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Thanks for the input...I do wear neoprene socks under my boots....It just feels like I've developed a bone spur (?) on the top of my foot... right where the top of the fin (on both pairs) rubs the very top of my foot...the spring straps don't feel too tight, so I may try stretching the foot...

I have had a knot (not particularly painful) on the top of my right foot where my fins (both pairs) are rubbing a place. My fins are Force Fins with inserts and spring straps worn with summer booties and Aqualung FlexBlades II with 5mm booties and spring straps. So even with the thicker...

Thanks, that helps a lot!

A group of three of us have a guided shore dive set up with John from the shop as the guide, and I just wondered if they generally conduct those from Breakwater?

I was wondering what part of the beach Bamboo Reef Dive Shop does it's shore dives. I have a book on Monterey Diving and was going to look at the book. Breakwater?

Read in another forum it has listed to its starboard side by 10-15'....

Still no word on this diver?

and depth gauge for their air integrated computer? Or a backup computer? Or nothing?

Oh and I did 8 dives with SW in June with Pat as my DM (yes, I paid extra), and it was worth every penny. She is wonderful, patient, funny and safety oriented. SW is my first choice of who to dive with in KL, hands down. JMHO.

If you don't like carrying your own gear, tanks, and weights and setting up your rig and changing it out during the SI, please don't come to NC! You may take a seat on a charter that some of us self-sufficient divers are on a waiting list for!:D

Ok....I think when I go back to charlotte tom, I am switching the 5mm to a 7mm and also get a 5 or 7mm core warmer to go with a 7mm hood...sounds like this will allow me to do diving in the places i want and not get cold...Thank you very much for the input! I am thinking of doing a Channel...

This does help...I am wondering if I could rent a larger vest to go over the 5mm Merino wool Pinnacle and hood to be able to do 2 or 3 dives in Monterey and then use this suit in Catalina or So Cal? I understand that even if I don't feel cold, I can still be getting mildy hypothermic, but...

gauge console combo to be used as a backup in case of computer (Suunto Cobra failure)???

temps at surface were 83-85, and at depth (which for me was 107' deepest) were mid 70's

It does help because our local quarry is between 50-60 at depth (30-60') and colder than that if doing a deep dive, and I have worn my 1mm with skin all but once, and that was to try my 3/2 to get my weighting right....Not cold at all..everybody else has hoods and 3/2's with layers so with the...

I appreciate all the replies...I may try and rent a 7 mm for Monterey...But I travel to Nor Cal 3-4x's a year and SoCal at least 2x year, so I'd like a suit that would do in the quarry here, but also appropriate in Monterey and Catalina...Thanks for the input..I wear a 3/2 with beanie and 5mm...

Appropriate for Monterey in Sept? Any feedback? Not interested in drysuit. Not very cold natured, and guy at dive shop said his kept him warmer than his 7mm neoprene w/o the bulk....

during week of sept. 22-26? If I do not tend to be cold natured even in quarries, etc, could I do a 2 tank boat dive off Monterey during this time in a Pinnacle Elastoprene with Merino wool lining 5mm full suit with matching hood? I just bought this suit (rather expensive) for diving in local...

Yes it went, and we had 2 great dives! We dove with MBT Dive Shop on the H2O Below and we had a great boat ride out, great captain, great mates. The water temps got a little cooler at depth, low viz til about 50', then it cleared up, and a nice little current towards the end of the second dive...

Ya'll are welcome any time....Wrightsville Beach, NC has some good wrecks..the Gill and the Hyde...probably some video on YouTube....I'll be back to the "O"...Great experience, and great crew and captain....Nicely done, and btw, hands down Best Hot Dogs I can remember having, EVER! :0)