are buoyant. You have no way of knowing by looking at them. Hopefully a knowledgable sales agent can tell you.
Ted is quite right. A new wetsuit is more buoyant than an old one. Once you have a dozen or so dives on it, you'll find you can probably take a few pounds off your weight belt with the 5mm. There are many, many factors that determine the proper weight and those factors can change from dive to dive. I'll work on a video for that. Take care. Alec
Alec, great video. I like all your vids. We all know you love Seahunt--Are you a fan of Jacques Cousteau as well ? When I was a kid in the late 60's, I didn't get to see much Seahunt, But Jacques was on every Sunday, so that was my introduction to diving. I wanted a Calypso of my own. Cheers
Jacques did a lot to show the underwater world with this TV and movies. Only he never got the girl like Mike Nelson did in Sea Hunt! Thanks for sharing Paul. Alec.
Totally depends on you. Keep it and put a small dive computer or SPG on for backup or remove and plug it. Think about your style of diving. If you had a computer failure, do you end the dive, or go to your backup/SPG and continue? Some divers are shallow and local so ending is not a concern. Some travelled half way around the world and don't want to end a dive they dreamed about. A
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Thank you so much ! I've following your Tech tips for a while. You have been very helpful! I've been learning a new thing every time I see your videos. Keep on line !!!! !!!
Hey, Alec, I'm having an issue underwater where my exhaust is coming up right in front of my mask and obscuring vision. It's probably a common issue for divers (laws of physics being what they are) but I was wondering if you had any tips to try and minimize that?
Happens all the time. First are you facing down fully? If your face/body trim is somewhat vertical, the exhaust will go straight up your mask. If facing down turn your head slightly to one side while finning. This lets bubbles go up towards your ears not eyes. Hope this helps Brad.
Hi Alec I’m hoping you can help! I live in South Florida and I beach dive with a group of friends three-ish times a week. The weather has kept us from diving for the last few weeks and I think my gills are drying out! Please advise!!! Thx!! ;-))
OK DH. I've had that problem. Here's how I solved it: 1. put a Sea Hunt video on the TV 2. place a large towel on the floor under your feet. 2. put your mask in place over your face 4. get a friend or family member to slowly spray water onto your head and into your face as you watch the video. 5. don't forget to equalize. Good luck. Alec
Alec - I just followed your instructions to point! It’s not as good as actual diving but it worked! Even better news: we have a dive planned for tomorrow morning at 9 AM! Thanks again for your quick thoughtful/antidote response! 🐠
Not really. If left for any lengthy period, any treatment will dry out. Rubber will definitely stick; silicon not so much. A slight smear of silicon grease on the exhaust port seat where the seal sits is probably the best. This is not a big p[roblem. It just happens occasionally so I thought I'd address it. Take care. Alec
caetano coutinho. Hi caetano, maybe i can answer. I took equipment course about this stuff. Your first stage generally has a thin diaphragm membrane that is under constant pressure whether you use your gear or not. It will therefore wear. All o rings are rubber and they will decay with time too. This is why the courses say get them serviced yearly. I admit that i only service my stuff before a big expensive trip. But sating that, i alway have a bailout bottle or dive sidemount so i have redundancy ( i use 2 computers ). So you are likely safe but it is not recommended. I cannot speak for Alec who is the true expert, but my gut feeling is he will agree.
Ted is quite right. There are parts that deteriorate even if not being used. The newest regs use a lot more synthetic materials rather than rubber so it's becoming less of a problem. If you use your regs a lot, every year and maybe every month on average, an annual service is highly recommended. You don't seem to use your very much so perhaps service them just before you go diving as Ted says. Take care. Alec
Maybe in a pool or very shallow water. There's no harm in practicing though. In fact, practice is the only way you know for sure how to react to a problem. Take care. Alec
Oh man..... How I miss you!!! I have been a little off from the internet and RUclips last year, but I was getting my certification for commercial diver!!
You help me a lot!! I’m so thankful for all of your tips and thoughts!! You don’t have any idea of how much I love you!!
You simplified the dive equipment when I was just a dive passionate guy and don’t even went near from ocean!!
So thank you!! I really carry you in my heart!!
Wow! Thanks very much Waggoner.
I'm glad to have been of some help to you.
Take care.
Alec
Hi Alec, yes this happened to me on long island. Be Well
It happens to lots of divers, however the majority think only a dive shop can fix it and abort a dive.
Thanks for watching Mark.
Alec
Cheers mate-sorted out,no problem!😀👍
👍
A
Excellent video, yet again, Alec. Your channel has been the perfect compliment through my underwater adventures and soon to be career! As my knowledge and certifications grow, there always seems to be a video of yours to grow with me and keep my interest piqued. Thanks for passing such greatly appreciated information to those in the diving community. If you're ever in Key West, my gear is always standing by.
I love Key West. My wife and I go there almost every year.
I usually dive with Lost Reef. I like the old guy there and the shop's been around forever.
Plus they have that great fish place at the far side of the parking lot - looks like a dump but it's fun and good food.
Take care.,
Alec
Very useful info. Great tip at the end.
Loving your channel over here on the Atlantic coast of Ireland.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching and the compliment Brendan.
Alec
Thanks for the tip Alec! This literally just happened to me after being out of the water for 1.5 months. I was so worried my reg got damaged on the plane ride.
Another small topic suggestion: I just bought my first brand new wetsuit and I needed only 2lbs less in a 5mm than with my 7mm and hooded vest - hopefully this will resolve itself with more diving. It would be awesome to have a video on how certain things like new wetsuits, different tanks, different types of BCDs impact how much weight you need.
Laura Allen . Hi Laura. I can help you a bit with that. As you already implied, the wet suit weighting will change over time as you use your wetsuit more and it gets compressed more at depth. Tanks, you can look up on line what their weight is (meaningless), bouyance weight full and empty ( very useful). A typical aluminum 80 ft3 is 4 lbs more buoyant empty than full. My weight fluctuates from 200lb to 240 lb. i have wet suits, dry suit, sidemount, back mount, rebreather, etc. i make it a habit with all this to RECORD in my summary logs what weight seems ideal for each gear setup i have and for each wet suite. Plus my current fatness weight. Also salt vs fresh water. It is a bit tedious but nothing is more frustrating than having the wrong weight on in your first dive off the live aboard boat. My notes save this aggravation. Trim can also be affected. I have different fins i use at times. Some are heavy, some are neutral and some are buoyant. You have no way of knowing by looking at them. Hopefully a knowledgable sales agent can tell you.
Ted is quite right. A new wetsuit is more buoyant than an old one. Once you have a dozen or so dives on it, you'll find you can probably take a few pounds off your weight belt with the 5mm.
There are many, many factors that determine the proper weight and those factors can change from dive to dive.
I'll work on a video for that.
Take care.
Alec
That intro beat 👌🏻
Kevin's idea. I like it too.
Take care.
Alec
Can you make a video or series of videos explaining diver etiquette? As in what the do’s and don’t of diving and being around a group of divers.
Sure Nick.
I'll work on that.
Most of it is common courtesy but there are some things special to scuba.
Take care.
Alec
Another useful tec tip! Thanks! I’m still waiting on the full face mask video. 😊
Thanks for watching. My request list is 3x longer than the total videos we shoot in a year. It's on there so keep watching.
Alec.
Alec, great video. I like all your vids. We all know you love Seahunt--Are you a fan of Jacques Cousteau as well ? When I was a kid in the late 60's, I didn't get to see much Seahunt, But Jacques was on every Sunday, so that was my introduction to diving. I wanted a Calypso of my own. Cheers
Jacques did a lot to show the underwater world with this TV and movies. Only he never got the girl like Mike Nelson did in Sea Hunt!
Thanks for sharing Paul.
Alec.
You are a smart fella . I like getting the girl. Keep up the great vids. Diver Down !
Might be a silly question: If a have an Air integrated dive computer with a transmitter, do I still need the pressure gauge hose ??
Totally depends on you. Keep it and put a small dive computer or SPG on for backup or remove and plug it. Think about your style of diving. If you had a computer failure, do you end the dive, or go to your backup/SPG and continue? Some divers are shallow and local so ending is not a concern. Some travelled half way around the world and don't want to end a dive they dreamed about.
A
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Thank you so much ! I've following your Tech tips for a while. You have been very helpful! I've been learning a new thing every time I see your videos. Keep on line !!!! !!!
Hey, Alec, I'm having an issue underwater where my exhaust is coming up right in front of my mask and obscuring vision. It's probably a common issue for divers (laws of physics being what they are) but I was wondering if you had any tips to try and minimize that?
Happens all the time. First are you facing down fully? If your face/body trim is somewhat vertical, the exhaust will go straight up your mask. If facing down turn your head slightly to one side while finning. This lets bubbles go up towards your ears not eyes. Hope this helps Brad.
Hi Alec I’m hoping you can help! I live in South Florida and I beach dive with a group of friends three-ish times a week. The weather has kept us from diving for the last few weeks and I think my gills are drying out! Please advise!!! Thx!! ;-))
OK DH. I've had that problem. Here's how I solved it:
1. put a Sea Hunt video on the TV
2. place a large towel on the floor under your feet.
2. put your mask in place over your face
4. get a friend or family member to slowly spray water onto your head and into your face as you watch the video.
5. don't forget to equalize.
Good luck.
Alec
Alec - I just followed your instructions to point! It’s not as good as actual diving but it worked! Even better news: we have a dive planned for tomorrow morning at 9 AM! Thanks again for your quick thoughtful/antidote response! 🐠
Isn't there a seal treatment to reduce or eliminate that from happening?
Not really. If left for any lengthy period, any treatment will dry out.
Rubber will definitely stick; silicon not so much.
A slight smear of silicon grease on the exhaust port seat where the seal sits is probably the best.
This is not a big p[roblem. It just happens occasionally so I thought I'd address it.
Take care.
Alec
Another excellent video Alec! Can I have one of those T-shirts? Large please.
You would have to contact Aquasub to buy their t-shirts but if nearby, drop in.
Thanks for watching.
Alec
Oh, I thought it was one of your personal designs and wanted to support you. Thanks!
Hi Wt if I bought regulators n didn't use for 3 years ivmean New one do I need to service them
caetano coutinho. Hi caetano, maybe i can answer. I took equipment course about this stuff. Your first stage generally has a thin diaphragm membrane that is under constant pressure whether you use your gear or not. It will therefore wear. All o rings are rubber and they will decay with time too. This is why the courses say get them serviced yearly. I admit that i only service my stuff before a big expensive trip. But sating that, i alway have a bailout bottle or dive sidemount so i have redundancy ( i use 2 computers ). So you are likely safe but it is not recommended. I cannot speak for Alec who is the true expert, but my gut feeling is he will agree.
@@tedreitsma478 Thanks buddy .so better I buy Wn I am going for diving immediate.
@@tedreitsma478 Thanks buddy .so better I buy Wn I am going for diving immediate.
Ted is quite right. There are parts that deteriorate even if not being used.
The newest regs use a lot more synthetic materials rather than rubber so it's becoming less of a problem.
If you use your regs a lot, every year and maybe every month on average, an annual service is highly recommended.
You don't seem to use your very much so perhaps service them just before you go diving as Ted says.
Take care.
Alec
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter great Alice its useful information for all ur viewers too
I almost want my valve to stick so I can demonstrate my proficiency !!
Maybe in a pool or very shallow water. There's no harm in practicing though. In fact, practice is the only way you know for sure how to react to a problem.
Take care.
Alec