Anybody here doing this/done this on the California coast?
I'd like to hear about it.
-Jack

  Started with the 0430 start to the site, 185 miles of driving to get to
the park gate by opening to make sure we got in, only a small number of cave
divers allowed at a time.  Arrived right on time to be dive group #2, and
pleasantly surprised to see the first pair also friends, ...

Saturday: I packed up all my SCUBA gear and then drove off and left it
at the house. I didn't notice until I was swimming along at depth (I
dunno how deep since I had no gauges) and realized I was holding my
breath. That's when I noticed I had no regulator, BCD, fins, tanks, or

I am following a PADI Rescue Diver Course and EFR course here in Italy
and I feel my instructor is not clear or right on this:
My instructor tells me that I have to tear off the pages OF MY MANUAL
regarding the answering quizzes because he says that PADI requires him

I am curious as to your opinions, and/or modifications to the
statement "Breath slowly, and deeply" put forth by PADI.
Let me set 3 styles. Which do you like? Which have you tried?
1 Slow inhale, Slow exhale.

I want to try thai cooking but it looks really hot.

I am thinking of buying the PT-016 housing for my Olympus MJU 300
camera.
Does anybody have any good/bad feedback on this product?
I saw a review on the BSAC website, which suggested that this housing

Saturday: Left the hoseless dive computer on the table and didn't notice it
until getting to the water.  Strapped the tank on with some trepidation.
Don't know how deep - maybe 45 feet.  Couldn't tell how long - turned out to
be 90 minutes.  Swan hard the entire dive and got tired.  ...

I hope I can ask this question in an understandable way,,
Lets say I use 500 psi from my tank, from 3000, down to 2500,
And my dive buddy has also used 500 psi from his tank, but
he started at 1500, and went down to 1000.

I'm in the market for something new and this system caught my eye. I
have talked to several dive shop personnel and I am getting mixed
messeges maybe because they are trying to sell me on what they carry.
Does anyone own this system and if so how do you feel about it, pros,

I do this as a service for all you warm water divers out there (esp. MG.
One of these days, I going to make it down there [brother lives in Ft.
Lauderdale], just so I can meet the world renown and famous EGS. I would
also like to meet Mr&Mrs Lee Bell, Mr&Mrs Bullshark along with ...

I've already got a Sequest Black Diamond BDC, which is great for
drysuit diving here in Alaska, and I really like it a lot. But, when I
took it to Australia, I decided that travelling with it sucks. I'm
looking for recommendations for a BCD to travel with, preferably one

ping me off-list please

I was on the Nekton Pilot a couple weeks ago on their Cay Sal
itinerary.  (It was a great trip.)  At Orange Cay and several spots on
the Cay Sal Bank we saw a lot of large egg casings that nobody could
identify.  

I'm planning a trip to Egypt in November and I plan to do some diving
in the Read Sea. Any comments/advice from people who have done so would
be appreciated. Operators to check out, operators to avoid, wetsuit
recommendations, or anything else.