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We are looking to do a quick getaway. I was thinking about Bimini (we live near Pensacola, so we don't want to fly far, we just want a 3 or 4 day weekend trip), but I'm not sure I want to get my dive gear stolen or "rolled". I read that in a couple of places about Bimini. Anybody have any...

I took one of my old tanks in for VIP/Hydro... the shop said it was not usuable anymore, something about the mixture or AL or something. Anyway, what do you do with an old tank? If I cannot refill it I do not want it taking up space in my garage, what useful thing can I do? I thought about...

Is the diving fair in PV? I dove there about 10 years ago with Chicos Dive shop. I don't remember them being good or bad, but I remember the vis being absolutely crappy. I think it was February, and the whales were still there, which meant lots of plankton... I should have known the vis was not...

I used to frequent SB all the time, have really been out of it for a while. I moved to Oahu just over 2 years ago and instead of dreaming of diving more than actually diving, I am so very fortunate to dive all the time (notice I didn't say more than I dream about it, lol, I dream about it all...

I'm looking for anyone with experience doing this. I moved to Oahu about a year ago, have a week trip planned to go to Kona next week. I've had several friends tell me that I *have* to do the night manta dive, which I booked thru a place I found on the 'net. No one remembers who they booked thru...

Anyone up to show a Colorado hunter how to spearfish? I am a certified DM so being on the boat and/or the diving should not be a problem. What I would like to do is hunt mahi mahi or just see them being spearfished to get initiated. Anyone know of an outfit on Oahu that takes newb spearos for a...

Any locals to Hawaii spearfish? If so, can you point me in the right direction as far as where to go, what to do, what NOT to do, etc? I started to post this in the normal Hawaii forum but thought this would be a better place for such questions. I get to move there in a couple of months and...

I did a couple of searches, didn't find anything here on SB. As you have probably seen from some of my posts, I am fortunate enough to be moving to Oahu in the next couple of months for work. I looked around at some websites regarding learning Hawaiian, even tried Rosetta Stone (which does not...

Can anybody tell me what the water temps are right now? Any idea what they will be around Feb/March when I get there? Also, what is typical vis around Oahu dive sites? I would imagine it fluctuates depending on weather but thought I'd ask to see what I'm in for. Another question that I was...

I was made an offer, and I accepted - my company is moving my fiance' and I to Oahu! Although my training will take several months, we are targeting being on-island around March. This will be different from Colorado, I've been here almost 27 years. We've been diving everywhere, but somehow never...

I was invited to go on a trip, somewhat last minute but I'm going anyway! We are going to stay at the Coral Sands Resort, anyone stay there before? Has anyone used the dive op on their website, Ambassador Divers? I've always used Nick and Patrick of Deep Blue Divers (used to be Red Baron Divers...

Here are a couple of pics of the dock(s) at Buddy's... enjoy. I have a small vid file, i'll try to upload it also. I'm new to uploading files so be patient if I didn't get it the first time. D

I am really busy at work but I wanted to get this in before too much time goes by... I'll break it down by day, hopefully the condensed version is OK. Sunday 12th - we arrived after flying Continental from Denver to Newark (around 4 hour flight), had a 4-5 hour layover, then took the flight...

I never knew that groupers could change color... on Friday (diving Bonaire), I came up over a reef to find a large grouper b/t some coral - he was jet black. He was so black it caught my eye because I have only seen a few groupers that were that black. Anyway, he started swimming away almost...

I don't have PBD... I have PBA - Pre Bonaire Anticipation! I have wanted to get to Bonaire for many years, have read this forum as well as several others. I leave on Oct 11th and I cannot wait, almost to the point of going nuts thinking about it. This is almost as bad as when I was...

Anybody stay here recently? Any comments? What about the Buddy Dive Shop, anyone use them lately? We are looking to book a trip on Bonaire, my GF got talked into using a travel agency and they are trying to move us that direction. I had conversed with Divrliz and wanted to stay there at the...

I recently had a really bad experience, which I'd rather not go into too much detail at this time. Let's just say I was taking a PADI course, got stiffed by an instructor, filed a complaint with PADI QA, and got left completely hanging. PADI won't even tell me what the remediation is, because...