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Certified in 1991, 600+ dives, member of AARP for a few years. Just booked a dive for Curacao next month. :)

Fellow divers- Thanks so much for all the helpful replies! I have booked our group with VIP divers, and we're going to have our very own 'dive butler' taking care of us. It's going to be a bit spendy ($149 each + $10 marine park), but will be worth it to have all the knees come back intact...

Hi folks- We are visiting Bonaire on a cruise ship at the beginning of next month, and I am looking for a pair of shore dives for my group of 4. We're all experienced middle-aged divers, but have knee issues, so we need to do shore dives. I'm trying to find a place that has good stairs with a...

GO FOR IT ladies! I'm with you on the plus side - I'm 46, 5'6", 260 lbs or so, and a typically wear a size 3X ladies, with plenty of 'girls'. Last winter, I FINALLY decided it was time for a new wetsuit. A co-worker and I were looking through some old pictures, and I realized that the suit...

Hi folks- I have a 770SW, and would love to be able to download my camera on trips, rather than trying to keep up with multiple X-D cards (and I don't have or want a laptop or a fancy cell phone). DH's mp3 player is about to die... so I was wondering if one gadget could possibly take care...

I have tried several types of BC's over my years of diving, and I keep going back to the jacket-style. Maybe because that's I just have not found the right back-mount yet. ;) Anyways, I am curently diving with a Dacor Talon in mens XL. I'm 5'6", 250 lbs, and have plenty of chest. The...

I use my Diva exclusively (except for the aforementioned surprise). This month, I was on the road, and did not get a chance to empty my Diva on my bad day due to incredibly nasty restrooms everywhere we went. I should have emptied it at least twice, so it was pretty much full by the...

Diva Cups are on special at Drugstore.com - $32.49, and a free Diva Wash with purchase if you click through to the main display (until December 23rd). Buy The DivaCup Model 2 Online at drugstore.com After the debacle last month - I wanted an extra to have in my office in case I get...

Probably the most common terrestrial isopod is the sowbug, or 'roly poly'. Here are links to some awesome photos of various forms. Isopod gallery Isopods, Copepods, Barnacles, Amphipods, Sea Spiders, Horseshoe Crabs (Crustaceans) Starfish Photos ...and for the sci-fi fans like...

Over the years I have worked in water and been diving, I have spent many, many days stuck in my wetsuit until I could reach a shower to strip down and clean up. The best tampon I ever found for serious water use was OB silk-glide, as the wrapping allowed for 'higher' installation, and it did...

We decided that we would buy ourselves new regs as an early X-mas present... is there any news on the release of the Omega III? Thanks so much for your help! Wendy

DH absolutely loves his Probe! He's a very large man - 6'5", 290 lbs, and finding a BC that fit comfortably proved to be a very difficult exercise. He started with a jacket style, then went to a back-mount, and wanted to go back to the jacket after a few years. I have to agree that it's a...

Doug- Sorry to ask again, but has there been any update of when the new Omega IIIs might be coming out? We have a cruise/dive trip scheduled for the end of February 2009, and it would be a really nice surprise for my hubby to get a brand new regulator. Wendy

Darrell- Sorry I have taken so long to answer, but I seem to have a problem finding things on this board, and just found the link to this thread while cleaning out my E-mail. Let me explain our diving preference a bit, and maybe that will help. We have been on everything from cattle boats...

I have had one response for a cruise dive with Indigo Divers - anyone else? Thanks for your help! Wendy cruise website Grand Princess Feb 27, 2009 | Caribbean Collection

Are you doing the Grand Princess? If so, we are heading out on Feb 27th, and planning on doing some diving. The reason we booked this trip is to go diving with Mark & Suzy at the The Dive Bus. The Dive Bus - HOME If you search their website for 'serial cruisers' we will pop up. Beware...

We try to get down to the south end once each year, and we always go diving with Suzy & Mark at The Dive Bus, The Dive Bus - HOME and Clive at Dive Aruba. Dive Aruba - Scuba Classes, Dive Trips and Equipment Rentals Beware of Suzy and her camera... she takes blackmail pictures & posts them on...

We are looking for a 2-tank dive off the Grand Princess in March 09 for 4 divers - two old hands and 2 newer folks, preferably not through the ship. I'm finding two operations - Dive St. Vincent, and Indigo Divers. There is a review of Dive St. Vincent from a couple of years ago on this...

There are a lot of folks that either swear by or at them. My experience with Stuart's Cove through RCCL was typical of a cattle boat operation. Wendy and Keith's place | However, I have a co-worker that went over on a land trip, and had some wonderful dives with Stuart's Cove... when...

DH and I have a pair of old Omegas, and we love them. Mine was bought in 1991. The only replacement is an orange Omega 2nd I picked up at a leftovers sale for $99 (the original Alpha octo went in the trash a few years ago). DH bought his in 1993. The 1st stage & octo went in the...