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    Huracan Bound in 2 Weeks!

    Just wanted to share something I saw on Huracan's website Do we need to bring food or drinks? Our package prices include all food, including snacks on the dive boat, tea, coffee, water and juice at Huracan Diving Lodge at all times. We also provide fruit and home baked goodies, which are always...
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    Huracan Bound in 2 Weeks!

    Will anyone else from the board be there? This is our first time to Belize and the GBH and I have read all of STOO's trip reports. Can anyone (including STOO) add anything else? Any tips on what to do, what to take. I know it is a very small remote island so what does everyone do between...
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    Diving with COPD

    I thought I would supply an update on my COPD situation. Not much has changed since my diagnosis. Not any better but thankfully, not any worse. I have been unable to find a pulmonologist who dives (it seems as if they shy away from scuba) but I was able to talk a little more with my non-diving...
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    Trip Report - Huracan Diving

    Glad to know that they cook lionfish. ummmm... lionfish good :)
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    Trip Report - Huracan Diving

    Is spearfishing allowed?
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    Trip Report - Huracan Diving

    So you are the reason why I couldn't book it for the 11th :)
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    Huracan vs Itza's... any input?

    I did read Stoo's trip report but was surprised at not finding much from anyone else. I am a little concerned about the no A/C which is one thing that kept me from booking last year but I decided that I should be able to handle it in March. I've also heard that the blue hole can be...
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    Trip Report - Huracan Diving

    I just paid my deposit for a trip to Huracan in March 2017. Besides your tip about bringing your own soap, do you have any other tips/suggestions? Is there one room better than another that I might request? I have a little anxiety over the boat ride from Belize City. What size is the boat...
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    Huracan vs Itza's... any input?

    I am planning our next dive vacay for either next February or March 2017. The Blue Hole is on my bucket list and thought this might be the time to scratch it off. Huracan and Itza seems to be the closest to the hole. Does anyone have any input on these 2 resorts? Any preference?
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    Diving with COPD

    Yes, I wear long sleeves, a hat, sunscreen and always stay under the canopy
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    Diving with COPD

    Thanks for your time and advice. You have given me a little bit of hope and a lot to think about. I don't feel the need for O2 while exercising. I breath harder but I never feel out of breath. I do feel better though when diving with Nitrox. Is that because of the added O2. I'm a picture...
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    Diving with COPD

    Not anywhere near NC. I'm near Springfield MO. Any connections here?
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    Diving with COPD

    oh and BTW... Dr said chest x-ray looked good.
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    Diving with COPD

    Tony, thank you for the info and advise. I have been seriously thinking about searching around for a pulmonologist with diving certification for a second opinion. You have hit on many of the questions I have had, especially as to whether it could be cardiac or just the fact that I'm 61 yrs old...
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    Diving with COPD

    I guess the fact that I started having some shortness of breath when exercising and that my Dr sent me to a pulmonologist who gave it a name and before I was diagnosed with COPD I didn't know about the link between it and bronchitis. I am still uneducated about it, thus the reason of my...
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    Diving with COPD

    I've already seen what DAN has to say about it but they have to take the ultimate conservative view so I'm looking for someone who might have experience with this first hand. And yes I do understand that chronic bronchitis is a form of COPD and I was never told I couldn't dive then so I'm not...
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    Diving with COPD

    Please, I need someone to tell me that it is okay to dive with COPD. I've been diving for more than 30 years. I was a smoker but quit in 1999. I have had chronic bronchitis for many many many years and it has never affected my diving. I recently was diagnosed with COPD (49%). I'm active...
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    Dominica - Our Thoughts and Prayers are With You

    We stayed at Ft Young this past February and my heart is breaking seeing the devastation that Erika has brought. It is such a beautiful island both above and below. We traveled the whole island and everywhere we went everyone was very friendly and helpful. Praying that they make a speedy...
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    Please Help me Identify These Creatures

    Mystery solved, THANKS to ALL!! diversteve... I think you might be correct. I think it is 2 fish and not just one which is why it was looking so weird to me.
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    Dominica recommendations ?

    My husband & I recently returned from a week long stay at Ft Young. (Wish we were back) Ft Young accommodations were great. Staff are all very friendly although service is very slow (definitely island time). Ken's Hinterland Adventure Tours works out of Ft Young and they can provide you with any...
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