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Add the West coast to you goals as well. Especially Vancouver Island.

If I attempt the classic wet suit weighting test floating vertically in a dry suit I can't possibly tell if I have the right amount of air (for comfort and warmth) in the suit. My feet are squeezed and I have an excess of air at my shoulders slowly escaping from my latex neck seal. Similar to...

What's the advantage of felt vs a thicker rubber sole? Is it better at deflecting spines?

Last (and only) Cruise I went on in that area had multiple opportunities to dive each day (usually 4) and no worries on scheduling or rushing back to the ship. Of course the cruise ship was a bit smaller and less luxurious than the one you are planning but all the passengers seemed to love it...

This is usually how I do Knowledge Reviews, I feel the students learn from the discussion. Although I do have all the correct answers :-) When a student suggests an incorrect answer I ask the class for other options, and in rare cases where no one has it correct supply it myself. And I always...

The Eons will lock up if the user intentionally (or accidentally) set them to Gauge mode. From the manual: After diving in Gauge mode, decompression calculation is locked for 48 hours. If during this time you dive again in Air/Nitrox mode, the dive algorithm and the decompression calculation...

I checked out ANDI's website. The links for DIVING courses and FLOWCHART of courses are both broken and do not work. I can't see any info on basic Scuba instruction on their website at all.

My bright Orange ScubaPro Seawing Nova Gorillas get many compliments for their visibility in our local dark green Pacific Northwest waters.

Could it be a difference in the position of the valves in the suit rather than a difference in the valves themselves? I suit I borrowed why mine was in for repair had the valve about an inch more towards my inner arm and I had to roll and lift my arm a lot more in order to vent it. In this...

It may be the camera angle, but that collar looks like it has been trimmed to be much longer on the right side of the photo than the left. It should be about the same length all the way around. Is there enough left to tuck in on your neck? It should be worn tucked in like a reverse turtleneck...

Some masks (like mine) with very soft , thin edges can get little folds in the seal edges against the face. Make sure to check for these and smooth them out before descent. Is a hood involved? Make sure mask edge is under the hood and not the opposite. A few of my friends tell me their mask...

I've just replaced my Aqualung Dimension BCD (somewhat similar to the exotec) with a Hydro Pro. Here are my pros and cons: Dimension: Pro - the "Wrapture" waist belt sits low on the hips and lets you carry the weight on the hips if you have a long walk to a shore dive, similar to a hiking...

I don't believe Suunto sells these anymore, you need to send the Pod to Suunto for battery replacement. My LDS handled this for me.

I'm also usually feet heavy. A quick bend underwater putting my head and feet down and my butt up tends to move the (small) air bubble in my wing closer to my butt and puts me in fairly level trim. Sometimes I have to repeat after I've gone into a really head down position to observe a...

I dove T&C last June and has 12 great dives. Not too many large pelagics though, if that is what you are looking for. If you get a chance to do a night dive to see the glow worms bioluminescence definitely do that - it was amazing!

It is possible! It is shown on the third page of the dive's log entry on the Eon core or Steel- at least on version 3 of the firmware. Eon Logs Or my choice of software - MacDive on my iPhone. Downloads easily to the phone from the Eon via Bluetooth.

Was on a liveaboard last week where one of the divers was using the Applewatch Ultra + Oceanic for his Dive Computer. Mid week the computer decided to lock him out as "his license had expired" According to the diver he had a a 1 year license with many months left on it. We suspect the watch...

I love my Fourth Element Proteus II - but more importantly, the 2 females I know who have one also love theirs. We are 3 widely varying body shapes and all agree the suit fits as per the size chart, and is very well sealed with almost no water flow through it. The back and neck are a unique...

One of my buddies just records visibility as emojis. Something like this from good to bad: :):wink::(:mad: In my local dives visibility often varies dramatically by depth or at different parts of the dive site. I had visibility of about 1 foot from 0 to 35 feet deep and visibility of about 80...

As I read this the OP has done 1 pool dive in a drysuit. I have a different recommendation than all the equipment changes listed above (ankle weights, different fins, gaiters, rubber weight belt etc) More Practice. Especially with an instructor helping. Everyone takes a while to get used to...