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AKR is amazing. I have never seen an operator work so hard to give you what you bargained for. I was there at the same time as Cajundiva (though we were on our own boat with our own group). When the storm came through, they took about 7 boats over to the south side of the island (who else has...

We had a guy diving doubles with us at AKR last week. (He is a friend and was with our group). He is an air hog and needs doubles just to get through a dive with the rest of us on AL 80s. FWIW, I use a pony in North Atlantic diving, but I didn't miss it at all on Roatan. It's a different...

I just got back from a week at AKR (with 3 days of diving on the South side due to weather). Temperatures were 84-85. I dove in a 1 mil suit. My daughter who is always cold brought her 5 Mil and dove in the skin she usually wears under the suit instead. Regards, <TED>

Crazy as it is: 10... <TED>

My daughter (17) and I are going there in October too (AKR). We expect to have a really crappy time -- just like we did last time<g>! <TED>

That is a matter for personal preference (as is most of this thread). My usual buddies won't dive with me at night unless I have a tank light because they want to be sure that they can account for me and I don't keep my main light on all the time - by a long shot. I also usually use a small...

Yeah, but you live in the Southeast. The OP lives quite close to me. While he could be driving, I don't get enough time off to make that work all the way to FL so I fly. Flying tanks just doesn't work for me... <TED>

>>I also like having them to take with me when we go to Florida since a lot of operators DON'T have anything more than al80's, and to me that's not enough of a contingency for a deeper dive.<< This sounds like a great idea - but how do you get them down to FL? <TED>

But that's for a different purpose -- you are trying to eliminate even the slightest movement in the weapon. Slight movement in most modern cameras is not the problem the photographer is trying to avoid. What I am trying to avoid is spooking the subject which I have carefully approached to a...

There really isn't one. There are simply too many variables (what you are wearing, your build, the amount of body fat you have on you, etc. etc. etc.) The PADI open water manual has a section on this and gives you some general guidelines to use as a starting point. I would imagine that the...

They're pretty much out in the open on most sharks and you don't have to lift the tail to see them :D! <TED>

I can't speak for aggressive moods, but on shark dives we shoot with stobes all the time and it doesn't even seem to interest the sharks, much less change their behavior. Now that may be because sharks on the average shark dive tend to be used to photographers, but the same seems to be true on...

Soup - unfortunately... <TED>

They are edible. Indeed, there are people who say it is a great fish. In any event, there is a market for them. When they are dragged up, they are sold in packages of miscellaneous seafood from what I understand. As to how to control them? Simply tell everyone that they are such a great...

Hans Trukke from the USS Tang, 1944 in the Formosa Strait from 180 feet. His lung didn't work (and was later pulled from him by another crewman). He did a CESA and made it to the surface. After the war, the navy studied how he had survived and decided to teach it to submariners as a viable...

While I guess you could do it this way, Analox says there is a simpler way, when the analyzer won't reach the appropriate calibration point, it is time to replace the sensor. It is a bit odd to find this thread here. Analox has a forum on this board and Michelle answers all questions pretty...

The only thing that I would add is that as the sensor wears out, you can't calibrate it very high. By the time it won't calibrate above say 21.8, you are close to the end and should buy a new sensor. OK one more thought. I bought an analyzer after I found that some analyzers that were offered...

>>Will a fancy computer with P/C downloading and AI improve your diving? No<< Well, that depends. The OP indicated that he doesn't get to dive enough in a year. A computer could increase the amount of diving he gets in in a year markedly over that he could do with tables. All it takes is a...

The short answer is, it doesn't work that way. If your body only breathed enough air to get the oxygen it needs (the concept that you are suggesting) then it wouldn't breath anything like the air it does. (You don't use anywhere near all the oxygen in the air that you breath. That is why...

Same here. This would be perfect for my daughter...