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I use only the SAFT 14500 batteries. I'll email Shearwater since I'm not sure if I have the new battery cover or the old one and I might as well replace the dongle and have a new battery sent down while I'm at it. It would be nice to be able to check my battery level somehow. Thanks for the...

I'm getting an error #175 saying it can't find the computer. I am getting the same error on my tablet where I've downloaded dives to many times before so it leads me to the computer itself. I was told a low battery, or a bad dongle, could cause the same error message. I don't think it's the...

What length of spear to use for lionfish really depends on where you're hunting. Lionfish behave very differently depending on where you are and this will determine how close you can get to them before they spook. In places like Florida and Belize, and some other places, lionfish are not wary...

+1 for Anthony's Key

Something else about the licensing, Grant, is it costs $50 and you get a small pole spear also. I recommend getting a 4 ft spear and a 6 pt tip from them if they have them, for another $45, or so. The lionfish here are very wary of humans for the most part and a 4 ft spear keeps your body far...

There's a lot of talk about the current pushing you into the cave on the way in and preventing you from exiting the cave, at times, on the way out. Is there no line to swim along for safety to help you get out of the cave? Sounds like a Russian Roulette of a cave dive to me if there isn't a...

Same here, Movie Maker. It's alright but would love more functions, like being able to cut multiple segments at the same time as opposed to being able to cut only one portion out at a time. I'm sure there are other things that could use improvement but it's a free program and does the basics so...

"A handful" is my sample base....4 of them to be exact. One of them was my own, 3 were friends' and acquaintances'. This isn't my first or second underwater camera. I know when I have a lemon in my hands and when I just don't know how to use it. My own and one others' HD began acting weird...

I've only seen a handful of Intova HDs out there in the past few years and not a single one of them, including my own, are still working today. Their dive lights seem to have the same track record also, even though my Intova dive light works just fine after over 2 years of multiple uses per...

Now, I feel foolish for spending all that money on dive training and all this technical gear, lol. I'm just glad this DCS thing isn't as bad as everyone says it is.

It's sunny and breezy these days. Maybe some showers but maybe not when you're here. I don't think we have any big weather moving in or anything but I'm only as accurate as the weatherman :P

Thank you for the ton of information Doc! I've never dove the Prince Albert from shore so this one will be a new experience for me. Tell me more about this unvisited wreck NW of French Key (French Key on the South side?)? Sounds kind of like the PA? And, Jeff I can take care of your brother's...

MusicMan, I'll be happy to take you shore diving while you're here. All I do is shore dive Roatan and have some pretty cool dive sites accessible by shore. I have exclusive permission to shore dive Mary's Place and I can take you to the El Aguila wreck also being that those are two of the more...

As it turns out I do know Martin after all. He's a super nice guy. I traded him a ReefMaster camera for one of my lionfish containment tubes a couple of months ago so make him take you lionfish hunting :)

Yes I would still endorse Reef Gliders without the free fun dives for life offer. As a Staff Instructor I recognize more mistakes in dive staff than most of your average OW Instructors and it REALLY gets old seeing a "professional" DMs or Instructors not be able to perform the most basic duties...

Like I said earlier, I have not heard of a dive shop that did not expect a returning DM to help with the DM duties along with the rest of the team. Once in the water, there is no obligation to lead a dive or anything like that. The only work you are expected to put in is helping load and unload...

Explain the differences for me please.

LOL, that's the exact same thing as the "free fun dive" promotion, Andy :D

It's my fault for not explaining the entirety of how the free fun dives for life works. Every dive shop I have ever heard of offering this kind of promotion have all expected you to carry tanks and equipment on and off the boat as part of the team you were trained up in. RTB, it really sounds...

Check into Alton's, and Underwater Vision. I did my DM at Alton's and they offered free fun dives for life. Now the original owners have taken over and I'm not sure if they still offer them. Underwater Vision is a very cool place to do your DM but I don't think they offer free dives for life. I...