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Yea I saw that they had booked Ramon's, however there are several other people watching this thread so thought I would put up anyway, so hopefully everyone could get some ideas for their next trips. I'm curious to know why you think she might not be ready? The dive op ran two different dives...

I've just (yesterday) been out with Belize Diving Services from Caye Caulker. Its a short water taxi ride from both San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, and Belize City on the mainland (essentially the Belize - San Pedro taxi just stops at Caye Caulker lol). The Caye itself is massively quieter that San...

There are also things called ankle weights - little 500g-1kg bracelets you put around your ankles - they help keep your feet down to minimise the risks of inversion. Lots of people use them, and lots of people would say its cheating and lazy, but if you have a particular concern, i.e. your...

I'm of a similar mind - however if I do get buddied up, I damn well expect to see you doing your gas calcs and dive planning, and then briefing me accordingly as to your turn around pressures and timings, deco depths and timings. I have called a dive before it started because my insta-buddy...

I'm working in Belize at the moment, dived the inner reef last week on a day run out of Belize City. The reefs are very much alive and well, teeming with life. Not been out to St George's Caye thus far, but heading out to Caye Caulker tomorrow which is very relaxed and has some good dive centres...

Take the expensive option, and treat yourself to some shiny new gear - get a fire engine red dry/wet suit, and some sunburst yellow fins and she'll never lose you again (unless you dive with me). Plus you now have an excuse to buy more kit as it's in the interests of safety - and specifically...

Is that another way of saying the Darwin Awards and natural selection will eventually sort it out? :giggle::giggle:

Love it, my laptop backs itself up offsite too, I know my handwritten logs take a small amount of time, but I enjoy the act of writing - it's unfortunately a dying art. The only reason I type up my blurbs is in case of fire, that may destroy my logbooks. Glad to know I'm not the only one...

I maintain a paper log as my primary - I keep the full spiel/description in my paper log, however I then transfer the pertinent information from this to my diviac log - I do take the time to ensure accurate GPS coords on each dive, so that I get a nice pretty map (See below). I am slowly (very...

No worries, it needs emboldening I think lol. There are only about 25 of us, including a lot of local civvies so won't know about them until I get there. I don't' think any of the mil staff do. I figured I'd work on the principle of being the only diver, then anything/anyone else is a bonus to...

I'm a BSAC Advanced Diver at the moment, with a view to preparing for my First Class at some point in the near future

Things have changed now - there isn't a cookhouse for staff any more, so no BBQ or lunch rations anymore :(- we're self-catered, the exercising units bring their own chefs out though. Will definitely be heading out to as many different dive sites as possible - basically gonna have most weekends...

When I teach mask drills, I always start with a partial flood first that stays below eye level, then a full flood without removal, then a complete removal. This make take more than one pool session. Once students are happy, we will have a game of 'pass the parcel' - remove mask, hand to your...

I personally would have used air for just the two dives, however doing all four I probably would have opted for nitrox if the funds were available. For the 0.5% difference, I would usually round up as a matter of safe practice (as I deem it), not that 0.5% is going to make much difference: using...

I will definitely check out Glover's Reef then. I'm at the barracks at Ladyville. Are there many sites further down the southern end of the country?

Thanks for the ideas guys, just want to check, what is the standard type of first stage used in that neck of the woods? DIN or A Clamp? And are there any local 'foibles' that might not be immediately obvious to a British diver? (metres, BAR, the extra/missing vowels etc lol)

I've done a fair few trips to lots of places. As a BSAC diver, I have been on club trips to the Red Sea (hired a day boat just for us, so essentially had our own water taxi) and Malta (where we got cylinders, lead and air from an LDS, but were completely self sufficient in all else). I have also...

Love it, thanks Wookie, I just use bog-standard metres. I usually remember what sort of water I'm in, and if I do forget I can always remove my reg and stick my tongue out. If it tastes like s**t its fresh, if it tastes like salty s**t I'm in the sea lol

Could someone clarify what fsw stands for? I work in metric and just trying to convert the maths - I know what I've got for my maths, but cannot for the life of my figure out what fsw can possibly mean Thanks guys

Interesting views here I would personally be conducting my own dive plan and then asking to see theirs to compare their expectations to mine. If they are being what I would consider 'overly-optimistic' with their SAC and bottom time plans then I would have serious misgivings about joining the...