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Great video. Reminded me of diving in Belize. We saw more Moray eels than spotted and only a couple of spotted eagle rays. I miss the water already!

I noticed that you said that Belize was deep diving. My husband and I were aboard the Nekton Pilot the beginning of April in Central Belize and our average depth was 45 feet for all 25 dives. We have been California Monterey Coast divers so we loved the warmth (80 degrees) and the clear viz (75...

That's what our "captain" said after the fact. Of course the second dive (which I skipped) they literally came up at the stairs. Ain't that just my luck. ;)

Devjr - do they still work once they get wet? I have heard they are great. Warren - we got a little lucky on the $$$$ side. On our OW cert the DM just bought a new 28' boat set up for diving. He likes us so we have gone with him the past few times. I agree shore is definitely cheaper than...

I guess that is the major reason. Also I have a bad knee and it can be difficult for me to get out into the sand after the dive. I also don't like long surface swims. I guess you don't mind them???

So I took my meclizine and I still didn't feel 100%. Weird though as soon as I got underwater it TOTALLY went away. Unfortunately had a very long surface swim back to the boat against the current with lots of swells. :( So I skipped the second dive which of course the husband said was the...

I am a newbie and I like having the "after dive" critique. We just did 3 more dives this weekend (my first since OW cert) and I feel much more compentent in my skills. I am definitely trying to be self-sufficient though. I absolutely refused to have the DM come out and get me while I was...

Yep, Monterey it is. We live in Castro Valley so as you know it isn't that far to Monterey. Well, I guess I will keep my fingers crossed and see how I do this weekend. I plan on drinking lots of water and crystal light and I have planned snacks such as whole wheat crackers, cheese/pretzel...

Now I am even more baffled. So I guess I should assume that most of my nausea was the other factors and not being sea sick. I have been on cruises before and not been sick but on our last one (through the Panama Canal) took the dramamine (regular) several times when we were doing small boat...

On our last boat dive (which I didn't end up doing) I took the "less drowsy" dramamine as the package suggested. I still was a little quesy which I don't know for sure was due to being seasick or a host of other things (being overheated, dehydrated, hungry, etc.) We are going again this...

Well, the bad news first - :( We went on a friends boat to do a couple of dives and unfortunately I made the decision to not dive. I hadn't eaten, gotten overheated and was nauseous. Now I know I made the right decision but I was still disappointed since these would have been my first dives...

I know it might be raining but luckily we are diving off a private boat with some friends so we can be pretty flexible and we are staying the night until Monday. We'll see how the weather is on Monday, we may just do a shallow dive to get our navigation out of the way. Can't wait to see...

We are diving in Monterey this weekend. Working on getting our Advanced classes out of the way - Boat Diving, Deep Diving, Night Diving and Navigation. We are hoping that between Sunday and Monday we can do 6 dives (if we aren't too cold) and get out Level 2 SSI sticker :)

I just sent my request in to the DMV: IBDIVNG I can't wait to put it on!!!

So my adorable, wonderful husband spent the $300 not totally without telling me but then I joined him and I'M THE ONE SPENDING THE MONEY!! When he gets into a hobby he usually goes overboard and now the situation is reversed. Is your wife into diving or would she want to be? As soon...

We would love to hook-up with some other divers. We are heading down to Monterey next weekend (Sun and Mon) to get most of our AOW out of the way. E-mail me sometime: iamdoodling@onebox.com Corrinne

We got our BOW through our LDS - Captain Aqua's (SSI). We just signed up for AOW (night/low vis, navigation, boat diving, deep diving) and we will use the same instructors from our BOW. We will eventually do Stress & Rescue also through LDS. We can't wait!!!

I have the 5/7mm wetsuit with the 5mm core warmed and the 7mm hood. I LOVE IT ALL!! Went in 52 degree water this past weekend (OW cert) and wasn't cold at all. Great off the shelf fit. My hubby also bought one and he is pretty big. 5'7" and weighs 230 lbs. Got an XXL for him and he loves...

I was really worried about getting a wetsuit that was comfortable. We need a 7mm to dive around these Northern California parts. Try the Henderson Hyperstretch. Awesome off the shelf fit. I took a 14 and it is great. Very comfortable and easy to get on and off even when wet. Good luck!

First let me thank everyone that replied to my original post last week. All the advice about re & re my mask really helped. We had gone back to the pool on Thursday night to don all of our equipment and our new weight integrated BCs. I practiced, practiced, practiced. Our OW went pretty...