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Power Scuba's trips are charted on Waterhorse, so that's the -only- option for Coronados. Our other local boat option is the Marissa (Dive Calendar Easy Online Booking | Marissa Charters Inc). Both are great operations. For boats, yes, tip in the tip jar or Venmo for crew is definitely...

I have those wrists and my forearms get at least a little wet anytime I dive without drygloves. It's worse with a lot of hand manipulation like valve drills and fumbling putting on fins.

Could also bring some delicious Mexi-coke (or whatever soda or juice tickles your fancy) for liquid sugar. Drinking from a bottle UW is easy enough.

Btw, at least for TiZip, newest guidance is don't roughen the zipper tape: TIZIP | KNOW-HOW FOR DIVERS

I think we're close to revealing the 10 Commandments of GUE; just need one more. I've had people ask or comment to me about all of these but the sidemount one: - Thou shalt not use a computer - Thou shalt not sidemount - Thou shalt not dive air; if there's only air available, thou shalt sit by...

Another "tiny dab of silicone goo smeared around the dock every so often" here, no zipping/unzipping like a metal zipper to distribute it. Just needs to have a nice seal at the dock. Which zipper do you have? I think the new TiZips (grey-ish tape, and a groove running through the teeth...

Just want to point out that in my experience in classes with a few renowned instructors in ocean, cave, and/or CCR diving that all of them had similar messaging of "is this the absolute best system for every situation? it might not be; is it one way of doing things consistently that works pretty...

In the price range it sounds like you're looking, Light & Motion's Sola series charge via external port. Money no limit, then yeah another mention for UWLD

Another vote for giving a good thorough wiping with rubbing alcohol (the flat cotton pads leave less lint that cotton balls), and then once dry applying the cath and really pinching and rolling the material and skin together to ensure good adhesion. A Wideband will stay on all day even in...

As noted in the article: "Acapulco has been riven by bloody drug gang violence for over 15 years." The town where this occurred is 20 miles inland from Acapulco, or over an hour drive as far as Google Maps is concerned. Of note though, Acapulco proper has had beachfront violence so avoiding it...

Current day San Diego: without even taking time to think I can list more than two dozen people I know locally who have recently traveled to the Yucatan, Cabo, coastal Baja (beach camping/surfing), Mexico City, Monterey, and Puerto Vallarta in the last month or two. The further you are from...

Culiacan and Cabo are like 200 miles of almost-open-ocean apart. I doubt there's any material impact to the overall number of visitors to Baja Sur. The State Department's travel warnings are almost a joke, last time I looked it seemed like every other country was on the warning list for some...

I got kitted up one day late in the summer, ended up not being able to get in the water where we were entering, high tide + surf hitting the end of a narrow walkway. Never got more than my legs in the water and we called it. When I got out of my DS I was shocked how damp (like the wet end of...

I got mine from a shop in HK off eBay

Two trips to Mexico in September heat for Tech 1 and Cave 1 and dove dry the whole time. No issues other than being a little warm kitting up. Easy to hop into a cenote to get the suit wet and have evaporative cooling help out pre-dive. Would never dive in a wetsuit in a cave, I'd freeze after...

Thank you Rob; very informative and thorough, as always!

If new is fine, San Diego Divers and Paragon both have them in stock.

Same, 10/10 would buy again (technically, would just buy it a first time as I got it from a friend for free)

My particular model is the Saver Salt for anyone wondering which size that is. https://www.spyderco.com/catalog/details/C118YL/Saver-Salt-trade-Yellow-FRN-/264

Another Spyderco Salt here. Put a loop of bungee on it and wrap it around some webbing. Don't even have to pull the bungee off to remove the knife, just pull up and it will pop off. This is almost 300 dives (almost all saltwater), just gets a dip in freshwater rinse bucket post-dive still...