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Hi all, Packing for a trip to Kona. We were planning on diving, but my spouse came down with influenza. He'll be okay to travel, but not dive, at least until the very end of our trip. So, we'll be mostly (maybe entirely) snorkeling. I was planning on bringing my nice 5 mm suit, but is this...

After 18 months, Mr. Potato Cod and I will finally be diving again. We're heading to the Keys in August for a week and will be based in Marathon. Any recommendations on dive operators there or the nearby middle keys? We'd like to dive Looe Key as well as the Marathon area. We like a boat that's...

I should probably contact DAN about this one, but does anyone know if there are guidelines for how long to wait to schedule surgery AFTER a dive trip? This would involve general anesthesia and the dive trip will be ~17 dives over a week (3 dives/day). I would assume it would be important to make...

Has anyone done Cayman in January? We did the Cayman Aggressor a few years ago in March and thought the diving was great, so are thinking of the Little Cayman Beach Resort for next January, but are wondering what the conditions are like this time of year. Thoughts or experiences?

I have no idea where this post fits, so I'm just putting it here. I started diving 12 years ago and fell in love with the sport. Diving is a close as I will get to visiting another planet and I have often said that there was no place I’d rather be than underwater with my dive buddy husband...

Hi all, Spouse and I just decided to travel to Cyprus this summer (late June-early August, exact dates TBD) to visit friends and realized that we're an inexpensive flight from Hurghada or Sharm and Red Sea Liveaboards. I did a little initial searching and there are a LOT of options and it's a...

Hi all, We were just invited by good friends to join them for their annual trip back to (Turkish) Cyprus where their family lives in Kyrenia. We may also try to get to Kas on the mainland, but don't really know anything about the diving in either place yet, other than my husband found a...

Planning a trip to St. Lucia in January and looking for recommendations for hotels and dive operators. We don't necessarily care whether the dive operator is in house or not. I'd rather use the best dive shop that goes to the best sites, but a good combo hotel/resort and dive package is also...

My husband and I will be in San Diego in early August. From there we're heading out to Guadalupe Island on a liveaboard to do the Great White Shark thing (our 10th anniversary trip!), but would like to dive the kelp forest around San Diego either before or after that. Any recommendations for...

Can anyone please tell me the current water temp in Bonaire? Heading there this weekend and want to pack the right wetsuit. Thanks!

I am the owner of a Men's ML Lynx 5-mm full wetsuit (item # 050124) which has been on 61 dives, primarily in salt water. I purchased the wetsuit in December 2009 from my local dive shop. Two weeks ago while diving aboard the Caribbean Explorer II Saba-St Kitts (great trip), I noticed that the...

My husband and I want to dive in January and are thinking about either the Cayman Aggressor or Kona Aggressor. We're leaning towards the Kona trip because we've done lots of diving in the Caribbean and would like to see some new critters, but we're wondering which would be the better bet this...

Hi ScubaBoarders, It's time to plan our spring break dive trip next March and my husband and I have narrowed things down (*I think*) to either doing the Aquacat liveaboard in the Bahamas or Little Cayman (probably with Little Cayman Beach Resort, but would consider other lodging/operators)...

Hi Orca Bait Divers, My husband and I will be in WA at the end of July visiting friends in Seattle and doing a kayak trip in the San Juan Islands (based out of Friday Harbor). We'd also like to do some diving while we are there and are looking for some recommendations. Here's a little...

I am in the market for a 7mm wetsuit and am seriously considering the Waterproof W2. Anyone have an experience with/opinions about this suit (or the similar W1)? They're rather more spendy than other suits, but they come in small-tall sizes, which is a huge plus because most manufacturer's...

A few years ago I went on my first liveaboard in Australia, which was also my first dive trip ever. Not knowing any better, I only brought one swimsuit, and quickly realized that having a couple more so that I wouldn't have had to keep putting on the same cold, wet suit would have been nice...

Mr. Cod and I will be going to Belize for a week next January and are trying to decide between doing a liveaboard or a land-based operator. We've got exactly 1 week (Sat-Sat), so our dates work with a liveaboard if we choose that route. From reading prior posts here, it sounds like for...

Hi! Not sure if this has been posted before (didn't find it using the search function). Anyway, a friend sent this link to me and I thought some of you all might also enjoy the short video on how scuba tanks are made: LiveLeak.com - Making of a scuba tank

Both my husband and I both have Zeagle SPGs with integrated compasses. As it turns out, the compass has a pretty fragile plastic bezel, and broke off my husband's compass after only about a year of use. We're not actually sure how it happened, most likely it broke on a boat deck, but we can't...

The hubby and I are just back from a dive trip, which means, of course, that we are thinking about where to go next. And we'd like it to be someplace with lots of sharks! There are a few other preferred criteria: 1. We’ve only got 70 dives under our belt, so nothing too technical or with...