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How difficult are they around this time of year? I know if will vary greatly and depend on the tide, I'm just wondering in general. For instance, in my opinion, Bonaire is generally very, very easy, while Southern California can be pretty tricky. Thanks!

Rainer and I just took a rescue class (7/27-7/29) from Rob (Dive-aholic) and Jen Neto of Southwest Scuba. The class was at Lake Pleasant in AZ, and we camped out there for two nights. When we got there Friday night, we went over two knowledge reviews with Jen, and then watched the first two...

A certain dive store which shall remain nameless but rhymes with Port Manet apparently has a policy where they will not reserve tanks over the phone--only in person. This would work okay, except I'm in CA right now, and need to reserve tanks for a rescue course this weekend at Lake Pleasant--I...

I'm heading to the Big Island and Kauai with my bf in December, and we're trying to figure out the most economical way to do the best dives possible. One question is--when people say that shore diving on Kauai isn't great--what do they mean? Is this in comparison to Big Island/Maui diving...

I just saw a local news update saying that a diver at la jolla shores is unconscious. does anyone know what has happened? is he or she okay? i was just there...

Has anyone used a Bare Sport Trilam? It's an older suit. I'm wondering exactly when Bare started/stopped making it--anyone know? Also, does anyone have any opinions on it as a dry suit? Grazie -Robyn

Hey--I'm trying to pick out/buy a drysuit (January through March did me in!) and I'm running into the problem of drysuits for women my size being hard to find in local stores. I don't know what type I want, or what size I am, so I was hoping to try a few on, but it looks like (understandably)...

Are there any other very small female divers out there who are worried about back problems? I'm 5'3, slight, and in decent shape (although I'm currently trying to improve 'decent' to 'good') I do mostly shore diving, and I find that if it is a long walk to the water, or if I have to wait for...

Where can two divers go for a week vacation (on a grad student budget) that *isn't* Bonaire? Diving in Bonaire is very reasonably priced. Are there other vacations that are fairly inexpensive? We're not too picky--we don't need to be on the water, and while we want to dive a lot, they don't...

On the last day of our Bonaire trip, my BF and I are planning to snorkel, at probably 3, maybe 4 sites. After looking through our dive book, I’ve tentatively picked out the following sites as potentially good snorkel sites. Can you guys give me any advice that would help me narrow this down...

After reading 12 pages of Bonaire posts, I think these questions haven't been asked yet :) My BF and I are heading to Bonaire in late March, and I'm wondering about the following: 1) In my guide book, the restaurant I was most excited about was Mi Poron, because it said it served local...

I'm moving to LA on Friday, and I want to get some diving in before the season ends I'm wondering, are there any clubs in LA (the closer to westwood, the better) which go out pretty regularly (or any dive shops which go out a lot)? I don't have a car, but I am more than happy to chip in for...

I recently bought one of those DAN safety kits, with the mirror, whistle, glowstick and SMB. I'm wondering what to do with my whistle. It's pretty small, so I'm hesitant to put it in my BC pocket because if I were trying to get to it underwater, I worry it might just fall out. But, there doesn't...

Hi all, I hope this thread isn't redundant, but I didn't see any others like it. I'm looking to purchace my first BC, and unfortunately, although it would be ideal for me to be able to try all of them before I buy, my local dive shops do not rent all of them. I am undecided between a back...