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I'm looking to rebuild/replace my dive light battery locally. I recall there was a company in Orange County that will build a new battery (from cells) using the old battery as a template. I don't seem to be able find a reference in the scubaboard archives. Anyone know what the company is?

San Diego - SDUE Dive/BBQ, July 30th. La Jolla Shores. Shore dive @ 9am, BBQ at 12pm.

Marc Hall is offering a GUE Fundamentals class in San Diego in a staggered weekend format - classes over two weekends in July: July 9,10 and July 23,24.

SDUE (San Diego Underwater Explorers) is having a tweek dive this Saturday, July 2nd - La Jolla Shores 8am.

Looking to get in touch with GUE divers who have been through a SLAP repair. Looking for info that is scuba specific - ie. what limitations/concerns during and post recovery. My Ortho doc is very good, but does not treat many scuba divers. (Injury appears to have been caused by a bad fall...

How do you turn off the DG01? I see that it shuts off automatically after three hours. Any way to manually shut it down? Thanks, Hotsoup

I am moving from Chicago to Los Angeles in a few weeks. I have two sets of doubles - HP100's and HP130's. Because of limited space, I am planning to take only one set of the doubles and eventually ship the other several months later. Which of the two am I going to be the most happy with? Do...

After four years in Seattle, I have relocated back to the Chicago area. I am currently diving doubles with a long hose. I am looking to dive with divers who are DIR or DIR-ish bent. I'd like to get some funs dives in, but also get in some skills dives. I am hoping to get my Tech 1 completed...

My older sister is relocating to Stuart, Florida for work. As I am between jobs (unemployed), I will be joining her for a couple of months beginning in mid-August. I'm looking to link into the local dive community. I'm looking to see what I need to bring down with me as I do not know what to...

I'm going to be in Monterey, CA on Sat/Sunday. It's part of a larger trip with a non-diver, so I wasn't planning to dive. But, it seems to be a shame to go to Monterey and not get into the water. Are there options to take a short shore dive? Thanks

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070507/NEWS01/70507013 Article published Monday, May 7, 2007 Another diver injured in Gilboa Quarry GILBOA, Ohio — A Canadian man was flown to Lima Memorial Hospital after rescue workers were called to the Gilboa Quarry in Putnam County...

Any other info? --------------- per The Seattle Times Lake Washington diver rescued Seattle firefighters rescued a diver from Lake Washington on Sunday morning after he was reported in trouble. The man, whose name was not released, had been under water roughly four minutes when...

Recently picked up the Canon SD400. Looking to take the camera underwater and looking for a compatible uw housing. Saw that the closest housing is for the SD500, but I think that the SD400 and SD500 are slightly different. Does anyone know if the SD400 will fit into the SD500 canon housing OR...

Is there a benchmark U/W video setup for recreational divers? I'd like to get a camcorder and U/W housing for 0-130ft. I plan to use it on recreational dive trips. I'm not planning to attach a HID or external light system at this time. I was looking into getting a $300 Sony camcorder w/...

It looks like MHK is planning to teach a DIR-F class at Haigh on the weekend of October 9th. If interested please drop Janet Jannusch an e-mail at jan@dodivein.com. Charles

I'm planning to be at Gilboa next weekend. Any suggestions for a scuba friendly motel/hotel? Charles

It's possible that I may move back to New York City for a new job. Because diving is such a part of my life now, I can't imagine moving back into Manhattan. If you were to move into the NYC metro area, where would you go that is accessible to all of the key dive sites/access, yet still...

Just a reminder: Tina is having her annual Jim Haigh Memorial Dive (Haigh Quarry) this Sunday, July 18th. There will be gifts, prizes, raffle, and Od-Tapo-Imi (Band) will be performing. All proceeds will be donated to DAN Recompression Chamber Fund.

Anyone interested in diving @ Haigh this Thursday? Charles