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    Looking into FL Panhandle first salt water dive trip. How to go about it?

    We started with Vortex Springs, which was a good little dive and took time to refresh skills and communications in the crystal clear waters. I recommend the 4C's bar in Defuniak Springs, good evening meal, for pretty cheap! That evening, we moved on to Panama City, looking for an Air2...
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    Looking into FL Panhandle first salt water dive trip. How to go about it?

    We will likely drag the boat, it doesn't take much more fuel behind the one-ton than the loaded truck does. I plan to fish/dive at least a couple lakes in Arkansas, and anywhere else that looks interesting. We use it for fishing, bowfishing, skiing,as well as a dive staging area even for...
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    Looking into FL Panhandle first salt water dive trip. How to go about it?

    I am still a month away from heading down to the Pensacola through Panama City area. I would think that the bridge pilings and such would be the best areas. We should have a few lake dives in by then, at least by the time we get that far south. The clearer water would be on the Gulf side...
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    Looking into FL Panhandle first salt water dive trip. How to go about it?

    I am thinking about taking my boys to FL Panhandle for our first salt water dive trip. I need advice as to where to go, (only Open Water certified at this time, 5 years experience) (planning to get Advanced OW late this summer, after the youngest turns 15) We dive in the muddy waters here in...
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    Back Roll Entry Head Injury

    Diving from our deck boat, the side doors allow a pretty decent seated back roll entry with only a foot or so of drop into the water. It is important to note that the door against the padded seat does have a tendency to be pushed somewhat closed. This feature caught my wife off guard, by the...
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    Homemade soft weights

    50 lbs of shot from sporting goods store and a 10 pack of kids cotton socks worked on a spur of the moment need a couple years ago, still have most all of them scattered around in the families weight sets.
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    Dive Flag?

    I have to float and pole, but KS requires a larger flag than standard. A year ago a went to a lake where enough folks dive that I figured the rangers would know the rules so I made a DOT wide load 24" mesh flag from the local truck stop into a dive flag with a duct taped area and a can of white...
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    Old pontoon boat into diving boat

    I have an 18' pontoon that leaves a pretty much 8'x16' open area, we can dive 4 off of it, but it sets low in the water when outfitted. The 22' deck boat dives 4 very comfortably and a fifth with little restriction. I am building a 21' deck boat into a diving and fishing vessel, like an I/O...
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    Is my cylinder made from the "bad" alloy aka AL6351?

    I lost 4 of the 6498 alloy tanks to visual after always passing hydro and VE in the past. Since I often fill from my compressor without a fill cage in remote locations I don't mind the shop being a little over zealous and taking them out on what may have been cracks, there were plenty in each...
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    Towing a dive flag

    40' of 1/4" polypropylene, thick enough to feel with gloves on, and a loop with a shortener around my right wrist (not tight, so it's easy to shed), speargun tethered to my left. It is a pain, and I only use it if I am going far from my boat, or solo. Thermocline in area lakes is 25 or so feet...
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