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On vacation I got my just turned 3 year old to repeatedly duck her head under the water with a mask and snorkel for a few seconds. The next day I couldn’t keep her above water - it was so cute to hear her sing Baby Shark and Daddy Finger through her snorkel! I’m a very happy Dad. Unfortunately...

cross posted from Snorkeling I will be at a conference in San Diego late August and have heard SD has some awesome snorkeling (I don’t have time to scuba). Will a shorty be sufficient? Any good spot recommendations? Anyone want to get together? Cheers!

I will be in San Diego for a conference late August and heard SD has some amazing snorkeling. What kind of protection in August? Will a shorty be enough? Can anyone comment on good spots or interested in getting together? I am not a freediver, but will be practicing breath hold between now and...

Hi All, It looks like all of the diver operations are pretty good in the Keys and their prices are all within about $10 of each other. Also, many of them have deals with hotels. So... Does anyone know of any good deals for August or September? Thank you!

HI Everyone, My wife and I are looking in to places to go for our 2nd Honeymoon. Since we don't get to dive as much as we would like, we want to go somewhere where there is diving whenever we want. We've already done Bonaire, loved it, but there wasn't much variation in the reef life...

I think the subject says it all. It's time for a 10 year "2nd Honeymoon". Our first was in Key Largo/Key West and we had terrible weather and although the diving was better than I had ever seen before, it was not what as nice as it could have been! Galapogos would be awesome - but not in...

Hi, I will be having a micro-laminectomy in a few weeks. Part of a bone with a spur will be removed and a bulging disc trimmed. Any thoughts on whether this will limit my diving after normal recovery? It is possible, I am need a fusion to correct the bulging disc (which is also...

I have a conference in Miami and want to get some bottom time :) A work buddy has me covered for one day out of Ft Lauderdale. Which gives me 2-3 days where I would like to dive in/around Pennenkamp. Price is a big factor for me this trip. Can anyone recommend a good combo of hotel/dive...

We have a 1.5 year old. He's wonderful, but he adds an extra layer of complexity to any planned diving trip. Any advice from other parents out there? Do all-inclusives work well? What about cruises? Any advice for good locations in December that are *easily* reachable from the US (NY to...

I needed to get some life insurance due to crappy company coverage. I tried the web-based brokers and hit a problem whenever I mentioned SCUBA with sky rocketing rates (despite just being a recreational diver). But as luck would have it, one of the Blue Water Divers Instructors is also an...

Anyone up for some shore diving (weather permitting) on Saturday 8th September? I was thinking: http://njscuba.net/sites/site_pliny.html (Deal, NJ) http://njscuba.net/sites/site_allenhurst_jetty.html http://njscuba.net/sites/site_shark_river.html (Shark River Bay - L Street only...

Hi! I have read on this board of several incidences where people received a DCS hit that was localised due to e.g. wrapping the hang line around their arm, tight boots which cut off circulation. I mentioned this during a class as an interesting tid bit and also to have students remember not...

I saw both of these critters while diving in Huatulco (Pacific coast of Mexico). At first I thought this one was a dead urchin, but then when I nudged a shell it stuck in place and the whole thing moved. So the shells are stuck on for a reason and "deliberately." Perhaps a baby urchin...

I was lucky enough to visit Huatulco (Oaxaca) last November for a conference. I stayed at the La Brisas which was an all inclusive resort. First time I stayed at such a place and it was OK. Food was pretty typical of what I was told to expect at an all inclusive. I chose to dive with Buceo...

Hi Guys, When we try and review pictures taken with our c7070 we get flashing red and blue (which looks like it correlates with high and low light regions). Can anyone tell me how to turn this "off"? We tried popping out the battery, but that didn't work. Thanks, Steve

I am about 3/4 of the way through my DM course. Some of it has been good, some of it has been bad. It's left me reconsidering whether I want to continue as a "working" DM after I complete everything. The latest incident was my "no brand name visible" mask needing to be replaced by a shop...

This question was raised at a recent DM class on diving physics: We know that nitrogen dissolves in the blood and body tissues. We know that nitrogen gets exhaled after gas exchange in the lungs due to changes in the partial pressure of N2. How does the dissolved gas get transported to the...