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Love my L Jetfins for wet and XXL OMS Slipstreams for dry. Plenty of power for singles or doubles.

I have a Mikron and it was my original primary reg for about 4 months. While the Mikron breaths 'well' for its price and is a lovely travel reg for its small size, it is no where close to as dry and easy breathing as the Aqualung Legend LX or Scubapro Mk17s or Mk25s. I currently dive a legend...

We used a local operator and had the boat to ourselves -- otherwise drift deco is often not an option. Niuhi, Jolly Rodger, and Viking will all work trips like these with prior arrangement and as 6-packs are easy to 'fill'. Plan based on 150' for 30 minutes on EAN25 with EAN80 for deco using...

Had the pleasure of shadowing Below 130 Diving's TDI Advanced Nitrox / Decompression Procedures class during their graduation dive on the USS Oriskany, Sunday off Pensacola. We did 30 minutes at 150' on EAN25 followed by 40 minutes of drift decompression using EAN80 at our 30' and 20' stops...

Dove the Oriskany two days ago - temps are still in the mid-60's below 100'. We found a cold pocket of 63F on the port flight deck at 140'. Easier to show than describe the viz - it varied throughout the dive depending on our location.

We get lots of Atlanta divers in the Florida panhandle. Panama City, Destin, and Pensacola are all in easy reach (5-6 hour drive) for a dive weekend and have active charter fleets.

I have a 620TI, G260, and S600 w/ 3x mk17 EVOs for my tech rig. They all seem to breath very similar and well. I like the smaller size of the 620TI and 600. The G260 feels like it 'pulls' on the mouthpiece more when swimming, so I've put the G260 on the left post as my backup reg on my...

When I dove it last year, the guides specifically said part of their training / qualification required them to be able to navigate the group safely in the event the lights went out. I found the overall experience to quite surreal and worth it. I hope to return in the future and work up the...

Reviewing my tower map and dive profiles from last month: - 100' will put you around the roof of the Nav Bridge (7th deck level). At that level, the major feature is the flight control station on the aft end of the tower. A lot of the structure of the flight control station is gone - but it's...

Ant and Pakin were both pretty amazing in terms of hard coral coverage, small tropical fish, and reef sharks. We also spotted nudi's, but I was just out of OW and didn't know what I was looking at. This was in the summer of 2016. I was in Pohnpei for work and had access to the atolls but...

Top of the tower is 80-85' depending on what you declare the 'top'. For no-deco 1st visits, we usually recommend the following itineraries conditions permitting: Dive 1: Quick dip to Flag Bridge at 130' then explore up and aft on the tower Dive 2: Navigation Bridge at 110' including...

Reefs / Wrecks on the public maps are unlikely to have large numbers of lionfish, especially once dive season gets fully going again after winter. We've pulled 0 - 20 per visit off the larger wrecks in the 75 - 100' range during the last 3 months -- mostly because they've seen very light diver...

I've had good experiences with Panama City Dive Center. I'm not as partial to the bridge spans as some, but they are easy dives. The Red Sea / Strength combo is a good one for a beginner diver. The Red Sea is a very easy, small wreck. The Strength is more like a reef since it is very broken...

If you charter with High Ty'd or Wet Dream, they both dock adjacent to Scubashack's shop in downtown. Otherwise, Dive Pros on the west side is a popular choice for rental gear. Offshore Wrecks: - Oriskany - Avocet - Antares all 3 are 100'+ average depth dives Midshore Wrecks: - YTD-14 Navy...

As others have stated, March is still in the 'windy' season so you may or may not be able to get out to the Orriskany or the other, closer wrecks. Water was 59F inshore last weekend. Recent offshore reports have the temps at 60 - 65F which is typical. By March it might be slightly warmer, but...

I used the USB transfer after every dive trip - it can't be that power intensive and the watch exists the mode after 2 minutes in any case. Sounds like you may have a faulty voltage sensor or something in the watch is internally shorting and running the battery down. Unfortunately, you don't...

If you decide to buy tanks, steel HP100's are ideal for all-around diving unless you are very short or light of frame. More air + less buoyancy is a winning combination and if you're doing any sort of public safety diving, you'll likely be in a dry suit where reducing the weight required is...

AOW dives are individually 'adventure dives' (at least in PADI parlance). There's no requirement that you complete all 5 with the same instructor / shop (although it's much easier that way and you'll save money). The Deep dive is the only one that can't be done properly at Vortex or Morrison...

AOW classes with most shops in the Pensacola -> Destin -> Panama City area are run 'on demand'. Scheduling early will help a shop lineup more students to fit your schedule (and give you more control over the dive sites) but there is often room for 'walk-ins' - even more so if you can dive...

I've had mine for 8 months, 151 dives, 83 hours per the history function including some use of the backlight on cavern / night dives. Just started getting the low battery light if the ambient temp is less than 60F last week. Sounds like there is some type of issue with either your battery or...