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Hey everyone! I mentioned that I was going to dive the Pompano dropoff at 8th St. on Saturday, so here is a little report. Well, it ended up being a very nice dive. My friend and I were gearing up and a group of divers were in the process of aborting their dive due to rough conditions and...

I'm shore diving Pompano tomorrow with a friend and was wondering if anyone had dived it lately. How is the lobster situation? I towed my lobster gear around in Hollywood for nothing last week. If it is bare, I would like to leave the gear behind. Also, I didn't post this in "Trips" but if...

Hello algal bloom it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our over 200 forums. Bad weather. Can't dive. Not much more to say...

It is amazing to me how people (not Scubaboard members, of course) down here, who were in "fear for you life" or "help your fellow man" mode just a few days ago, so quickly go back into their "screw you! I'm the only one that matters" mode. For such a fun place to live, people seem too serious...

Well, I'm sorry for ditching several planned dives and an above water trip but the three guys from church and I had an excellent time in Islamorada. We managed to find our own secret spot where no one else was for the whole day (no, I'm not allow to share the secret but we do have it...

Shipping live bugs: Does anyone here do it? Do you need a permit to ship? Is it expensive? Is it worth it? I thought it'd be a nice treat for my poor parents who don't get to eat lobster very often. What do YOU think? Nate

Hi guys! I'm looking for tank rentals in the north Broward area (I live off of Atlantic). Most of my dealings have been with Diver's Direct but I don't think they rent. I need 1 or 2 AL80's (full of good ol' 21% O2) for some boat diving Friday night and Saturday. Can anyone recommend a...

I've had a question rattling around in my brain for a couple of months now. The lots off of Datura and Hibiscus seem to often have a broken meter or two (won't take coins). Once I parked there for a morning dive and felt obligated to move since I didn't pay. What is the policy on this? It...

I'm taking my wife snorkeling around 6pm tonight and I thought I'd see if anyone else would like to be apart of it. I've been trying to get her in the water for months now, but her little heart problem prevents her from scuba. My parents are in town, so we finally have babysitting to do this...

I was just hanging out at the beach with my family just off of Oakland on Saturday and saw a ray swim right up to the shore. I grabbed my mask and jumped in and swam with him just long enough to get a good look at his size, markings, and that tiny tail (he didn't want anything to do with me!)...

I haven't found any information on the DAN website about this so I figured I'd ask here. I was just wondering if blood doping or erythropoietin injections would have any effect on a person's air consumption? I am in no way thinking of doing this! I'm just wondering what it would do to a diver...

I am excited that I just received my scantons from REEF, "Tropical Western Atlantic including Florida, Bahamas, Bermuda and Caribbean". Now the weather needs to calm down so I can go out and start using them. They read like an entry from my log book except that there are the 200 fish to choose...

I'm thinking of doing a morning and/or afternoon (or night) dive this Saturday out at Pompano Beach. Anyone interested? Let me know! (By the way, this is the post that makes me a regular member. Don't let it down!) Nathan

Just kidding. What's up with this weather? Edit: This seemed funny in the midst of my frustration, seeing the dark sky with rain coming down. It looks dumb now that the sun is shining and the ocean looks calm. Oh well, by the time anyone reads this, it will have changed again! ;)

Hey! I just did a search of the forum but really didn't find much concerning websites for checking conditions in south Florida. Where do you guys get your info? Nathan

I'm just wondering if many people participate in the REEF fish surveys. I'm definitely going to start soon and wanted to see if anyone would like to get together for some dives. I sit around counting and identifying organisms all day long anyway so this is right up my alley! Anyway, it...

A couple of months ago I was out in California doing some dives out at La Jolla Shores. These shots were from a very merky night dive. I'm sure the CA divers are very familiar with the guy. With my Pacific Ocean fish identification ability not being the best, I sure someone could speciate...

Hi all! So, I'm just checking once again since the weekend is just about here. Would anyone be interested in doing some shore diving this weekend? I moved to Florida in hopes of some great shore diving and am wondering if it will ever happen. :D But seriously, I understand a bunch...

Hi all! I know that the big Ginnie Springs gathering is this weekend, but I was wondering if anyone was interested in doing a night shore dive this week or some sort of shore diving this weekend. I will not be at Ginnie this weekend as I am still settling into south Florida (and vowed not to...

that in Finding Nemo when Mr. Ray sings "Let's name the species, the species, the species. Let's name the species that live in the sea!" what he lists off are a bunch of phyla, not species? No wonder people have trouble understanding taxonomy! :D I liked the movie....the first 50 times...