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I've dived the airplane at La Cieba, and it is a nice shore dive. I'm going to be back in Coz next month, but won't be staying at that resort. How does the resort/shop feel about nondivers coming in for a shore snorkel there (since they get no revenue from renting tanks)? I want to show some...

Hi all... I'm looking for recommendations on middle-to-lower keys diving. Most info I find is about Key Largo. I enjoy diving in Key Largo, but I want to branch out. I'm looking for a dive operator in the middle keys area (maybe Big Pine Key) and for lodging in the same area. I don't need...

I'm off to dive the wrecks in Miami this weekend with a group from the local dive shop. I heard that there was an upwelling earlier in the month that had south florida bottom temps unexpectedly chilly. Is the thermocline gone, or do I need to dig out a "real" wetsuit? Thanks! J

Hi all... I'm headed off to dive the Speigel Grove and the Duane this weekend, and I realized that I didn't know what kind of wetsuit(s) to bring along! Has anyone been down there recently? What were the bottom temps like? One of the buoy readings I got from the Internet said that the...

Has anyone had a chance to make a comparison between the Olympus PT-010 housing and the Ikelite housing available for the same camera series? I have a C-4000 and am trying to make the "right" decision. After having been with someone whose PT-010 housing took on some water in Cozumel and...

I did 2 dives with Loggerhead Charters yesterday morning. Leaving Orlando at 4am on the morning that Daylight Savings Time started was a particular treat. I recommend that everyone do that at least once. It establishes how dedicated you are to going diving! By daylight, though, we were...

I've been coming the DAN site without success on this one, so I thought I would ask here to see if anyone has seen any material on this. Are there any risk factors in particular that make certain divers more prone to subcuteaneous or mediastinal emphysema?I'm particularly curious about whether...

Henderson's web site says they're now available, but of course none of our LDS carry Henderson boots at all, much less the new zipperless ones. Has anyone seen these yet? My boot zippers are one of my major annoyances, and a pull-on boot seems like the ultimate in "good idea" to me. I'm curious...

We're headed to Coz Sept. 19. I understand that we're looking at about 84F water. What is the weather like that time of year? I'm especially wondering about the low tempatures, becuase I get cold ridiculously easily. Thanks!

Does anyone know whether Scubapro manufactures their own wetsuits or whether they're just marketed under the Scubapro label? I was impressed with their "extra-stretchy" 7mm I tried on (the neck seal didn't fit me or it would be in my closet right now), and it got me to thinking maybe it's...

Visiting eastern Tennessee (tri-cities area) for the holidays, I found out that people do indeed dive the lakes here. Is there anyone on scubaboard who knows anything about this? I know that water's gonna be cold, even in the summer, but what a good excuse to visit this area when there are...

It's time to buy dive log pages, but I have decided that none of them really have everything I want on them. Every one I see seems to be missing something. So I have decided to design my own. Is there something that you wish was on your dive log pages? Let me know, maybe I can add it this...

I'm one of those people who get cold all the time. My last dive was not quite miserable, but I realized that I'm going to need a hood or I'll soon have to give up diving until spring. That's no fun. So I'm trying to figure out whethter I want a hood or a hooded vest. I'm not sure I need a...

I'm helping someone evaluate a used BC. It's an Oceanic Chute 1. I know they now make the Chute 2. Does anyone know when the Chute 1 when in/out of production? By the way, I think it's a pretty nice BC. :-) Thanks, Julie

I have been browsing this forum... there are all sorts of knowledgable folks here, but I haven't found a summary email that can help answer this question: what are my options when it comes to digital cameras/housings for underwater photography? I'm thinking of getting the camera first, then...

For the second time in two weeks, the weather has conspired against my planned dives. This time, it was an entire dive weekend. ;-0 I think Mother Nature is out to get me. In trying to be a good sport about this (translation: I've been sitting around feeling pretty sorry for myself) I was...

Last weekend someone pointed out to me a reg in a LDS with a vertical first stage. The first stage does not protrude toward your head, but up, parallel to the tank. As a Very Short Person who has trouble sometimes with big tanks, I thought this was an attractive idea. No more putting big...

Looking for recommendations for a friend for a computer meeting these requirements: * Nitrox * Air Integrated * Turns on automatically when entering water I did some looking but couldn't determine whether any of the air-integrated nitrox computers out there had automatic activation like...

Okay, all religious wars aside... love the split fins or hate 'em, I'm looking for people who have used both the Atomic split fins and the Scubapro graphites. I am getting differing answers to my question from different dive shops.... Is the kick on the Atomic split fins as soft as the kick on...