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Icon Of Sin posted:I moved from there in Feb. One of my better decisions I think the same for my decision 
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:When travel opens up more I want to get my AOW somewhere in the Caribbean. I've heard Utila is a good place for this, very cheap, kind of the Koh Samui of the Americas. Any other recommendations? I did rescue in Utila while my wife did what they call “fun dives” - basically non-cert dives. We were both experienced and she had no interest in a rescue cert, so I did my thing and she dove in the AM, but we always ended up meeting together for afternoon fun dives. It was all good, and Utila is definitely unique. 😀
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:What was the reef like I’m Utila? And how was the island itself? I’ve heard...mixed reports. I saw three seahorses together when we were “fun diving” after I finished one of the rescue tests. No pictures unfortunately since I didn’t have my camera then because it was a very dive. My wife and I went looking for them a couple days later but couldn’t find them. Fun diving is a term I only heard there but was used for non course diving, it’s kinda cool. Reefs were good, mostly shallow, maxed at maybe 60 or 70 feet? It’s been a long time since I was there, so take all this with a grain of salt. Anyway, no wall diving there but a lot of varied coral. It was really nice and there were a lot of shallow reefs with life so a ton to see. The island is a tougher explanation. We flew from Roatan instead of doing the mainland ferry, since it’s significantly faster to fly. But our dive gear came on the next puddle jumper since 6 people plus dive gear wasn’t doable. I still recommend flying - once you look at the ferry route and schedule , you’ll understand. It’s a small island and has some cool stuff, but you are going to know for sure that you’re not in a big tourist area. There was a place that had stained glass everywhere that was a bar / restaurant - Google tells me it’s maybe a hotel now, but I’m. It entirely sure so I’m not linking to it because I don’t want to give bad advice. Short answer: great diving, not a big tourist location, rent a house instead of a hotel / hostel as it’s all walkable and not expensive E: the best food we had there was at a place called the Fu King Wok, if it’s still there
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Cool, this thread is back. I just bought a 5 mil wetsuit to dive the Blue Heron bridge a few days before Christmas and it was nice to not be cold. I was also surprised at the weight increase I needed to go from 3 to 5.
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SuitcasePimp posted:That is no joke especially for a new suit. I hate the buoyancy swing but drat is it nice to not freeze your rear end off. How was the BHB? I have been seeing some awesome stuff showing up in some of the Facebook groups. It’s good, but it depends on your history. I know it’s supposed to be one of the top shore dives in the world but... I’ve done Bonaire
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Trivia posted:Yeah that's great. Traveling with full gear sucksssssss (but is ultimately worth it). I'd add your own computer (maybe a cheap Suunto?) to your list. Rashguard is great because you can use it anytime you're in the water, and it also reduces the amount of sunblock entering the water. Depends what Suunto. My wife and I both bought Cobras a decade ago and those are ridiculously conservative about deco limits. We ended up with nitrox certs partially because of how finicky the cobras are. On the other hand, they’ve been incredibly reliable
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MrYenko posted:If my Vyper Novo had customizable safety stop depths, it’d be a nearly perfect recreational computer. As it is, the safety stop is at 10ft, and I’d really like it to be at 25 so I’m not getting the poo poo kicked out of me in the waves. Most of the time I just do my stop at 25ft with everyone else, and then ignore the incessant beeping the rest of the way up. The cobras go apeshit with beeping when you disconnect the tank after you’re done with the dive. That’s pretty funny actually.
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SuitcasePimp posted:You made the right call... even though officially US flights can come as of now there seems to be a lot of drama going on based on the Dutch/KLM and that may change quickly. No-one really knows what the hell is going on, least of all the airlines. Doing it - the cliff is a great dive site!
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orange sky posted:Hey guys, newcomer here! Get DAN and never look back. It’s cheap, you get a good magazine and likely never use it. But if you ever have to use it...
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I have no idea what mindfulness exercises are, but what Trivia said about breathing is right. Breathe in as fast as you want and slowly breathe out.
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Trivia posted:Thumbs up, duh. I will be sure to do so next time I’m over 100’ 👍
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Jul 25, 2021 03:29
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lord1234 posted:This is a bad idea. Are you seriously considering servicing a piece of life support equipment as a brand new diver? I can't even fathom this thought. This is 💯 accurate.
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Oct 23, 2021 23:07
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We’re about to go to Cozumel which is dumb given that we only dive in the Caribbean and at home but I do want a toadfish picture so gently caress it.
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Ropes4u posted:What is dumb about going to Cozumel? It’s a cruise ship port. We usually don’t do that kind of thing but it’s an easy flight so here we go. I am looking forward to finding toadfish!
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Ropes4u posted:A friend loves it there, we are firmly in the Bonaire shore diving crowd and struggling to go anywhere else. I have committed to looking for a live aboard but to be honest the prices are scaring me away. The diving was really good, but concentrated near the Iberostsr resort. Lots of boats, lots of divers in the same reefs. Great visibility, very healthy reefs, we even found an octopus during day dives. Bonaire is still way better. If you want another option, it’s expensive but awesome, check out Turks & Caicos and Aqua TCI. We’re friends with the owners, but be warned - they mostly dive west Caicos which is a serious haul from their dock. Edit: I mentioned the octopus but overall the dives were more reef and macro stuff (nudibranch, fire worms, etc), smaller pelagic schools, and a few spotted eagle rays which were also awesome. let it mellow fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Dec 11, 2021 |
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Dec 11, 2021 04:41
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Tiger Crazy posted:Does anyone have recommendations in the Caribbean to get dive master certified that is cheap to live and cheap (relatively) for certification? Utila. I did rescue there and it’s cheap. Good diving, food can be sketchy - the best place we found was the Fu King Wok but that was years ago so who knows.
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Dec 25, 2021 06:06
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Red_Fred posted:First proper dive since early 2018 yesterday. Wasn’t amazing but great to be back in the water. Forgotten how drat tiring diving can be though, was shattered last night. You want a mesh bag with both backpack and shoulder straps. Most of those have a “dry” pocket but it’s really not that dry, if you care about whatever you’re putting in there use a ziplock too. E: the point Trivia makes is right too. That bag should have a top opening. And a side zipper.
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Jan 16, 2022 05:10
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Trivia posted:Mate just go down to Mexico and do it in warm water. You'll have a MUCH better time (all around), I promise. This is right. All that disaster talk about dry suits to learn is, well, a disaster. Just take a trip to warm water and see if you like it before complicating things. Go to the ABC islands (I vote Aruba or Curaçao over Bonaire for learning, save Bonaire for later) or Barbados - somewhere warm and not challenging.
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Tiger Crazy posted:Belize is also a pretty quick flight and there are tons of diving opportunities down there. Plus it is pretty cheap. The only problem with Belize is that you will want to do the hole. And that’s a great dive but I’ve posted here about that - you leave really early and there are people that just got OW certs on the boat lol.
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