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That's a shame if they stopped, worked like a charm on 4/16... didn't see any problems with people getting upset at the different lines in my short time there.

When is Laguna beach resort closing? Is this permanent or temporary?

If you have the preprinted form do you still need to fill in all the forms they give you on the plane? I saw one response that indicated the stewardess said no, but that they ended up having to fill them out. Not a big deal, the form only takes a few to fill out, but I thought I would ask...

I'm a little confused reading this, maybe I'm just slow. So if I buy the LCD Touch BacPac the standard door is waterproof to 40m? That's what I'm taking away from this, but even the manual downloaded from the website isn't exactly clear on the issue.

I am in the preliminary stages of planning a Kauai trip for May of next year. It's not a dive trip, but rather, a trip where we will probably dive two or three days. I've read lots of good stuff on dive ops here on the board, I've also read much about the dives offered, both here and at other...

I carry one on all dives but have only used on drift dives if separated from the group. I've never used it on a moored dive except to practice. I don't know if it's necessary or not, but like any practice drills, I let the DM, and in this case the boat crew know that I will be deploying for...

In Aruba on a vacation, the wife and I wanted to sneak in a few dives. Jumped on the boat and starting setting up my kit. The gentleman next to me proceeded to inform me that he wouldn't buddy with me because I looked like a vacation diver and he didn't like my gear setup and he wouldn't trust...

I picked up the Canon WPV-2 for 149.99 on close out and then got a refurb Canon HFM300 for 200.00 added a red filter from Ikelite for $80. I was pretty happy with the video I got from Little Cayman. I haven't gotten through editing yet, but the unedited footage looked pretty cool. I'd like to...

I'm just glad that I got 17 dives on the North side the last time we visited. I would have gladly accepted the challenge and bruised shins, but I don't know if other divers on our boat or at the resort would have been up for it, that may have played a role in the overall decision for the op.

Yeah, we got to Bloody Bay on Sunday and then didn't again until Friday. It was kind of a bummer, but I guess it gives us a good reason to return. We were diving with Reef divers and a few times we attempted to go around to the North and the Captains called it and headed back to the South...

My wife wore a completely white wetsuit on our shark feeding dive in the Bahamas and she lived to tell the tale. I don't think the sharks paid her any more attention than any of the other divers.

I'm headed there in a week and a half and had a quick question. Does anyone know the approximate price of beer, cocktails and sodas?

What are drink prices at the resort? We'll be there in April and I'm trying to plan out how much money to bring along.

I feel guilty putting a finger down in the sand to steady myself. I've only grabbed coral once (I'm pretty sure I picked a dead piece). My buddy and I were the first off the boat on a site that was not supposed to be a drift dive... current ended up pushing the group through about six marked...

Rhone Man, you're not the first I've heard that from. My OW instructor basically told me after signing my temp card that the only thing that made him a better diver than me was that he had already made all the mistakes I was going to make so he knows how he will respond to them, I just needed...

I've got something similar for running, I think they offer a dog tag as well as several different wrist/ankle straps (company is road ID) and it has: My Name Hometown, State ICE (3 contacts in order) NKA (No Known Allergies) and NO MED HX (No Medical History) They have an interactive...

DCBC... Sorry, I didn't really explain it that well. It was stated earlier in the thread that SSI encourages instructors to teach things not in the material and that PADI discourages that teaching. I'll see if I can put this in a better way. If I had my choice between a good instructor...

Sorry, deleted my entire original post, it wasn't productive. Even if SSI encourages instructors to teach more than the BASE and PADI discourages it, it still comes down to the instructor. Now I'm sure someone will quote me and ask if I get it, or missed it, but I was just trying to help...

I obviously can't say if SSI or PADI has a policy of withholding information as you imply, I'm not an instructor for either. I'm curious to see which agency you feel encourages instructors to withhold skills. I didn't have that experience with my SSI instructor or my PADI instructors.

I got my OW with an SSI shop, at the time, I compared my OW book to my wife's PADI book from a couple years earlier and they seemed almost identical. I have since gotten my AOW and Nitrox through PADI and working on my Rescue with a PADI shop. I've got to agree that it really is the instructor...