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For your size problem, you might try calling a shop that makes custom suits and asking if they do alterations. My girlfriend had EXCELLENT results getting a perfect fit out of a suit that was slightly too large. You'd need to take the suit down in person, naturally, so look locally. Of...

So what you're saying is that it's a perfect watch... for diving. I won't tell Timex if you won't. - steve

Another vote for Jack's Diving Locker in Kona. I had an AMAZING manta dive about a year ago. The mantas first showed up when we switched the boat lights on at sunset during a surface interval after an afternoon dive. Of course, we immediately hopped in with our snorkels! About four mantas...

I dive Monterey, so getting snagged in kelp is a common occurrence. Getting unsnagged is very straightforward so long as you (1) relax, and (2) let your budy assist you if necessary. I don't carry a cutting device at present. As for the kelp around Monterey, it snaps if you bend it, and in...

My former computer kept track of bottom time, but not time of day. Sometimes I want to know what time it is, so I strapped my cheap Timex sports watch to my BC. The funny thing is, the watch is rated waterproof to 100m or some such thing. But the warranty states that THIS IS NOT A DIVE...

I *love* my Xcel 8/7/6 mm, with zippers at the ankles but not at the wrists. As for the wrists: I don't seem to have any trouble punching my hands out of the wrist seals. As for the ankles: the zippers are key for getting my foot out, and they aid immeasurably in getting a nice overlap between...

I'm also in the middle of assembling my kit. Since most of the questions I had have been discussed time and time again on the boards, I found it really useful to just search on keywords. For instance, you want to know about the apeks atx200. Perform a search on that, and I guarantee you...

You can do it, Polpessa. I'm an impoverished student and my goal is to dive once a month. The key is to make a budget. Here's my situation. I'm open water certified; I own only a wet suit; I live two hours by car from the nearest shore diving. This means that every dive trip costs me...

Under the scenario described: To a stranger? No way. To a trusted friend? Absolutely.

I'm 26, and the bulk of the contemporary names in the preceding posts don't mean anything to me. The names I do recognize (e.g. George Irvine, Jarrod Jablonski) just don't resonate the way "Cousteau" does. So if the criterion is "giants who are alive today", then I come up negative. One...

Redseal, your story struck a chord. I had a similar experience on a dive boat in Kona, and to this day I regret not doing something about it. Still, though I agree that a word or two with the offenders might have served some purpose, I think in the end our best bet is to lead by quiet...

Oh! And never never never exposure your neoprene to the sun (except when diving, obviously). Some one said it before -- direct sunlight is the death of neoprene. As soon as possible after a dive, get your gear rinsed and into the shade. Your neoprene will last for years if you make that a...

skip tracking down and buying a hanger (though if you must, I'd try eBay first). Instead, take 20 minutes and 10 bucks and build yourself a drying rack. In a nutshell, I took some 7/8" dowels and cut them into 8 foot-long sections. Then I took two thin scraps of wood (maybe 0.5" x 2" x 24")...

Welcome, Dave! My girlfriend and I have been exploring Monterey and Carmel for about two years now. We're hooked! We're both (finally) at the point of purchasing our own equipment for this area, so if you're interested in swapping tips, drop me a line. best, steve

Lately I've been doing beach dives in Monterey, and I haven't gone much past 40'. On boat dives, it's generally 40' to 60', though I broke 70' looking at a wreck in Victoria. Like others have said, my objective is simply to see cool stuff, and there's plenty of cool stuff in Monterey at very...

I like Dive Training -- seems low on fluff. Rodale's is nice and glossy, but maybe a little fluffy. As for "non-magazines", I just got a copy of DIR Fundamentals. It made for great reading (though I'm not tempted to switch over as yet...)

It was NAUI for OW, and it'll be NAUI at least up through Rescue Diver. (I'm planning on continuing education in the next six months or so.) I just read DIR Fundamentals (because I was curious -- not because I'm committing), and my NAUI instructor meets all the criteria listed therein. Good...

My obsession for all things scuba doesn't seem to be waning, so I thought I'd subscribe to a diving magazine in order to help me get my fix. (Reading about scuba being the poor man's substitute for actually diving...) So: which scuba magazines do you read? Which are reliable, and which are...

That's Oakland, CA, for those of you who aren't "in the know". Exotic, huh?