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I can say from first hand experience that DeLeon Springs State Park north of Deland IS now available to regular OW diving, not just those who are participating in a class with an instructor. On Saturday, Feb. 12th I visited there to renew my annual state park pass and have lunch. While waiting...

I've been searching the web and can't seem to find anyone who has come up with some hand signals for different colors. Not the SVGA 256 color palette (like wives see), or even the Crayola 16 box of colors mind you. Just a few simple 5 or 6 basic colors. (ie: red, blue, yellow, green, orange &...

Keep an eye on this link for the Choctawhatchee river level at Caryville. Anything 6 feet and over is usually considered blown out (not diveable) from what I've been told. Obviously the further under 6 feet you get, the better the viz typically is. National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic...

Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Alexander Springs in the Ocala National Forest and Blue Springs State Park in Orange City are also very popular spots for instructors doing training classes.

I was taught to use an independent wrist compass and wear it on my left wrist. (I'm right handed.) To navigate, put my right arm straight out in front of me, then bend my left arm at a 90 degree angle in front of me and grab my right elbow with my left hand. In essence, like crossing both arms...

I don't much about Scupper Pros or Scramblers but I've been seriously considering getting a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120 to use for kayak diving & snorkeling. I have 2 WS Pungo 140s and a 120 and really like them, especially for paddling and kayak camping on the Suwannee. However, since they're...

To dive Jackson Blue you need to have a minimum of a cavern cert but nearly all of the divers who dive there are cave certified as it's a premier cave diving site. All of the other springs on Merritt's Mill Pond (which is ~4 miles long) are cave dives as well. PLEASE DO NOT enter these sites...

There's also some shallow artificial reefs that have been placed at Grayton Beach State Park that you can dive right from the beach as well as going over to St. Andrews State Park in PCB and diving the jetties. If you do the jetties, there's usually several other divers and/or groups there that...

And THAT is one reason why diving in the springs is sometimes preferable to the ocean! (Less clean up afterward due to fresh vs. salt water is another.) :)

You don't happen to have the serial numbers on the missing tanks that you could post for the dive shops (or others) to check if someone either brings them in for a fill or tries to sell them? Also, I'm not sure if the regs have numbers on them too but if they do, that would be great as well. I...

Check with Wayne Kinard too. He's over at Amigos Dive Center in Ft. White. He's a great guy and will keep a look out for you too. Hope they turn up.

SOLD!!

I bought this BCD in September from the original owner who only had 24 dives on it before she grew out of it. It's in outstanding condition and hasn't been used since I've owned it. I even had it serviced once it arrived so it's dive-ready. Asking $275 plus shipping. You can see my full ad...

Near the gulf-side end of the west (landside) jetty. There were some enormous boulders that were spread further out from the main rock slope of the jetty and he was hiding down in between 2 boulders when I came up over the rock and there he was beneath me. We were swimming pretty hard into the...

That was a great write up Nemrod and spot on. I got to dive there for the first time back in June and had a blast. My local insta-buddy DM and I did the back leg (from the "keyhole" break in the jetties, around the bayside end of the jetty and back to the kiddie pool) on the first day and the...

Another couple of suggestions for non-salt water that are fairly close, shallow/easy, cheap and fun with loads of fish & critters are Alexander Springs and Rainbow River. Neither of them are deeper than 27 feet or so, offer 90-100 feet of visibility and are not weather-dependent (ie...

I'm going to be visiting the area this weekend and am planning to check out the snorkel reef on Sunday but I have a few questions. The forecast right now for Sunday (6/19) is for winds out of the E/NE 15-20mph preceded by lighter winds out of the NW and N on Saturday. The seas offshore however...

Please disregard the question. After stumbling onto another recent thread about chambers, insurance, etc. I think I found my answer in a general sense. (Along with an argument or 2 among some posters.) Glad you're recovering well Tammy and best wishes on the Diabetes management. It runs heavily...

I'm curious about the chamber issue too. I know there was a chamber at Shands in Gainesville many years ago but is it not in use anymore? If it is, it would be much closer to Ginnie than going all the way to Valdosta so why would they send you there?

It can also happen if you use a CPAP machine at night before a dive. Those machines can dry out your nasal passages and make them much more susceptible to bleeding on descent or ascent. If you use one regularly, I'd either skip it the night before diving or else swab just a little bit of...