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Looking through some of the sites got me wondering. If I have two afternoons free, would you suggest Gulf dives or a trip to some of the springs/rivers/sinkholes?

I will be in Tampa on business in early December and I have a couple of afternoons free. How's the diving? Vis, temps, currents, scenery, etc. I am looking for a nice easy dive with some fish or coral. A non-pentrating wreck dive would also be cool but not necessary. Like to keep max...

I had a tank slip off my last time out. My BC is relatively new and prior to my last trip I always wet the strap before sceuring the tank. This time I saw that no one else was wetting the straps so I asked a DM if it was necessary. He said "not if you tighten it down well enough". Well, I...

Sacred Bovine! That's a bunch of replies in a short time :) So you ice divers, assumming drysuit diving, was it fun? Do you see much?

I was up in my new hometown of Minneapolis the other day and had a few hours to kill so I stopped by a couple diveshops to check out the local conditions. In the shop In Eagan they told me that they go ice diving in 7mm wetsuits! I don't mind cold but that seems out of control! These were...

If I took my dog diving, she'd be dragging tanks to the LDS for fills all day long! She already free dives the pond to dig out BIG rocks. I have no idea how she stays under so long but she'll dive, start digging and then come up with these boulders in her mouth. Had another dog that dived...

So you thought the idea of an indoor year round pool was lunacy? The Mall of America in Minnesota offer diving in their SHARK AQUARIAM! Sign me up!:D http://www.sharky.tv/swim.html#swim

In two weeks I will relocated from Southern California to Minneapolis:( I was out in SoCal for only six months and I only went on one dive trip that truly failed to meet my expectations given that all of my other dives have been in St Vincent and Grand Cayman. I know I did not give diving...

I'm just looking to get wet again without taking all day. The one set of dives I have done since coming to California was at Santa Cruz Island. It took up a full day and the visibility was less than spectacular. A quick shore dive would probably work well since, if conditions aren't great at...

I have just a couple weeks before I move from SoCal to Minnesota!:11: I plan to spend a few days in San Diego and should have time to get in a few dives if they are convenient. Any recommendations for nice hotels/resorts with easy access to diving? My wife doesn't dive so I will not be...

Rick - that's a nice clean looking boat. Great deck space and entry points. I'll definitely give a call and set something up. As for sailboats, if you have one with a scoop transom, they aren't bad at all as dive platforms. Of course a catamaran is, so to speak, the cat's meow when it...

Express Divers sounds like a real possibility. Long Beach is quite a drive from Simi Valley but it shouldn't be bad at 5 AM. I've never been to Catalina so I'll definitely give them a try. Thanks. GPS coordinates in Santa Monica Bay sounds like a perfect excuse to buy a divable sailboat...

I have been reading thrpough the various threads here and elsewhere on beach dives in SoCal and wonder if there are near shore boat alternatives. Given the descriptions of long, steep hikes to the beach, surf entries, surge conditions and rocks it seems like a boat dive would be much easier...

Others have said it already but I would emphasize location. I learned in Illinois - which is not exactly the dive capital of the world - and when I moved to SoCal I figured I would be out there a couple of times a month. No way. As much as I enjoy diving, I cannot justify a whole day away...

Is it difficult to find tank weights and bolt ons at resorts? I would hate to have to carry all my weight in my luggage!

One piece 7mm. Hood, gloves, big jacket style BC. In my 3mm hyperstretch I was comfortable with 10 pounds with a (I think) steel 80 (might have been a bigger steel tank). That was at the end of a week's diving vacation and I was tuned in to everything pretty well. Another day, 18 lbs with a...

"Ridiculous" is being severly underweighted and floating on the surface with no way to get down there with all the pretty fishies:D I am 6'1" and 255 pounds. That's a lot of non dumpable bouyancy. I'm not flaming you Sparticle - I'm just saying that everyone has their own needs. As a...

Is there a big difference between bp/wings and back inflate bc?

I will never understand how people can say a certain weight is too heavy or too light without knowing anything about the diver's body type/ experience/ skills. Put me in a 5mm with 16 lbs and I guarantee you I will float like a cork. Last week I was in a 7mm with a steel 72. I carried 34...