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In addition to the home made snoots some people have reported, there are now a few commercial options for a lot more money obviously. I have Inon S2000 strobes. Inon has their own snoot set, then there is a Seahorn snoot set (both of these require aiming with the strobe itself it seems since...

Went diving today with borrowed/rented computer but also wearing the D4 for fun. It worked fine, paired with transmitter, read out pressure etc. But totally uncontrollable via the buttons. So back to dealer when I get home. Six months of use was not much before this happened.

On the way to Cozumel at Houston airport from Calif, I tried to adjust the local time on my near new D4i. I have had two dive trips with it; it is 6 months old. As I was adjusting the time, the computer locked up ie the buttons no longer responded and the computer went back to just a time...

How do the tides affect the kelp? We were at Lobos a bit after low tide on Tuesday - the tide was rising. Is there a preferred tide that minimizes kelp at the surface?

We were returning on Tuesday at Lobos to the boat ramp when my buddy almost stepped on a large mature wolf eel almost right at the boat ramp. It was well out in the open. It is situated among the rocks just to the north of the ramp, on your left as you enter the water, a yard or two from where...

The kelp in Whalers is not too bad. It is possible to find a path through it, narrow at times, out of the cove. It looks worse from shore but as you get into it, a pathway becomes evident. Based on diving there on Tuesday, yesterday.

I am going to be down in Monterey this Friday. Going out on the Beachhopper Saturday but if anyone feels like joining up for a mid afternoon dive somewhere let me know.

You could try Bamboo Reef for rentals and I think they might also offer a guide service for you as well. Just checked the web site Scuba Diving lessons, classes, courses - San Francisco, Sonoma Coast, Marin, Monterey, Northern California Bay Area | Bamboo Reef Scuba Diving Centers and they do...

The pop up flash on my E520 is not popping up like it used to. In fact, it is quite sticky. And I have discovered that if it does not pop up all the way, the flash is disabled - which can be a bit of a problem during a dive if I forgot to manually persuade it to extend all the way before...

Vincent and I will be down there on Sunday/Monday. Not arriving till noon or so on Sunday. If you want to join us, let me know.

Thought I would check with the friendly NorCal group before heading over to the equipment board. Anyone know where to find a replacement rubber grip with the finger loop for SS strap, Apollo Biofins in my case? Or a nifty substitute? I can find entire SS strap replacements but that seems...

Which airline was that on? The price is great.

Well, after all the gloom did anyone go out diving?

Jon, does AN ASSOCIATED LARGE NORTHWESTERLY SWELL TRAIN WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY WITH HIGH SEAS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL COASTAL WATER OVER THE WEEKEND. keep you high and dry for the weekend?

FishDiver: you again! I was planning on trying Lobos on Friday, maybe staying overnight and doing a shore dive Saturday. But it looks like conditions will start deteriorating on Friday so I plan to keep checking the forecasts.

Who is Stormsurf.com? that is a pretty impressive wave forecast (great for Mavericks I guess) and as Dannobee notes does not match the NOAA forecast at least in Monterey. But NOAA does call for high seas on Saturday, so may not be greatest weekend for diving. Where do the Stormsurf forecasts...

What do you think about leaving the port attached to the housing, once it has been checked to be leak proof? Will the O-ring dry out or distort over a month or two? It seems that taking it on and off each time it is used raises the chances for a leak.

I have read of a program or group that has helped returned service personnel with injuries take up scuba diving.

Do not know about your particular port. I have retested my set up in 1 meter of water (my back yard) and the extra grease did seem to help. I hope that is true at 30 m.- not tried yet. I would guess that you should screw it in all the way. My port is also a little loose if I do not srew it in...

Have fun. Will meet up with you again one of these days.