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We just did a dive this past weekend out in Destin, FL - 8 miles offshore, 90' reef and a wreck. Very nice dives. Lake Pontchartrain is a bit too murky for me (plus the bull sharks that have appeared this year) We usually like to head out to the Florida panhandle, but would be interested in...

Hi everyone - my husband and I are looking to form a local diving club in the Mandeville, Louisiana area. This would be an informal club that would meet to make new friends, exchange knowledge and stories and plan diving trips together. Would anyone be interested in such a club? We'd love to...

Thanks! I intend to use it on shallower reef dives (40'-60') to capture the pretty fish. Also on deeper dives like wrecks and hopefully oil rigs (which I already know I'll need a light source for) Currently I have a SeaLife mini, but it's a few years old and only 10mp, the pictures have been...

We recently discovered the Go Pro cameras at Best Buy and have been contemplating buying one. Does anyone have input on the pros and cons of them? I did read on one blog that the basic underwater housing gives blurry focus.

A reef hook - great idea! I never thought of that, but that would give me a little piece of mind in the current. We dove on the Speigel Grove in Key Largo in April (on my husband's 50th birthday - now that's a milestone), the current was so strong on the tag line that I felt like a flag in the...

We almost got to go again a few weekends ago but he got called to work at the last minute (shift work at a refinery). His friend said the seas were like glass and they saw tons of fish. My husband said he won't spearfish the first time I go down, he'll just go down with me and hang with me...

Pretty simple really - count 1-5 while breathing in, 1-5 breathing out... made me focus on breathing instead of the excitement of being underwater that made me breath so fast in the first place. After a while it just became natural and I just breath nice and slow. If I feel myself getting...

My husband likes to dive the oil rigs in the Gulf and spearfish. He tells me that it's amazing under there, so many fish and I as a photographer would have a field day. I have a problem with the current swirling around the rig legs though... I watched as my husband and his friends jumped in...

Milestone - hmmm, well, it was about my 7th dive, and I was getting checked out for my AOW 120' down on the Speigel Grove wreck in Key Largo. I couldn't get my mask to clear, and I was attempting to do so it came off and I sucked water up my nose, which made me panic and immediately try to...

Ah yes, we used Dr. Dive a couple years ago and had a great experience... how is your schedule for this weekend Capt Jim, and how are the conditions looking out there? ---------- Post Merged at 09:01 AM ---------- Previous Post was at 08:56 AM ---------- And thank you all for the suggestions -...

Does anyone know of any good places to shore dive in the Pensacola to Fort Walton, Florida area?

We are heading out to Pensacola (from the New Orleans area) on 9/11 to dive on the Oriskany. Still some spots available if anyone is interested in joining us. :) Stacey

Does anyone have information about Vortex Springs? I've heard the diving is good because of the visibility, but also that the water is COLD! Has anyone been there? Stacey

Does anyone have any good diving related Halloween costume ideas? We have a potluck party at work, and they just announced "prizes" for the best costumes. I was thinking about wearing my wetsuit (shorty), and having some of those fake wounds on my leg with lots of blood and some shark teeth...

K Ellis - Oh you should see some of the threads on the motorcycle board I go on. Good Lord, you ask a question on there and you're lucky if you don't walk away crying! :)

BabyDuck - I fully understand what you are saying and that's why I initially "freaked out" when I got the gear home and examining it. The dive shop I use is usually pretty good with instructions and input, HOWEVER they did train us with Octos and then sold me a BC with the Air 2. I had asked...

Ok, so you've made me nervous enough that I'm going to get an Octo. Now that brings another question - I will be in Key Largo tomorrow afternoon and not diving until Friday morning, how long does it normally take for a dive shop to install an Octo on my 1st stage?

Oh my, I didn't mean to spark a heated debate. I merely didn't want to get down to Key Largo and have the dive operator tell me I couldn't go in the water because I didn't have an octo :) As you can tell, I'm new to this, only been diving since January and haven't had much opportunity to...

Thank you all :) I called my dive shop and asked the instructor this morning as well, and she told me to come in this evening and she'd go over it all with me. I'm not too worried as I'll be with an instructor down in Key Largo this weekend working on my advanced dive certification, but I...

Hello - I have a dumb question :dork2: that hopefully someone can help me with... If I have a BC with Air 2, should I also have an Octo, or is the Air 2 considered my emergency regulator? (just got my gear and haven't dove with it yet; have a trip to Key Largo planned for this weekend)...