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I see you have a camera, and your feet are far from the reef. GOOD JOB. I prefer a slight head down trim when I have a camera, keeps my fins away from the reef. Your trim is perfect.

That's a change from a couple of years ago when I was looking at a new computer. Their algorithm was no where to be found in their website.

Dunno where you live, but consider Cozumel instead. The people are infinity nicer in Mexico, the food is infinitely better, the diving is infinitely better, and it's probably cheaper than going to Florida.

There are very real practical differences between computer algorithms. Read up, intelligently chose an algorithm, and that will narrow your choices of computers. I would avoid the RGBM algorithm used by Mares, Cressi, and Suunto. You'll run out of NDL and be heading towards the surface long...

We can stay for free at Fiesta Americana by using our Hilton points. We've done that a few times, and its okay.

I crossed the border into Canada one day at 4 a.m. and stopped for gas. A Canuk on the other pump welcomed me to Canada and gifted me a dime bag of weed.

250 dives? You're still a beginner. Keep diving.

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Skip 7mm and go to a drysuit

You got what you paid for. No offense to you, but you're paying discount prices for a professional service and then complaining that the service is not superior. PADI's priority is a low entry cost, and then teaching you as little as possible as quickly as possible to make that low entry cost...

Dry bag is the way to go. It doesn't have to be fancy. It's just a bag.

We did a 10-day charter out of Phuket, and then stayed in Phuket for more diving. Great day trips out of Phuket! Diving the wreck of the Boonsung is spectacular. So may fish! A dive trip out to Phi-Phi islands is also fun.

So... You're saying that you're not a master diver. Yet. Keep working on it, you'll get there. Someday. Maybe.

Paying by bank transfers seem to be as common in Europe as paying by debit/credit cards is in the USA. It seems that bank transfers in Europe are free. In the USA, bank transfers are complicated by anti-terrorism laws. You need a ton of information about the recipient, including name, home...

You are a master divers when you stop counting your dives because it doesn't matter anymore

One winter I showed up in the Keys with a drysuit. Everyone laughed at me. Almost everyone came up from the first dive shivering, and almost everyone sat out the second dive because they were too cold. I was warm and happy the entire time. If the water temp is below 75 degrees F, I'm dry.

I get it. Once I did a solo night dive off the Kona coast of Hawaii. I went in the water at dusk, and as it became dark I decided to leave my light off as long as possible. I didn't turn on my light, and I swam for about 45 minutes in total darkness. I could see dark shadows of the reef, but...

Nah I cleaned the system well every year, and as long as the CO level was <5 ppm I was happy.

We stayed at Ramon's. They cater to newbies. You MUST stay with the DM, and the dives are 60 feet max and 40 minutes max. I was regularly surfacing with about 1,200 p.s.i. The Blue Hole dive is NOT worth the long ride out there. The place is swamped with newbies who kick up the sand in the...

Trim is a matter of experience and skill, not gear. Don't beat yourself up, a lot of new divers try to compensate for lack of skill with different gear. You will solve your trim issues with more dives and more time in the water. That being said, Jet fins have been around for a long, long time...