Cruise from New Orleans to Progresso and Cozumel
Dive Trip - Posted on 8/30/2010 5:51:23 PM by badintexas
This is a couple of weeks late but I wanted to write about our cruise from New Orleans. The boat was packed. No pool seating unless you were one of the first ones out each morning. Anywhere we went, we seemed to bump into someone. The food was very good. Our kids thought it was great how we could go to a nice dinner each night and order how much of whatever we wanted to eat without having to pay extra. I’m sure we all gained a few extra pounds. The nightly shows were entertaining. Magic...

Dutch Springs 8/28/10
Dive Site - Posted on 8/30/2010 1:11:29 AM by AOW_dude
I’m spoiled now, I want my weekday vis back. Saturday at Dutch invariably translates into lower visibility and close encounters with other divers. So today this guy just descended almost on top of me, his computer hose got lodged right between me and my reg hose. I could tell how badly he wanted his computer back by the way he was trying to yank my regulator out. Dude, I kinda gotta breathe down here, I mean if you don’t mind? Some people might find it weird but I have th...

Fall Sunset House "Dive, Dive, Dive & Sail" Special
Press Release - Posted on 8/27/2010 2:40:11 PM by SunsetHouse
August 23rd to December 22nd, 2010. Just what you had in mind for that perfect fall dive vacation. Beautiful spacious Oceanview room, as much diving as you can possibly do and sail into the sunset on a stunning 65’catamaran sailboat! This package includes accommodations in an oceanview room with a private balcony, morning two tank boat dives, unlimited shore diving, airport transfers, a fantastic breakfast every morning and all tax and service charges.  Plus, our staff will w...

Dutch Springs 8/24/10
Dive Site - Posted on 8/26/2010 12:09:00 AM by AOW_dude
Checked out Dutch on a weekday, finally. Had the place to ourselves practically, compared to weekends. Was hoping for a better vis, and it was there alright, even though the sky was gray on a 68° day. Surface water temp was almost hot, 74°. Swimming out to the army truck on far side of the lake, saw the Cessna right from the surface. The plane was clearly visible 30’ down below. Took some sweet shots of the plane (and bass swimming aro...

Key West Diving - OCT 12-16
Dive Trip - Posted on 8/24/2010 10:52:12 PM by Skipster
Headed from Houston... anyone wanna tag along or meet up? plan to arrive Tue afternoon, 10/12 and leave Sat afternoon 10/16....

My greatest diving thrill
Dive Trip - Posted on 8/24/2010 9:39:57 PM by BophutDivingSchool
One of the greatest thrills of my life has been watching my grandson recently complete his BubbleMaker Course with Bophut Diving School.   This brilliant little kid’s name is Ananda just turning 8 years old, and to be with him...

Semi -dry wetsuits
Equipment - Posted on 8/23/2010 3:26:09 PM by carlito
  I have a Bare semi-dry wetsuit with an attatched hood that fits me well and is very warm 2 of the most important things to a good wetsuit, it has a dry suit zipper and this is the reason as to why I am posting this blog:)    The waterproof zipper across the chest is a good thing because the last thing I want is cold water coming in at chest level , I just read an article in the news@scuba 2000 website that explains that there is no good reason as to why a dry suit zipper is ins...

Egmont Key
Dive Site - Posted on 8/20/2010 8:43:22 PM by Scuba_Hunter
Im looking for any one who wants to meet up at Egmont Key ruins to go diving or snorkeling, and meet up wit some new peope....

First Ocean Dive
Dive Trip - Posted on 8/17/2010 7:56:30 AM by JoeCook29501
Just wanted to get on here and tell everyone I will be going on my first ocean dive on the 9th of next month.  Will be going with the Express Watersports group to the Bill Perry.  Anyone that has been out with them, let me know how the experience was please!! ...

My first Open Ocean Experience!
Dive Trip - Posted on 8/16/2010 1:55:22 AM by ScubaScott66
I just returned from a weekend trip to Beaufort NC.  What a great experience.  This was my first, boat, ocean, wreck, and shark dive all in one weekend!  I don’t think it could have been any better, beautiful weather, 40’ vis, warm water, and 3 awesome wreck dives.  We dove the Indra on Saturday afternoon, and the U-352 and the Spar on Sunday.  This being my first boat dive, I’ll admit, I was a bit nervous for the 2 seconds it took me to jump in, but after that...... Well lets just say it was th...

The Jug
Dive Site - Posted on 8/15/2010 8:54:03 PM by TColJeep
Did two nice dives on the John C Fitzpatrick today. This previously unidentified wreck has been known as the Jug for years. Located about 18 miles southeast of Long Island’s Shinnecock Inlet she rests at 130’. Temperature on the wreck was 50 and with vis about 15 ft. The wreck is pretty broken up, lays low in the sand with very little relief and has a fishing net and gear hung up on it. Todays dives produced a couple of lobster, around 2 lbs, along with some crabs and sca...

CLASS
Educational - Posted on 8/8/2010 11:13:13 PM by HeathSapp
My parents and I did there class today They instructor that I got for them is way above Great he has did all their con water dives in about 8-10 hours with 3 students in the class. He took the time  and made 100 percent sure they knew the skills and did them cold before moving to the next skill. my mother was having little trouble with couple things before moving on he took all the time she needed.When I got my c card in 95 my instructor did the same so if you need an instructor lo...

Wreck Diving
Dive Trip - Posted on 8/7/2010 12:28:30 PM by LandSeaAir
Went out ot the Sheridan last weekend. It was a really nice day for diving. This was my first wreck although I did go to the Veterans Reef last month and looked into the barges there. I just poked my head into the big holes on the barges. The Sheridan was a little more intimidating then the barges.  One of the people diving was talking about all the springs and caves in Florida but those haven’t gotten me much excited. I don’t see myself trying to dive the caves even if it would m...

photos & cameras
Photography - Posted on 8/5/2010 11:46:16 PM by Angiesbubbles
I would love to see some photos underwater where the camera is mentioned.  I want to get an idea of what cameras can do what before I buy one.  This would help me out more than any reviews I could read. Thanks! ...

Divers and Dental Professionals Combine Work and Passion for Scuba Diving Through Fiji Project
Event - Posted on 7/30/2010 1:07:27 AM by MatavaFiji
By Mark Fischer Owner, HydroSports Dive and Travel Most people think of Fiji as an island paradise. But four airports, three types of aircraft, 19 time zones and 30 travel-hours from HydroSports (Keizer, Oregon) is the village of Kadavu Koro. Remote by both distance and time villagers have almost no access to medical or dental care. Located on the Island of Kadavu, Kaduva Koro is home to about 300 people. I have visited Fiji 12 times over the past 10 years.  During my stays ...

UE Team finds unknown shipwreck
Press Release - Posted on 7/29/2010 3:24:36 AM by blacksambellamy
On july 22, 2010 the UE team discovered another unknown wreck in the depths of Cape Cod Bay. Below we posted a larger image of the wreck which appears to be approximately 60 feet in length. Hopefully we will have a team in place by August to document the site and possibly retrieve artifacts for wreck identification. www.underwater-explorations.com ...

Culebra, PR
Dive Trip - Posted on 7/27/2010 2:16:08 PM by SnowboardDave
June ’10 Traveling to Puerto Rico is pretty easy, making your way to Culebra Island is a bit more than claiming your bags and checking into your hotel.  I was traveling with two other friends on this trip, we spent the day on the mainland and the night.  The next day we drove the rental car to the return station that was closest to the Fajardo ferry port.  We arranged for a van to take us to the ferry earlier in the day.  We sat for about 45 minutes...

Passing the Torch
Educational - Posted on 7/27/2010 2:14:38 PM by Xring0
There are proud moments for parents.  This was one of them. I think the only thing I regret about diving is the fact that I should have started sooner.  I have gotten a lot of joy from my dive adventures.  My 14 year old daughter has always been at home in the water.  From infancy, she enjoyed baths, playing in any pool or mud puddle that was available and wanted to learn to dive like me. Last week, we took a vacation together.  I decided to spend quality time with my daughter while she st...

Lionfish Warning!
Educational - Posted on 7/27/2010 10:50:25 AM by gigiftlaud
Courtesy of the Miami Herald: Native to the Pacific and Indian oceans, lionfish are growing in population in the Florida Keys, becoming a menace to the ecosystem and posing a threat to divers in the lobster miniseason. When thousands of divers and snorkelers take to the waters Wednesday and Thursday for the annual spiny lobster miniseason, they should beware of a new sea invader in the Florida Keys: the venomous lionfish. ``We are concerned because they tend to have t...

Fun times
Educational - Posted on 7/26/2010 4:10:36 PM by scubaclay
I have been teaching the boy scouts to dive so that they can get their scuba merit badges.  I did not know what to expect from these young men when I first started.  But the student I had last week was absolutely fantastic.  Robert was a very polite young man that had a big smile on his face after every dive including those in the pool.  This week I have 3 young men from upstate New York, again very polite young people and great students.  I don’t know who is having more fun me or the students. ...