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Hello, I'll going to Gulf Shores in late May and was wondering if anyone could recommend a good dive operator or shop? I've never dove in the Gulf before. I'm mainly a California drysuit diver. Any tips or advice about Gulf diving would be appreciated! Thanks, Aquagal (Luisa)

Monterey bay doesn't look promising this weekend either. I was booked on the Conception trip too. I knew the sea was really rough up here but I thought Santa Barbara would be more protected. Some of the group I was driving down with went to Santa Barbara anyway; I doubt they'll dive this...

Kat's right. My Dr. was the one who told me it was safe to keep taking the pill straight through and only have a period every few months. This 'new' pill looks like 'new' marketing to me. In fact, my Dr. thinks its better to not have periods every month. I agree. This shouldn't affect our...

Welcome, nice to have another Santa Cruz local on board. See you in the Bay. L.

My buddy and I did a boat dive on Sunday. We dove east pinnacles and stillwater cove. Vis was better at stillwater 25-30 feet. My buddy dove breakwater on Saturday and said vis was about 20 feet. She said breakwater was a nice dive. I'm still getting used to my drysuit, my dive sunday was...

Natasha, would you be able to share with us some of the reasons scubaboard management does not want to have a singles forum? I can see some obvious reasons why not but am interested to know if they are the same reasons management has. In case the forum idea gets shot down again, how about...

Have you dove in kelp before? There are many different sites depending on your skill level. The easiest is the Breakwater just north of Cannery row. It's a popular area for the skill portion of OW classes so its usually very crowded on Saturdays. The vis is usually poor because of so many...

Welcome aboard Muddiver, Furthest south I've been is the Channel islands and they were fantastic. Nice to have another Californian on scuababoard. Aguagal

The sea life isn't as brilliant as a warm water reef but there is just as much variety. The water is highly nutrient rich and this affects the visibility. I've had some spectacular dives in the Monterey bay. It's incredible to have a mola-mola (sunfish) swim by and check you out. Harbor...

Welcome aboard! Maybe we'll get to dive together sometime; I'm only an hour from Monterey. I just got my dry suit and I'm looking forward to diving more often. See you on shore. :)

I'm still laughing scubasean! :) Seriously, I don't fill those sort of unsolicited mailings out - I know I'll end up with more junk mail. BTW, the National do not call list goes into effect in October. Some have thought it took effect when they signed up.

I have to keep my nails short since my wetsuit has a 'titanium' lining that can rip easily. I've been using banana boat sunblock and it seems to stay on ok. I'll check out the bullfrog and see if it lasts longer. I've heard that sunscreen should be applied every hour and a half - it doesn't...

Hello NetDoc, Thank you for your action and follow up post about this thread. I appreciate your committment to ensuring users on this board are treated with respect. Water Maiden: I'll echo what others have said: Diving while mestruating isn't an issue unless you don't feel up for the...

I like knowing life just gets better as we age. I'm enjoying my thirties -- sounds like my forties will be even better. Happy diving

Nicely put Sue. I think someone was trolling with this topic... Aquagal :)

I agree with Scuabsean, take an AOW class. I took mine 3 months after OW and only had 17 dives by then. I dive in Monterey, the best part of the class was getting an orientation to new dive sites. The class made me a lot more comfortable with diving Monestary too. The instructor's...

We took Divi Divi from Curacao to Bonaire in May of this year. The flight lasted about 20-30 minutes. They flew to about 1500 ft. We did our last dive on Curacao at 2pm the previous day and boarded the Divi Divi flight the next day around noon. No one in our group experienced any problems...

Hi MNStarfish, I was thinking pants or capris and shirts. Personally I'm not a fan of shorts but whatever sells.... I've tried to find active clothing to wear after a dive but most manufacturers stop at size Large (~12-14). I'm thinking quick dry clothing thats comfortable. Kinda like...

Best of luck with your business venture. I know I'd like to find after-dive wear that would fit a larger than average diver. I mainly shore dive; it'd be nice to find comfortable clothing to wear over a wet swimsuit and look presentable going to a restaurant. Often its a drag to try and...

Welcome to the board... from Chilly California. I'd love to go diving in your part of the world. Aquagal