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Thanks for such a complete report! I'm off to Tortola in just one more week...finally!...just to dive by myself for the week. Spent a week in St Vincent last March, Saba this summer, can't wait to see the Rhone.

When we went diving recently in FLA my kids and I were almost the entire charter (a six-pack out of Lauderdale). The captain/DM/owner was one-in-the-same person. Dive briefings were just that: brief. We were brought to several sites over the weekend that we dove, given the lay of the land, and...

I was just in Bonaire in October (stayed at Plaza Resort Bonaire). Did mostly boat dives, >50% on Klein Bonaire, the rest at sites more easily accessible from the boat than from shore, and had a great time. Didn't have to worry about leaving my shorts, shirts and sunglasses or extra dive...

Hey Knives, This doesn't take the place of your physician's medical advice but... The Transderm Scop patch is pretty effective for minimizing seasickness, if it's applied at least 6-12 hours before you're exposed to the stimulus. It doesn't work well after the fact. You have to be REAL...

Hi Folks! With the depth of travel experience on this board, please give me your opinion(s) about the dive operators in Tortola, BVI. We're looking to travel there next summer and need to choose an operator who is reliable, safe, fun, and not running cattle boats. Five of us traveling...

I've heard that some unscrupulous divers, after cleaning out their pumpkins, slip a lead weight or two into the beast before performing their carving ritual underwater. This sounds devious and clever....and apparently works quite well!

The numbers tell you when you received your certification, i.e. the first four numbers are the month and year in which you received the certification from PADI. The rest of the numbers are specific to that single file. This is for recreational certifications. Professional designations all...

I have the Atmos 2, console mounted, but looked at both. The Atmos has a clear, easy to read display. If you're using nitrox you have to remember to reset the FIO2 before subsequent dives or else it defaults to 50% (not that I've done that...too many times:huh: ). User changeable batteries...

Does anyone on the board have any experience with "In-Depth" online scuba magazine? Their website {<www.in-depth.net } is password protected...until you pay for a year's subscription. just curious

Price for the DM course locally was US$375 this year, plus the DM manual, encyclopedia, workbook. Airfills during the course were included as well as for the OW dives, mapping exercise, CW sessions. It was a bargain considering how many hours we (4 DM candidates) spent in classroom, pool...

We dove with Red Sail in summer of 2002, picked us up right from the cruise ship and headed toward the first of the two dives. 21 divers, 3 DMs, 3 groups in the water at both sites. Felt that the operation was handled well, cleanly, but did feel that our time was limited (ie, everyone back on...

As promised, I am at the DAN conference in NC and have asked about this issue to the experts. All are in agreement that there does not appear to be a medical issue with children diving, from a physical or physiological point of view. There are NO DATA showing an increased incidence of injury...

Answers to a couple of your questions from an anesthesiologist: [1] An epidural is an anesthetic technique where medication is injected in the area of the back protected by the bones of the spine and immediately surrounding the spinal fluid sac. The advantage of an epidural is that by...

PADI limits are as quoted above by Frank in Jax, namely basic OW for 12-15 year olds is 60 feet, 70 for junior AOW (they must do a dive to 60-100 feet to qualify for the deep dive in AOW, yet their allowable maximum depth is 70 feet after that). I will be attending DAN's Hyperbaric Medicine...

This reply is opinion, based on experience to date... My twin daughters and I started scuba diving together last summer, at age 12 then. They are excellent swimmers, having been on the swim team since age 6, and are comfortable in the water. During the OW course, they had to demonstrate all...

The difference in costs for the preferred vs. the master plan is minimal for the increased coverage with better "perks". Even if you don't plan on extended dives, why limit the coverage that you hopefully will never use? My 2 cents.

My two cents worth... Realizing that you didn't post where you live/dive (warm like Hawaii or cold like Pacific coast or North Atlantic)... I started diving with my twelve yo twin daughters a year ago June. At first we were renting their gear every weekend that we went diving; it got to be...

Soggy, I prefer wet diving over dry diving for several reasons: [1] My dive partner(s) is/are my daughters who are too tiny to fit into a stock dry suit, so if they dive wet, so do I, that way we all know how cool the surrounding water is. [2] Dry suits cost too much, and cost 50-75$ to...

Our group from our LDS stayed at LCBR in March and it was terrific. Reef Divers was top notch, and the food was good-to-excellent! Would definitely return; as a matter of fact we're going to Brac Reef Resort this summer....:)

I appreciate most of the responses to my inquiry. In answer, yes, I can dive dry but I prefer to dive wet under most circumstances. I guess I'll look around for some neoprene liners for the boots and gloves (lobster mitts really impair my ability to communicate with my daughter as we use...