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BTW, appreciate the flag for Conception. I was on the sister boat Vision the week before the tragedy.

Thx! Yes, I'll have all my own gear Stahlsac rolling bag for most stuff and my drysuit in it's own backpack. Looks like we'll be looking for alternatives on Sunday as the dives just got cancelled for weather. Oh Well. Hate to push, but any suggestions? I'm assuming if they have waves big enough...

Hi there, jumping into the thread as I'll be down there tomorrow through next Saturday. We're shore diving La Jolla tomorrow and boat diving on Sunday. I'm on my own for the rest of the week. I've thought about heading out to Catalina on either Monday or Tuesday, can you catch a ferry or boat...

Good Lord! (Starting at $49K) Just think how many live-aboard trips I could take for that! Uh, solo live aboards….

OK, I tried. Yea, she wasn't buying it. I sold it as "honey, imagine a week aboard a yacht, with private chefs, fine dining, drinks, lounging on the deck, shore excursions, snorkeling, you can even swim with the pigs!" She said, "is this one of those scuba live aboard things you've talked about...

I'll pass it by her. But, not likely. She does really surprise me sometimes though.

Yes, I see your point. I read it wrong and it does look like there's some flexibility. I know Stuart's Cover has an impeccable reputation and I definitely want to book the shark dive with them. It may be too late in the season for that, we'll see. I sent an email to Bahama Divers, they only...

I'm going to update this message as I've learned that food grade silicone has solvents in it that will destroy the mask. It took some time, about a year, but what happened is that I started getting splits in the mask just below my nose. It happened on a liveaboard trip to the channel islands and...

Hi to all, My GF has earned a trip to BahaMar resort Bahama in April and doesn't dive. I do. A lot. We're going to add another week to our trip and I'd like to do four tanks a day and perhaps mix in a few night dives. I know Stuarts Cove is the big operator but of course, I'll end up with an...

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've ditched them once. We entered the dive site, (Salt Water State Park near Des Moines, WA) with calm waters and clear skies from the beach and headed out to the south buoy for...

I recommend you call ahead and book your trip so you can get the trip you want. There are many options for wrecks and reefs. Most of the operators schedule a morning two-tank trip. You board the boat around 8 AM and then come back in for lunch. After lunch they do another two-tank trip and...

I frequent Key Largo on weekends when I travel to Miami for business. I highly recommend Key Dives in Islamorada. On Key Largo I frequent Rainbow Reef Dive Center, a larger outfit but very well run with great guides, really good scuba sites and some great wreck dives. Two of my favorites are the...

I can happily report. This works! Wonderfully! I used Loctite dishwasher safe glass glue to glue down the lenses. The residue cleans up using acetone, but be careful not to go overboard on that. Acetone in too heavy of a dose will destroy the silicon on the mask. I just used a damp cotton pad to...

I need 2.0 readers. The plastic dive optics constantly fog up in both cold (47f) and warm water (84f). It doesn't matter how clean you get them. Using a mask scrub just scratches them up. Based on a recommendation from my LDS I am switching to Trident Aqua Optics glass reader add-ins glued in...

Yes, they use the pool to teach babies how to swim and get comfortable in the water. Maybe they should come up with a dry suit for infants? I remember reading in a David Poyer novel how the overhead for a dive shop pool is a loss leader. I'm sure they're making up for the loss with baby swim...

Hi Catchdanielle, I got the diving bug on a resort dive in Cabo San Lucas last fall. I just knew I was going to get my OW cert! When I first attempted, things went very badly. I was in a hurry to get my cert because I had several trips coming up to Florida for business. As I look back, the...

My original post was really about weight differences and byouancy. I didn't figure I'd have and issue with too much bottom time, but that's a good point, if not paying attention and doing consecutive dives, one might get themselves in trouble. I also got EANX certified last week, so that will...

It's true, the tanks don't fit the racks and the tanks and BCD end up laying on the floor between the camera and goggle buckets. If you know the Captain on the boat down there, he's a fairly big guy who comes off rough and has a sense of humor that could put you sideways until you get to know...

All great points, Thanks. I took my buoyancy class a few weeks ago as part of my PADI AOW and those points were made clear. It's the practice though isn't it...... Regarding the difference using 100's vs. 80s, I did six dives this weekend down in the Keys with Key Dives in Islamorada. My first...

I'm not considering buying anything for a while. I'm travelling back and forth between Seattle and Miami too much right now for a project. Maybe next year, but for now, rentals will do just fine. G