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I bought a GoPro Hero 5 and shot video on my last dive trip. I loved it. While I definitely need to improve my videography and editing skills, I feel like a better camera could be useful. I am looking for suggestions on what camera to upgrade to. Size, weight, and costs are always a factor...

I'm heading to Key Largo the first week in June and trying to decide which operator to use. I want to maximize my bottom time during my stay. I am a single diver so I will either be buddied up with a random diver, or part of a group following an operator provided free dive guide. I don't know...

I am on the verge of a promotion at work, and plan to reward myself with a special dive trip. I am a hard coral lover and would like to dive the best reefs in the world. I've never done a liveaboard and I've never been reef diving outside of the Caribbean. It seems the consensus is that I...

I am staking out my next dive trip and am considering making my first trip to Cozumel. I have always heard the diving in Cozumel is great. However, most of the videos I have seen recently (mainly ones referencing Aldora) make me wonder about the quality of Cozumel's reefs. Most of what I have...

I just got back from 5 days of diving in Aruba and I wanted to share a brief overview of my trip. My wife is a non diver and I wanted to find a location that she would enjoy as much as I would. My only tropical diving to date has been the Florida keys. Aruba wasn't the first choice that came...

I am looking to take a trip to see SPS corals, and I need help picking a location. For this trip, I am not looking for shipwrecks, soft corals, fish, whales, sharks, or blue holes. I used to be very involved in coral reef tanks, and I did a lot of hard coral (SPS) propagation. That is what I...

I just got back from a cold water, ocean dive trip and have realized that I need to get in better shape. I am a former overweight smoker who now is tobacco free, an appropriate weight, and I exercise 5-7 days a week. The problem is that my exercise routine is almost exclusively road biking or...

The stock mouthpiece on my Scubapro A700 is less than ideal for me because the mouthpiece doesn't have much material that goes behind the lips (the rim part of the mouthpiece). It basically feels like I am sucking on a pipe (feel free to make jokes just also add some advice). If I don't bite...

The compass on my Oceanic OCI isn't cutting it. I need a standalone unit. I would prefer something retractable. It looks like the Suunto and Sherwood get good reviews. The Suunto is $50 more than the Sherwood. Any reason for the price difference other than brand name? Which one would you get...

I am flying to California in a week and want to do 3 days of two tank diving in Monterrey Bay (Monday-Wednesday the 5th-7th.). What are the best options for getting a guide to take me? I really don't want to wander around an unfamiliar area looking to run into other divers willing to let me...

I live in Des Moines and don't have a dive buddy. I would like to do a bunch of midwest diving this summer. I have been poking around the web to find dive meet ups for places like Pearl Lake, Haigh Quarry, Lake Wazze, Big Blue and others. The problem is finding out about the meetups, as the...

I often see a yellow hose used for the octopus/safe second. I think the logic is that helps a buddy easily identify the regulator if they have an out of air situation. So my question is whether the primary regulator hose should be yellow when your configuration has you donating your primary...

I am interested in taking a mid to late May trip to Key Largo. While looking for a suitable dive op, I have noticed many operators like RainbowReef explicitly state that dives are limited to 1 hour (and that is back on the boat!). Given the number of shallow reefs and nitrox, I cannot imagine...

I am in the market for an Oceanic computer and have noticed the Atom 3.1 and OCI on closeout or being listed as discontinued on some sites. Does anyone know if these models are actually going away, or are possibly being refreshed? Should I try to grab one right away, or wait?

Tomorrow is my birthday and I was thinking of picking up the new ScubaPro Hydros Pro with Air 2 in a men's medium. However, when I look online, nobody seems to have them in stock? Are these super popular, or is there a production issue going on? Anyone know where I can buy one? I can't seem...

My wife and I are looking to plan our first trip to Cozumel. My purpose in going is to dive. I don't have any other requirements. However, my wife doesn't dive, so I need to make sure the accommodations work for her needs. For a point of reference, in Aruba, Manchebo or another nice hotel in...

I am just getting back into diving after a long absence. I am looking at getting all new equipment. I want to put together a good travel rig. It will only be used for warm water tropical vacation rec diving. I want things to be as simple, light weight, and streamlined as possible. Money...

It looks like this is just hitting the market. Any early adopters out there? I am in the market for a simple free diving computer, something to show me my depth, duration, temp and have the ability to set simple alarms. Realistically, any basic dive computer has the technical capabilities I'm...