Just in the deeps

Diving, oceans, science, exploration

Travel

What's better than traveling? Taking too much equipment!

Most peoples’ idea of a good vacation is to take a break from our challenging lives, wake up somewhere relaxing, go easy on ourselves, and re-energize from how simple and …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Sun, Jun 16, 2024

Safety

Have you thought about your risks lately?

Humans can breathe only a few things safely. One of those things is clean atmospheric air between sea level and ~4000 metres. Another one is oxygen, at a partial pressure between …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Wed, Jun 12, 2024

Using oxygen as an 'inert gas' (aka NITROX)

and its relation to 'Martini's Law'

Compressed air with higher proportions of oxygen (aka NITROX, EAN) is commonly used in recreational and repetitive diving, due to reduced bodily absorption of nitrogen, which …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Wed, May 29, 2024

Slacks widget

Visualizing slack times for quick reference

I created a web widget to conveniently display upcoming slack times, according to the NOAA current predictions. XML info is queried for specific sites and dates using the NOAA …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Tue, May 28, 2024

The metric system (for diving)

Let's make this simpler! 👍

The USA has the curious distinction of being effectively the only nation in the world that has declined to move on from the old English imperial system of measures. Many divers in …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Tue, May 28, 2024

Keystone Opening May

Our favorite go-to oasis of protected local biodiversity

Some of the best marine ecosystems to explore from a public access state park are located on Whidbey Island, the easiest and largest of the islands exposed to direct tidal flows …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Sun, May 19, 2024

DIY Gas Calculator

Out of interest in the properties of mixed gases, I made this homebaked gas calculation tool, written completely in Google Sheets from basic mathematical formulae. This is actually …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Sun, May 19, 2024

New Website

'When social media has gone too far'

Welcome to my new website, where I will be posting about interesting topics in the realm of diving, oceans, equipment, techniques, science, as well as hosting some resources and …

Posted by @justinthedeeps on Sun, May 19, 2024

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