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April 7 I am having cataract and possibly glaucoma surgery in one eye. Does anyone know how long it might realistically be til I can dive again?

Has anyone dove Inagua or Mayaguana islands in the Southern Bahamas...with small populations and being far from other major Islands, these Islands look like they might still be pristine for the diver who wants to do something close by?? thanks, Saildiver :)

According to CNN-a snorkeler on a diving trip off a catamaran off northern Austrailia this past week was literally bitten in half by a shark estimated by witnesses to be about 20 ft long.The shark returned after about 5 minutes and ate most of what was left.The search has been called off for the...

Has any one been to the southern Bimini Islands-the maps I've been looking at don't show much for good anchorages.We have a 23 FT sailboat that we frequently dive off with a center board (draft is 19"when up) with oversized anchors-and are used to anchoring in close in rough conditions when...

My wife and I are planning a Bahamian sail-dive trip that will hopefully take in the southern Bimini islands.We dive off our 23 ft sail boat(centerboard with 19" draft and over-sized anchors) frequently-but the maps don't show much for anchorage down there. We've not been there yet ,but heard...

In mid Feb.my wife and I are planning to possibly explore Cat Island-has any one had any recent experience with Hawksnest and/or Greenwood Divers there? Do they both dive the same sites? Is one better for more experienced divers? We prefer to go with organizations that recognize that divers with...

When I was studying Marine Biology in the early 70's at UH at Hilo.Hawaii-I befriended and used to dive alot with an extremely experienced spearfisherman "Punchy"(Yep,he had been bent a few times).Anyway,he used to tell me about this place a little north of south Point on the Kona side-because...

Aloha,Liko if you are reading this.Liko Self and I studied Marine Biology together on the Big Island of Hawaii from 73-76.During that time we researched pretty much the entire Kona coast-did underwater mapping of certain sites,did fish,coral and invertebrate baseline counts;studied water...

Aloha Liko, if you watch this board .If not-does any one know Liko Self, or where he is now?He and I went to school at the U of Hawaii at Hilo and did alot of Marine Biology research on the Kona coast 73-76 together.His mom lived south of Hilo and the last I heard was that he was teaching...

My wife and I just joined this week.We mostly dive these days off our own sailboat Mana-Ni-Wai,a 23 footer that we trailer so we can explore different areas like the Sea of Cortez,the Bahamas and the Keys,though we have been all over the place -mostly to pristine areas.We love exploring...