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I've been looking through the threads and have not found much information on all-inclusive dive resorts on Ambergris Caye. Can anyone recommend a resort that has meals included and lots of diving? I've looked into booking accommodation and diving separately, I just want to compare prices to...

Dread Pirate Rackham... Like the famous Dread Pirate Roberts, you have a keen head for how to make a profit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr! I think I like the...

Just curious about how many of you have your spouse or significant other as your dive buddy?! I do not have either (spouse or s.o.) and would think that it would be fairly important to me that when I do find them, they would be my dive buddy... what do you think?

SSI :boom:

I took a drysuit certification course (new diver so I thought that would be best!) and they told me to absolutely NOT use the drysuit for bouyancy! Like UP said, I was taught that you add enough air to the suit to take off the squeeze, but all bouyancy control comes from the BC (and as a new...

Queen Swimming Fish or Empress Crazy-as-a-Loon (how did they know??!!) :D

I've seen a lot of people use plastic tubs and throw all their gear directly into the tub. Since a tub doesn't fit into my car, I have my trunk lined with plastic and use an old blanket on the ground. I drop everything onto my blanket and put it in the trunk on top of the plastic. At home I can...

Welcome to the board and good luck with the dive! I was certified in Puget Sound in April (:cold:) and was wearing a 7mm full suit with a 5mm farmer john (jane??) on top and was warm enough. The cold part was the surface interval - but that may not be as much of an issue in CA! I'm sure...

I have the Nexus (divrnr, I PM'd you about it). I really like it (the price was really attractive!) When I went looking for drysuits I really wanted the DUI crushed neoprene, but the value for money on the Whites can't be beat. I got it in a package (I'm assuming that they all come with...

Currently in the market for a pickup truck. I own a VW Cabrio ~ fun car (when the sun's out!) but it is so small. I just bought a nifty new bag for all my scuba gear and it doesn't fit in the trunk! :shaking:

Three people are sent off on a scavenger hunt and the person who comes back with every item wins. They have to find among other things, a piece of fruit, an innertube from a bicycle tire, a matchbook from a club, (just to keep with the theme..) a weight belt, and a musical instrument. The...

you have to tell us now!!!

Daylight - I did try on the dry suit before I bought it and they did (visually) check my neck and wrist seals. I told them that I had problems with neck seals when I was using rented drysuits, so they paid pretty close attention to the neck seal and said "looks fine". The one thing I...

Thanks for the advice - how about Ben and Jerry's? I've really been diligent with Coldstone too, but no luck! Looks like I'll have to get the seal replaced - if I can do it locally it isn't so bad, I was just dreading sending my drysuit away for a couple of weeks - just when the water was...

I tried out my new Whites Nexus dry suit on the weekend and found that the latex neck seal was a little bit too big. If I turned my head to any extreme (looking left, right, up or down) it would let in water (Puget Sound water... brrrr!!!:eek: ) Short of sending the suit back and having them...

I dive in cold water :eek: - are the finger holes on the EMS shears roomy enough to fit thick-gloved fingers?

Congratulations! As a newbie, I can say that the enthusiasm of the divemasters that were there when I was certified made a huge difference! Keep up the good work! :)

I think it depends on what you're looking for in a LDS. Both have friendly, knowledgabe people working there. UWS seems like a smaller operation (even though they do have bigger shops in Seattle) so give you slightly more personalized service. Scuba Set is bigger, cool facilities, lots of...

I went through the same thing on my dry suit certification, only I didn't have the advice of several knowledgable people on this board at the time! I went diving anyway (took 12 hour sinus medication) and had a really hard time equalizing. This is NOT something you want to have to worry about...

I'm a Project Manager for a software company (no, not THE software company!) :out: I get to travel almost every week to customer sites, mostly on the west coast, and help them implement our software. Keeps me out of trouble most of the time and allows me to be home on the weekends for fun...