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Hi Jade, You may have already had this answered as it's almost 2006 :) But in case you haven't... I used to DM for Oceans a while back and the shop closed down for retail stuff, but they were still doing training and trips. Last I heard Tom was moving to Costa Rica in about a month or so...

Not in my wetsuit! (on days when I haven't had a whole bunch of Gatorade before I get in the nice warm water :P )

I'm not sure what it was, but it was bad. There might have been something in the water that day. Both my buddy and I smelled something pretty rank as we were making our way to the exit at the swimming area. And it was only in that little stretch between the entrance and the exit. No problems...

I kept looking back at my logbook, reading and re-reading, asked my buddy and she reassured me it was. But every time I walked by my gear bag, I kept asking myself... "Why the heck did I go diving in that retention pond!?" :bonk: Maybe next time I won't wait a week to wash my gear off :D

There aren't many places right in Orlando to go diving. You'll have to do a little driving to get to the good spots. Just like USAF said, Blue Spring is nearby. It's about 40 miles from Orlando and a pretty cool dive. Along with their rule about lights, they don't allow solo diving...

I'm in Orlando as well. I can't say that I've heard anything about that shop. I wish I could help you out there. Have you signed for classes there yet? If you're looking for a good shop to get certified with, let me know. The shop I'm with is extremely good. The instructor is excellent...

If you're heading down to the Keys, I'd highly recommend checking out Marathon. I did my advanced open water out there and it was beautiful! Most of the reefs are between 25 and 45 feet down and they're spectacular. Wildlife galore swimming around down there... and the night dives are...

I feel I should make it clear that I'm not in favor of divers jumping right into the rescue course after the required minimum number of dives. That's not the reason I'm taking the course. The reason I'm taking the rescue course with so few dives is because I feel I'm ready for it. I'm very...

I haven't seen their pool there. How big and how deep is it?

Chaka! :D

For me personally, I wanted to get rescue certified rather quickly. During my AOW class we were 110 feet down on a wreck. Towards the end of the dive I was low on air, my buddy got tangled in monofilament line and the divemaster was 50 feet ahead ascending to the line. Thankfully nothing...

After reading about King Neptune's experience with a student, I can see where it might have come in useful. Has anyone ever been in a situation where they would've had to use that training?

Buddy's busy, low on cash, low on gas AND no pool nearby!

I can't tell you too much about the Ft. Laud. area. I haven't been there just yet, but I hear there some excellent drift diving in the area. I'm hoping to remedy that very soon though. A few good places to try out would be the springs in Gainesville/North Florida area. The nice thing about...

I've found that soaking my gear in the bathtub with either a little lemon scented Joy or Johnson's baby shampoo works wonders. I made the mistake of not rinsing my gear for a few days after a trip to the keys... I'll never do that again! But with a little shampoo in the tub it's back to...

It's always good to see another person bitten by the diving bug! The kind of gear you get really depends on the type of diving you're going to be doing. For me personally, since I'm in Florida I plan on doing mainly spring diving and tropical ocean diving. The gear set up I've got works...

Personally I like seeing polls that give a little insight on how others dive: what sort of gear they use for certain situations, how to react in certain situations, etc... polls that help me be a better diver. The polls I can generally do without are the ones that provide fairly useless...

I had the exact same concern as yours, and the same problem as well. I couldn't find a definitive answer anywhere. Finally I just asked my instructor about it: You can definitely use your off-the-shelf regulator with recreational Nitrox. The manufacturers put the warning/disclaimer on...

I think if you're comfortable in the water, you should definitely go for both. I've heard of the Cooper River dive (haven't actually done it yet, but I'd like to) and if you had a good time with no problems, you should go for AOW and Nitrox. I did mine with only 11 logged dives. The thing...

I bought a Suunto Vyper from LeisurePro. Probably like many others, I was agonizing over purchasing essential equipment over the Internet... especially since Suunto's warranty is void if you buy over the net. After researching the computer and looking over LeisurePro's own warranty, I decided...