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Yup. <looks at map> "Oh, I'll just drive from Melbourne to Sydney today, no worries." Yeah, right.

Thanks, yes, I mean all of southern Australia. Melbourne is now on the list. :coffee:

@diver257a, thanks for the thoughtful post! Seems like there's pros and cons to the various seasons. If you were me, trying to pick a time of year to go, what months do you think would offer the best combination of visibility, good conditions, and wildlife? Gah. Okay, unless I hear people...

Hi All, I'm a cold water diver living in the US Pacific Northwest. Every year I try to get out diving someplace different, preferably remote (for me) and not overly touristy. Southern Australia (east and west), and perhaps Tasmania are near the top of my list for next year. The trip is still...

Oh yes please. With a helmet. Welp, one day of planned diving has now expanded into at least two days, more if I can find someone with a boat to take us to the West Thumb Basin.

Beauty! Thank you so much. I was close. :cool:

Well hey, here's a better map of the spire field from Morgan et al., 2003, with rough coordinates: Base of the spires is in about 15m (50 ft) of water: So they're roughly 0.22 nmi (400 m / 440 yds) on a heading of 70 degrees, more or less, from about the middle part of Bikini Beach Drive. I'd...

Very nice! Got a map showing the locations of the dive sites?

BUMP! Still interested. I've narrowed it down to at least two dives, one at the Spires in Bridge Bay in Yellowstone Lake, and another in the bubble fields at either Mary Bay or nearby Steamboat Point. A possible third option is the vents at West Thumb, but I'm still researching about how to do...

It's definitely in the middle of nowhere! But it's an interesting place. Everybody knows everybody, of course, and they all wave as you're driving around. By the end of the week I felt at home and quite welcomed. The flights are the expensive part. If you're frugal you can live there kinda...

I was with Dive St. Helena. Highly recommended, safe, fun and helpful. DM Craig sought the best dive sites depending on the conditions and looked for opportunities to take us to some very unusual spots. Probably down to 75F, which doesn't sound like much but it was sharp edged and chilly. This...

Is St. Helena ("Hel-een-ah") in Africa? Um, I don't thinks so, but that's how you get there. Flights leave once each week from Johannesburg, South Africa, bounce through Namibia for a refueling stop, and arrive on a Saturday afternoon. The island is beautiful, only lightly touristed, extremely...

That's what the Navy says, not me. Presumably they did empirical testing too, not luck.

On further consideration, this seems like a better approach. Rather than spoofing the altitude, keep everything the same but have the computer present time-to-ascend for various altitudes and flying, in both the planning and post-dive screens. That way you can either plan ahead or know the...

Naturally there will be subclinical bubbles no matter what you do; the intent is to reduce the subclinical bubbles (at sea level or thereabouts) so that when you ascend to altitude any additional bubbles don't exceed what you would get had the dive actually been at altitude, i.e., no additional...

Interesting thought. Can you provide the logic behind that, or a reference (e.g., DAN article)? If we assume that the altitude-adjusted NDL should keep us safe when ascending from a dive while at altitude, how is that different from surfacing at a lower altitude and then slowly ascending to a...

I see the altitude setting on my Peregrine is permanently set to Auto. On several occasions I've needed to drive over a pass or go to a higher altitude after a dive. Were I using tables, I would simply plan the dives as if I was already at the altitude. Similarly, I would like the ability to...

Wow, sorry to poke the sea snake with a stick! Didn't realize this was such a touchy topic. I honestly don't know what anyone's problem would be with a scooter.

Hm. Well they should make that clearer (says the guy who innocently went around the entire park with his scooter and had a great time). City of Edmonds has no regulations against it...

Wait what? No scooters at Edmonds? Or am I misunderstanding.