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Just arrived in Jacksonville today after a cruise, and will be driving to Orlando once we disembark. I have a full day in Orlando. Most likely planning on driving to Cape Canaveral but was curious if there was anywhere interesting to dive in the Orlando area. No buddy or gear so I'd need a...

Hi all! I will be on a cruise in April on the Carnival Elation. 10 days in the Southern Caribbean. The ports are: Start in San Juan, Barbados, Granada, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, and ending in Jacksonville. The ship offers 4 diving shore excursions: A shore dive at Coki...

Hey all, I have some video that a friend of mine took in Mexico with his SeaLife camera, in the .asf format. I have a Mac and am having problems finding a program that will let me import the video into iMovie, or convert it to a format that I can use with iMovie. I have the VLC viewer which...

I'm on my last day of a wonderful two week vacation down in the Mexican Caribbean. Spent a great week in Cozumel where I did 10 dives with Aldora, and am just finishing up the 2nd week on Half Moon Bay in Akumal. While here, I did 2 cavern dives with shop I was hooked up with by a friend...

Over the past few days, I've been transferring my dive log entries from a paper logbook into my MacBook. It's allowed me to look back in detail on all the diving I've done since I began diving in August of 2006. During that first year, from August 12 2006 to August 11, 2007, I logged 130...

I'm thinking about a new primary light to replace my Princeton Tec Shockwave II. I'll be going to Coz at the end of the year and the Princeton is just too bulky. I also want something that will work well up here in the PNW. I read through the discussions about the Raider III in the OxyCheq...

Does anyone have a link to that video showing a BP/W vs. a Jacket BC? It starts off with a diver wearing a jacket BC, flailing around and kicking up all sorts of sediment. Then it switches to the same diver, wearing a BP/W. He suddenly has perfect trim and executes all the different tech...

I ordered a hoop stringer today from eBay, and had a question... I'm assuming I'll just hang it from one of my waist d-rings, but a friend was wondering if I wouldn't get stuck by the spiny fish (mostly rock cod) we have around here that I would be spearing. I thought it was a good point...

My standard dive rig is a drysuit with SS plate, 30# wing, and XL jet fins. With a HP100 tank and a 16# belt, things trim out quite nicely. I'm setting up a warm water rig, which will be the same 30# wing with the new OxyCheq Ultra Lite Travel Plate. With a 3mm wetsuit, I'm worried that the...

I'm in need of a good bright orange safety sausage. I have a yellow one from Dive Rite, but it doesn't pack up as small as I would like, and the yellow is not as visible as orange is. I'm looking at this one from DAN https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/catalog/products/641-1000.html which...

Got my leave request at work approved, so I'll be in Coz from the 28th Dec - 4th of January, then Akumal from the 4th - 10th. What are the must see dive sites I should make sure I hit while in Coz? I have the Scuba Diving Magazine with their list of sites... any comments on these, or other...

Got my leave request at work approved, so I'll be in Coz from the 28th Dec - 4th of January, then Akumal from the 4th - 10th. What are the must see dive sites I should make sure I hit while in Akumal? I definitely want to hit some of the cenotes, but I'd also be interested in the ocean dives...

As I mentioned in another thread, I am the proud owner of a new AB Biller speargun. Still haven't taken it in the water, but I'm thinking I'll take her out this afternoon after I wake up (working graves is a DRAG!!)... Anyway, I don't necessarily want to kill random fish the first time out...

Just placed an order for an AB Biller 48 and a 5'7" JBL Breakdown polespear from LP. The Biller is for me and the polespear is for a buddy. Will be shooting various types of cod on a local wreck, and I'm really looking forward to it! Tips for a beginner? We'll probably shooting multiple...

I've noticed on my last couple dives, I've been able to equalize by simply swallowing, and haven't needed to pinch my nose and exhale. Other times, I need to pinch like normal, and sometimes I only have to pinch early on, but once I'm deep enough I can just use the swallowing method. How...

Looks like I may go to Coz just after Christmas with the family... I may be the only diver, though my sister's boyfriend, who is also a diver, would like to come too. What are the water temps like at that time of year? When I was in the Keys in December, the temps were in the low 70's, and I...

I have a dive planned for the 29th on a wreck that has several larger rockfish on it (by large, I mean only 2' long max. Weight... ??), and my buddies and I are planning on spearing some. I don't yet have a pole spear, or gun, so I'm looking for recommendations on size, brand, and all that...

Had a really nice dive today, and the weather was just perfect. Temp in the mid to low 60's so I wasn't melting in my drysuit before I got in the water, yet the water is now warm enough I'm not really getting chilled :) Photos here: Zenfolio | Brian Short in the Diving Alaska gallery (feel...

I heard about the new Micro Mask yesterday while at the LDS, but they didn't have any in stock just yet. I've looked at it on Aqualung's website, and the idea sounds pretty good, but has anyone here on the board tried them yet? I'm just wondering how much more of a field of view you'll get...

Did a couple of dives today, one at Sunset and the other at the Mt. Point wall. Here are a few of the better images I captured. I'm trying to get myself to take photos a lot more than I have been. I figure if I start taking enough pictures, someday I'll be able to justify the purchase of a...