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Sunday would not be good. You need a day with variable winds, no North or East swell, and a decent period of slack tide. Just be patient and it'll come.

Here's the cave Weinerdoggs was talking about: One of the nicest dives on the island, bar none. The deep ledge on the outside is spectacular, too - it stairsteps from 80-90' at the top down to 200' with tons of black coral all the way down. It's difficult to dive here for several...

How experienced are the operators in the diagnosis/treatment of DCS cases? Some of the for-profit "alternative" chambers on Oahu are pretty sketchy. Will DAN really send you to this place? It'd be good to check up on this, just in case.

Catherine is right - a lot of people do far more dangerous things than these guys and don't get picked on like this. Motocross racing, hang gliding, skateboarding in traffic, etc. A lot of free divers are killed every year, too. Doing these dives on a single air tank, while obviously less...

The odds of getting bent here have got to be up there with being hit by lightning. Even if you went straight from the dive to the helicopter, chances are pretty good that you'd be fine. The "no flying after diving" rules are meant to account for far more stressful profiles than a single dive...

There is practically no chance of you getting bent from that.

I don't have a problem with parking at See in Sea - although there are few stalls it's nice how you can back your vehicle right up to the shop for loading. Even if the stalls are taken, you can just block someone in and move your car if needed (easy to do since the stalls are right in front of...

1 - Island Divers is on Hickam AFB, so they can be difficult to deal with unless you're in the military. I tried using them a few times and found it was too much hassle to be worthwhile. If you're in Makiki (so am I) I'd recommend either See in Sea or Breeze Hawaii for gear/tank rentals. Both...

That'd be a good small business idea once the ferry is better established. Door-to-door interisland deliveries.

Are those protesters still going at it? Oddly enough, everybody I've talked to who's actually used the superferry is from Maui - it sounds like it's more beneficial to your island than ours.

See in Sea does 100% O2 fills and custom nitrox mixes.

The superferry's not practical for ordinary travellers - it's unreliable and expensive. Flying and renting a car is still cheaper & easier. Although I'm a supporter of the superferry, I don't see myself ever using it. The people who really benefit from it are businesses who need to move...

Try looking into the Big Island - it's a spectacular place for diving and much nicer than Maui IMO. I like Oahu a lot, but it can be difficult to earn a decent living here as a dive instructor.

Wow, Maui is really messed up. First they have Snorkel Bob and his crazy aquarium fish hysteria, now they're trying to shut down scuba instructors too! Al, are you dead set on Maui, or can you come to a different island?

Guinea Fowl Puffer or Spotted Puffer, depending who you ask. You're probably very familiar with the normal black & white version: Arothron meleagris, Guineafowl puffer There are actually two species in the pacific with the yellow phase - A. meleagris and A. nigropunctatus. Of these two, only...

Cool! I've seen a couple with small patches of yellow, but never full yellow ones like that. They are apparently more common in other parts of the pacific - we import them quite regularly from Christmas Island. For those who don't know, this is an abnormal colour phase of the spotted puffer...

Aquariums are not for everyone, but for those of us who enjoy them there's no substitute. It's like the difference between having a pet dog or cat and going to the petting zoo! Fish have an incredible amount of personality, and taking care of them day to day is an irreplaceable experience...

Snorkel Bob has always promoted himself as an environmental activist in order to draw attention to his business. I don't think there's anything wrong with that as long as it's for a good cause, but in this case he's spreading blatantly false information. I don't know if he honestly believes...

This is a messy business indeed. I work as an aquarium fish collector here on Oahu. I also have a degree in marine biology from UH, am an active scientific diver, and have participated in a number of research projects involving coral reef conservation, fisheries monitoring, and marine...

Some thoughts: Kidspot: Regarding the original topic, Tritons Trumpets are usually solitary, but helmet shells often congregate in groups just as you described. That's probably what she was thinking of. MakoMike: I've heard from someone at DLNR that there was a minor population bloom of...