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Thanks gcarter. I know about Divers Wearhouse, KDS and a few other shops. Liked Kevin because he was very good, fast and I knew who was working on my regs. I guess it will be back to one of them. Found out that Kevin closed his business last year.

Anybody know what became of them? The web domain and the email address I had for Kevin seem to be gone. If he's gone out of business, does anyone know a certified Apeks tech or shop in Ottawa?

Always check my BP/w. Never had an issue. Over the years I've switched out to an aluminum plate for travel and just put weights from the dive Op in some trim pockets I got from ScubaToys. There are scuba weights and at least one peice of steel in the "we will take this from you" display in...

For what it's worth, shooting a lift bag as an ascent line was taught on both of the advanced Nitrox and decompression courses that I took. It was also taught on the Trimix courses that all of my buddies took and it is the method that we used as a 'standard' procedure for when a fixed line...

I love the folks, some of whom I'm sure have never seen a cenote, nattering about how unsafe the cenote tours are. I've been on many of these tours and they are much safer than most of the open water dives in places like Cozumel. Let’s introduce some reality about the safety of cenote tours...

I didn't say it was regular practice and certainly didn't confirm it. The guide just said that it had happened. I have never seen a single tank diver entering or exiting the cave. I've been on a lot of cenote dives with 3 other divers, one other diver and with just a guide. There is no way...

I've logged 35 cenote dives and about 10 in Chac Mool. The last two were about a month ago. When I was there in March, I talked to my guide about finally getting cave certified so that I could see some of the rooms just inside the cave. He mentioned that some guides had been seen with single...

The Aggressor and the Sundancer are basically on the same schedule. You can often see one from the other during most of the week. Both usually get back to port between noon and 1 p.m. on Friday. You don't want to miss the first 3 Thursday dives as both boats are usually on or near the Elbow...

I'm in Coz right now. When we arrived last week, I was actually impressed with how little security there is at the airport compared to Cancun. My 8 year old son spent 10 minutes talking the ear off a soldier with a drug dog at the luggage carousel. He apparently grew up in Montreal and moved...

Where did you read that? As others have said, the outer reefs in Belize are a must do trip. I did the Aggressor trip twice and would do it again in a second. If you're going to go to the expense of getting to Belize from Canada, then go the extra yard and book on Aggressor or Dancer. The...

Belize is a great place for new divers. Good vis, mild currents, lots to see at a variety of depths. I went with the Aggressor for both of my trips but with 4 people Ambergris Caye would be much cheaper and offer more to do than just diving. If you plan you trip around a quarter moon you'll...

This may help. San Pedro Town, Belize Maps, Ambergris Caye

Belize City is not that interesting and you can easily check out all that's worth seeing on the Friday of the charter. Besides the usual Zoo, tubing, jungle tour things that everyone mentions, why not enjoy the a day at the beach and a few Belikan beer. You can grab a water taxi to Ambergris...

In Belize City, cheap does not equal safe. You should be able to get into the less expensive side of the Radisson for about $100-110 USD/night. The other options are just going to cost you what you save in taxi fares. There is another hotel up the street from the Radisson. Chateau Caribbean...

Most Hughes and Aggressor passengers go with the Radisson Fort George. It has a pool, bar and food. It''s also attached the dock where the Dancer ties up. There's also the Great House (across the street). Usually a little cheaper but the rooms are not as nice. Water temp is around 80F...

Thanks Ralph.

First time I did the "recreational dive", the Hole was full of day boats before we hit the water. It was like diving in a snow storm. 2nd time (8:09 a.m.) we were the first to arrive, the vis was great and the light was good. I can use a light to solve dark so I'll take that any day over...

The GBR boat you guys are talking about is the Reef Encounter. I dove from her for 4 days about 5 years ago because I had a very limited amount of time to dive in Australia and the Reef Encounter was the only flexible alternative to day boats. It was OK, but if I had to do it again, I would...

So this is an interesting read that suggests Belize City's problems are getting worse, at least up until last year. https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=102760 An interesting trait of human beings (I'm a slave to this as well) is that we tend to rely on personal experience...

I've spent about 7 days total in Belize City over two trips in the last year, and so not an expert by any means. On my first trip I intentionally planned two days in the city before my dive charter (long story) then had my flight home canceled and spent three more there. I walked around the...