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  1. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Trip Report Socorro - May, 2022 Nautilus Explorer

    Thanks for the report! Here is my question for you. I consider myself a late stage beginner to intermediate diver. I have somewhere around 125 dives under my belt since 2007. Before COVID, I tended to average about one dive trip per year. My last trip was in January 2020. My most exotic...
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    Wife describes losing husband - Maui, Hawaii

    I think the reporter means that the instructor dropped whatever weights were being used. I have a single pull weight release in my Zeagle BCD. could have been a weight belt.
  3. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Missing Diver Kailua-Kona - Solo, Night Dive

    the article refers to "diving" and "diving equipment." usually we don't associate "diving equipment" with non-SCUBA activities.
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    T&C Explorer II v. Belize Aggressor IV

    Richard I really appreciate your input! I agree with you that it should be a matter of what you do first! Reading your Belize post, you and I seem to have simiar issues with 1) how to get time off and 2) how to get value from your hard earned money. I have some doctor friends/acquaintances...
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    T&C Explorer II v. Belize Aggressor IV

    i got certified at the Club Med on Provo and dove several days with Dive Provo. i've been to West Caicos a couple times but that's it. i think i would enjoy it, but i am also wondering what the impact of the hurricaine is going to have been.
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    T&C Explorer II v. Belize Aggressor IV

    yes, but I think the Single Divers group has already reserved the boat for the week beginning Jan. 11. any comments on Belize diving itself?
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    T&C Explorer II v. Belize Aggressor IV

    i am considering two different liveaboard trips in late December / early January. the first trip is a NYE Trip offered by a local Washington, Dc area dive shop on the Belize Aggressor IV. the second trip is a Single Divers trip on the T&C Explorer II beginning Jan 11. i have been diving in...
  8. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Death in Cocos from shark attack

    I guess I'm anti-chumming and anti-shark trips because of the reason you say. We don't want sharks associating food with humans. I mean look at human beings when you say free breakfast. It's a free for all.
  9. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Death in Cocos from shark attack

    I was arguing with somebody on this site about unprovoked shark attacks on divers. This is the first fatality I can recall ever that was an unprovoked attack on a scuba diver and not someone who was spearfishing or at the surface bobbing around.
  10. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Considering Blue Force One In November

    I am booked for the January 20, 2018 cruise on Blue Force One. I booked a ticket from D.C. to Male for $1000. I'm hoping it's awesome. The only thing you should know about the January 13 trip is that there is free diving guru on that trip who is going to be giving lessons and guidance. I...
  11. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Reef Shark Bites Spearfishing Freediver in FL Keys

    Lol I implore you to find me any story related to the sharks in the Keys that "hunt you there." You have a greater chance dying on a wreck from mismanagement than from sharks in the water. Whitetips?? Might as well says nurse sharks. I'll give you that great whites will eat anything in the...
  12. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Considering Blue Force One In November

    im doing Blue Force One in January 2018. i'll update this thread when i return... unless i quit my job to work in a diveshop there.
  13. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Reef Shark Bites Spearfishing Freediver in FL Keys

    almost all of the shark attacks on divers are related to spear fishing. in fact i don't think ive ever read of an attack on a diver that occurred randomly. i guess recently a snorkeler was attacked in the Bahamas. however, snorkelying at the surface is different from diving.
  14. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Diver dies at Molokai on Maui dive boat

    ok people, i just signed up for 4 dives with Lahaina Divers. they are the only shop that offers the drift diver specialty (at least as far as i could find) on Maui. i really want to do the back wall of Molokini and i don't have a buddy and have never been drift diving... so i figured i would...
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    Diver dies at Molokai on Maui dive boat

    right! they were hit with the perfect storm of events that was a 1 in you pick the number likelihood. everyone is going to be on their ps and qs.
  16. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Diver dies at Molokai on Maui dive boat

    I guess this incident is making me question the safety of the operations. i would like to hear what the crew had to say.
  17. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Diver dies at Molokai on Maui dive boat

    WHERE ARE THE RESPONSES BY THE CREW?
  18. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Diver dies at Molokai on Maui dive boat

    wow, i'm about to head to Maui for two weeks and was likely going to dive with LD. now i'm not sure what to do.
  19. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Maui - January 2017 - Lahaina/Kannapali Beach Area - Dive Shops?

    I think I'm going to end up using them because their size allows for more different kind of dives, but at the same time they try to keep particular tours small.
  20. VirginiaScubaGuy

    Maui - January 2017 - Lahaina/Kannapali Beach Area - Dive Shops?

    I'm arriving in Maui on January 1 and leaving January 12. I am going to be staying in the Kannapali Beach / Lahaina area. I am probably not going to be down in the west Maui areas near Kihei / Wailea. I think in the end I'm going to get a drift diving specialty from Lahaina Divers and then...
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