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Try putting the camera in the housing in an air conditioned room after you left the housing open in the air conditioned room and the camera in the air conditioned room. And be sure the moisture muncher is not used up.

The first class is Cavern. I had to have AOW to take that with an IANTD instructor. The next class is Intro to cave. I took that from a TDI instructor and they highly recommended Nitrox certification. The two classes can be taken concurrently. As stated earlier, if you are not at peak...

My best dive was the final two skills for my Intro to cave, find the line and lost buddy. My instructor and my snuggle buddy did the dive. This was after my instructor had blistered me vocally when I totally screwed up on a previous dive. It was so bad I had to swim around the bottom of a...

I thought I was a great recreational diver. Even got compliments on my style from other divers. I also did recreational nitrox and memorized the formulas enough to pass the test. Since I didn't understand the reason behind the formulas, I only did the minimum, analyze the tank and look at the...

I went about 15 years to the Kona Coast. Dive Makai came up when I asked for a recomendation on the very new www. We even stayed at the hotel where the Manta Ray night dive happens. We scrambled over the rocks with our gear and snorkeled the whole thing. The entire trip was a wow experience.

I'd bring in examples of the redundancy - Primary light, backup light, backup light #2, Primary reel, secondary reel, finger spool. It also might help to bring your double tank first stages with all the hoses attached and show that redundancy. Also backup for flotation. Dry suit and wing...

Tahoe diving is boring once the water gets tolerable. Last weekend we saw a nice sized salmon. One good dive is a little swim from D.L. Bliss state park. There's camping there and it's close to South Shore for those that like that kind of action. The dive is just S. of the park, the...

Yes - the Vision is big enough for this. It's the best boat on the west coast. The best crew is on the Peace boat. Now back to the subject. Truth Aquatics built the Truth and took notes, then they built the Conception and took notes. Then they built the Vision. It has an on board water...

I didn't realize how much I tracked my buddy with the sound of their breathing. That gets real noisy. Since he is now on a rebreather he sneaks up on me. One time I thought it was great was when I had his point-n-shoot and didn't have the halyard tightened. Yep - it popped off my arm. Boy...

I agree. Another benefit is a long, healthy life. My 93 year old Dad can attest to that. He and I have both been exercising all of our lives. He set a good example. So now I'm 60 and still an avid diver. I do admit that Intro to Cave in the caves of N. Florida did kick my butt but I...

I met my BF on Match.com. My profile screamed I was a diver. I got an email on Match.com from zdiver and he asked Rec or Tec. I emailed back Rec and he emailed back Tec but I will rec. So we emailed back and forth for about a month before we arranged to meet to go to Monterey. I could...

Both the Vision and the Conception are fantastic boats. But they are both Truth Aquatics and Truth Aquatics doesn't pump Nitrox. The Peace Dive Boat goes out of Ventura and the Horizon out of San Diego. Both of those boats pump Nitrox. All these live-aboards stack you in like cordwood...

Anacapa, in the reserve. There's lots of big critters there because it's been a reserve for many years. Anacapa is the easternmost island of the Channel Islands. And at the Anchorage, there's a large cavern/tunnel. You can reach there on a day boat.

In the Red Sea you have to have 50 logged dives. I was in a pinch because my old Data max computer's battery finally died. My new computer had the recent dives logged but I was 15 short. So I remembered emailed my buddy from my last big trip (Galapagos) and re-created my log. She signed it...

No - she will not be too hot while diving. I wore my 5 mil and was cool at depth. Most of the other divers on the trip used 3 mil suits. They kept them on at the surface and warmed up nicely. The problem is on the surface. She will have to take it off on the surface. If she doesn't mind...

About a year since AOW certified I was on a boat in the Northern Channel Islands in November (Thanksgiving) I was trying to talk another lady into being my buddy. She seemed reluctant especially since the skipper told us there was current and explained the current line. So we jumped and I...

I certified at 40 and that was 20 years ago. Yep - and my Avatar picture was taken one year ago - yep I'm showing off. Now it's cave diving. Hope to get a new avatar in the Centoes of the Yucatan in May. Whopee, new stuff to see.

Last summer I asked the hotel porters how much to my location. They told me $5. So I got into the cab and told the cabbie where I wanted to go. Then I told him $5 and he tried to argue. So I told him I already asked the hotel staff and he shut up. He was the same driver who took me back...

I am an avid photographer and do a lot of diving. I don't take my camera when I think things are going to be dicey, namely current and now cave diving. I've always been attentive to my buddy, I'm usually more aware of them than they are of me. I don't wander. My biggest chalenge was on a...

After 20 years of diving I've found my mentor. He's shown me cave diving and I am back to learning. I thought I was a good diver until I tried to ascend in a cave through a slight squeeze while reeling up the cave line. I found my buoyancy needed tons of work. He patiently chastised me to...