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Easy. For mermaid spotting, you want Weeki Wachee Springs. Its near Tampa, and you're pretty much guaranteed to see a mermaid or three while you're there. In fact, that's what the springs are best known for. And a photojournalist was recently there, getting some amazing photos of the mermaids...

Don't laugh, but it was through the Chipmunks ("Alvin, Simon, Theodore"). Back when I was a kid, I saw The Chipmunk Adventure (trailer), which was basically an animated version of The Amazing Race. And this one scene with the Chipettes just stuck with me. Flying into Bermuda on a hot air...

I know that Dive World (based out of Washington, PA) and My Dive Shop (Morgantown, WV) dive Mt. Storm, but they're hardly the only ones. I've been there multiple times, and there's always been two or more dive shops there at the same time. If you call around, I can almost guarantee that you'll...

$500 a night seems very high - even for an all inclusive. You might try looking around at some of the travel aggregators (like Hotels.com) - I'd be surprised if you can't find a good, reputable resort for between $100-200 a night. Although, I assume there's some seasonal fluctuation. The two...

Is there anything worth seeing in the trench? I've never been past the 90' platform before, and other than the Santa Claus, I've never heard of anything else down there. For those unfamiliar with the situation: local regulations ban swimming, diving, and boating in the same section of the lake...

The old shore access was a little dangerous, anyway. You had to climb down a fairly steep slope, fully rigged up, just to get to the water. And while someone had gone in and put a couple concrete steps in, they were irregular, and didn't help much. As for Mt. Storm itself, all of the local...

I don't know if this is in time to help you, but I think I dived with Beaches Resort when I was in Jamaica .. oh, about two years ago. A lot of the resorts in that area contract their scuba diving out to a third party, and I'm pretty sure that my resort used the one based out of Beaches (I know...

Baby shampoo? How does that compare to "Spit" (the commercial stuff)? I've been very happy with the basic gel version, but I'm not adverse to switching (if there's a good reason). Is one noticeably better than the other?

I have the same problem, and I'm a guy with short hair. It doesn't have to be anything dramatic - even just a couple of stray hairs caught under the mask will do. Mine was subtle enough that it was hard to catch, even the divemaster who did my check-out dives missed it for a while. All we knew...

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope she gets better soon. I have a similar problem, and no one's ever accused me of having long hair. I don't really have bangs, either . . . but apparently they're just long enough. And in an ironic twist, my hair's short enough that no one thought that it might be...

Well, my local dive shop just officially flaked on me. So . . . anyone else offering Halloween dives? Hmm . . . Lake Rawlings . . . well, that's a bit farther than I wanted to travel (about 6 hours each way). I was kind of hoping for something more in a day trip. But I appreciate the...

Is anyone holding underwater pumpkin carving this year? My local dive shop was planning on it . . . but they really don't seem to have their act together, and I'm trying to find a backup option.

I actually went diving with the Gran Bahia's on-site dive group (ScubAquatic) just a couple of months ago. I also called around to a bunch of the other places. Here's what I ran into: All of the places I talked to (all in that general area) held two morning dives, and then taught classes in...

Does anyone have any advice for diving around Runaway Bay (St. Ann Parish), Jamaica? I'll be there in early September, probably based out of the Braco beach resort, for family reasons. Does anyone have any advice on good sites to dive, reputable local dive shops/groups, etc.?

What about yours? Did it also say that you two were only 20' deep? Equipment failure does happen, after all. That actually sounds about right, particularly if you went with hard soled boots. But having expert advise never hurt - and don't forget to check the equipment forums here. You're...

Probably not. While whitewater rafting, I've had to "swim" rapids in my dailies, and I've yet to lose a single lens that way. And if a strong current, flowing from multiple directions, can't knock them out, I doubt whether a unidirectional current will - unless there's some sort of...

A couple of quick points: 1) Did you have a specific dive buddy? Either your girlfriend, or one of the other divers? If so, then they screwed up - even if they missed the hand signs, they should have followed you up. Even without a hand sign, dive buddies are supposed to stick together - and...

Well, some more practice with night diving couldn't hurt - the "night" adventure dive went from being "after sunset" to "dark sections of the lake using night diving protocols" to "I forgot to bring enough gear for everyone . . ." So, at the very least, it might be a good idea to do a true...

Hyperbole is a wonderful thing, but for the sarcasm-impaired (and any lawyers reading this): An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, particularly in a litigious society. Excellent advice.

After finishing PADI's Advanced Open Water Diving class, what else is worth taking? In my particular case, I have a good bit of altitude and deep diving experience, but only in lakes/quarries. I have no experience in overhead environments, and my night diving . . . well, I'm familiar with the...