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I'm just trying to figure out how to fit everything. Got to take both my open water kit for Kosrae and CCR for Truk! I'll be the skinny guy with the funny looking KISS rebreather.

United reworked a bunch of their flight schedule in Micronesia it appears. The 230 AM Monday return to the US from Truk through Guam/Hon no longer exists, and has been moved to 330 AM Sunday, and goes through Tokyo. Interestingly the fly time is significantly shorter, showing at about 23...

I don't know about Houston, but John Duggan in San Antonio teaches the Prism. Probably about as close as you can get from the sound of things.

From my experience the 1 hour limit is pretty standard for Key Largo. However, many of the shops do routinely offer double dips on the deeper wrecks. Recreational divers usually do two dives to NDL limits with a surface interval, and if you have some basic technical certs you can pretty...

I dive the Spirit LTE and before that a GEM. There are some legitimate criticisms here but some others seem just bizarre to me. Are you talking about the possibility of getting a false lock on the quick disconnect for the hoses? That's just incorrect assembly, and something to test for when...

Absolutely. Nine more months....

You aren't booked on the special trip Mike is running Jan 21-28th by chance are you? If so see you there! I'm going the Hawaii route to meet up with a couple old friends than hitting the Island Hopper and spending six days in Kosrae before Truk.

I'm curious, has anyone done any CCR diving with Blue Lagoon outside of Pete's organized trips? Their website seems to heavily imply they are fully capable of supporting it. Truk Lagoon: Blue Lagoon Dive Shop Services - Chuuk Micronesia I have an Odyssey trip booked Jan 2018 and am heavily...

I just ordered a couple backup lights from DRIS and they shipped same day. I'm more an occasional as opposed to frequent customer of DRIS but same day shipping has tended to be the norm for me.

Palau and Truk are both accessible by direct flights from Guam. I'd just go direct from there and avoid the actual Island Hopper (assuming you don't want to visit the other Micronesian islands) Linking up the Solomon Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu should be pretty easy. There are direct flights...

I spent on/off about four months in Hawaii in 2014 and 15 for work. I mostly dove with Kaimana Divers. They will pick you up from any hotel in Waikiki and take you to the boat. Their morning dive is usually a 2 tanker with a deeper wreck first, followed by a reef, and the afternoon dives are...

I don't use hand signals for pressure ever anymore. I will just show my gauge and expect my buddy to do the same. Yep. Started doing it this way after diving in Malta. We had 2-3 people in PSI and the rest in BAR. Needless to say hand signals weren't all that useful.

Socorro is a pretty challenging diving destination. It is very exposed to the open ocean, and often features heavy surface swells and current. Dive Depths can easily hit 100 ft in many places as well, not to mention the deep blue; there well may be times where you are over water hundreds of...

They exist, but it certainly won't be cheap. In particular a couple isolated resorts in Mozambique come to mind. Azura Retreats - - Mozambique Diving Mozambique at the Eco Dive Resort - Nuarro Lodge If you have the budget for it, spending a week at one of these and maybe throwing in a...

Hrm. I assume the Fling still bans CCR and has their 100 foot rule for second dives in place, yes? Looks like it would be a great site for a light technical/wreck trip.

Carry-ons are pretty much essential if you dive CCR. Wing/backplate and tanks go in the checked bag and everything else in the carry-on and personal item bag. You simply can't replace that stuff on site if the airline loses it. Even then I'll usually check a second bag with an additional wing...

Just as an fyi there is a third liveaboard in Truk now. I have not been on it so I have no idea on quality, but it is another option. Truk Lagoon | Master Liveaboards

While I have no knowledge regarding the case, I do want to relate that my professional interactions with Ken were very positive since his name has been dragged into this mess. I purchased a unit and training from Add Helium last year, and Ken handled about 90 percent of the...

A few specifics on the various Key Largo sites: The deep wrecks (you may not go to them but I've seen open water divers taken to the Spiegel Grove before) can have some pretty stiff surface currents. Make sure to hold onto the line while on the surface and your initial descent if you end up...

Certified 1999 OW in the Pacific Northwest. Finally bothered to get the AOW in 2014 after a couple dive ops refused to let me on some deepish wrecks in the Keys.