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Hello, I will be moving to Key West in a few months and I'm hoping to get a boat that I can use for diving. I have a number of constraints on what I can get based on money and space. I was looking into RIBs or even more so the inflatable rollaway boats with the removable floors. Are these decent...

This is a question that has been bothering me since I started reading this forum. Every time someone gets on and asks about going to the instructor level or becomming a dive pro as being their dream job, 90% of the people tell them its not possible or that they should only do it as a hobby for...

Hello, I have decided to step up to a wrist mount computer. I have been using consoles for all of my other dives and want to get as streamlined and convenient as possible with my new gear purchases. I've decided on the Oceanic Atom 2 but may try and go with the larger VT3. I don't need a larger...

Hello there, I haven't posted on here in months. I will be returning home from Afghanistan and seperating from the Army in early 2009. I plan on going to Florida Keys Community College for their diving business and technology degree. Has anyone heard anything, good or bad, about the program? If...

Hello again. I've been down here in FL for almost two weeks now and have been trying to go diving the whole time. So far, no luck. I don't have the equipment to meet up with someone and go shore diving or whatever (just brought the basics. No BC, regs or tanks) so I've been forced to try and...

Hello all, I'm down in FL on vacation and set up a charter with a local dive shop. The charter ended up being different than the shop expected (different location and deeper) and offered to take me with them on a spearfishing trip they were doing on the day after christmas. I have never been...

Hello all, Yet again this year, I will be going down to Manasota Key for christmas before leaving for Afghanistan. I'm hoping to get in as much diving as I can. (only problem is I'm not bringing any of my gear other than the basics) I'll be staying on Manasota Key. I was wondering if anyone knew...

I will be doing one last deployment to Afghanistan with the army this spring and upon returning will be looking for a job. I've already done the searches and started the threads on being a DM and instructor and starting a business and heard all the pro's and con's of it. (like being broke) But...

Well, upon returning from Afghanistan and getting out of the Army, I plan on purchasing a boat for diving. I've read through the "which boat" section and haven't decided what I will get but have an idea what to look for. I plan on moving to Florida and I was wondering how everyone gets their...

I love photography, but my skills are still rather lacking. I also love watching/making movies. With the high number of frames in a video, and the ability to take one out as a single still (with some programs), is it really worth it for me to invest in a still UW camera? Or should I just throw...

Hello I'm currently an Infantryman with the 101st airborne. I'm due to get out in a few months and am trying to decide what to do with myself. I grew up in FL and still have family in the Melbourne area. I'm looking to get into Law Enforcement and most definitely need to be close to the beach...

This weekend (August 18th) at Cerulean Quarry, the Underwater Warriors organization will be having a benefit treasure hunt. Price is 35 dollars (30 for military personel with ID). Registration form can be found at http://www.underwaterwarriors.org/ There will also be a silent auction. There will...

Ok, well tonight during my pool dives we were down in the deep end on working on boyancy and practicing our skills. We were taking our time, getting the hang of it and just enjoying ourselves. My instructor started doing flips in the water, then hung upside down with his arms out staying...

Hello everyone. I've spent all week going through the process of finally "officially" getting certified. Its been a learning experience (although other than the pool sessions I had already picked everything up and more off this board!). I will be doing my first set of checkout dives tomorrow...

I've been searching around looking for a good fitting wet suit but can't seem to catch a break. I'm 6'3 but don't have a garganchuan chest. All the sizing charts I see say that for my length, thier suits fit a 45+ inch chest. Now unless me and Arnold start pumpin some roids that not very likely...

The title pretty much says it. Out of curiousity (and some interest for a life after the military) I've been lookin into the dive professional world. Just curious how all you DM's and Instructors and shop owners got started. How you found your job and got work at the places that you have, where...

Hello all After trying for months to get someone to come get certified with me I've decided to just bite the bullet and take private classes so I can get wet. I'll be doing my final dives this next weekend at cerulean and was wondering if anyone had been there lately and could give me some...

Over the past few months, as I've been doing research and reading the board, I've noticed how truly expensive the "sport" of scuba diving could be. If you factor in certification, gear, entrance fees, tank fills, traveling, boat purchase, so on and so forth, this can be quite demanding on one's...

I've been surfing for years but always on the east coast. I have a 3mm shorty and a 3/5 top that I wear with board shorts. These have always been plenty to keep me warm. Now, I don't live in florida anymore and will be primarily diving in quarries around the Ft. Campbell ky area. Does anyone...

A little background. I've been planning to get certified ever since my discover scuba experience some months back. I keep trying to get someone to get certified with me so that I'll have a dive buddy when I want to go. Only problem is, they keep pulling out or aren't able to afford it. So, I...