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Making my first trip to the St. Petersburg area next week. Staying at a resort in Indian Shores. Anyone from that area have any recommendations for dive shops, charters, or dive sites? Thanks!

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One of the techs at our shop that it was late 70's. Sounds about right.

Here's a picture of the o-rings. The 297 is the big one looped over the back two pegs. Anyone know how old this box may be?

That's possible. Hadn't thought of that. I was focused on reg's but didn't think that these o-rings probably serviced all SP equipment.

I recently came across an old ScubaPro Chromacolor O-ring organizing box for a service bench. It is teal blue in color with doors that fold down on either side. Most of the o-rings are gone from it, but there are several red 297 o-rings. These things are huge; about 3-1/2" in diameter! What reg...

Ooh! Good one! Didn't think about that. I didn't realize how much detail I was missing till I got my Rx mask.

I have one of the new ScubaPro automatic watches. I have never been able to find out who maunfactured these for SP and what kind of movement they have. I am purchasing an automatic watch winder for it, but I'm wondering what rotation direction the winder should be set for. Clockwise...

That's funny. I did the same thing last week. I bought a pair of black ones back in September, but when they came out with the blue ones last month, I had to have a pair; so I sold my black ones and got some blues Yeah, Cheech and Chong were a big influence on me growing up...:shakehead:

Weight-integrated BC's and air-integrated computers. I hope this doesn't date me.

I'd hold on to my Novas. I used SP Twin-Jet Max split fins up until a couple of months ago when I did a side-by-side comparison of my TJ Max's against a pair of SeaWing Nova's. I found the Nova's superior in all aspects: speed, thrust, manueverability, comfort. They felt a litle funky at first...

The second paragraph in the article at the following link puts him there around 1957. Gustav Dalla Valle: Spearfisherman and SCUBAPRO Co-founder

Also, the SE2 and SE3 used a 1/2" LP hose, as opposed to the 3/8" LP hose found on the XIV. I've owned all three in the past and the only difference I found was that the SE2 and 3 seemed to deliver air a little better under heavy work loads than the XIV. Might have had something to do with the...

Did you remove the rubber boot for the picture? There was originally a black rubber boot that covered all but the screen. IIRC this was USD's first air integrated computer. They also produced the Monitor 1 and 2 at the time, which were non-integrated. I owned the successor to your computer which...

I'm not positive, but I think you can have them replaced by any authorized SP dealer; but I believe you will need to have your sales receipt to prove you are the original purchaser. If I'm not mistaken, the warranty is only valid for the original purchaser, not second-hand. After purchasing a...

Figures. I cut my ponytail off about 20 years ago. Thanks for the info!

I figured what he was doing was for the good of the spring. There was quite a bit of algae on the bottom where he was working. I didn't know about the drought conditions causing that kind of a problem at the springs; makes sense, though. I always think about heavy rains flooding the rivers and...

Stopped by Vortex on the way home from visiting my Dad in Dothan this past Sunday. There weren't very many divers there, but the vis was awful; about 5-10 feet in the basin. The viz quickly improved as you dropped down to the cave entrance. I didn't know what was causing it at first till I swam...

SSI offers free online class room sessions. Here's a link: SSI :: SSI Scuba Schools International :: take your dive @ diveSSI.com Once you complete the online work, you have to hook up with a SSI shop, take the final test, and complete the pool and openwater work. I think a couple other...

He's probably going to need a medium or medium/large BC. I'm 6'-3", 200lbs and I wear a large Scubapro BC. It does vary between manufacturers. Back when I was at 190lbs, I wore a medium US Divers BC. I don't have any extra BC's anymore, but I'll see what else I've got.