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The Captain Hook's dive shop in Big Pine Key, FL will not fill a tank with air if it has a nitrox sticker attached to it. I've never encountered this before. The shop claims it's a DOT regulation. If that's the case, then every other dive shop along the east coast I visit apparently is violating...

I have a friend who's acquired a '57 Mistral DW. He's a vintage gear junkie and has restored the Mistral to good working order but, whenever he dives it, it winds up with a few ounces of water in the top box. The water doesn't appear to be infiltrating from the "wagon wheel," he says, and the...

The Wilkes-Barre (off the Lower Keys) is an easy 15 mile run from my dock. I'm an OC Divemaster and 6-pack dive boat operator. I'm looking for input from tech divers on what they're looking for in a well equipped and professionally run boat. Assuming the boat serving the wreck is sufficiently...

A coupe I've met want to begin a baited shark dive operation. They have a lot of experience with baited shark dives (recreationally, not as a business). They've asked to charter my op to assist them in developing experience for their own charter operation. I'm aware of the law concerning baited...

I'm considering a Zeagle Ranger. I'm an active DM and do all my work and recreational diving at rec depths. Because of my age I won't be doing caves, deep penetration of wrecks, or using doubles, sidemounts, etc, so I just need a conventional but durable BC with high lift capacity and a HIGH...

Wondering if anyone has been diving on the Papa Joe wreck off Big Pine Key? A diver from Dive Key West I was captaining for said he'd been diving on it (but awhile ago, and it was in poor shape even then). If I remember correctly, he said it's a wooden shrimp boat. Although marked on some...

Great news! The class-action lawsuit against our Motorcycle Bridge Diver specialty course has been settled! Classes resume in January! Sign-up now for this thrilling adventure dive! No more will you find yourself gazing enviously at all those tantalizing dive sites beneath the Overseas Highway...

Hi all, We'll soon start our second season running a six-pack from Big Pine Key to Looe Key NMS, the Adolphus Busch, and American Shoals. We operate from January to September and cater to couples/threesomes. We provide greater flexibility in trip scheduling, dive planning, and access to dive...

Hi all, I own and operate a six pack dive boat in the Florida Keys (Big Pine Key, dieuleveutdiving.com), and I'm thinking of moving the service to Virginia's Eastern Shore during the summer months June - August. Although I live in the town of Wachapreague (ocean side, roughly mid-way between...