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    My Octopus Teacher on Netflix

    I saw this on Netflix yesterday. I really enjoyed this movie and how Craig Foster narrates his relationship with an octopus over the course of a year. I would recommend this as a must watch.
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    US Divers MH8A Transmitter troubleshooting

    I took a gamble and bought one of these on ebay. It was listed as for parts because he had no way to test it. He indicated that the last time he used it before he put it up it worked fine so I went ahead and took a gamble thinking that if it got put up working and had never been flooded it...
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    WTB: DSS wing rubber locator nipples

    If you have any you don't need please PM me.
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    Is COVID-19 changing your reefs?

    For those that live locally and dive places like Caymans, Coz, Bonaire, Florida Keys and coast. With the diminished recreational pressure and boating traffic, do you recognize changes in your location? Better visibility, more marine life, changes to the reefs? I would be interested to see if...
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    Trip timing advice Bonaire

    If you were going to go to Bonaire over the summer months (late May-Aug 1), is there a particular time you would choose. Is there a better time for visibility, currents, certain events or creatures you will see?
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    Wanted Nauticam Flexitray II W with both handles

    if you have one you don't need please message me
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    Wanted Nauticam N85 Macro 35 or N85 Macro 29 Port

    Looking for #36139 N85 Macro 35 port with or without gear for 14-42 Panasonic #36057 and/or #36165 N85 Macro 29 port with or without gear for 12-32 Panasonic #36046
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    Ideas/Recommendations for Spring Break dive trip

    I am in the process of picking out a place to go in April for spring break. I have been filtering through so many trip reports and recommendations on here and it is a bit overwhelming. I thought I would take a shot at asking for some recommendations based on what our needs are. We are a...
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    Elves on the shelf

    Our girls elves did this last night
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    A young mind learning Nitrox

    So I am doing NAUI Nitrox certification with my daughter, who got Jr OW certified this year. This is really cool and very entertaining because she has a lot of questions that are non-stop. I am going through the course with her so she doesn't get stumped on what some words mean. A small...
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    Emergency gear attachment methods ---- canisters

    For those of you that are using a canister to hold your emergency gear I am wanting to see how you are securing it to yourself and why you use the method you do. I have setup two canisters one for me and one for my dive buddy. They will carry all the standard gear minus a nautilus lifeline...
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    mch6 compressor questions

    Hi, I see this guy up for sale in my area. It is an older model and comes with the gas and electric motors. There is only this one picture and not having a history with scuba compressors I wanted to ask the resident experts. What should I be looking out for in a sale like this on an older...
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    tank tumbling media Emerundum

    If I want to tumble my tanks would this be a suitable media? I can get Aluminum Oxide but this looks like it would work and I can get it at half the price: https://www.anti-hydro.com/resources/downloads/tech-bulletins/TB-E-1-1.pdf
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    Closed Scubalamp PV102 10,000 lumen video light - reduced

    I am selling my 10K lumen Scubalamp video light. This was the first video light I got when I got back into diving. I have since purchased other lights and this one is gathering dust so I am offering it up for sale. This light has a 16 LED bank for white lighting and 5 LED's for red and 5 for...
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    Nice looking compressor setup for a club or someone that has some spare cash

    I don't know this person, I just saw it posted in a facebook group and thought it looked pretty sweet.
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    Wetsuit kneepad repair options

    So I picked up a Henderson two piece farmer john 5mm for a cheap price to dive colder stuff. The seller told me one of the kneepads was starting to come undone. I though no big deal I'll just glue it back on. When I got it I soaked it in diluted simple green to kick a little bit of funk I...
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    Cleaning stickers on a HP80 PST hot dipped steel tank

    I just picked up a new used tank. There are some stickers and gummy residue from others that I want to clean up. What recommended safe way to go about getting them all off? simple green? oops? wd40?
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    North Florida Dive recommendation to build experience

    I am looking for a place to go diving in the N Florida springs over a long weekend 10/24-10/27. This will be to do fun dives and gain experience for my daughter. I am aware that FallFest is during that weekend, but Ginnie does not allow divers younger than 12 and she is 11. Ideally we could...
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    Dive instruction, quality verse cost

    I have been pondering this for some time now and I wanted to get thoughts from a broader audience, particularly instructors. I did my PADI OW cert for $350 as a resort course 10 years ago. That was the all in price and was 8-12 for 4 days if I recall. That did all of my CW and OW diving. I...
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    Proud dad of my new dive buddy!

    Tooting the horn for my newly certified daughter. She is 11 years old and did fantastic on her tests and checkout dives. She scored a 95 on her exam, and passed all her skills with no issues. I was able to be her buddy for the check dives and took along my rig to document her accomplishment...
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