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    brief Copper Roof report 8/27

    I'm glad someone got something useful out of it:D. I'm kind of surprised that there isn't more shore diving (or at least more reports) between Monastery and say Pt. Joe. I've still never dived Stillwater cove, so need to give that a try one of these days. I don't know what the entry fee for...
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    Silver Prince / Aquatic Discovery Scuba Center - thanks for the spam

    IIRR they own it. They bought it from MBDC around the time they folded. Searching this forum sometime between 8/2009 and maybe 2/2010 should find reference to it - I know there were threads discussing it. Guy
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    Anyone see Mola Mola's in Monterey?

    PM sent. Guy
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    Ca mountain diving, other than Tahoe

    This book: index2 has reviews of diving in Mountain Lakes all over northern and central Ca., including several in the Yosemite/Mammoth area. You can buy it, or if your local library is a member of the Link Plus system you can get it via interlibrary loan. I've dived Convict Lake south of...
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    GUE Practitioners...Convince Me

    You do have time to practice some of the drills (dry). I practiced the basic 5 during commercials, sitting in my gear on the floor leaning against the corner of my bed. And it was nice to have the time off to decompress a little from class. I would hate to do fundies in a single bloc of time...
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    Waterproof notesbooks other than Wet Notes okay?

    I've taken Fundies but am probably not a DIR diver most of the time. If wrist slates were prohibited I would definitely not be DIR. I bought some wetnotes with cover (from Piranha) specifically for class, and my Fundies instructor encouraged me to remove my wrist slate for class, which I did...
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    Why did YOU take (or plan to take) GUE Fundies?

    Although I'd long since planned to take the class, watching my (soon-to-be) Fundies instructor back kick his way down the pool in front of me while I swam forwards during a GUE demo day had a similar effect on me. Indeed, I told him at the start of class that even if I got nothing else out of...
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    First night dive, Breakwater

    My ability to ID flatfish is limited, but the most common ones you see at BW are sanddabs. I don't know how big the one in the picture is, but Speckled Sanddabs are on the small side, just over 7" max. I'd vote for a Speckled rather than Pacific Sanddab: Flatfish Species Index Guy
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    brief Copper Roof report 8/27

    You're dive sounds virtually identical to one we did there a couple of weeks ago, other than the surf - viz, life, and I'm guessing the same harbor seal - same color and behavior anyway. Yahoo! Groups It was an unexpectedly nice dive, considering the initial vis. Guy
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    Overnight camping at Breakwater

    Officially, it's illegal. Unofficially, no problem; I've had cops wave at me while I got set up for the night. I have no idea what the max. vehicle length is (a double space is designed to take a truck and boat trailer), but I've seen some pretty long RVs there, and you're cool as long as you...
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    Why did YOU take (or plan to take) GUE Fundies?

    I knew early on that I wanted to get into tech diving (wreck penetration), and I was very disappointed in the quality and thoroughness of the recreational classes I'd taken (I tend to be an autodidact, so am always reading extra material). And we have a large DIR contigent locally, so it wasn't...
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    Spearfishing Monterey area

    Not a hunter, nor do I play one on TV. But the easy way to figure out if you're okay at Lover's is to stay north of a line running due east true from the tip of Lover's Point, or west of it. If you enter at Lover's #3 and stay west or north of the point, you're fine. The western end of the...
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    What tank

    Memory error. The HP120's actual capacity is 120.6 cu. ft. The HP119 is the one with 123.0 cu. ft. I'd still go with the 120 for someone your size. Guy
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    Maximum Run Time poll

    I can see that, at least for the cave divers, I should have used different breakpoints (something like 2, 3, 4, >4 hours). Still plenty of good data. Guy
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    Maximum Run Time poll

    The maximum run time you've done, Lynne. No, just how long have you personally done. I.E. your current experience, not what you might do in future. Guy
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    Maximum Run Time poll

    I have a question that's dependent on the answers on the poll, from DIR-trained (GUE Fundies/UTD Essentials of Tech etc.) divers only, please. And I think it might be of general interest in any case. If applicable, you can vote once each in open water, wreck penetration, and cave categories...
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    What tank

    I agree with Lamont that the HP120 would likely be a better tank for you than an HP119 or 130, given your height (assuming you don't have an unusually short torso). IIRR a Worthington HP120 has 123.0 cu. ft. actual, versus 131.4 cu. ft. actual for their HP130, so the difference is less than it...
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    The Metridium Fields...

    Yeah, I had to study the display for a while until I found the temp, even though it's in the same place as my Favor - bottom left (it alternates with max. depth every 5 seconds). But it's a lot smaller on the Xeo/Xen relative to the other fonts than the Suuntos. I enjoy having a temp display...
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    The Metridium Fields...

    Mike, clearly we need one or more dive computer manufacturers to offer a "Design your own" option - check on the boxes for layout, colors, font sizes, button sequences, and so on. Uemis has gone some ways towards this, as have the Galileos. But I hear you on reading the Galileos in dim light...
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    The Metridium Fields...

    Mike, I can relate to the divers who love the Galileo. Much as I love the brightness and contrast of OLED, I still think the information layout of the Uwatec computers is the best around. The two most important pieces of info for me are current depth and dive time, and since all we english...
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