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You might want to check out Guam as a central spot. From there, you can take shorter dive trips to Truk, Palau, Yap and the smaller island of Saipan for not too much money (comparatively speaking). Guam itself has pretty nice diving, good corals, a blue hole dive, about 6 wrecks worth diving...

I was in Coz a couple of weeks ago. At that time, our hotel (Casa del Mar) was giving 13.6 to the dollar, most of the stores downtown were giving 14 and the bank at the shopping mall across from the southern cruise dock (near El Cid) was giving 14.75 to the dollar.

Hi All! Well, I completed my first visit to Cozumel in 24 years on Saturday and thought I’d post some of my impressions of the hotel, diving and general comments about Coz. This was an all-inclusive 8day/7night stay at the Casa Del Mar and diving 5 days with Cozumel Marine World. Hotel—We...

Having your own gear gives you a level of comfort while diving, but be sure to have used your gear at home before leaving on your trip. You don't want to find out that your new BCD has a leak in it while on your diving trip! Also, computers can be kind of complicated when you first look at them...

Okay, my bags are already packed, but I'm not really excited....yeah, right! Anyway, since it's close to my arrival time, can you guys who are down there right now let me know what the water temps are and if there's a site I can get updated weather info that's pretty spot on. Thanks!

Sue Sue--thanks for the heads up on the sticky. I guess I missed that but will wade through it in the am. Will not be carrying weights and I already know about the differences in TSA and Mexico on the matter of batteries.

thanks guys!

Hi guys, I'm off to my first trip outside the country since TSA has been around in a couple of weeks. It's also my first diving trip via air since TSA (mostly I drive to SoCal for diving there). I'm packing most of my big dive items, wetsuit, bc, fins, and some other small items, in my check...

I'll second Kevrumbo's suggestion of Truk Lagoon. Here's a photo of a soft coral I shot on the Fuji.

Hi guys, Back when I was last in Coz (1991) you could buy black coral jewelry. Is this still possible? Is it legal to import to the U.S.? Or is it a something a responsible person should not be buy whether or not it is legal to import? Thanks!

Thanks guys, that's pretty much what I experienced the other times I was in Coz. I try to have less than $100 on me at any time, and keep the rest in the safe. I will bring my CC but will only use it at the bank atms to get more cash.

Hi Guys! I'm going to be making my first trip to Coz since 1991. Back then, I felt that Coz was one of the safest places around (as tourist places goes). Recently, I was on a couple of tourist boards and they are saying to watch out for the little kids selling stuff and don't carry any cash...

I have a Nikonos V and still use it occasionally. I've always thought it would be great if Nikon would make a digital version of the Nikonos, but there are problems inherent with making a small non-housed camera. One of the things that made the Nikonos so small was that it didn't have anything...

Oops, forgot to mention we'll be staying at Casa del Mar.

I'll be there with my lds trip Jan 17-24.

okay, I understand. I'm used to using TTL with my flash (or flashes), but I've been told that the Sea & Sea flashes don't recognize TTL with my Olympus e-m5 camera.

Thanks!

So, I've got 2 YS-01 flash units I use with my Nauticam housing. I know how to figure f-stops with using one flash. How do you figure the f-stop when using two flashes?

I just received a B&H notice (Nikon SB-N10 Underwater Speedlight Flash for Nikon 1 3773 B&H) that Nikon has released a new flash for it's underwater camera and the Nikon 1 cameras. The interesting thing is they rate the guide number at 92 for 100 iso. My YS-01s have a guide number of 20 at 100...

I talked with the Spectre people a couple of days ago and they said the water temp at Anacapa was running 68 degrees.