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    DAN and USCG Safety Tips for Lobster Mini-Season

    It looks like I will be in town (Fort Lauderdale) on business the night Lobster Mini-Season kicks off. Do's and don'ts from experienced locals would be greatly appreciated as well as recommendations on who to go out with. While I am an underwater photo/video nut and don't hunt, I love...
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    Travel advice needed, please

    SoCalDiverGirl: Like you I live in SoCal and have a tourist's view of Florida diving. As soon as you land in Fort Lauderdale, go to a dive shop and buy a copy of "Beach Diving and Snorkeling Locations" by Fish Enterprises. I think it is a great book for those of us who like beach diving...
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    Looking for Ft Lauderdale Accommodations 6/14-7/6

    Two quick questions: 1) How big is your dog? There are some hotels that allow "small" pets... So, a mastiff is definately a no go! 2) Is a student housing type set-up where you would have a roommate ok? Let me know, depending on the situation I might be able to point you in the right...
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    Dry Tortugas

    Thank you for the very detailed responses (particularly Mike S -- you should write a dive travel column!). I am very grateful for all the time and energy that the best ScubaBoard forum participants put into being genuinely helpful. You guys (and gals) are a tremendous resource!!! One last...
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    Safety in Numbers??? -- Beware of Virtual Solo Diving

    Below are excerpts from BoxerFosterMom's account of the April 26th accident in Grand Cayman that directly relate to the topic of group versus buddy diving. "What I can tell you is he started the dive with 7 other divers all with different experiences. We were taken to a site and told our...
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    Dry Tortugas

    I am thinking of doing the Ultimate Getaway trip to the Dry Tortugas. I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has done the trip in the last couple of years... In particular: 1) How do the dive sites compare to the rest of the Keys? I.e. "Is it worth the trip?" 2) Given the...
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    South Florida Dive Boats - last update 5/2013

    South Florida Diving Headquarters 3 boats!
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    Safety in Numbers??? -- Beware of Virtual Solo Diving

    Based on the long standing ScubaBoard thread about deaths in the Cayman Islands, it now appears the Divers Down customer who died on April 26th (Brendan Joseph Neilson) was part of a small group that did not have specifically assigned dive buddies (i.e. 4 singles attached to a DM). Apparently...
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    Diver Death in Cayman

    Is there a source that the late comers to this thread can go to read an account of what actually happened on the ill fated dive? My internet searches have turned up articles that talk about everything except what actually happened. It is difficult to be a constructive part of the...
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    Diver Death in Cayman

    Perhaps it is time for the industry to revisit the issue of hard depth restrictions for various levels of certification (particularly for walls and other bottomless dive sites). While it would be openly surrendering to the general worldwide trend away from exercising good judgment and personal...
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    Safety in Numbers??? -- Beware of Virtual Solo Diving

    My dad cuts out and sends me copies of every article about scuba diving he finds. For whatever reason, I felt this one was worthy of posting on ScubaBoard for the my extended divng family to think about. Every "non-expert" recreational diver should read the attached link to an article about a...
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    Reliable Dive Boats Schedules????

    That's one. Are there any other dive boats that leave the dock no matter how many customers show?
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    solo diving as a beginner

    Great Thread... Very interesting reading from all contributers! Here is a link to an article about a recent solo diver death (April 09) in Southern California. Of particular note, it was on the diver's 14th dive... ever! Man drowns scuba diving off Anacapa Island : Local News : Ventura...
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    recommendation for AOW school in South FL

    Sufur: South Florida as a lot of great instructors... You definately won't have to leave the Fort Lauderdale area to find what you need. Whether it is Lauderdale Divers, Kevin, Pro Dive or one of the many very good independent instructors in the area, I definately second the names mentioned...
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    H-160/320 dpv

    Where can I go to demo either model at a variety of recreational and tech depths?
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    Divers dying in Cayman 9 last year 4 this year

    BoulderJohn, ScubaSteve & RoatanMan: I wholeheartedly agree. But, we would probably need multiple threads. I have to admit that I read the early posts on the original thread with the same morbid fascination that I get when I drive by a horrible car wreck. Part of me desperately wanted...
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    Buddy Check

    I am relatively conservative, have been diving over 30 years and -- like others who have posted on this thread -- always do a buddy check. It does not matter whether I am diving with an instabuddy or one of my regular diving crew. I also do a bubble check on every dive. I do this partially out...
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    Newbie with OW cert: Key Largo or USVI?

    Freed: I was married on St. Croix and honeymooned by visiting all of the US and British Virgin Islands. Of the USVI, St. John's is the nicest and has the best hotels/family environment. The Caneel Bay is a Rosewood Hotel, extremely expensive but, wholly cow, what a setting!!! It is...
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    I Want To Pursue a Career In Diving

    Aqua888: Before buying into the "you can't make a living in the dive industry" false truth, check out threads such as the one below. For me the industry is just a hobby (I am a part time DM), but I can name at least 2 dozen full timers in fields related to recreational diving that make over...
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    New gear for a new diver

    Y2Hog. The SR-1 is a great reg... Much more than you need as a new diver... But sometimes what you want is more than what you need. If you like Sherwood, the Brut is a work horse reg at a lower price point and I also like the Maximus (if every reg had the Maximus under arm hose routing and...
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