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    Don't buy a Deep Blu Cosmiq+

    I first bought one in November of 2021. I liked the ease of charging the battery, the Bluetooth connection to the ap on my phone, and the ap on my phone. I did approximately 20 dives with it and then after one dive, the log told me that I had made a dive to over 1200 feet for five minutes...
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    Bed Bugs

    I will be staying at Scuba Club in June. I saw a comment on Facebook saying that they had bed bugs, though other posters said they didn't. Anybody here know anything?
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    Shore diving in Coz

    I'm planning on going to Cozumel in a couple of months and I'd like to stay someplace that has decent shore diving. One dive op that I communicated with said that the only decent shore diving at a hotel is at Casa Del Mar. I know that Scuba Club has shore diving and I have heard that there is...
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    A total lack of situational awareness.

    I just got back from a trip to AKR, Roatan. Went with a group and had a fabulous time. On two days, though, I was on boats with people I didn't know, and on both of those boats there were people who were so lacking in situational awareness that they were certainly a danger to the reef, and...
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    Shark Dive

    I am going to Roatan next week and the resort where I am staying has a special shark dive. I've seen plenty of sharks, including a hammerhead on my last trip to Roatan. I think that for some people a dedicated shark dive is probably a really good experience, but I'm trying to decide whether I...
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    Dive Luggage suggestions

    I travel by plane to dive a couple of times a year. My most recent piece of luggage for checking has been a duffel bag, and packing as efficiently as I can (reg and certain other heavy-ish items in my carry-on) I still weigh in at just under 50 pounds. BCD and fins won't fit in my carry-on, so...
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    Diving with nitrox then flying

    I recently did four dives over two days to approximately 70 feet using a 35% nitrox mix. I was already on the plane when I realized that the advised 24 hours had not elapsed since my last dive...it had only been 18 hours. I was a little nervous, but didn't feel anything and that was two weeks...
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    Dive knives when out with a DM

    I have done most of my dives with dive ops in Florida and the Caribbean, and all of those with at least one DM or guide. I have never carried a knife, and I have never had the need for one in over a hundred dives. Recently I was on a boat out of Jupiter, FL and I counted at least four divers...
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    Farsighted lens question

    I have a new Tusa CEOS mask that I bought because it is possible to order prescription lenses in positive diopters for it without having them custom made. The downside (for me) is that my prescription is OD +3.5 OS +3.25 and the Tusa lenses are only available for my OS in either +3.0 or +3.5. So...
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    Key Largo water temps, mid-March

    I have made dive trips to Key Largo for the past couple of years in early to mid April. Last year, with bottom temps in the high 70's I felt cool enough in a shorty that I rented a 3 mil full suit and felt fine. For various reasons I will be making a trip in mid-March this year, starting the...
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    Shark repellent wet suit? Not exactly, but interesting.

    I live on Cape Cod during the summer and from my deck on Provincetown harbor I can see, about a mile away, a stretch of beach where large numbers of seals haul themselves out. I am told by locals that there is at least one great white shark that is also resident when the seals are there. I...
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    Car ferry preferences

    I will be in Cozumel in a week with a rental car. I am planning on going to Tulum for a couple of nights with the car. There are two car ferrys, from what I can see. Is one better than the other?
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    November 14 through ...

    I have heard a lot about closures in Cozumel. Any recent updates?
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    Yet another weight calculation question

    My last saltwater dive I was wearing a full 3mm wetsuit, booties, AL80 tank and a bcd that weighs about 8.3 lbs. I am 6' 2" and weighed 205 lbs then. After diving with 14 lbs for a couple of days I dropped down to 12 and found that to be about perfect. The various weight calculators that I have...
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    Peeing in a dry suit

    I live in the northeast and recently I have been thinking about a drysuit. I know that having one would definitely expand my diving opportunities. I started reading up on them and ran into several articles having to do with the valve/(ahem) condom connection. It sounds like it is uncomfortable...
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    Moldable mouthpiece

    I'm looking to get a moldable mouthpiece. I've seen them advertised at a broad range of prices. Any recommendations?
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    Stick on gauge reader...fogging?

    I'm thinking of getting a pair of stick on gauge readers for an upcoming trip. I'd prefer to order custom lenses, but I procrastinated, and now it is too late. I have seen mixed reviews of the Diveoptyx stick on lenses, including that they are sometimes difficult to de-fog. Any comments? Are...
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    Seavision mask...magenta filtration

    I have heard good things about Seavision masks, especially because of their corrective lenses. Has anybody used their magenta lenses? Opinions?
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    Night dive, divemaster air monitoring

    I have done 42 dives now, almost all with dive "guides" in warm water. I tend to go through my air faster than others in the group and on a few occasions I have had to signal to the divemaster that I was low on air; twice, in my opinion, dangerously low (below 500 psi). (If you would like to...
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    Regulator servicing

    I bought a new reg a year ago, but have only used it on nine saltwater dives in that year. Should I have it looked at before taking a trip in November? Is it better to get servicing according to a time schedule or according to number of dives?
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