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Do you mean on that rock that looks like three thick slices of bread, that sits about 5 feet south of the first metridium reef north of the Big Pipe's outer end? I've always called that the 'Milestone', and it's always been the point at which I arrive/depart the metridium fields when going...

I keep extensive logs of my dives, although my total is far short of Bruce's. I use my own custom-designed pages, as in addition to the usual stuff (what _was_ my weighting on that several years ago dive at Lake Tahoe with a borrowed tank? What fish/slugs etc. did I see, and where?), I keep...

Another happy user of the Atomic Frameless, although I have the clear and like the extra peripheral vision - their skirt seems to give higher visual quality than most, although it's still distorted. It can lead to occasional adrenaline rushes when a seal or sea-lion zooms into your peripheral...

My understanding is that the fines for violating the dive flag law are heftier than a speeding ticket (assuming you aren't driving some god-awful amount over the limit; it's been many years since I got one of THOSE), but I've been unable to find anything that would indicate how much they are...

You're thinking of Emerald Bay, as mentioned in the post following yours. There's a bunch of engine blocks (and hundreds of tennis balls; it's a major dog swimming venue) on the bottom at Patton Beach (Carnelian Bay). The fish school I saw, and lots of crawdads, was at Sunnyside. And Rubicon...

Mike, were you guys towing the required dive flag? I didn't see any sign of it in the video. I know the requirement to do so outside of the cove kept me inside when I was there, as I was told that Nevada was fairly serious about enforcing the law. I've done all the rest of my dives in Tahoe...

That looked pretty much like most dives in Tahoe - sterile. If you love looking at sand, granite rocks and logs, Tahoe is your dream dive destination!:D The most likely critters you'll see are crawdads. Fish are rare, although I did see a small school once. But I rarely dive there, as the...

Sure would, and we do have kelp. Anywhere you have to deal with cold, rough conditions routinely will make tropical diving a breeze. There are many experienced divers locally who've dived all over the world, but still consider the Monterey/Carmel area the best diving they do. However, we'd...

Right. Most of the dive sites in Monterey (east of Point Pinos) have sheltered, shallow sloping sandy (h'mm, alliteration) beaches, and thus spilling breakers, i.e. a wide surf zone with waves breaking at various depths as they reach bottom, and from side to side. You often have a long walk...

I wanted to comment on a couple of suggestions mentioned in the thread. First, as to doing OW checkouts as boat dives, I don't know of any local instructors who do so, and think it would be a really bad idea for many students. One of the biggest stress factors for new students is descending...

Just wait until one suddenly jets into your field of view at night! Assuming you don't blow a gasket as your heart rate instantaneously spikes to 220 or so as you have an 'Alien' flashback :shocked2:, they're lots of fun to watch:D The two I saw were sort of a semi-opaque pale cream color. Guy

Kayaks and occasionally small sailboats (or some guy fishing in a small rowboat with an engine) will often come into the cove, and you can't hear them, so keep an eye out while surfacing. You could undoubtedly be knocked unconscious if one hits you. And every so often, one of the instructors...

Rob, is the preference for Luxfer 80s over Catalinas for trim reasons? The buoyancy characteristics seem pretty close (the Catalina number for 500 PSI seems suspect): Maker/Full/500 PSI/Empty Luxfer -1.4/+3.4/+4.4 Catalina -1.6/+2.8/+4.1 Guy

<snip rest> A friend of mine with a shoulder entry suit has figured out how to hook the zipper pull over one of the rear door hinges (IIRR) of his van. He either leans gradually to one side or maybe rotates his shoulders, and he's unzipped. I don't remember if he can also zip himself in. You...

You're welcome, Ben, but doing the map was mainly a way to keep myself entertained, and I had a lot of help: Fofo and Matt in the water surveying/buoying, and Ben Troxell taking the GPS readings from his Kayak and doing all the computer work to actually make the map. 60-70 ft./min. is...

Ben, the dive report can be read here: Yahoo! Groups As to your questions, here's my recorded waypoint info as we went along. I've replaced the abbreviations I use for waypoints with more complete names. Note these are listed as waypoint name, pressure, clock time on beach or surface/dive...

Whatever you're comfortable with, but if you can get a shop to give you a slight overfill (say 2750 PSI or so) you'll have the same gas as an AL80 (actually 77.4), although as previously stated an 80 does restrict most people a bit. The first couple of times I did the barge, with an AL80, I...

Nope, Matt Warren. Fofo and I were going to, but we mentioned it to Matt and since he was going out there that afternoon and had some bottles and line handy . . . Concur. 1000 PSI also happens to be minimum gas (by one calculation) for a shared-air ascent from the typical depth of the barge...

It actually happened to me during my OW class. On my 3rd checkout dive, we could look down from the surface and see our assistant instructor at the end of the Big Pipe with complete clarity before we descended, even though he was 45 feet below us. Got me believing visibility was usually that...

One of the guidebooks, Humann/Hall or maybe one of the others, says that the distribution is more or less split north/south, and IIRR it's the Yellowtails that are supposed to be up here, although there is some mixing. IIRC the only visual difference that you can likely see underwater is the...