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Have not posted on SB in some time. Since my last post, me and my wife went on a cruise and finally got to dive in the ocean. We dove in St. Thomas, and St. Lucia. It is amazing diving in the ocean, we had only dove lake Michigan and a quarry and river prior to this. This weekend we're going to...

thanks flashlight,, my next question was going to be witch dive boats/outfitters would anyone recomment. You beat me to it,, Any other suggestions??

Me and the better half are planning our honeymoon for next spring,, april.. we have the cruise picked out. We plan on diving 3 of the 5 ports,, was wondering what everyone thought would be the best ports to dive.. Here's the ports Southern Caribbean: San Juan, Puerto Rico ; St. Thomas...

I'm not writting her off by any means,, I have a group that I normally dive with. She isnt typically one of them. It was the only issue really, with her on this dive. I did learn something from it tho. And after seeing she had some issues standing befor the dive, I do accept the...

Oh no, I do not think that I am superior skilled, I am a beginner,, I have alot to learn, I wasnt expecting to walk out without my buddy, I thought she was behind me, I was looking down at my footing to see that I didnt step on one of the sharp rocks on the beach. It wasnt till I got thru the...

I had very little air in it the first time I used it and it pushed me forward, tho I had no weight in the trim pockets at the time. Also, I was use to a jacket style befor this one. I put very little air in my BC's, ever,, a quick shot or two to compensate for the compression of my suit, tho I...

Betty, I agree with your assesment, talking ahead of time would have ruled out this issue altogether, its a mistake I wont make again. But I have to ask you? If your 60 year old instructor has a heart attack, and you cant manage your own gear, you both die? And I'm saying "you" in the general...

Hey Bob, I have the black diamond, just got it two weeks ago,, so far so good. I did put 8lbs of trim weights in the trim pockets,, with the back inflate, it has a tendency to push you forward at the surface. Not a big deal once your use to it I'm told. I like the pockets and how they...

Lol, No she is not,, took me 44 years to find her, I aint replacing her for nothing.. I do want to clear one thing up tho,, I did think she was behind me, I didnt look back because I was watching my footing on the rocks too, of course I would help her doff her gear,,, I know it can be...

Wow, I posted this this morning and didnt expect this much replies.. I havent read thru them all so forgive me if I say something that was already said. First off, yes, I accept the responsibility that I should have stayed there,, actually, we were in 1 1/2 feet of water. And because everyone...

So yesterday, went diving with a couple people,, my better half couldnt go because she was gettin her hair fixed up to see how it will look for the wedding. Anyhow, I had a new dive buddy, she put her bc and everything on sitting down, then couldnt stand up.. well, we got her to the water, the...

I agree with you too, If they made you feel taken for granted, and especially if you dont feel safe diving with them, then outa there you should go. My opinion is based on the excellent service I get from my LDS. My LDS isnt so local either tho, I have to drive 60 miles one way to get there, but...

my $.02 I bought a reg and first stage along with the SPG off ebay, my lds was fine with servicing it. Even tho he had serviced it, I still have some doubts about the purchase. I'd rather buy from my LDS, so that if I have questions or problems, I can get face to face with the person who sold...

Well, did another dive, so did my mask clearing exercise again, went much better this time,, I'm sure I was being to aggressive with the clearing the first time around. I took it a little easier, took a couple breaths befor actually trying to clear the mask, so I guess it was a lost mask...

Well, had the BC out for the second excursion. Put 16# in the ditchable, and 4 in the trim pockets. Oh that worked so well. Only thing I'm going to change is I'm gonna go to 12# in ditchable and 8 in the trim next time. But as far as weighting? It was perfect. It was a shore dive, walked out...

I like my hood to cover the skirt on my mask too, dove in 34 degree water this past winter, dont want any skin exposed that I dont have to. I prolly will put the vent in the top as suggested. And I will take it off before hand too. lol. I did find it a bit more difficult to do my exercises...

I was wearing the lobster claw gloves. I always have my dive buddy check my mask/hood to make sure all is in the right place befor diving. Now that you mention it, I was aggressively trying to clear, more than likely due to the fact it was cold, and caught me a bit off guard ( the reason I...

At the end of my dive yesterday, we did mask clearing exercise and reg purging and an ooa exercise. I hadnt done a mask clear since last year in OW class. We had done this in open water. But I hadnt done it befor with a hood on. Ha, My hood blew up Like a baloon, it was different tho, I'm glad I...

befor I added more weight, I had my BC empty, got down to the bottom, about 4 feet of water, completely exhaled, and floated up. I do spend a bit of time at the surface befor starting the dive. I feel comfortable? I'm sure I'm not at the optimum breathing? With my old BC, I used 16 pounds and...

Yea, I did find that putting less air in the bc did help, but we had a bit of chop on the lake so I had to keep my reg or my snorkel in my mouth. It wasnt a BIG deal so much, cuz we didnt spend alot of time at the surface. I use a 3mil, and I use to use 16 pounds with the old bc. I had zero air...