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Hi All, This is my first post to Scubaboard.com and am really happy I found this community. I have been a recreational diver for quite a few years and have always rented gear to go diving. I now want to buy my own equipment and am looking for something really good! I have just brought a new...

I want to take a rescue diver course, but I want to do it somewhere fun with warm water diving. Most important I want to do it with a good shop/company. After some upcoming work travel I will have six days to get from L.A. to anywhere in the world and then get back home to Virginia. I will be...

I haven't seen this addressed directly on the board...if it has been covered, I apologize! I am looking for first-hand reports from folks who: 1) purchased trip insurance, and then, 2) missed their liveaboard departure due to delayed or canceled flights What ended up being covered? Were you...

Hi, I live in south Florida (famous Goliath Grouper area-Jupiter!) and am always searching the internet for dive clubs and group travel trips. Hopefully this "board" will be a great place to find trips! I'm a solo diver, or buddy-less is more correct, and I love to travel, especially the...

Can anyone give any feedback on the Dive Caddy G3? Looking at purchasing one but want to ask this expert board for its thoughts.

I am taking a trip to Cancun with my girlfriend in July and will be diving one to two days in the Cenotes with a guide and then possibly diving off the shore on our own. I am wondering what gear I should bring for the Cenotes dives? I am planning to bring my backplate and wing, jet fins, along...

Galapagos Islands (7 Nights Trip) Humboldt Explorer Liveaboard SAVE 1,400 USD 17 Jul - 24 Jul, 2017 Only at 3,595 USD pp The dry season has colder water and weather, but the great thing about it is the enormous numbers of whale sharks and sea lions

hi, as the thread title says I'm looking for a light "travel" bcd, especially as I'm doing my divemaster this August in Komodo (5 weeks). I've already done some research and found some interesting ones: Hollis LTS: pro: durable material, more d-rings and expandable with additional pockets...

The blue-ringed octopus, despite its small size, carries enough venom to kill twenty-six adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realizing they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis start to set in. No blue-ringed...

Hi, I am a PADI instructor and I'm traveling to Fiji to work (current locaton:Spain). What is the bare minimum I need to take. I know what I am "supposed" to have. But in reality dive centers have many things. I have a 23kg limit on the flight plus I really would prefer to travel as light as...

Aloha everyone! My girlfriend and I are both PADI Instructors and charter captains. We've been moving around for a few years now and have lived on the Big Island, Puerto Rico, Bonaire, and St. Croix working in the boating/diving industry. We are looking into moving to Mexico to work for a year...

Heeeeeeeeeeeey scubaboard people! My name is Sean and I'm completely new to diving. I heard that Key Largo, FL is the Dive Capital of the world and a great place to get your flippers wet (yeah a bad pun I know). I would love it if someone could direct me to people, dive shops, or communities...

Hello divers Does anybody know Diviac Travel? It is a liveaboard travel agency. Did anybody book a liveaboard with them? Thanks

Euphoria Nov/Dec 2016 Boarded the Euphoria in Sorong on November 23, 2016 and disembarked the vessel on December 4, 2016 We were in the second of two groups of Canadian scuba divers that traveled Raja Ampat for 11 days on the live aboard Euphoria. The trip was originally booked approximately 2...

So I'm looking into new dive bag for traveling but hopefully would be used for local dives. I'm leaning towards a roller bag but haven't seen much feedback on a lot of them. I travel a lot with my gear so I need something thats some what light weight but has some durability to protect my gear...

Hi all, I'm a solo woman traveller. I love dive trips! I've been to Palau, Truk, Yap, Fiji, Indo a couple of times, Philippines, Australia, Hawaii....I live and dive regularly in Seattle. I'm trying to figure out my next spot. I am thinking about Egypt this May. I don't usually do liveaboards...

I just got back from a wonderful dive trip to Hawaii. I brought everything with me except weights and tank. BC, reg, fins, mask, shorty wet suit, camera, computer. I bought a large roller bag off Craigslist for all my equipment (not a dive bag, but the largest permitted bag on the airlines...

Hello, All! As a retiring student from UC Santa Cruz, I will soon be receiving a B.S. in Cognitive Science and a minor in Electrical Engineering. I am a San Diego native, and therefore have a natural affinity for the water, growing up boogie-boarding at the Shores, snorkeling around the Cove...

Greetings to fellow divers! I recently got my OW certificate and now I am happened to be in Koh Samui. I am wondering if anyone has been in Koh Tao recently/going there soon? How are dive conditions there, or some info I should know? Best regards, Maxim Zavadskiy

Hello all, Our store is going to the Bahama's with Blackbeard's Cruises April 22-28. We've had a couple of people back out last minute so have some openings! Let me know if your interested or have any questions!