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I am considering weekend trip to Isla Mujeres this summer to see whale shark, booking one or two day trips. I guess today’s weather in northeast made me to dream about something warm. I looked through old posts here and still have few questions. 1. It sounds like the best activity is during...

I booked my first trip to Cairns, Australia for February 2018. I found lots of useful information reading previous posts but I still have few questions. If my 30 hours trip from US will go as scheduled I will have 2 full days in Cairns before 4 days trip with SOF. I would like to visit rain...

I heard stories of people finding lots of empty shells recently. Some linked it to Sandy, but I dived in Jupiter area week before Sandy and found couple cowrie shells and saw at least 3 more. All very “new”, clean and empty. It is more than I saw in previous 7-8 years of diving. I don’t think...

Are any hotels in Curacao set up similar to such in Bonaire where you can store dive gear near the shore, pick up tank anytime you want and dive solo if in the mood? Will hotel dive shop fill pony without asking question? Are hotel house reefs in Curacao comparable to house reefs in Bonaire...

Is it possible to dive solo in open water (no cave) of Blue or Alexander Springs (are any other in Orlando area?)

I have ~ 5 yo, ~100 dives Titan LX. On a first dive after annual exam it started to free flow. Not a violent free flow but more then a single string of bubbles. I was able to finish dive but it felt a little uncomfortable. Flow can be stopped by turning air off but starts again after few breath...

Seeing this (juvenile? 6-8 inches) eel in tidal pool on Bonaire. CanÃÕ match it to adult eel pictures. Could it be young chain moray or something else?

Saw this creature several times in different parts of Caribbean. Inch thick 1-2 feet long. Never saw entire creature, retreats when disturbed. Some kind of worm? How the rest looks like?

Can you ID jacks? With few exeptions (e.g. bar jack they look very similar). Two pictures from florida are attached. One bigger another smaller. Are those the same species or different. Sorry for the quality, I had to reduce file size.

Hi everybody I got many pictures after recent Florida trip. I was able to identify most but two. FL16 contain not very clear image of a creature hugging piece of sponge. It has to be a relative of sea star. Its tentacles can slowly move around and attaches to other surfaces. Each tentacle split...

Hi everybody I just bought hydrooptix mask and tried it in a pool (with snorkel). I was generally satisfied. I had one problem. I had difficulties clearing last drops of water which run down in a center of the lenses when I look straight down. I read all hydrooptix discussions on this forum and...