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Does anyone have any recent experience with either Sunshine shores or sand dune shores resorts on Singer Island? They're recommended by Pura Vida, look decent (sunshine shores better than sand dune) and it's a good location and the prices are good. Both have a kitchen with full fridge for...

I've been considering upgrading my uwl-04 to a wwl-1 to improve overall image quality with my rx100m2. I can definitely notice softness in and near the corners on some of my shots with the uwl04, even when stopping down to 6.3/7.1 which seems to be the conventional wisdom with the rx100 and...

I just returned from a 3rd trip to Grand Cayman, Trip Report, and while overall it was good I am interested in exploring other options that provide a similar beach experience as 7MB for my wife and kids but better diving than West Side Grand Cayman diving. My opinion of the GC diving is that...

I recently returned from my 3rd Grand Cayman (GC) Seven Mile Beach (7MB) trip and have assembled an array of information from the trip in this somewhat lengthy report/review. Background This trip was a family beach vacation combined with some diving for me, the sole diver in the group. As...

I put together a collage of some of my favorite underwater photos from '21. I was only able to do 2 trips, 1 to the FL panhandle and 1 to the FL Keys, but despite limited diving I was able to create a couple memorable shots and improve on a couple things. I finally moved from my antiquated...

My annual trip the past two years has been to the keys, both enjoyable trips. I've finally had enough time to fully go through all the photos. One thing I've found interesting is that initially following a trip I'm not always objective about my photos. Some of my initial favorites turn out...

June 21st – June 25th This was my second dive trip to Key Largo/Tavernier. My first was last year and I enjoyed it enough that I repeated it for this year’s dive trip. Travel I flew directly into Fort Lauderdale and once again rented a car from budget. The airports were much busier than last...

This wasn’t truly a dive trip; it was a family beach trip where I sneaked in a little diving. We previously lived on the FL Panhandle and I regularly dived the area. My wife really wanted a beach trip and with Caribbean travel a bit tougher at the moment we headed back to familiar grounds...

June 7th – June 11th This was my first trip to the Keys, I booked this trip back in February and by late March it was questionable whether it would end up cancelled. Fortunately, timing worked out and Monroe County (FL Keys) re-opened for tourist on June 1st. The only impact was that I’d...

I'm headed to Key Largo/Islamorada to dive for the first time; I've been wanting to for several years and it's finally booked. It's also my first trip without my family which I'm looking forward to a little too. What are some good topside activities after diving in the mornings? A visit to...

After quite a hiatus from diving (1.5 years) my wife and I returned with a toddler in tow to GC for some diving for me and topside activities for my wife and toddler. Seven mile beach is of course still beautiful and even with somewhat strong winds, usually pretty calm since the winds in GC are...

Someone in my local area was hosting a public dive event on facebook and I got a link to the event from a dive buddy and immediately recognized the cover photo advertising the event as my own. As a fairly novice UW photographer, my first reaction was "cool, they must have thought it was pretty...

Our local dive club went out with Scuba Shack on the Wet Dream last Sunday; great operation, and they really feed you: hot dogs, homemade ice-cream, cookies, fresh fruit. The surface was quite murky due to lots of recent rain and west winds (see cuda photo at the safety stop) but below around...

The marine forecast was far too enticing calling for 1 foot seas or less, and recent local dive reports too exciting with lots of shark sightings to go to work on Monday. Instead @flyingDiver75 and I headed out with ScubaTech for a morning of diving. The forecast proved accurate; six miles...

I added a few more upgrades to my camera rig; a ys-d2 for a second strobe and upgraded my tray and arms to idas and nauticam. I ordered from Optical Ocean Sales (third order from them) and once again, great service and everything showed up perfect and even a day early! Now to see what the...

My puck air and the proprietary pc interface cable are less than a year old and will no longer connect to Dive Organizer so I can download my dive logs. I still get the green led when powered by the usb port, still get the red led when the pc link mode is activated but that's it, Dive Organizer...

Despite some pretty sub optimal conditions I really wanted to get in the water so I grabbed a 5/3 hooded vest to go under my 3mm and went to the Destin Jetty for the first dive of the year. It was overcast, the pass was churned up and just general bad visibility around 8' probably. I left my...

With the end of the dive season quickly approaching for a "warm weather" diver, I had a mission; get some shots of an octopus. I'd seen them on a handful of dives but never got a decent photo. I knew the best bet for finding an octopus was a shallow shore dive with artificial reef pods...

As the fall/winter weather pattern starts to assert itself in the Destin area, I jumped at the opportunity to get in a few more dives before potentially calling it a season. The forecast looked great for last Thursday, light south east winds after a few days of stronger east/south east winds...

Oct. 15th was quite a windy day so the boat didn't venture out far, we stopped at the bridge rubble dive sites in the 60-70ft depth range. There were only six of us on board when they sometimes accommodate more than twice as many divers, so there was plenty of room for trying to maintain...