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Hello, I'm looking for any feedback about diving in these three locations: Buzios, Brazil Ilhabela, Brazil Punta del Este, Uruguay I'm going to be on a cruise ship that stops in all three ports, and I've read that there is good diving there. I'm interested in feedback - are they worth diving...

I saw SO many different nudis! And I have an affinity for getting shots of clownfish hiding in the giant anemones. :)

I posted quite a few questions in this forum some months ago, when I was planning my trip to Bali. Thanks to everyone who helped, I had a FABULOUS trip! Not without a couple bumps...mainly, disappointment with our accommodations at Tulamben Wreck Divers resort...but other than that it could not...

We leave this week to head to Bali, and will spend two days diving at Nusa Penida. Just wondering how the Mola Mola season has gone so far. Last time I was in Bali I also spent three days diving at Nusa Penida, right around this same time of year, and never saw a single one. I'm well aware...

Had a great day on Saturday 8/16 diving at Catalina on Pacific Star with the Bluewater Photo group. The purpose of the trip was to view and photograph Giant Sea Bass. This intent was fully realized by everyone on the boat...except me and my buddy! Not that that's any surprise -- apparently I...

I'm going to be in Avalon the weekend of July 18-20, and will be bringing my dive gear with me. What I am NOT bringing with me is a dive buddy. I'm taking my daughter there for her birthday, and she's a non-diver. She'll want to spend lots of time paddleboarding and sunbathing. So while...

My husband and I (advanced divers) are traveling to Bali in the fall, and wish to spend 3 nights in Tulamben to dive the Liberty wreck. I've been to Bali before, but ended up with Bali Belly on the days I was supposed to be in Tulamben, so I'm thrilled that I'm getting back there and will...

Hello North Carolina divers! I'm seriously considering moving to NC, and I have a number of questions. Basically, my situation is as follows: I work from home (remote by computer), and I'm looking to start a new life (without getting into details...blah blah divorce yadda yadda) so I'm...

I just returned from a wonderful vacation to French Polynesia, and I thought I’d share with my SoCal dive pals some of the shots I took while on that trip. Hope y’all don’t mind my indulgence! I worked with Scott Geitler of Bluewater Photo to pull together my camera rig (to...

Since conditions have blown our planned Friday Night Malibu dive outta the water, I decided I couldn't wait much longer to get wet, so I just booked Peace for Sunday. Sailflow shows that the nasty gale-force winds will still be blowing through Friday night till early Saturday, but then they...

I spent the entire weekend on the Spectre dive boat out of Ventura – two day trips, Saturday to Anacapa and Sunday to Gull Island. This was a weekend of trying out new purchases: a whole new camera rig, and a battery-powered heated vest that you wear under your wetsuit, which I purchased...

Hello fellow SoCal SB'ers! My usual dive buddy (husband Charlie) is going to be away the weekend of May 19/20 on a sailboat race, so I'm looking to get in some diving. I've signed up to go out on Spectre on Sunday, May 20 for a trip to Gull Island. It's a bit of a long haul - if you haven't...

Yesterday I went out on the Pacific Star to Catalina on a Bluewater Photo charter. This was the second half of my underwater photography class with Scott Geitler, owner of Bluewater Photo. I did the three-hour classroom part a few weeks ago, and now I (and three other students) were to try out...

A few years ago we had a group of frequent divers who were meeting up once a week in Malibu to do night dives. We usually did Broad Beach, but we also occasionally met at Malibu Rd or Pt. Dume. Ahh...those were the days! We'd lay out a blankie, bring down sandwiches and a sixer or so of...

Hello SoCal divers, I've been AWOL from this forum for many months...and from diving, for that matter. I had a bad experience last July in Cozumel that sort of robbed all the joy out of diving for me - a really horrible dive that ended even more horribly when I lost my entire camera rig, which...

I did a Paul Gauguin cruise back in 2007, which was one of the best vacations of my LIFE...and finally I'm able to go again. WOOHOO! This time I'm on a different itinerary - in 2007 we did Society Islands & Marquesas; this cruise skips the Marquesas, but includes the Cook Islands. We'll likely...

I'm a new DIR diver (not a new diver, just new to DIR - I did my Fundies recently, still provisional and trying to get a pass). I'm still in the process of dialing in my gear - before the class I switched from a bc to a bp/w, changed out my hoses, etc. Last week I bought a can light, and...

I'm not making this up. :depressed: I just bought a brand new Sea & Sea YS-01 strobe at the scuba show in Long Beach. I'm going out on a dive boat trip on Saturday, and was looking forward to USING my brand new Sea & Sea YS-01 strobe. Came downstairs this morning and found my adorable...

I know you probably hate seeing yet another one of these "tell me where to go!" threads, but I'm in a crunch and just don't have time to do a full search of the vast amounts of information in this forum. And it is VAST! I have done at least some cursory searching, and I will take the trouble...