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Welcome to SB!

We can only hope it's a bad burger trip, because psychedelic drugs can land one in prison or worse in Indonesia.

I got certified in San Diego, now residing in the Southeast. Welcome to SB!

Chairman doesn't need no stinkin' badges.

Fundies followed by TDI Cavern was what I did, but not by any sort of plan or logic. Rather, it just happened that I was doing a lot of practice in preparation for a Fundies tech upgrade and was getting bored and frustrated, so I took a breather in the form of a Cavern course. The TDI Cavern...

She was not yet my "dive buddy for life" at the time she decided to learn scuba, but rather we were still dating, and she thought maybe she could share my hobby. When she casually mentioned on the phone that she planned to take the OW course I replied something like, "That's great!" and not...

They even sell snorkels. Not sure about split fins, but definitely snorkels.

I have a CoCoView trip report from 2023 posted in this forum that includes some comparisons with an earlier trip to AKR. You should be able to find it.

I have a separate tub in which I store my single-tank BP/W, yoke regs, wetsuit, fins--everything for my tropical rec diving trips. The cave diving stuff is strewn everywhere else.

He was a real character. His Roatan advice was unsurpassed. When I finally decided to try CCV, he sent me copies of those hand-drawn maps. I wish I had gotten to meet him in person. RIP, Doc aka Roatan Man.

As far as I'm aware, GUE teaches only two flutter types: modified flutter and full flutter. It has never been clear to me why GUE uses the term "modified" if all they really mean is a smaller version of the full flutter. It is my understanding that GUE does not teach a kick where the only...

To add to the confusion, someone once pointed out that what GUE calls a "flutter kick" is more similar to what some cave divers (perhaps more in Mexico) call a "shuffle kick" than to the rest of the diving world's "flutter kick." GUE's flutter is a bit of an oddball. The nice thing about GUE...

But how is that different from the full flutter?

I struggled with the so-called modified flutter kick as well. One instructor described it as you do: the movement is almost entirely in the ankles. When I repeated that to another instructor, they said, "no, it's just like the regular (GUE-style) flutter, only smaller." I eventually followed...

As for B, for the kind of diving you do, you will almost certainly not notice a difference in so-called work-of-breathing between first stages of any major brand (and some smaller brands, too), let alone between Scubapro models. The second stage might make more of a difference, as I think...

A doorbell doesn't run up to your car as you're trying to get out and bark at you. That's aggressive behavior, not a lap dog curled up on the porch. No shops with aggressive-behaving dogs for me. YMMV.

I'll take Movies That Could Not Be Made Today for 100, Bob.

Welcome to SB!

I use REI fleece for water above 70F, not in the temps the OP mentioned. Brrr. I guess it depends on one's cold tolerance.

On the Gulf I've only dived from Panama City. Looks like Rob has you covered for that.