SeahorseDeb
Contributor
Tide charts aren't as important down here, BTW, and the shore entries pretty easy most of the time.
The car thing is more of a rendezvous or car pool issue. Several of the regional shops & clubs organize shore dives & might be able to connect you with transportation, if you're leery of connecting here.
I'm not really leery...I just know "Insta-buddy" isn't really favored but it's the advice I'm getting here and suggestions that are giving me other options to think about. Most boats don't make mid-week runs so that complicates things for me. Shore diving will probably be what I'll do, so it's either hook up with a shop and a guide or meetup with a SB diver at one of the preferred sites and transfer my gear to their car to dive and spend the day. Thanks for the additional advice--I really appreciate it!