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Hello! Welcome, you will find this board is a gem! JonHall, on this board, maintains a document with information about dive ops in Cozumel: Just would like to mention here that currents in Cozumel can be tricky, even with what can seem to be casual shore dives. I’d recommend talking with your...

@garywong007 I agree! The collective wisdom on this board is priceless. No matter how obscure the issue, someone has aked the question and gotten reams of good advice. And occasionally a stern talking-to 😅. Update on the Mikron: after more shenanigans, I am the happy owner of an Atomic...

Seconding Elite. I dove with them 5 days last Fall, found them to be a very well-run, organized op and I would go with them again. Really nice family runs it. We stayed at the Rixos which was pretty far North, and they were always prompt for the pickup time. (Rixos was huge and a bit...

Thanks all! I’m going to take a look at the 2nds and will let you know what I end up.

@SATurner, I’ve enjoyed your posts and was wondering how your Cozumel trip went! How did you like Marine World? Would love to see a trip report!

And this is why I love Scubaboard! Thank you both so much. It had never occurred to me that I could mix 1st and 2nd stage models within brand. Somewhere along the line I got the notion that it was a bad thing to do across brands, but now that I think back to some of the earlier threads, sounds...

Title says it all. I appreciate how light and small it is, but I've had it with bubbles in my face. And in my ears. See below. What I would like to find is something relatively light and easy to travel with that does not put bubbles in my face. About me: warm water diver only unfortunately due...

My husband has a Rogue and I have a Zena. He likes the Rogue but has had some issues with the weight pockets - they are difficult to get back in while wearing the BCD and has had at least one occasion where he felt a weight pocket slip but he caught it before splashing. That was over the course...

Thank you for posting this review! I’ve been looking at Little Cayman after a recent trip to Cayman Brac which I really enjoyed. That nitrox situation is disappointing at best, and likely a deal-breaker for some.

I’ve not stayed at Turtle Beach, but have stayed at the place right next door 4 times in the last 2 years (Buena Vista, highly recommend for condo rental, but is not a dive resort). From what I’ve seen of TB, it’s a cool little place with lots of trees and shares an okay beach with BV and a few...

Hello! I’m in DC and also prefer traveling to warmer water. Can you tell us a bit more about this very interesting neutral buoyancy tank and the HF research?

For a twilight dive, you could check with Roberta’s Scuba Shack, which is located just across the street from Casa del Mar. They offered a twilight dive when I was there in February 2023. I didn’t do the twilight dive, but did multiple AM dives with them the rest of the week and was happy with...

Thank you, this is very helpful! I hadn’t thought of it that way. In my mind, I was like Maverick flying the canyon but in reality, not so much all 😅. I’m looking forward to giving Punta Tunich another go.

Thank you!

Hi, checking on supporting member status. Did the Paypal payment (March 4) come through? Thanks!

Update: I took the regs back to the shop that serviced them. They checked the IP pressure at 500 and 3000 psi, said that the pressures were ‘fine’ and that the pressure was the same at both psi. Regarding the two main issues: 1) hissing on the surface - they said it was expected for this reg...

Thanks, I will do this! Thanks, yes, closing the adjustment knob did stop the hiss. No bubble leaks that I saw and buddy/spouse said he didn’t see anything coming from my 1st stage. I didn’t hear anything prior to the dives, but pre-dive check time was very limited, loud, and rushed. So not...

Thanks! We checked out Blue Angel while we were there - looked great. The restaurant had some lionfish so we had our first lionfish tacos. And they were very, very good!

It was ~ $500 apiece more to leave from National with a connecting flight to Cozumel versus a direct flight to Cancun out of Dulles. That was looking at various options among the big-3 airlines (AA, UA, Delta). The decision to try Cancun and the bag drag was more about not wanting to deal with...

Thanks! This is very helpful. I would say it is a ‘yes’ to both. I was expecting the task-loading, and am generally good with a lot going on at once (former ER/Trauma nurse) but one task that I really hadn’t taken into consideration was protecting the reef. Or rather, how much bandwidth that...