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Thanks. This is helpful feedback. I have enjoyed my dives at Anacapa and Santa Cruz, but that's all I've done in the area.

Thanks. I am aware of DM practices and I am used to diving without a guide. No such thing in the Great Lakes, either, but we are usually moored to a wreck.

Thanks for the bonus recommendation on the breweries! I do enjoy beer and always like to sample local products l.

Thanks for the advice. I was actually thinking of driving up to Ventura on Friday afternoon/evening and staying there Friday and Saturday night. I have a flight out of LAX at 11:30 Sunday. I was just looking at the Catalina express schedule and I am not sure how well that would work for me. I...

I have a business trip to LA coming up and have one day available to dive on Saturday, July 22. I will be by myself. I am looking for advice on where to go. I am an experienced diver and dive dry in the Great Lakes. I am planning to bring my gear with me, so I will only need to rent tanks and...

There is also Bohemia Clara, which is a pretty good lager. It's not as light as the Mexican lagers most Americans are familiar with, like Coronoa or Sol. Bohemia is a little more in a European style. Usually available at Mega and Chedraui and many restaurants. It's one of my favorite beers when...

True, Aldora does not offer discounts (other than a 10% discount if you pay in cash) or package deals, but we have always found it a good value, and my friends are very value-conscious. On a dollars/minute basis, we find it works out well. Our dives are at least 70 minutes, even on deep dives...

Aldora is usually (not 100%) very good about grouping divers together. I have very rarely seen air and nitrox divers together on a morning boat. Afternoons, maybe, because there are not that many divers in the afternoon. In your case, the fact that you were diving with a junior diver would have...

I have seen a few Electric rays in Cozumel. I don't know of anything else there that would give you a shock b

I would also recommend Aldora Divers and Villa Aldora. Aldora has several small boats, max 7 guests. You may end up with a private boat. When we had a group of five, we were normally the only divers on the boat. The Villa has two big units, the North Suite and the Aldora Suite, with two...

It's worthwhile to check Chedraui for wine, too. We have often found a better selection there than Mega, which surprised me because I generally think of Mega as the "fancier" store.

There are no stupid questions! Aldora's big boat, Falicity, has a head. The smaller boats do not. I'm not sure about Aldora V and Aldora VI, which are generally used for adventure dives and special ops dives up north. I haven't been on them yet. Surface intervals are generally spent at beach...

I've never heard of an op that has night dives every night. If you can get enough people, they will usually do it. My experience is that ops schedule night dives on Wednesdays and Saturdays. As MMM suggested (I sure am agreeing with her a lot lately), it will be very difficult to get in four...

Here are some thoughts on legal aspects of a situation like this and, in particular, why people don't talk about it. It's evident from earlier discussions that some people reading and posting in this thread are very familiar with the legal aspects and that others are not. These thoughts are...

Yeah, the C8 is pretty old and the technology and standards in lights have changed a lot since I started diving in the late 90s. When I first got that light, a divemaster asked who brought the searchlight. That tells you how crappy most of the lights were then. My point was just that you don't...

At least they would find out that they're not satisfied with crappy lights and really want to spend the money on the good stuff. I'm not suggesting they will get to try the exact light they will want to buy, but just that they will see whether they really like night diving and how much...

Strangely enough, I have to agree with MMM again. I don't drag my old UK C-8 light to Cozumel anymore. Was it nice to have that much light? Yes. Was it worth the weight in batteries and PITA? No. I carry smaller lights now and they are adequate to the task. I know we're taught from the...

I second this suggestion. Get some experience first so you will have an idea of what you might want. The GDX light is not very expensive, but you would be looking at four of them to have a primary and a back-up for each of you. Most dive ops will rent you a light for a few bucks, or maybe it...

Splendid Toadfish are quite common. I often see several on one dive. Your guide will almost certainly point some out for you. If you let your guide know that you want to see them, your chances will be about 100%. You will normally find them peering out of holes in the sand under the coral or a...