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Going on a cruise next week with my wife, some friends, and all of our kids. I have a six year old daughter who I am trying to get to do some snorkeling while we're on the islands. We have stops on Grand Turks, Tortola, Nassau, and Catalina. I am hoping to find a nice spot on at least one...

I just took a new job in Tampa near Dale Mabry HW and Northdale. Anyone know of a "tech friendly" dive shop in that area? In a perfect world, I'd like to find a shop with good people working there who are active cave or tech divers who might not be opposed to the occassional LP overfill...

I just got back from a five night stay at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios, and I managed to get three dives in. I thought I'd post a quick report in case it helps someone out in the future. As a quick overview, diving is included when you stay at Sandals. They have a "deep" dive at 9:00am and a...

Looking into scuba luggage for my Dad. Has anyone used the Akona Evolution? Anything else you guys (gals) feels strongly about one way or another with luggage? Any general do's or don'ts re: scuba luggage? Thanks! Brian

I just got my first drysuit in the mail - a Bare CD4 size M - and it seems like it's pretty big on me. I'm 5' 9", 150 lbs and an average to skinny build. The customer service person that I talked to said that the suit will squeeze once I'm in the water, and the extra room will allow me to...

I'm curious of the people on this board doing deco dives, how many of you rely on your computer (and what computer are you relying on) for stop depths and lengths, and how many of you are using your computer either in gauge mode or as a backup to tables or some other deco strategy? Brian

So I'm 99% sure I'm going to be ordering a Cochran EMC-20H (3FO2 w/He), and I'm looking for last minute feedback from anyone who actually owns and dives one, positive or negative. Any problems with the computer itself, the analyst software (version 4.01), Cochran's customer support? How about...

...buy a 10W HID and then dive with two dudes who are diving 18W and 21W lights. My light's not a week old and already I've got light envy. Both of 'em had Salvos, and those things were like floodlights! :crying: Brian

Currently using a BC, but moving towards a BP/W. I'm looking for suggestions on a good singles wing with enough lift to handle an E8-130 and a 7mm semi-dry. I'm ok with having one wing dedicated to singles and another dedicated to doubles, so I'm not too concerned with trying to find something...

I'm casually starting to look for the pieces of what will eventually become my full cave setup, and I have a question regarding manifolds. I usually see manifolds described as 200 bar or 300 bar. What does this mean? Does it have to do with the thread size, and therefor the tank neck sizes...

I dive salt water pretty infrequently, and I go through a fairly lengthy process of rinsing all of my gear each time I dive salt water. I dive fresh water pretty regularly (a few times a week, most weeks), so the few times I do dive salt water, I usually get a pretty good fresh water rinse...

I found an old thread with a link to http://www.deepsouthdivers.org, but that page doesn't appear to have any links to anything scuba related on it anymore. Does anyone have any idea where I could get a copy of the service manual for the Oceanic Delta III second stage? I followed that link...

I just got back from a Royal Caribbean cruise which stopped for a day at Cozumel. My girlfriend (who does not dive) and I had originally planned on going to Chankanaab where I would hopefully pick up a dive buddy and do some diving off of the beach. Chankanaab was closed, so with no good...

Thinking about getting a small tattoo over the holidays. Any tattoo artists on this board? How long should I stay out of the water? Does it make any difference if it's salt water versus fresh water? I've heard that you need to keep a new tattoo out of the sun for a few weeks, and that's no...

I know they're coming up... January? February? I'm pretty free to drive down there from Gainesville at a moments notice. When should I start paying attention, making calls down there, etc.? Should I just call one of the dive ops down there and see if they'll contact me when the sharks...

I need to ship a '98 Saturn SL from Colorado to Florida. There are just under one million companies that do this, according to the internet, who I asked. Anyone have any experience shipping a car across the country? Who did you use? Were you happy with the price/service? Brian

No, not "nookie" in the springs, "hookie" in the springs! As in, call in sick and take a morning off to dive... Anyone interested in tank or two at Ginnie, Blue Grotto, Devil's Den or Manatee this week? I'd also like to find someone to dive with on Saturday - same spots. I'm cavern...

My girlfriend and I will be in Cozumel from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM on December 17th as part of a four night, western Caribbean cruise with Royal Caribbean. They have some scuba diving shore excursions available, arranged through the cruise ship, but I was curious if anyone had any better...

S'posed to be diving WPB this coming weekend. I'm assuming that trip is going to be cancelled because of Wilma. Anyone going to be in the springs this weekend? I'm going to go nuts if I can't get a few dives in Saturday and/or (preferably and) Sunday. I could hit Ginnie (I'm cavern...

Forgive me if this has been asked a million times. I'm OW/Cavern with approx 20 dives. I use an Oceanic computer, but I'd like to know how people use the tables for multi-level (correct term?) dives. In other words, I can calculate my bottom time for repetitive dives to a single, specific...