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    Devils Den

    Devils Den is a unique one time dive. After that go across the road to Blue Grotto. Deeper and a lot more interesting.
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    Check out Nautlilus Live

    Yes, they show some amazing critters. Interesting watch.
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    Dive Fatality in Upper Keys, Florida

    Probably a medical issue.
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    diver with a beard

    Been diving a beard for 35 years. No issues here. You might need to clear your mask a few times more than without a beard but really it becomes automatic. Get your face wet, stay wet and you'll be fine. Never used Vaseline, never had to.
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    FNG from Central Florida

    Lots to dive in Florida. I'm mostly Springs and Cave now, but used to do a lot out of Rivera Beach. Have fun.
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    Comment by 'metaldector' in media '756B017F-1592-41DC-9CE1-2D0166EB51A5'

    My dog will eat anything and everything too. I hang all of my equipment so he isn't tempted. The greyhound is getting to be an expensive dog!
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    Mildly regretting a dive?

    Early on in cave diving I dove with an experienced caver whom I'd never been with before. He led and I followed. He made several jumps without a line and took me on a circular route (which I did not know about) until I was getting down to calling the diver due to gas consumption, my anxiety...
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    Gator kills swimmer at Blue Spring, Orange City, Florida

    Went to Blue Spring early this morning to dive. While checking in several police and emergence cars entered the park. When we parked a large fire engine was blocking the walk way to the park. Thought better to find out what had happened before suiting up. Very few people in the park and...
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    OK, Can I brag--Just a Little?

    I'm 67 and sold my doubles a few years back. I bought two 85's and side mount now. Not so hard on my back anymore. As for turtle-ing in doubles, I did that once. I was at Telford, a cave in northern Florida (at night) and went turtle in about 5' feet of water. I could look up at the stars...
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    Finding instructor for Adv Nitrox/Deco Procedures

    Come to Orlando, FL, and train with Dayo Scuba. Ask anyone in the area what the best technical instructors are and most will point to Dayo. Google them for phone and address.
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    Spanish Shipwrecks Presentations

    I was a subcontractor with Taffy on the 1715 wrecks for years. Tough diving in surge and low to no viz. We spent a lot of time on the cabin wreck, and found only a few really good things. Always fun to talk about the treasure coast!
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    Just got my first metal detector

    You can treasure hunt on the beach down to the low tide line. You will need a permit to take the machine in the water. All of the good areas are leased to long time treasure hunters like the Fishers. I hunted underwater for 15 years at Sebastian Inlet. We were sub-contractors with Mel...
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    Hearing Loss

    I've noticed a loss over the years and recently more than previously. I had a hearing test last January and it confirmed quite a bit has gone. The TV is loud and the wife and kid whisper (at least I think they do) around me. I'm getting pretty bad, "Honey, have you seen the car keys?" "Yes...
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    West Palm Beach, Florida

    Very, very nice. Keep shooting and posting.
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    Old timers diving

    Never thought of myself as a Geezer but at 65 I guess I am. Anyway, next week I'll have a stress test and the day after that go diving if all is okay. I have had a layoff for 5 months having had bypass surgery and I'm most anxious to get back in the water. Time is a wasting.
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    Old Divers

    Yeah, I'm an old diver. Been diving for 30+ years, and I'm 65 next month. Now it is interesting to me that when diving in the Ocean with younger divers I'm usually the last man back and have the most gas reserve, best SAC rate, less tired. Why because experience counts for something! When...
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    TX3 and Alaska Undergarment

    Dive dive the TX3 in the winter with a Baer 100 or nothing at all. The TX3 keeps me quite warm, but the sleeve seals leak a lot of water, that said, all dry suits that I have owned or have dived leak on my sinewy wrist, the the TX3 is no different. Feels like a wet suit instead of a dry suit...
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    Sea Soft TX3 pros, cons

    My TX3 is a comfortable dry-suit but it allows a lot of water up the arms and I have a wet spot in the crotch. I sent it back to SeaSoft and they declared it fixed but the wet spot in the crotch remains. As far as the arms go not one dry suit I've ever owned kept my arms dry. So the SeaSoft...
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    Diving Convict Springs

    Yeah that's a tight little cave system. I dove it in March '10 as a solo dive. It was silty and the line was in poor shape. It was relined mid 2010. I only got back to the second dome before turning into the silty mess I made behind me. Very shallow dive so I had lots of gas to use as I slowly...
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