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I just received email from REEF containing the following: We are excited and very proud to share amazing news – on Monday of this week, the Cayman Islands government enacted a comprehensive set of regulations aimed at recovering Nassau Grouper, an endangered Caribbean reef fish. The new rules...

My wife and I just secured reservations for a 12 day cruise in Raja Ampat this December. Since this trip is Sarong-Sarong, we realized we could go through Denpasar just about as easily as through Jakarta. That means we could squeeze in a week or so of diving in Bali on the way to Sarong! So I...

After my hard drive crashed, I had to get a new computer. These days, that means it has to be Windows 10. I managed to recover my log files for my Galileo Sol/SmartTrak, but was surprised to learn my IRDA doesn't work on Windows 10. (See Windows 10 Pro: USB IrDA adapter driver installation...

The slider switch on my Sola 2000S/F was becoming harder and harder to move, so I called back to my LDS for advice on it. (I am on Little Cayman Island all winter, so it's not easy for me to take the light in for service.) I was told to soak it in hot water to try to remove some of the salts...

Like many people in the Monterey dive community, I took the time to write a long complaint letter about the change in the Point Lobos dive fee changes. Today I got a response back and I must say I like it! Without comment, here it is: ---------------- Mr. Bruce Sawyer I want to thank you for...

I just got myself one of the new style Everflex wetsuits. This is a 3mm suit I'm planning on taking with me to Little Cayman. The other day I tried it on, and even with my wife coaching me from the rear I was not able to zip it up by myself. This one has the back zipper placed diagonally, so...

I'm in San Diego on a quick trip and had reservations to go on the Humboldt tomorrow morning. We just got back to our hotel and I have email saying they are cancelling the trip tomorrow. We lugged all of our dive gear down here from Monterey and this is our one chance. We would really like to...

I'm going to be in San Diego October 29 - November 2 for a reunion event (my U.S. Marine Corps Officers Basic School class), and as soon as that event ends I would like to go diving. I just checked the web page for the Ruby E, which is the only boat there I know, and what they are offering that...

Let me start by saying I absolutely love Truth Aquatics (Truth Aquatics: The Best In Liveaboard Diving, Island Kayaking and Hiking). Every year I take at least one liveaboard trip with them to the CA Channel Islands, and those trips are great. They will anchor the boat in a new dive site, give a...

We just arrived in Densapar yesterday afternoon after a long flight over from SFO. Following advice I had seen here on Scubaboard, I had made reservations with AutoBali for a rental car we would pick up at the airport. Big mistake! The owner had promised to meet us after we cleared customs to...

Recently my ancient DS50 strobe began misbehaving, and over a period of several days the misbehavior became more pronounced. Finally I found I had some salt water intrusion where the TTL cable connects to the strobe. I sent the strobe back to Ikelite for repair, and they pronounced it DOA...

I'm using a Canon G15 with the corresponding Ikelite housing and an [old] DS50 strobe. I have noticed that after taking a single image with the G15, the camera loses synch with the strobe and does not display the little lightening bolt to indicate it is talking to the strobe. If I switch the...

The swell forecast approaching Christmas Day looked so inviting that Wesley and I decided to rearrange the calendar and have our Christmas on December 24. Then on Christmas Day we went diving, and what a day it was! The Monterey buoy was reporting swell height of barely 5', which translates into...

Can somebody please tell me what the differences are between the Chromis and the Meridian? I have downloaded the user manual for each, and after reading them I come to the conclusion that these two computers have the same functionality. As I recall, they are approximately the same in price. I...

Looking ahead to the winter, I see that the first full moon after the solstice occurs on January 16 and then the next full moon happens February 14. Do we expect the larger Nassau Grouper aggregation on Little Cayman to be that week of January 16 or is it more likely to happen the week of...

This October 26 the Monterey Bay Sea Otters will again host their Underwater Pumpkin Carving contest. While this may sound like so much silliness, I tried it for the first time last year and discovered that it was quite challenging...and a lot of fun. Thus I'm actively preparing to make a...

I have noticed that the displayed "average depth" for a dive on my Galileo is always different from the average depth which is displayed by Smart Trak. Without doing a rigorous analysis, I would say that the average depth reported by the Galileo is about 3' deeper than that on Smart Trak. Can...

Please join the City of Pacific Grove and the volunteers of the Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber (PGHC) as we celebrate the re-opening of the chamber at our official ribbon cutting ceremony. Come and see our working chamber, as well as our historic original chamber, and meet members of the...

I just received spam email from a company called Nordic Blue, and the product intrigues me. The web page is at About Dry Gloves | Nordic Blue Dry Gloves. Has anybody ever seen these gloves or know anybody with experience with them? I do like dry gloves, but I do not like the DUI system. It's...

Saturday afternoon I drove away from a metered parking space on Reeside with my fins leaning against my car. Dumb! If anybody retrieved them, I would very much appreciate getting them back. It’s a pair of black Scubapro Twinjets with spring straps. The spring straps are distinctive in that...