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I bough my first regulator/octopus/spg from an online retailer and I am wondering about the best way to set it up. Since I bought it online, each item came separately and unassembled except for the first and second stages. I will not be using the regulator until February in Bonaire and I've read...

It depends on your preference budget. Me and my wife stayed at the Black Durgon Inn (English), which is a fairly low budget, hands off, place. We will be going back in February. You may want to check the following two sites on Bonaire: Info Bonaire - The Bonaire Information Site - The Most...

I second Bonaire, no need for boat dives.

I am not an expert nor a dive shop owner but I have a question for those who keep saying that LP has an advantage over other LDS. No one here has mentioned the fact that LP is not simply an online retailer with a warehouse in the middle of some remote and cheap rural area but a full fledged dive...

DiveMaven, Thank you for the information. This is also what Carib Inn suggested and it is probably the route we we are going to take. It seems to make the most sense. It's don't think this is really a referral but it will achieve our objective to minimize study time on vacation. Robint, Let...

Hello Robint, Thank you for the input. Yet more confusing information since this is exactly the opposite of what another instructor told me.

Thank you all for the insightful replies. During the past month, I contacted a few dive shops in Bonaire. I sent two emails to Buddy Dive, they never replied. Captain Don's Habitat said they would do a referral. Dive Friend's won't do a referral. Carib Inn said we can study at home and if we...

My wife and I are thinking of taking the PADI Rescue Diver Course in Bonaire this winter. Can anyone suggest a dive operation that has a good reputation as far as instruction is concerned? Any particular instructors we should request? Cost is secondary. Another question related to this: I've...

The Suunto Vyper is also a very nice Air/Nitrox computer. I bought two, for me and the wife, from Leisure Pro less than a year ago and they've been working great.

No one seemed to address the following aspect, that Nitrox becomes more beneficial when on does multiple dives. I just went diving wrecks in NC using EANx30 in the 90-110ft range. On the first dive of the day SAC rate determined the length of the dive but on the second one, after a 2 hour...

Suunto Vyper. Wrist mount.

Computer and compass on right wrist. Watch on left wrist. No retractors.

I guess the question doesn't apply to me since it was only me and my buddy in my OW class. But I've taken other classes, namely the PADI Nitrox specialty course, where there was one person, obviously already certified, that seemed to have no clue not only about the Nitrox material, but about OW...

Spratman, Question: who do you ask for help when you are ill? If your answer is a doctor, then you might want to think twice before you lash out at the scientific community. Science is what makes the world around us possible, including the medium you are trying to communicate your ideas with...

My wife and I are looking for two divers to dive wrecks in Beaufort, NC, Monday, 9/24/07. Discovery Diving Co. (Discovery Diving Co., Inc. - North Carolina Wreck Diving in the Graveyard of the Atlantic) just told us that they will go out with 4 people if we can find two more people. Hopefully...

I've been doing some research on travel (light) BCDs and I can't seem to find the one that meets my needs. I exclusively dive in warm water and I travel to the Caribbean at least once a year. I occasionally dive the Carolinas. I've mainly been looking at the Seaquest Passport & Latitude XLT and...

Thank you so much for the link. It looks like the trade winds picked up the week we were there. I also looked throughout the previous years and it looks like the trade winds are strongest in March, April, and May. This confirms my assumption that these winds were fairly normal for the time of...

I guess we were there the week after you went. I would be curious to know how the conditions were at Cocoview that week. You can do night dives every night at the Reef House Resort but the entry point has rocky channels which are almost as high as the surface so you can't get in unless the sea...

Which week in February?

My wife and I stayed at the Reef House Resort for a week in February and overall we enjoyed our stay. The resort is rustic and it is mainly geared toward divers. Situated on a small cay off the town of Oak Ridge, the Reef House Resort does not offer much to do but dive. Larry, his wife, his...