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Hello All, Cathy and I had a great time on Curacao! We met some nice people and thoroughly enjoyed the diving. We experienced exceptional dining at three restaurants. Thank you Cookie and Ken for two lion fish dinners that you hosted at your condo! Lion fish should be on everyone's dinner...

Hello All, My wife Cathy and I attended the Curacao Surge this last January. At our closing ceremony, @cardzard and @ROXANNE gave away a trip to Oasis Coral Estates and scuba diving with Coral Divers. We also got free breakfasts at Bread & More or Karakter. Also, we received a couples...

Hello All, I was able to dive my new SW Perdix. It is an AI but I don't have a sender. I did 10 one hour recreational dives using the Nitrox mode (rec mode). The Perdix AI was better and easier than I expected; even though I test dived one at the Surge. I kept track of the battery...

Hello All, Sam Miller 111 wrote a post in the thread Percentage of divers who go beyond openwater?. Bob DBF followed that thread with What is your highest certification? In synopsis format, Sam mentioned Skin Diver magazine and their 5 surveys over a 25 year period. Those surveys seem to...

Memories of my Shearwater Computer experiences while Surging in Curacao (part one, Nerd 2 to follow)! I was fortunate enough to test-dive two dive computers on my Curacao Surge vacation. The Perdix AI and the Nerd 2. I was fully aware of the superb quality, capability, and service support for...

Hello Surgers, I am starting to research Curacao in advance of our trip on 12-Jan-2019. As is my norm, I dive into all Great Adventures without respect for societal norms, group dynamics, or other pleasantries--complete focus with OCD and ADHD sprinkled on top. Don't worry, when the dive boat...

Hello Bonaire Surgers, No corpus or corpus dilecti required. I am starting this thread to learn about and become acquainted with my Bonaire Surge crewmembers. Also, I am just plain interested in what makes divers tick...why do you dive? May we keep this simple? I am hoping that people who...

Hello to all who may be viewing the Solo diving forum on Scuba Board for the first time. Disclaimer: this forum and thread are not for discussions on the efficacy of Solo Diving, it is for discussions about gear, techniques, and training for solo diving and for reporting on experiences while...

Hello All, Brett Gilliam wrote an article in undercurrent.org that was published in January 2015 (Vol. 30, No. 1). His perspective is that of an industry-professional and not an avid recreational diver. However, his overriding point is in-line with my viewpoint. The current certification...

Hello All, I own 5 PST E7 HP tanks. They are all in current hydro. I understand the DOT exemption is expiring the end of January 2015. Has this exemption been renewed? If not, how does this exemption get renewed? Thanks, MarkM PS: I received an email from a dive shop stating that I had...

Hello All, Rubicon Point is a 130 fathom wall that is almost dead vertical. Some parts of this wall overhang the Cobalt Blue water of Lake Tahoe--I just effen love it! The vis was about 90'. Lake Tahoe was spectacular! The water was warm (by Tahoe standards--68°), clear, and beautiful. I hit...

Hello All, Scenario (based on conjecture--not a real life incident--for me anyway): Two certified and experienced divers decide to buddy-up for a wall dive. The wall is dead vertical and in excess of 100 fathoms deep. Both divers have in excess of 100 dives in similar conditions and both...

Hello All, This last weekend, I completed a Solo Diver course through Dolphin Scuba in Sacramento. Rick, our instructor, and one other student performed three dives in Monterey Bay for the certification class. I am a warm water diver. I have a wetsuit that I bought for 60 to 70 degree water...

Hello All, I have not been engrossed in the PADI serial dive course regimen. I have an OW, AOW, and Nitrox Card. Those are the only certs I really need and from the start, they are the only certs that I planned on getting. However, I am serious about getting a Solo Cert. This will be a useful...