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Reef diving off of Punta Cana

Hi folks, We are heading to Cabo for a 10 day vacation starting Aug 18th. We have three divers, including a 13 year old (OW)and a 16 year old (adv w Nitrox) and would Love to hear how your adventures went and who you dove with. We are also looking at the ocean kyaking, and desert buggies...

I have an old pair of these fins and most of the people I know who have them (me included) just drilled the holes (2 about 3/8 inch each seem to work just fine) near the toe of the foot pocket. I'm not a big fan of having to spray silicon all the time and this method works when you forget or...

My son and I use the same Cetacea retractors as diversteve and jorgy recommend for the past year + with no failures and we are very happy with them. They hold tight and close (as long as you use the correct retractor as jorgy pointed out) but as diversteve said, its easy to grab your console...

I was looking at this thread for exactly the same advice you are looking for. My mask is actually too big, but it passes all of the usual 'tests'. The rub comes when I have a regulator in my mouth: the mask tends to jam up under my nose and then it gets uncomfortable. I finally figured out...

I'm also a big fan of the Air Integrated ( I have a Suunto Cobra ) as most of my diving tends to be multi-level and it helps me maximize my air consumption, but what really sold me on my Cobra was after I had played around with the one on my rental rig. It was just EASY to use. Whatever...

I'm with Sambolino44 on this. If you don't like some equipment, don't buy it. If you tried it and it failed for some reason, poor quality, design, etc, then sharing that experience here is helpful. But trashing gear because you don't like it is of limited value. And Marchand, you have...

I simply hang the wet suits to dry but I use a ski-boot dryer for the booties and gloves as it has low and hi fan options without heat and can be run off of 12V (car adapter), "D" batteries, or the usual wall plug. Cost about $30 on sale at our local ski shack. One downside: only 2 'prongs'...

I have to agree with Richard. In theory, the OW dives should match what is in the material, but the practical application of the class and the actual dives can be different. My older son and I did the entire AOW course and dives with our LDS and we had a direct correlation to what we covered...

I'm not with Akona, but interested in your experience. I've done two week-long trips with my <10 lb bag and have one missing zipper pull (zipper works fine, just missing the pull) and the wheels are a bit gummed up (its been dragged more than a few places on those two trips) but otherwise it...

I was first certified in 1974 and the difference in nearly every element of diving from then to now is huge. I re-certified in 2007, and it was worth going through the entire class again (and the Adv OW as well), and buying a completely new set of gear, including an octo. In fact, that...

I think a consideration is what kind of diving are you doing (very deep, cold, etc?) and then equipment accordingly. If deep/cold/tech is what you are after, then another of your primary second stage make sense. If you are recreational in your dives (open water, caribbean, etc) then something...

PufferFish came up with the one thing I've rarely found on my dive buddies, but I find useful: a noise making device like a rattle or something. Been u/w a lot of times and want to get my buddies attention without having to grab him/her. A small (metal) rattle works wonders. The...

Thanks for this. I don't think I fully appreciated the thinking behind 'travel' gear (Wrist Computers, streamlined BC's, etc) when we first purchased our gear. With three of us diving now I will probably get another Akonos <10lbs bag (or something else - I saw a packpack that looked pretty...

I'm kind of a big fan of diving what I own, esp the dive computer which I know how to use well and the regulator which I know was just serviced, etc. The point about knowing your own gear is something I forgot about, and took for granted - I instinctively know where everything is on my BC: dive...

Do you travel light or haul your gear all over the world? :D I've perused the various threads and there seems to be a persistent favortism towards bringing your own gear on dive trips (requiring a flight). I like having control over my life control system (reg and computer), but see many...

We just got back from the Dominican Republic and carried on our Regs in reg bags in a backpack. Did not have any issues with TSA but we flew USA3000 ( a vacation airline so maybe the people were more familiar with gear ). Have also flown on American to Florida and did the same (regs in their...

Really good point, thanks. I may try one of those BC 'soaps' or cleaner from the LDS on the inside bladder just to see how they work. Cheers.