halocline
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cxg31s::lol:
And come on Mattboy, his profile showed 0-15 dives--we didn't know until he explained that he actually has more dives than that. That information DOES affect the sites that I would personally recommend. I would never recommend Maracaibo or Barracuda to a newbie, would you? And a responsible dive shop wouldn't take a new diver to those sites. You can't argue the fact that some of the sites do require more experience, so chill out.
I was just reacting to something that happens pretty commonly on SB, people making assumptions about someone else's dive abilities; all the guy asked for was other people's favorite sites, not an assessment of where he is qualified to dive. I'm guilty of doing this occasionally as well, and if he had phrased the question "what are the best dive sites for a new diver" or something similar, then the responses would have been completely appropriate. I probably overstated my point.