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Tim: I am a BHB scuba board "lurker", frequently reading but never posting. I consider myself a bridge "troll" though. I am from Oklahoma but get to the BHB for about 10 - 15 dives per year over the past 4 years or so. I have continually admired your photos and ability to find unusual critters...

I am going on the Socorros trip on the Rocio Del Mar next month. I am still looking at which hotel to stay in the night before the Rocio leaves. We will want something close to the marina and fairly nice. I have tried to make reservations with the El Encanto Inn which was suggested by the Rocio...

My family spent a week and did extensive diving with Cape Eleuthera in southern Eleuthera and found this to be an outstanding dive trip. We researched Eleuthera and found very little about diving on south Eleuthera but after spending a week there would highly recommend it for divers who are not...

Gabriel had an alligator puppet that he scared me half to death with. Laughed so hard I kept flooding my mask! By the way, he has to be one of the best spotters for seahorses and splendid toadfish!

We are heading to Coz for spring break and going to dive with Gabriel. We dove with him a couple of times while he was with Deep Blue and once he rented a private boat for us on our own. Of all of the dive masters we have used around the world, Gabriel is our favorite. He loves diving and...

I can't tell you how jealous I am of you!! I HATE small planes but loved the ride to Saba on Winair. We had no troubles, even with traveling with 7 people and 3 full sets of dive and photography gear. Eat at the Swinging Door. Great barbeque--- which says a lot, coming from an Oklahoman...

I too was looking for info about the Bella. I have a ladyhawk and love diving with it but HATE being on the surface in it. It definitely is a struggle not to flop face forward in it. If you ever lost consciousness at the surface they would find you but floating face down...... not good. The...

I just ordered the Vertex 300. I like the CompuTrek but I don't know if both sets of my camera gear will fit so I opted for the larger bag. Thanks for all of your input! I'll post a follow up and a picture when it arrives!

We have dove in Key Largo with Quiessence and Scuba Do and with Tilden's in Marathon. Both run smaller boats-- we love six packs and vowed never to go on another cattle boat. I would recommend any of the three dive ops. I have never seen an all inclusive offered there and have never seen...

I have NEVER seen anyone on a dive boat going commando under their wetsuit. (not that I have done any kind of actual check) Granted, I have done the majority of my diving in the Carribean where it is too hot to stay in your wetsuit between dives. I have never noticed anyone wearing anything...

Another option is the non rechargable crv3s. We usually do 4 dives a day and have never run out of juice. They are more expensive but cheaper than buying a new camera if yours floods! :) We use them for 4 dives and then look at photos hooked to the tv in the hotel. After I take out the used...

We have a pelican too. In fact, we took the internal dividers out and put them in a rolling carry on and it works pretty well. It is just that pulling a gear bag and a clothing bag fills both hands so I don't want to have to pull a third bag. Any idea which Lowepro bags are of the appoved...

As airlines are getting more and more picky about carry on size/weight we are looking for a solution to carrying on our camera gear. We need room to carry 2 strobes, 2 sets of ultralight arms, 2 cameras, 2 olympus housings, wide angle lens and all of the little batteries/chargers that go along...

There are usually some refurbs on ebay. I also heard that Cathy Church (in the Caymans) had a lead on a bunch of refurbs. I would rather buy a refurb than someone's used one that hasn't been checked out.

I know intermittent problems are the hardest to "fix" but was hoping that if someone has had the same issue with their camera system, they could offer some advice. We currently have 2 SP-350 cameras each with a PT 030 Olympus housing. On our recent trip to Coz, I dove with one camera while my...

Rays are not mammals, therefore they do not "breathe" through their mouths. This would not have helped.

I hope so too. It was interesting that the eagle ray's two "hitch-hikers" aka remoras came aboard as well. One they were able to release but they didn't notice the other one under the bench until it had already died. By the way, thanks Deepstops for uploading one of the pictures. Some day my...

The weight actually came from the guys actually weighing it at the dock- not just an estimation. It was incredibly difficult to sit there while it died. By the time we got back on the boat it was already still and unresponsive. Having 3 kids and a very strong maternal instinct, it was so hard...

Look on my gallery. There are 4 of them there!!!!

OK. I still can't figure out how to upload the pictures from my disk but I did manage to upload four images to my "gallery". One other note... There are really 2 major theories about why a creature this large would jump into a boat. The first one Jane mentioned, that it was trying to catch...