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My buddy and I are planning to trailer down a boat and launch from Jupiter or West Palm and make a run to West End, Grand Bahama. We've done this in the past out of Lauderdale to Bimini. We are running into one snafu...we can't find a boat launch where we can leave the truck and...

Frankly, it sounds like your issues are really in your head. If getting dizzy because you're huffing and puffing, it is called hyperventilating. Exhaling through your nose is fine. That shouldn't cause water do go down your throat, unless of course your are inhaling as well. There are a...

Switch to a rebreather.

No signs of abrasion what so ever...I took the dog for a walk on Sunday. It is possible he got into some poison ivy and I touch him then my forehead, but that would have shown up by Monday or Tuesday...I'm rather stumped.

I volunteer at our local Aquarium. We feed a variety of animals as part of our duties. I was there all day on Tuesday and did my day without incident. On Wednesday morning I woke it and my forehead itched. I looked in the mirror and sure enough I had a rash around 3 inches long and 1/2...

I saw that! It was well done!

I had about 140 dives before I took AOW, which I needed for rescue. I don't know if I would go straight from OW to AOW. If you get some dives under your belt and get to the point were you are diving naturally, meaning you focused on the experience vs. when to add and remove air from your BC...

When are you going? I've got 5 buddies from here doing a Blackbeard trip that begins or ends on the 23rd of July. If you're doing the Blackbeard trip that leaves out of Nassau, you're following the Aqua Cat route. Search that. There was a relatively recent thread and a bunch of photos were...

You'd be pushing it in a 3mm. I'd look for a 5mm full suit with some sort of vest, possibly hooded or a 7mm. If you're cold you're going to have a miserable checkout. You're going to be more focused on your misery than your skills. If this quarry is going to be your local water hole, so...

Master Diver just shows that you took ever cert that they had to offer, which don't get me wrong, is great on one respect, but doesn't make you a good diver.

An advantage of e-Learning is that you know (assuming the e-Course has been properly structured) the material has been covered. With SDI, the student cannot move onto the next subject until they pass the current subject with 75% or better. If a topic isn't covered it is because it wasn't in...

It is your log...log what you like. I'd suggest for the beginning logging everything you'd need to calculate SAC or RMV and log what your tank was, you're exposure protection and how much weight. Some people log all sorts of stuff. What fish they say, how they felt, who they dove with, so...

Dacor has been out of business for a bit. If the DC is fine, go with a regular SPG and happy diving, but it may be time for a new computer.

I've crawled all over the njscuba.net site and I can't find the chart you are referencing. Can you provide a link?

I found out that mooring balls won't happen because fisherman will just cut them...something about their drift nets. Where is moonstone? If you take what the media reported as close to correct (30 miles out of OC and 30 miles out of Indian River) it looks like it is roughly 15 miles off...

Does anyone know if when they are going to sink this and if they are going to put mooring balls on it?

If you're on a budget...LP has some Bare dry suits for $650. Simple no frill bi-lam, but will last a few years for sure. $80 for the boots. If you're lucky your current fins will work, but likely not so budget another $100-$150. You'll likely need more lead, so don't forget to budget for...

NAUI card? PADI card? Who cares. As has been mentioned countless times on SB is what is more important than any card is your instructor. Don't get too obsessed about your card, especially at the OW level. Get your cert, get some dives, find a good mentor and instructor then advance your...

A real easy way to see the effect of N on you is make a dive on air on a 100fsw wreck or something. Do the math problems as suggested or something. Then make the exact same dive on 32EAN. I forgot where I did this, but I was complaining about not finding any sharks teeth on a dive, despite...

For the class, I'm going to assume it in going to be held in a pool and pools tend to be cool. I'd consider getting a 3mm for the pool sessions. A 3mm will be very handy then for trips to warm water areas and for the summer in SC in the ocean. I suspect though that a 3mm will be too cool for...