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I was checking out the charts in the St. Pete, FL area and it looks like one of the closest dive spots is about 7 miles out from the Fort deSoto ramp. Anyone have experience on these spots?

What are some ideas for Christmas gifts for divers? Give us some ideas that are for higher budgets (couple hundred dollars or higher) and something for people with lower budgets. Higher budget: Chartplotter Bundle (chartplotter + Navionics+ chip). Many chartplotters come as a bundle with a...

Everyone on here has something to teach each of us. Whether you work in the field, are an expert at something, or are a novice and learned the hard way... Let's learn from each other. This is a space for everyone to post information for others to learn from. Share what you feel will help others...

I have had a lot of people ask me how to update their chart on their Navionics chip but when I ask them if they registered the chip when they purchased it they almost always say no. That totally sucks because if you register your chip within 30 days you get a whole year of updates for free...

All of us in my dive group use Navionics to find dive spots and mark interesting new spots. We all run Navionics on our phones for all day outings. We just bring a change with us and plug in so our phones don't die (to answer Storkers concern). 2airishuman, we sometimes take our phones on the...

I agree, get your own gear and dive locations that you're comfortable with. As 2airishuman pointed out, Navionics had a free chart on the web that has all the information of a paid chart plotter chip. This info includes wrecks and other dive spots. Then if you have the all on your phone you can...

Heading out this weekend scalloping for the first time from our house in Port Richey. However, we're south of the Hernando/Pasco County line and plan to either motor north or trailor the boat north. What are your suggestions? Motor north (and dropping the harvest with our friends north of...

New Hogfish regs take affect 8/24/17- for us in South Florida this puts a larger limit on the hogfish and now we can only keep one per day. Other areas including Georgia, North FL, Keys, etc are impacted as well. read the regulations here: FB17-041 :: Southeast Regional Office What are...

We headed out to do some boating at our new-to-us house in Port Richey and were surprised to see a bunch of houses on stilts in the Gulf! I checked the Navionics chart and it says "Offshore Platform"....what does that mean? Are these for rent? Do people live here? Is it just for day use...

Post some of your favorite sea life photos that YOU took and tell us where you took it. Here is one of my favorites. I took this in Homosassa area (Florida west coast), a beautiful watery fantasy land:

Wow, that's awesome. What a great adventure! An RV trip around the country is on our bucket list (and for sure free diving spots along the way makes it a million times better!). What are you using to locate potential dive spots? When we travel we try to check out the waterways using either...

Awesome, thanks for the suggestion! I'll check out SeaVentures.

Ray and Pam, Yes we got to see a good bit of the islands as well as the water and reefs between the islands. The free diving was amazing nearly everywhere, which is why we were hoping to do some diving while we are visiting the condo. most of the roadside stands selling food in PR are good for...

A group of families is putting together a group family vacation in Thailand. Our tentative plan is to fly into Phuket and bare boat charter a catamaran there where we'll dive off the catamaran. Looking at the map of the area, there appears to be a no shortage of small islands to explore. Can...

FINALLY the ability to update your Navionics card from in the plotter and transfer waypoints is HERE! I'm trying it out on my iPhone and iPad this Independence Day while out diving. I use the app and the chartplotter both to save our dive spots. Now I can just transfer between the plotter and...

We actually freedove Culebra about 5 years ago (we lived on a boat there) and it was absolutely amazing. Definitely a beautiful place for freediving. We were good without the tanks though so if you're comfortable with freediving 20-50 feet you can see some amazing thihngs without bothering...

I’m traveling to Puerto Rico this summer and have access to a small condo on the beach in Loiza. I was hoping to do some scuba diving and snorkeling while there. Does anyone have any recent info on the current health of the reefs there? Where could I find some reefs to dive that are either close...

thelmuth, do you know of a good place to offload in Hernando county?

We just bought a house in Port Richey right on Miller's Bayou. We're super excited to go do some west coast diving/snorkeling/scalloping. But I'm confused about where the scalloping boundaries are. I circled my new house (well the general location) on the map below. Can anyone tell me where...