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  1. nodakdive

    Unusual encounters?

    I was a new diver on my second trip to Cozumel. It was the 4th tank that day and I think we were diving Cedral. The current was moving pretty good. There were 7 divers including myself and a DM. Another diver and I were with the DM and the other 4 were behind us some distance. We came up to...
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    Cozumel Vacation advice for Diver and non-Divers

    Roberta's Scuba Shack is right between Casa del Mar, the Park Royal, and right across the street from Roberta's hotel, Village Tan Kah. Getting on and off the boat at Scuba Shack is very, very easy, practically a level step and in a protected cove. VTK is a very small place (12 rooms?) with a...
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    Rain Next Week...?

    Rain doesn't shut down diving. Bring the gear. Also, it's very common for it to show rain, and it might rain somewhere on the island for a little while, but it doesn't generally rain hard or all day. Wind from the North can shut down diving, but the rain does not. If you want to be best...
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    Good Lunch spots near the marina?

    Also, I've not been to the new marina yet (it's essentially where the old marina is/was), but once upon a time you could get food at the marina. There wasn't really a restaurant, but kind of a little convenience store and I think they had some hot food. Again, 3Ps will know the options...
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    Good Lunch spots near the marina?

    As ChuckP mentioned, being dropped off for lunch is the way to do it if you're doing 4 tank days. If your second dive is south of Playa Paradise, PP gives you the most lunch time. If you're north of there, the Money Bar will be easiest for the boat but will give you a little less time. They...
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    Well, didn't actually forget the square profile, just treated it like a table dive, but didn't consider the NDL issue of a square profile table dive for that length of time, that depth and that mix.
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    I must be misunderstanding/misusing the NOAA Oxygen Exposure table. Or misunderstanding the term "CNS clock". Or something else. What I'm seeing is that the limit for 1.2 ppo2 diving is 210 minutes and that the limit for 1.4 ppo2 diving is 150 minutes. So, in the first example I used, after...
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    No CNS clock problems doing two 90 minute dives to 95 feet on EAN36 in one day? How about four 1 hour dives, same mix, 75 foot max depths?
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    7 feet below the MOD for a few minutes probably isn't the end of the world. Would you do it on 36%?
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    No, Only air.
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    Right, and I'd be inclined to heed that advice. Maybe they weren't specific on which of those 4 dives to use nitrox? It's a guess, but I suspect they would suggest dives 2 and 4. Maybe they didn't ask the shop about diving just one tank of nitrox per 4 tank day? Another guess, but I suspect...
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    The depth the DM may have been talking about was probably with regard to first dives. Second dives generally have a floor. There are exceptions, of course but for the most part, that's what happens. You'll likely be doing those 2nd and 4th tanks at reefs with a floor that's above the MOD...
  13. nodakdive

    Solo Trip to Coz

    I think it's probably a couple blocks, but as judydivescoz mentioned, they rinse and handle your equipment. I'm not sure about rinse tanks at their shop, but for the most part you'll only be dealing with neoprene and cameras, etc., if you have your own. I have neoprene and cameras and...
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    Program Guide for HBO and MAX?

    Glad it was basically accurate. I checked the link but had no way to check the programming.
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    Program Guide for HBO and MAX?

    Google
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    Program Guide for HBO and MAX?

    HBO | Programación ???
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    Solo Trip to Coz

    If you go this route, have Christi/Blue XT~Sea book your room downtown. If you book your own room you'll have to pay a $5 dock fee when you get on their boat downtown. You may even save some money this way with a package and she'll have good advice on where to stay.
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    I've already given my opinion, but I'd say split the cost difference. No MOD worries. No NDL worries. Last trip we backed off near the end but it was still 42 dives in 13 dive days. I don't push NDLs in the middle or end of dives and I never need to. I don't worry about being a moment...
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    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    It probably depends on your mix and how deep the down current takes you. If it is "an issue", avoiding a deco obligation or a bad hit probably *won't* be an issue. :)
  20. nodakdive

    Air strategy for 4-5 tank dive days?

    I dive a very conservative computer (Suunto Mosquito) and dive 36% on 2nd and 4th tanks. First and third tanks are air. No concern with depth or down currents on wall dives that way. My computer stays happy doing this. I should add that I'm diving AL80s. If you're diving HP120s, that would...
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