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Has there been any update since 2009? Probably of interest to the rest of the Invasion Crew.

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LOL - @tep and "girlfriend"??? Don't tell my wife!! (Donna)

Is "four" really an addiction? Asking for a friend. And I realized that my current photo isn't my newest acquisition, just the prettiest? Mrs tep pointed out that this is karmic - our honeymoon was with Scripps Institute, Lanai, when there was nothing there but pineapples and tents on the...

Guess who's going to Bonaire!!

So far I've emailed, and called and left messages - so they KNOW I'm interested. They open tomorrow, so we'll see.

Well, guess what? Some other plans fell through, and I just saw there *might* be some space left. CROSSES FINGERS - it's our 40th wedding anniversary trip, so hope the scubaboard dieties and the local resort goddess hears my pleas!

Welcome to the ranks of the BADs - Born Again Divers. There are a lot of us around here. You've come to the right place. For me the biggest change between my first cert (1978) and re-cert (2004) was all the new tech. Dive computers that actually work! BCDs instead of AT-PACs or horse collars...

Thanks for the info - I went back and re-checked the math - so I can get the full-up DGX with a steel plate for 499, so I think I see what you're getting at. Side note - I have limited mobility in one of my shoulders, so that's what was making the comfort harness attractive. I think I need to...

I've been researching backplate options the past few weeks, and looking at the usual sites to get an idea of what kind of investment I'd be looking at. DGX, Hollis, Dive Rite, etc - it looks like I'd be look at ar least $600 or so. But I always check my LDS, because I want to suppor them. And...

Huh. I had forgotten about those. I just moved from a house with a full double garage to hold/clean/dry the gear to a townhouse with practically zero space. It takes forever and a day for a wetsuit to dry in a bathroom compared to a warm (not hot) garage. I gotta go shopping...

Welcome back! I did the exact same thing with my kid - re-certed with the kid in 2007. I've dove more since then, then I did the first time around. And man, did gear and practices change a lot. I'm glad I started over.

I seem to recall that UCSD Med and Scripps Oceanography were doing or planning to do a long-term study on covid and diving. Well, I'm a diver and I just recovered from covid. So I sure wouldn't minding signing up, if I can find it. Anyone remember seeing this late last year? Google finds...

I'll keep an eye out for next year then. Thanks

What's the difference between a ScubaBoard Invasion and a ScubaBoard Surge? I plan to do the Caribbean next year, and saw both invasions and surges listed for prior years.

Digging through the garage a few months ago, and came across my original 1980s (actually 1978 and 1980, I think) "jet fins". One pair from US Divers and one from Sub-Aquatic Systems. Man, they look small. The foot pockets look tiny. The US Divers are only 18" tip to pocket edge, the SAS are...

There are conflicting reports that it may or may not have had two warheads. For those dives, what does the graph look like? I'm trying to explain to non-divers how this is a pretty regular profile. Thanks - I learn something every time I come to SB.

There's a brand new wreck in the Black Sea that could open in 2023! 45°10'43.39″N, 30°55'30.54″E Depth is supposedly around 190 ft. Not being a tech diver, just for grins, could someone help me "plan" a "generic" tech dive for this site? Figure 200 ft for 30 minutes - how would you plan it...

Since I started this.... I went with the Perdix AI + SWITFT transmitter.

I'm wondering how your friend lost a watch in Lake Poway - must have been fishing, not diving? (Hello fellow Powegian!) My rule is never own a watch that costs more than a vacation, or specifically - a week of boat dives in Hawaii! If I can't wear it, why do I own it? If I can't dive it, why...