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Hello! My husband and I just booked our trip to Cabo San Lucas next week. We will be doing a couple of dive days. Would appreciate if you can recommend must go-to dive sites. So far we are thinking of doing 1-2 days locally and Gordo banks. Also, how’s the water temperature mid-December? Would a...

Hello forum members, I just wanted to share my recent experience with skin bends, which I did not know existed until now. I recently went on a dive trip to Roatan. We had shallow dives for the most part 30~50 feet, always had surface intervals for about one hour, and always did the three minute...

Hello divers, my husband and I are planning our Roatan dive trip and we are having the most difficult time choosing a dive shop so any insight would be appreciated. We have narrowed down our choices to three dive shops based on proximity to our hotel - Coconut tree divers, Sun divers, Roatan...

Was it in Roatan? Can you share details please?

To think back on the incident, I think I was breathing in deeper and longer than exhaling because I felt out of breath which probably exacerbated things quickly...

You mean purging the regulator while The regulator is in my mouth? Would I be inhaling at the same time?

Thank you everyone for your comments. I had never heard of carbon dioxide buildup before but I think that is what caused my panic attack. My regulator was doing a superb job :D I found this paper that talks exactly about what I experienced and carbon dioxide buildup. ”Our diver spent the...

We are planning our Roatan trip as I am writing this so thank you for sharing! Which dive site was your favorite and how were the wreck and drift dives?

My dives are usually 30 feet ~ 45 feet so not that deep.

I know there are several threads on the subject of panic attack but wondering if anyone else has this specific problem that I have. I have over 100 dives and feel pretty comfortable underwater. There was one incident where I had to swim against a strong current and I got out of breath very fast...

Amazing yet terrifying for this diver :grouphug2: they look like black tip sharks, which are supposed to be friendly right???

Surprised to find this thread after diving point lobos yesterday. The middle reef area near the worm patch was infested with small purple urchin. They were literally everywhere - on the rocks, kelp, ground. Sharing some photos here.

We just got back from diving with Lahaina divers. Water was warm (3mm) and visibility was amazing at molokini. Mala pier/turtle reef was amazing too, there is a turtle cleaning station there so we saw 4-5 turtles. We also saw some whales and their blowholes from far away. Enjoy!

I did two dives at breakwater (San Carlos beach) on Sunday (10/11) with @BLee88. Water was pretty calm and viz was about 10-15 feet the first dive around 9;30am and about 5feet the second dive around 11:30am. Water temperature was 52 at the bottom. There were tons of jellyfish throughout the...

I have 3mm Bare celliant infrared gloves. They are a bit pricy but worth every penny. I didn’t realize how warm they were until I took them off in the water and my fingers were almost instantly numb. I think with 5mm you will lose a lot of dexterity.

Went diving in the Keys with Rainbow Reef this past month. The weather was hot, the water was hot and calm in French reef and Molasses reef except for USSC Duane site, although I heard that the waters are often choppy over there. Saw some amazing schools of snapper, parrot fish, groupers, rays...

Greetings fellow divers. I got my OW and AOW in the Philippines and prefer warm waters but my buddy has been pressuring me to do some cold dives. As much as I would love to explore the underwaters of NorCal I think I would need to get drysuit certified for that...Anyhow happy to become part of...