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Some of the best UW photography you are going to find and it's all Bonaire. Bonaire Talk: August 1st - 15th trip report with pictures: Bonaire Talk: Dixie's Photos #10 - Frogfish Week Bonaire Talk: Dixie's Photos #8 Bonaire Talk: Dixie's Weekly Photos # 7 Bonaire Talk...

Hey all. My sons and I will be on my parents' houseboat on Dale Hollow Lake in Tennessee for a week this summer and we would like to get some diving in. Problem is, I can't find anyone around the lake that will rent gear. We don't own gear because our diving so far has been warm water...

Hey all. My folks have a houseboat on Dale Hollow Lake near Cookesville, TN and I recently got my family certified to dive. They dock at Hendrick's Creek (which is actually in KY) and generally stay pretty close to that dock when out on the lake. Willow Grove is usually pretty close. Can I...

I've been doing an independant study on the effects of various colors of wet suits on their buoyancy and have made some fairly unusual discoveries. While fashionable, it appears that the brighter colors somehow seem to have as much as a 20% increase in buoyancy over suits of the same size but...

So, have had this thought running through my head for a long time. In today's day and age of carbon fiber products, why hasn't anyone produced a superstrong carbon fiber tank that can be filled to much higher PSI in a much smaller volume tank, than what we can get with steel or aluminum. It...

A lot of times, when someone inserts a picture in their post, it just comes up for me as a small box with a red X. But many pictures do show up. Is there some setting I need to fix or software I need to have loaded in order to view these pictures? Thanks for the help.

Doc's Proplugs: The Doctor's Choice for Ear Protection Anyone ever used these? They claim to improve ear equalization. Not sure if that makes sense since you have to equalize from the inner ear. My wife has small tubes and has to be very careful so interested in any reports on...

Wow, I think you set a record for fastest thread closing time. It was closed before I could type and post a response. Good job! :crafty: How about triple blind. Without knowing that there was even a discussion or debate about whether Nitrox reduced fatigue, I noticed it on my own after...

Being someone that basically dives a traditional rig because they've never been someplace that sells or trains DIR, but also being someone with an open mind, I'm curious about some of the differences between the two. I normally dive with about 12 pounds of weight in salt water. Assuming...

I'm kinda spoiled by shore diving in Bonaire. And while I'm certainly not against boat diving, I enjoy the freedom shore diving affords you. Does Grand Bahama lend itself to shore diving at all or are you pretty much bound to going out with a boat operator?

Anybody out there know a property manager on Grand Bahama that they've had a good experience with? I've got a chunk of land there that I'd like to do something with but will have to do it long distance. Any thoughts or advice from others is welcome as well.

Having only dove in tropical waters with great vis (except for my OW cert where the vis was about 5 feet) I'm trying to understand the draw to freshwater low vis diving. Would like to hear from people that do this recreationally that enjoy it. I live in a land-locked state where even on a...

Rather than post all the pics again here, the link below takes you to the photography section of Bonaire Talk - The place to discuss everything and anything about Bonaire! where I started a thread using my recently taken pictures to show that a 2005 Olympus Stylus 600 with NO strobe can still...

My two sons, 16 and 14, recently got certified and we did a dive vacation together with my wife, also recently certified, in Bonaire. One thing I found while diving with my family, due to their lack of experience, was that I devoted a lot more of my attention (compared to my dives with...

Could I get people that have been to both places to comment on the differences between these two diving destinations. For travel considerations, coming from the central U.S. I've been to Bonaire and absolutely loved it. Have a friend trying to decide between Roatan and Bonaire and I don't...

Just got back from Bonaire and wanted to share my experience along with lessons learned. I posted it as an attachment due to length. I gained so much knowledge both here and at Bonaire Talk - The place to discuss everything and anything about Bonaire! that I wanted to return the favor. Enjoy!

Thought just came to me (as they often do when I remove my government-mind-ray-blocking tinfoil hat) regarding underwater navigation. Is anyone out there attempting to produce an underwater GPS unit? Is it feasible? Can a signal be received underwater? And before I get flamed, I'm as...

I did a search for "Histogram" on the photography tips and techniques and didn't find a thread dedicated to a discussion of this feature of a camera. My PnS has the ability to display the histogram while shooting. Am wondering if this feature is useful while shooting underwater, and if so...

Before I ask my question want to make sure two things are understood up front: 1) I'm on a fairly tight budget. 2) I'm wanting to have a decent record of a dive trip, not bring back magazine covers. I just read a great camera review at Underwater Camera Articles: Review: Best Underwater...

So I've been reading the trip reports and all of the complaints/praise for various operations on Bonaire. I'm already booked to stay at the Sand Dollar so that's set. I'm pretty easy going and flexible so I'm sure I'll make the best of it either way. There were several places recommended...