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How was the dive Scott?

Oh my- is the blue usually this crowded this time of year? Maybe I will just do seabase.

Yeah- that one :). What time are you going out Scott? And how much is your dry suit class? ( I am always willing to look for pointers while wearing my DUI duds)

Anybody up for a dive in Blue Lake for friday Dec 17 and Sat morning? I would like to dive there before going to Seattle over the holidays...

Thanks for the warm welcome Soaked. i will check out those books, and if I look like I am going to Whidbey- give you a PM. I would love to dive with someone who knows the area.

Very entertaining video- do they ever get big enough you feel endangered? I mean I saw some in Hawaii that were supposeably taking sharks down and eating them- do they ever act that way towards divers?

Alright, now you have me interested. How do you piss off an octopus?

I know this is an old thread, for posting here I apologise. I am getting back into diving after 4 years (Nitrox, Adv OW, drysuit) I have a boat in Bellingham, and would shore dive around there too. Any suggestions? I also would like to read in advance- any good guidebooks out there? Sorry for...

This is an interesting thread. I have vomited at 60 feet in an OC. You are at great risk of drowning because after vomiting you take an involuntary breath. If you do not have air, breathing water will cause largnospasm and possibly loss of conciousness. It sounds like you can survive either with...

Hi Con, Why don't a group of us meet in August or September at the lake. Yes it is wet suitable, and the top can be downright tropical ( 70's) but the thermacline takes you to about 60 degrees or below. The thermacline is reported to be at 40 feet, and maybe in some areas it is. I have found...

Sorry I got into this thread alittle late. I've thought we needed a group here in the Rockies for some time. None of you however have mentioned the best water I have seen up here- Flaming Gorge. Now it is cold, and really not for beginners (without someone else around) but the vis is up to 60...

I love diving Utah. Causey Reservior, Blue Lake, Homestead and Seabase are all good. PM me right before you come Rickster and I will give you the local conditions. Seabase has thier temps on thier website. Also good general info is found in "Utah Scuba Diving" website. If you plan on diving the...

I have cruised a couple of times on Princess. Do not use them to dive with. This next time I plan on setting up Dive Ops with private companies on the islands we go to. Yeah, they gave me the insurance crap too. I just think that they 1. Hire paranoid divemasters or 2. Hire lazy divemasters...

Hi Ya All, I'll just tell you that the water was 79 degrees, we dived the wreck in addition to the reefs, and we used Islamar Villas and Eagle Ray Divers ( both excellent). Be happy to answer any questions. The wreck is a new one, purposely sunk at 80 and designed for easy access. My kids...

Hi, I have been diving a couple of years now and my wife is looking into it. I don't want her to make the same mistakes I did ( bought a cheap OW course). It cost me more in the long run. Instead, who is the best OW instructor in the Salt Lake area? I don't care about the agency, just the...

Don't forget Utah diving! I think we have some really unusual dive sites. I love the caribbean, but during hurricane season I don't mind sitting in a hot pot of bubbling sand at 55 feet deep. If fact, about half of my dives have been right here at home, and I think most of our lakes are largely...

Robert when I first read your post I thought you did a good job, and I have read nothing to think otherwise. As mentioned earlier, five feet of vis is really not a beginner dive. Here in Utah we have a number of clear, warm diving areas to cut your and your wife's teeth on. Why not come out and...

Thank you, I also read your old posts under "Oxygen toxicity and altitude" search. I think I got it pretty well down, although I don't know if I would be more suceptable to long-term toxicity. If I look at it from a tissue level, really the Hemaglobin brings in most of the oxygen, and the...

Hi Dr. Deco, I am a anesthesiologist who just completed his basic nitrox course. We dive here at 4-8000 ft, and have to adjust our times on the standard tables. (for example, a 58 foot dive would be adjusted to 72 feet) I understand this because we are basicly offgassing in a rarefied...

This topic has never been addressed in all the anesthesia lectures I have had. I thought (just by looking at the facilities at the hospital) that oxygen was brought in liquid and then converted, that medical oxygen had to be close to pure (99%) and your telling me its not? :icon10: What kinda of...