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Yesterday I made my first cave exploration in an air filled cave. I think most people call them dry caves although it was anything except dry. It was a whole lot of fun! WHERE Illinois caverns is in Waterloo, IL about 30 minutes SE of St. Louis. It is a small state run park with a single...

I am considering a family vacation to the Florida keys. I don't care which island. I have 3 kids between 8 and 13. Thus would be a family vacation with diving and not a real dive vacation. I would like to do a few days diving with my wife with some resort activities for the younger ones, and...

This is sort of a dive log and sort of a request for your experiences diving with kids. Feel free to share your own stories or advice, I really dont mind going off topic... Background: My last dive was almost 9 years ago when my middle son turned 2yo. It was frustrating trying to dive with 2...

A group of us from St Louis headed up to Milwaukee for some wreck diving on Lake Michigan. This has been an annual trip the past few years, but this year, we were booked on the Alma, which is a new boat in the area. The boat is owned by Shipwreck Adventures, which also runs the Little Alexandria...

I keep meaning to make a nice writeup for this trip, but Its been over a year, so here is a crappy one with pictures. I headed up to Mackinaw City and Presque Isle for a week last August. It was some of the nicest diving I've ever done. Headed up there with my Fundies instructor, Ed Gabe, and...

You get the idea. Boy meets girl. Boy Marries Girl. Nine months later Boy and Girl are Mommy and Daddy :) My wife and I are about to celebrate my son's first birthday this weekend. Diving was our thing. Now I practically have to schedule time for a haircut three weeks in advance. Our dive...

EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 Has anyone used this lens underwater? I've been thinking about splurging on it for topside use, and wanted to know how people like it for shooting UW. I know a lot of people also like the Tokina 10-16mm FE, but the Canon seems like it would be more useful above...

So are there any operators you've dove with in the Caribbean who've been respectful to divers who want to dive solo? I've had good experiences in Bonaire, but bad ones everywhere else. I've contacted a few places over the internet, and I tend one of two lines...either "Don't worry, there's no...

Join 'buba and me this August for two trips up to the best two wreck diving locations in our part of the world. The Straits of Mackinaw has some of the best recreational diving the lakes has to offer. It has everything from 100+ year old intact wooden schooners to 600'+ modern cargo mega-ships...

For Sale: Tusa XPert Zoom with Spring Straps L/XL $75 delivered I'll include the original rubber straps Great Fins Powerful and fast Like New Condition Great Spring Straps Dacor Tracker L/XL $20 delivered Basic, lightweight fins. Mask $15 delivered Basic Mask with slap strap Double...

For Sale: UK C8 Sunlight Primary Light $30 delivered I won't ship this with Batteries (too heavy) Locking trigger switch Brass Bolt snap Dual bulb design, but one bulb is burnt out Mini Q40 Blue $16 delivered One of my favorite lights Works great Comes with mask strap Bolt...

For Sale: Scubapro Everflex Womens 7mm Jumpsuit size ML $150 Delivered We bought this for my wife, shortly before she got her first drysuit, and I think she only wore it one weekend. Size is Medium-Long. Should fit tall/skinny types. My wife is 5'10 130. I would guess this would fit women...

For Sale: Tusa Imprex BC Size L/XL $150 Delivered Weight Integrated Back Inflate Dual Cam Band; "deluxe" buckle Tank Height Adjustment strap Adjustable Cumberbund 4 storage pockets Carry strap Shoulder Quick Releases Pull dump on inflater hose Right hand side Butt Dump This is a...

So, I have a really hard time ID'ing some of the Damselfish. Especially the Longfin vs. Dusky. What characteristics are you looking for to differentiate between adult: Cocoa vs Longfin vs Beaugregory vs Dusky Damselfish? I think I have the three-spot damsel down because it seems to always...

The B*eing St Louis Scubaneers and Midwest Scuba are putting on a swap and sale on February 10 at 6:30PM. Anyone is welcome to shop around, or sell your old gear. The event will start at 6:00 with our formal club meeting. Any visitors are welcome to sit in and hear about our planned club...

Can someone tell me the limits for someone certified Tech 1? Max Depth? Max # bottles? Bottom stages permitted? Any limitations on mixes? Min O2/Max He? I'm pretty sure the max planned deco is 30 min, but I've heard conflicting details on everything else. Tom

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From all the nonsense that has been going on in the past few days on this forum, about the only good suggestion was to put together some stickies with commonly asked questions, etc. so we don't have to answer the same things all the frickin' time. I don't mind taking some time and writing...

I'm heading down to Pensacola on work next week. I was planning on heading down there a day early, and diving at Vortex on Sunday and Monday. I know this is last minute, but are there any Cavern instructors that would be interested in a little impromptu cavern class? I'm not concerned with...

My wife is GUE trained to Fundamentals. She has a couple PADI and SSI specialties, but not enough for an advanced card from either agency. She would like to take a rescue class, but without the AOW, she can't get into any PADI classes. Has anyone around here taken Fundies, and went on to...