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I have done numerous trips on dive boats in Ventura and SB harbor. I recall that all of the dive boats had lighted exit signs in the bunk rooms. One boat has a three step side exit to a closed hatch, also well marked, but I never saw it used. The layout of these boats seemed safe to me, maybe...

Hey, I'm a California diver coming to Christchurch in Mid July as a part of a NASA science mission. Do you know if it would be possible to get some dives in that area? I can bring a lot of my gear or rent it if the water is not too cold. I have a 7mm wetsuit for California channel island...

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I know a little about navigation systems. A GPS nav. base on the boat that you would simply plug into a tiny Ring LASER gyro nav. held by the diver, set to input present position, and a set of way-points to your areas of interest. The 2 or 3 axis gyro would detect motion and acceleration and...

Two free like new Al80 's from a Florida friend that move to California and cannot stand cold water diving. Then I got a free bottle of mask anti fog for spending $1500 at my LDS.

That is so very sad. My sincere condolences to the family. I dive Anacapa on the Ventura boat fleet and may have met this woman. Very close to home. Such a loss.

Deepest dive was at Cayman Brac. Perfect water, 80 degrees at 110'. Did not seem deep until you look up. Most dives are 40-60 feet in salt water. Cayman had crystal clear water and beautiful reefs. Bright sunlight kept the colors visible at that depth. We were following the captain around as...

I always carried EMT shears and they worked well. Then on a dive near Anacapa island, my dive buddy spotted a lobster trap that was abandoned, old and nasty with dead eaten and other marine life. He pulled out a Rambo knife and disassembled that cage with the leverage of a 9 inch blade. I bought...

Jimmy71 A little History lesson Hawaii was captured by the USA in a politically motivated move initiated by Spreckles Sugar and Dole. With an army of Marines in the harbor, they forced the Queen to abdicate or witness the bloodbath. Some Hawaiians have not gotten over that. A lot of property...

FJpatrum "Jimmy, that's funny. I wasn't trying to be a jerk, though it may have come across that way." I agree with Jimmy. You succeeded at being a jerk, and I agree that you were not having to try very hard. With that attitude, you may want to delete the reference to the Hawaiian saying...

I believe it was a SUUNTO Gecko. The dive shop had many of them and they had not seen a problem like this before. My fault in many ways. Not convinced the computer was Ok, or that I had found a glitchy one, or that I had found a hole in the program. I spent the day off the boat by exploring...

WOW! First of all, the dive trip was almost a year ago. I incorrectly said that I had LOC on the first dive. That was wrong. It was during the end of the 2nd dive, also to 80 or 90 feet with the last 20+ minutes in 30'. I am a little foggy since I do not have the computer to download the...

The computer said I missed a stop. The dive shop dive master, has to believe the computer. The computer did not record my up and down safety stop as a stop, so it indicated "NO STOP" and then It indicated that I was in DECO.

Since theproblem I faced must have been experienced by other divers I wanted to post sodivers can learn from my problem. I am a SOCAL kelp diver. I wear a 7mm suit and my own gear. I had anexceptional opportunity to dive on one of the best reefs in the world. I won'tmention the island since I...

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I have stayed at :Three Palms On The Brac. Clean, new 4 bedroom. Modern appliances. reasonable rate. On private beach.

I got a nice fitting well made Xcell. Made in the USA. Hawaii to be exact, by little old Hawaiian ladies. The company used to be called Victory Wetsuits. My first Surfing wet suit was a Victory and it lasted for years and years. My new one is 4 years old now and has only had one internal...

One more thing, as we beat this dead horse. There is a difference between a Technician and a "Hack" mechanic. If you think your wrist is calibrated then you are a hack. If you keep your precision tools calibrated and use them IAW the technical manuals, there is no question about assembly...

Tortuga 68 Yeah a coin slot screw can be opened with a coin. (Quarter usually) But there is a tool that is designed to keep your digits from being abused. It is not set up for some monkey with any old screwdriver.

It has been mentioned in this string, some techs can not be trusted to even use the correct tool. My poor computer had a visit to the dive shop for a problem and the eventual outcome was, they only changed the battery. (Which I had already changed). The shop tech busted the slot out by using...