jackdav
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LOML just certified OW last month and has been lobbying hard to go diving again soon. Next Sunday is our 1st aniversary and so I am taking her to Catalina Island to dive at Avalon dive park and perhaps take a boat trip or two.
I understand they got lotsa kelp and cold cold salt water. If anyone on the list has dove Avalon, is there anything I need to watch out for? Any recommendations or caveats (I am a rank novice with only 5 or 6 dives more than my wife) regarding the diving or the facilities available there? I am a little concerned about the kelp, but I have long wanted to dive in a kelp forrest, so I am also really excited about it.
I had asked Joewr for some advice on modifying neoprene, with an eye towards altering the sleeves and legs of a used XXX wetsuit. The problem with that plan was that I could not find a used XXX wetsuit anywhere in the metro Phoenix area... so I plunked the plastic for a custom Jabba-The-Hut sized wet suit, and it came last night (the Visa bill has yet to come) and fits nicely. But thanks for the advice Joewr .... It should have worked.
So now I have my wetsuit down, my BCD down and only have yet to buy a dive computer, some gages, and some regulators (no wonder my LDS mentioned about 700 times that this is an "equipment intensive sport") at least until I get interested in hunting or wreck diving, or cave diving, or........
Best Regards to All,
Jack in Phoenix
I understand they got lotsa kelp and cold cold salt water. If anyone on the list has dove Avalon, is there anything I need to watch out for? Any recommendations or caveats (I am a rank novice with only 5 or 6 dives more than my wife) regarding the diving or the facilities available there? I am a little concerned about the kelp, but I have long wanted to dive in a kelp forrest, so I am also really excited about it.
I had asked Joewr for some advice on modifying neoprene, with an eye towards altering the sleeves and legs of a used XXX wetsuit. The problem with that plan was that I could not find a used XXX wetsuit anywhere in the metro Phoenix area... so I plunked the plastic for a custom Jabba-The-Hut sized wet suit, and it came last night (the Visa bill has yet to come) and fits nicely. But thanks for the advice Joewr .... It should have worked.
So now I have my wetsuit down, my BCD down and only have yet to buy a dive computer, some gages, and some regulators (no wonder my LDS mentioned about 700 times that this is an "equipment intensive sport") at least until I get interested in hunting or wreck diving, or cave diving, or........
Best Regards to All,
Jack in Phoenix