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    First gear?

    In my wordy summary:bonk: I forgot to mention acquiring a dive computer: I intend to dive the tables, even though it costs me bottom time, until I learn times and depths more instinctively. Then I'll buy a computer, by which time I'll have researched and shopped for a med-high quality one, and...
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    First gear?

    This is certainly a democratic board, so here is my opinion based on a total of six dives (which is about the status of RR75, the original questioner): first, folks are right about relying on your local shop. Second, buy choosingly (medium to high quality, probably not the very best and...
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    Night dive under full moon?

    Thanks for that very good suggestion! I could imagine that dawn diving has the best of both worlds, as the nocturnal critters are out searching for their last dessert of the night, and the day critters are trying for the early worm, so there might be overlap between the two cycles. Now that I...
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    Night dive under full moon?

    Thanks to all of you who helped me understand night diving in general and moonlight diving in particular! Unfortunately, visibility during day diving off St. Martin last week was down to 50-75 feet/15-20 meters only, and water temps were hovering just under 80 deg. F/26 deg. C. Therefore, I...
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    Night dive under full moon?

    Thanks for your replies! The idea of night diving itself was obviously not quite clear to me. Am I right in thinking that there are quite different creatures, such as the octopi, that feed and move at night, and that these are better seen in dark water when illuminated by the torch? So the...
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    Night dive under full moon?

    I'm newly certified PADI open-water diver, will be in St. Martin during full moon (Dec. 19). Is there anything special about diving under a full moon? (Insert jokes here about werefishes, etc.) Thanks in advance!
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