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And a welcome from southern Oregon mountains where the only diving is in rivers and muddy lakes. Hey, kind you got! Where're you? Near water I hope. Terry

Woohoo! At last report our 60 year old newbie diver and his hotshot 25 year old son were about ready to venture off, in the face of tropical storm Chantal, to Central America in search of scuba BOW certs. Now the trip is over, the log book is filled out - sort of anyway. Story continues...

...all the good deals and multi-rolls of Fujichrome I took to Honduras diving were 24 exp. and that's one of the two things I want to change: get a strobe and use 36 exp instead of 24 to eliminate opening the camera as often. So, I'm interested in where you can get bulk 36's. Used to be...

My 25 year old son and I both went through Intro To Scuba and were turned on enough by the experience to get our C Cards just recently. He had two dives in Oz a couple years back and I was still stoked from 4 Intro dives in Roatan this April. Discover scuba is a great way to blow bubbles...

Zag, Thanks for the great trip report. I'm still honing ours. We were just south of you in Honduras during the same timeframe, sweating Chatal before flying, but having just about absolutely no effect on the trip. We only lost one day due to choppy water - still managed to snorkel out front a...

Liquid, Just curious, but where do you live that it's illegal? I'm way, way too new to comment on the advisability of diving solo. I sure wouldn't do it now after 22 dives, but it seems to me it's kind of a twofold question. One is a) whether it's a good idea or not (and would have many...

Posted some questions a couple weeks ago about the bunniest of newbie divers, new camera and all... Well, we shall see! Between trying to dive right and find nice fish and coral to take snaps of, it was a trip literally and figuratively. We took everyone's suggestions and treated the little...

http://www.sharks.org/ has pictures and info on whalesharks

When Johnny Cochrane gets done representing Mr. Diamond, maybe he can sue for the 3 (so far) surfers in Daytona Beach where it is said "so many sharks had congregated they had to jump over them." "They" are or were entrants in the Conference of the National Scholastic Surf Association.

Javamama, I'm even newbier than you are, but I guess I wouldn't force anything. Isn't there some way you can get more comfortable than going with your friend to a pool to learn these set exercises? A couple things occur to me - first that maybe going with a friend and not a "teacher" places...

Thanks, s-bunny! I'm all packed and ready to go. Looking at the weather maps on the web and right at the moment, Chantal is headed over the SE coast of Cuba and north of the Bay Islands, where Chris and I are headed. Winds have picked up to 13mph near La Ceiba - I don't know what that...

The correct blend is 2oz Stoli with tonic water poured over ice in a highball glass (lemon or lime optional). I can't believe that just any old tonic water would do. Wouldn't one specify Schweppes or Canada Dry? :rolleyes:

...Scubabunny. Layer of plastic, eh? It's definitely going to be hot and humid. You saved me some sweating the moisture problems for sure. =-) !!!! I'm a teeny bit worried about tropical storm Chantal. So far just a storm and not a hurricane. Have no desire to see a hurricane up close...

large_diver, I'm not understanding how hydration helps with equalizing. Do like the above idea of pre-equalizing. Thanks! Terry

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/ has Reefmaster RC (reconditioned) for $129 with the 5 pound "bulletproof" case, which I'm leaving home because of its size and weight, but it's a darned nice case. If you're budget conscious, Sierra Trading Post is a good name to know. They've got all sorts...

Scubabunny, No, I don't *think* I'm your dadddy. :eek: Good idea about using water that's on the boat, but it's got to be bigger than the boat we had on Roatan - I'll make use of cleaning as soon as possible in any event. I did read that the Reefmaster O-ring was not to be tampered with -...

Thanks, Scubabunny! I ordered a 3x yesterday morning and am having it delivered express mail to my son's place in California. When I read the closest I could get was 4 feet, I started looking for some way to get closer and in the owner's manual, there were accessories. Know if I had to stand...

One thing I was hoping to learn and should have emphasized in that other Reefmaster thread was how to clean and care for the camera on the boat, on shore, etc. Here's what I plan to do to start. 1. Load the camera with a fresh load of film before going down in search of pictures. 2. Not...

Miami Mermaid, Congratulations on the OW cert. Hope to join you in two weeks and trip report w/photos to follow at desultory pace. The obvious answer to lack of opponent/competition is that you are your own standard, your own opponent. Like any real endeavor w/o a score card, solo or not...

I've bought a Reefmaster RC from Sierra Trading Post. This to take snapshots (not prize winning National Geographic works of art). This is a cheap camera to document diving with my son in Honduras in a couple weeks. Point and shoot, built-in auto flash, fixed focus and supposedly good for...