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My BF & I stayed at Chateau H20 last thanksgiving. The rate was $100 per night with the 7th night free. We did have a roommate and split the costs 1/3 each. Maybe your instructor could latch you up with someone else in the class. The place is actually a 3 bedroom double wide mobile home with...

I use a camera backpack for the camera (Nikon D80) and lenses and power cords etc. I put the housing in a carryon that is a normal caryon suitcase where I added a hard liner to the front and use towels to pad the housing and lens port and strobes. I've taken that set up to Egypt, Galapagos and...

In March, Monterey and Pt. Lobos. In early May Tolum, MX and dive the Cenotes for a week so I can practice my newly minted Intro to Cave cert. Memorial day weekend, San Nicholas off the Horizon. Labor Day, Northern Channel Islands off the Peace Boat. End of October, Channel Islands, Peace...

After 20 years of rec diving I tried tec. Didn't know tec was cave diving. 2009 Met my snuggle Buddy Earned my Cavern and Intro certifications Dove 1,000 feet into Peanut at Peacock before tank pressure told me to turn. 2010 Earn my Apprentice and Full Cave Dive the...

The Crater is not the only diving. There is Seabase off I_80 west. I don't recommend it for diving because of an algae infestion. They do have tropical fish in there but depth is shallow and where it's deep, it's only about 6' across. Then there is Blue Lake, a geothermal hot spring off...

OK - I've read a lot on this board about women being co-dependent etc. What happened? I've been diving for 20 years and love diving off the boats in So. California. Our local LDS charters the Peace Boat the end of October (Yep - Nevada Day is on Haloween) and it's a nice pleasurable 3 days...

I certified at 40 and that was 20 years ago. Yes - I'm 60. I do about 70 dives a year. Right now I'm finishing up my Cave Cert and doing the Intro to Cave in November. If I wasn't busy with that I'd be starting my DM.

I found the necessatity of a safety sausage at Small Brother in the Red Sea. The current shifted in the middle of our dive and I was forced to swim against it. My two buddies swam off without me. Yes - that was inexcusable but I had to take care of myself. With the heavy breathing finning...

I do most of my diving off the boats in SoCal. The usual instructions from the DM on board is to head down the stern line. Since my navation is not the best, I follow that direction then take off at the bottom of the stern line. And yes - once I hit the water, I surface, give the "OK" sign...

If you go out on a Charter boat in the Red Sea, you will have to have 50 logged dives. The boat I was on didn't check but if the National Park officials board, they do check. I was disappointed with the Red Sea, not many fish and the corals were all beigh. That's due to the high salinity of...

I'd go the last two weeks. It's still Hurricaine season in early November. And I'd get trip insurance just in case.

Northern or Southern Channel Islands? For the North there is Truth Aquatics in Santa Barbara. Fine boats but they don't pump Nitrox. Out of Ventura the Peace Boat, my favorite. In the South - Horizon Charters out of San Diego. All these boats stack you in like cord wood to sleep...

One of the requirements for diving the Red Sea is 50 LOGGED dives, signed by your buddy. I had to scramble for that even though I've been diving for 20 years. That is not a requirement by the boat, it's a requirement by the Egyptian Government. And the Red Sea is not all that great. The...

Well this is kind of cheating because it relates to diving. Underwater Photography. I plunked over $3K into it in the last 12 months.

When I used a prescription mask, I could open my eyes underwater but not ocean water. Now that I wear contacts, it's keep em closed.

San Juan, St Thomas and not Barbados. San Juan and St. Thomas for coral and wrecks. Barbados is just a big sand spit. Sorry I can't suggest a third. I didn't dive any of those.

I've been diving Rec for 20 years, at least 100 dives a year in a BC. Recenty I switched to a BP/W with a stell back plate. I also use a steel HP100 tank. In a 5 mil wet suit I was about 2 lbs negative with no air in the wing. Being a slightly chesty woman, the BP/W is diving at it's best...

I'm a recent convert also. I have a steel backplate and wing. I dived Blue Lake, S. of Wendover NV/UT last week and thought I was in heaven. It was like diving with no equipment except the regulator in my mouth. Very nice. But the wing and the harness were borrowed. Oh well, more $$ to...

I certified my Senior year in College. It looked like fun. The shop that taught the class was PADI. So I'm PADI OW & AOW. I'm NAUI Rescue. I'll probably do PADI DM 'cause that's the shop I deal with. It is the shop that taught the University course. It turns out they are the oldest shop...

I used to be a solid 4, now I'm an 8. I was on Match.com and got an email - you rec or tec? I e'd back rec. He e'd back tec but I'll do rec. So after about three months of e's, I e'd going to Monterey - wanna go. He said YES! We are from Nevada, so went down I-80. B4 we turned left on...