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US Divers Co. Calypso depth gauge. Never saw him wear it and looks new. I was thinking about using it as a back-up to my computer. Any thoughts on what it is worth?

No doubt that you can get cold below 40 ft in San Diego in a wetsuit. A lot depends on your style of diving and your physical condition. If you are old and just drift around while you either play with your camera or watch starfish crawl, you will notice the cold more. On the other hand, if...

I don't remember the exact depth, somewhere around 60 to 80 ft you'll start to get some good slope to the bottom. Do you really want to take a few freshly certified divers into the canyon??? Keep them a little shallower so they can stay down a little longer. Go to La Jolla Cove and swim...

The night manta dive can easily be done from shore off the Sheraton Keauhou Bay in Kailua-Kona for FREE! You'd have to be a huge pussy if you can't handle it. Save yourself a pile of money and do it that way. When I did it there were several other people who made the short swim out from...

If you intend to book a trip on a dive boat, make sure to tell them that your son is only 12 yrs old. Some of them have maximum depths for youngsters. You don't want to book a trip where the intended site is a deep dive if your son is barred from going that deep. I heard of a local dive boat...

Shaka Doug: I appreciate your post. I know that diving the Back Wall is not a scam. Some of you in Hawaii are lucky enough to dive it so many times that you might forget why I would want to take my family back there for a look. I don't have endless money, so I may never get the chance...

As someone who enjoys spearfishing, I can tell you that those urchin barren areas are usually not great for spearfishing either. The OP also complained about poor visibility, which again makes for poor spearfishing. I doubt that the captain was looking for those two conditions because they are...

Good luck getting to the Back Wall. I think you might have more chance of winning the lottery.

Now, where in those two sentences does it suggest to you that I would bring a snorkeler to the Back Wall? For what it's worth, I wouldn't bring a snorkeler on an advanced dive trip. Period. The above quote was intended to be sarcastic. The Back Wall gets great press everywhere, yet from...

I'm learning a lot about Hawaii here: (1) The Back Wall is just a hoax used to attract advanced divers onto boats that are very unlikely to take you to the Back Wall. Is that so the hoax can be perpetuated? (2) If they tell you that you won't dive the Back Wall today because of a snorkeler...

Good for you. I've read that the Back Wall is one of the best dives in Hawaii. Maybe it isn't, but we paid to try it for ourselves. I'm not sure why you need to know if anyone else dove the Back Wall on that day. If it wasn't dive-able, don't you think the crew would have said so? We...

So we missed out on turtle riding at the Back Wall??? Now I am REALLY pissed!!!! Thanks for the heads-up on this, Shaka Doug. If I get back to Maui I will look you up. Obviously, when I refer to the "best boat" I am talking about yours. There were no reasonable reasons that we got a dive that...

We did our homework before leaving for Maui. Thanks to many helpful comments on this site and shorediving.com, we had planned out a fun week of diving some great spots off Maui's beaches. It was going to be topped off with a trip to Molokini to dive the back wall or possibly reef's end...

Unfortunately, no. I might cut the crew some slack for that. This is a well known boat that tries to attract advanced scuba divers. Buyer beware....

Okay, we've all read stories here about advanced scuba boat trips that were ruined because the crew allowed a newbie on board and then catered to the weakest link. Well, the outfit we dove with last Thursday took this behavior to a whole new level. They market themselves as catering to a small...

You will find that most spear fishermen will not use scuba equipment. It is not considered very sportsman-like.

It would be helpful to know more about your experience & skill level, and where you will be staying while in San Diego. I assume you will rent a car. You should be aware that, unlike Hawaii, not every day is a good day for diving in San Diego. Our water is often murky, either stirred up by...

shoredivingdotcom has a good write up on the manta shore dive.

There is a very nasty red tide right now in San Diego, although it makes the breaking surf look really cool at night. It has been around for awhile so I doubt it will be gone before you get here. Today I had to go deeper than 40 ft to get below it to clearer water. Bring a light because it is...

See shorediving.com for a write-up on the Sheraton Manta dive. Depending on your level of experience you may want to consider renting a boat at Kona Boat Rentals for a day. They will direct you to some great uncrowded dive sites and you can watch whales and dolphins too. My favorite spot was...