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Our club planned a trip down to Florida a few years ago (ouch...10) and we rented a pontoon boat for the day. We played with the manatee and then just toodled about the area. We had a lot of fun. Can't remember who we rented from though. I keep hounding Mike to post a pic of our dive with...

Hind sight is 20/20...but a suggestion for next time is to book it as a club event. It also would've been nice if we knew who we were diving with and who they were on the site...we just sort of pieced together who everyone was. Missdirected...were you the one in the BMW? Like I said...

Birds is the one we were going to go with until I found this thread. When talking to other shops in Florida, they recommend either of those two shops for the Crystal River area. I personally think the dive master makes all the difference. And out of all my dive experiences away from home...

Mike and I had a wonderful time...even though we aborted that dive. My light crapped out on me and since we were the last ones in the cavern, it really silted up. We decided to play around at the opening of the spring and had more manatees play with us...so it worked out better anyway...

OK...what's with the crappy weather upon our arrival on Thursday??? http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/usa/Pages/USFL0372.htm

woo hoo...we're booked in too!

It's a lengthy read, but interesting. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061125.wxzebra25/BNStory/Science/?pageRequested=1

OK...just to clarify...is it snorkeling with the manatee and diving a cavern afterwards? I don't want to "scuba" with the manatee.

We haven't set our schedule yet, but I will talk with Mike to see if he's booked anything yet. So the 3rd or the 2nd is fine with us so far.

Hey guys...we'll be in Orlando from Nov 30th to Dec 7th and was planning on booking our own Manatee tour and cavern dive. Can we hook with you guys? Is there still room? The BF hasn't done many open water dives so we were planning on doing some easy stuff for him. Is this cavern good for...

Too Fricken' cold for me...I wuss out at the first thermocline which is about 15-20 feet...even in a dry suit.

Where is Alki Beach....not sure where you're from. What is WA short for...Washington?

I belong to a few different forums and this is BY FAR the biggest. I can't get over how many posts people do in a day! Although I am relatively new to this forum, I am thoroughly enjoying my time here!

I also hate the neoprene. I have a 7mm and a 3mm and will suffer with the 3mm when I should be in the 7mm just because of how much I hate putting it on. I also hate hoods. I was going to suggest the panty hose thing, but lots of people already beat me to it.

Yes you're right, Bob3, all good answers. Which means that it's going to be harder to pin point exactly what it is...no definate reason. Just going to go through the suggestions one at a time and do a process of elimination!

WOW thanks for all the posts. I will check out those articles. To answer some of your questions. I know I don't breath shallow but I do breath differently when diving. I tend to breath in slow and long, and exhale completely...also slow and long. Someone asked where I got the...

Wondering what causes my headaches. I always get one after my second dive of the day. I have adjusted my mask to make sure it's not to tight, I have dove both air and nitrox. I can equalize no problem, and I don't change my depth drastically or frequently while under. I find my...

Weight integrated is definately the way to go. I bought my first one this summer and absolutely love it. Not only do I not have to fuss with it to get the fit just right, but I have no more hip pains. I found I suffered terribly from my weight belt resting on my hips. I would come home at...

Hey there. I dove there a few years ago...ouch...10 years ago!! I was a newbie at the time and my rental BC failed. I aborted and didn't go back in for the rest of the weekend. Campground was nice and we picnic'd where we entered the water...we were the only ones there (my club). I believe...