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The Dive Bliss out of San Diego is also a boat worth considering

I was planning my second Catalina trip this season some time later this month or in October. I was really hoping to see black sea bass, but didn't on the previous trip. Does anyone who dives Catalina regularly know whether you can find the big guys there year round, or whether the sea bass are...

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One thing to worry about with diving is travel costs. Boston probably has some interesting stuff, but let's face it, eventually, every diver will want to dive in a better and more exciting locale. A flight to somewhere as close as Cozumel, Mexico could set you back $400 per person from Boston...

If I'm not mistaken, golf ball diving was featured on the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs"

I was diving off of Catalina, California this sunday when I had a disturbing experience. The first dive of the day was at a site called Ship Rock. It was an exciting pinnacle dive complete with schooling fish and a shark encounter (okay, so it was a three foot horn shark, still a shark). I...

Don't forget the Big Island though. You have plenty of condos in Kona (although some of them have roaches), and most importantly you have the famous manta ray night dive. I recommend www.jacksdivinglocker.com or www.bigislanddivers.com .

Thanks for the imput everyone!

I'm pretty sure they made a cheap SAN to OGG flight by now.

I've been reading a lot of articles about what drugs do or don't affect diving. Anyway, I've over a very mild respiratory infection (shouldn't affect diving in any way), and have a dive trip coming up in a few days. Just out of curiosity, would an antibiotic like Amoxicillin (or something like...

I did an intro shore dive on Maui a few years back. I remember that shore diving in the Kaanapali area is spectacular. If the Big Island seemed barren, I would say that Maui felt more tropical and "alive" (don't get me wrong, I loved the Big Island, manta rays were spectacular). I've never been...

I've been reading a lot of articles about what drugs do or don't affect diving. Anyway, I've over a very mild respiratory infection (shouldn't affect diving in any way), and have a dive trip coming up in a few days. Just out of curiosity, would an antibiotic like Amoxicillin (or something like...

Real shame you're not going to the Big Island. It seems to me that Kona's where all of the great beginner dive sites are (although Maui's supposed to be beautiful, I've never dove there myself).

Try searching some online catalogs, maybe you'll find some particular gear that you like. http://www.unrealfind.com/ and http://www.scuba.com/ are both pretty good. http://www.scubadiving.com/ also rates gear. By the way, if you have the $$$, I'd try find a dive computer before getting the dry...

Wow, facinating stuff! Thanks for clarifying.

My primary course of action would be to soil myself and hope the shark finds that smell offensive.

I've honestly never thought of it that way.

It seems that zebra shark it the most popular choice. I'm not gonna be the one to disrupt this pattern... zebra shark

Now, archman corrected me and proved how much more he knows about fish brains than I do (really remarkable stuff, PM him, he'll tell you all about it). Where I got my theories about mantas was from (sadly enough) the Discovery Channel. I know that you can't believe everything you see on TV, but...

Sorry if this thread isn't going so well.