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    Dry suits-neo vs crush/ comp neo vs laminate vs fusion. How do they dive/feel?

    I’ve done the dry suit course and looked at numerous articles since on differences in them: bouyancy, flexibility/stretchabilty, thermal garment requirements, suit weight, drying time, adapatability to different water temps etc. I had a neoprene suit in the early 80’s- then a few decades off...
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    eSIMs for Cozumel- recommendations

    Heading to Cozumel later this month. I have no experience with eSIM providers, Mexico telcoms or Mexico for that matter. Any recommendations? Thx.
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    Doubles wing for singles

    I’m looking at used gear to get into cold water/dry suit diving and so will need a BCD or BP/W with more lift. I’m likely buying used as it’s quite an expense (suit/BCD/cold water regs etc). Would a 38 lb horseshoe wing work for singles? It’s on a steel plate and harness and priced way less...
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    Grand Cayman coral - white like snow

    Did a couple shore dives on GC today, LOTS of corals are white… looks like it snowed. :(. This was at Sunset house. Heading out on the boat tomorrow. I hope it isn’t as bad elsewhere. Water is 88F according to computers.
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    Oceanic compass card off kilter - tricks to fix?

    Hi all. Pulled my gear out of storage and noticed my Oceanic compass card has tilted. The card spins fine, its just that depending on your bearing you have to tilt the compass to get the card level in the viewing window. Anyone have any tricks for correcting this? Thanks.
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    Suggestion Add go to page function?

    At the bottom of a page where the previous and forward and back buttons are could a function to go to a specific page be added?
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    Suggestion Consider a “thanks” reply icon?

    When asking a question or seeking advice you may get many responses. Rather than acknowledging with a thumbs up or like or typing thanks to all the responders a “thanks” icon may be useful?
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    Coz first time question

    Thinking of going to Coz and it will be the first time. I do know that there are dozens of dive ops and hotels/condos/AI with tremendous options available and everyone has their favourite. Was thinking of Scuba Club Cozumel for several reasons: no commuting to a dock, 2 meals provided, close...
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    Grand Cayman - Where’s the fish?

    Anyone been on GC recently who is very familiar with diving here notice the paucity of fish? Now I’m not the most well travelled diver and I’ve been to Cayman 7 times but not since 2019… but it seems like the reefs are barren. After 1 week, 2 stingrays, couple of nurses, couple of porcupine...
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    Question Bigger tanks, dive times and SI’s in Coz

    Hi all. In looking at dive ops, many offer larger tanks and/or advertise long dive times. All of my tropical diving has been on TCI or GC with use of 80 cf tanks, and usually 1 hr or less dive times. Some ops I found liked to really push to get back for the afternoon dives and hastened the SI...
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    Unstaffed moored boat during dives?

    Did some dives in CI a while back and something about the crew deployment struck me as odd as I’d never seen it, mind you I’ve only been with a handful of ops. There were two crew and both were in the water with two groups of guests, there were no crew on board during the dives. There was a...
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    PADI Equipment specialty course

    I'm interested in this course and would like to hear from those who has taken it as to what is taught and did you find it worthwhile. I'd like to learn about diagnosing minor regulator problems and doing minor adjustments.
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    Dive sites and OP's on south end of 7MB of Grand Cayman

    Looking at the dives I've done on GC, the furthest site south I've dived is Killer Pillar. I've mostly dived up around the west bay area or north wall. I often see dive boats moored south of Eden Rock when I am snorkelling there, so I'm thinking there must be some good sites south of there...
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    OW training and DSD questions.

    Hi. I was with my kids on a recent Caribbean trip. One of them did their OW dives and the other a couple of discover scuba dives. What are are reasonable dive times for OW dives 1-4? I accompanied him on 3 of the OW dives. Dives 1 and 2 were only 39 minutes and 4 was 46 minutes. These seem...
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    Two kids- one OW referral and one Discover scuba: what to expect for instructors

    Hi all. Our family will be heading out for tropical vacation next month. One child will be doing OW referral and the other only wants to try scuba. I think there was a thread a while back on a discover scuba ending tragically. My question is would there be a dedicated instructor for the...
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    Used Perdix- what to check or ask about?

    A second hand Perdix is for sale locally at a really good price. It has never been in the water (so he says). Is the dive history erasable on these? Anyhow I've never bought a second hand computer and am unfamiliar with these. Is there anything I should ask about or look for specific to the...
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    Mexican military and their guns - safe?

    This thread consists of off-topic posts split off from this thread: Port Captain This will enable the discussion to continue without the hijack of the above referenced thread. Sorry I am late to the party...have been without internet and phone service past few days. Marg, SB Senior Moderator...
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    Regulator free flow issue

    Hi all. Yesterday while gearing up for the morning dives my octo started free flowing. We attempted to switch it to one of the dive boats octo's with the same result. I took it in to a dive shop and he checked the IP, which he said was off the scale. The set up is a Zeagle Envoy II with...
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    Reg tends to be pushed out of mouth with turning head to the right

    Has anyone had this problem with their reg, and if so what did you do to correct it? Shorter or longer hose? Going to a braided flex hose? Some sort of swivel? The reg has a 30 inch rubber hose currently. Thanks.
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    Dive Rite shears and sheath

    Dive Rite makes a robust looking sheath and shears combo. From pictures I can't figure out how you'd attach it to a BCD. How do those clips work? Are they designed only for use with Dive Rite gear? I have their line cutter and the sheath is well designed, you can put it darn near anywhere.
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