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Trivia posted:My parents were just down in the Caribbean. Said the bleaching disease is spreading and dive boats are sterilizing gear on the boat immediately after the dive. This was the situation in Bonaire last spring, the gear bleaching is some scary poo poo. Where are they?
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Mar 31, 2024 00:49
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Jato posted:conditions are pretty bad right now anyway for diving off the shore. Yeah, knowledge of local currents, tides, and weather is just as important with familiarity with the dive site and it's entry and exit points. If I took you to Lane's Cove to catch lobsters (Rockport MA), I know the current is going one of two directions, plus the tide is going in or out. So I can check the weather report and tide tables, and know what I need to before I even go.
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Apr 10, 2024 16:50
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Trig Discipline posted:My dive instructor at UC Davis was one of those old dudes who has been around since the early days of SCUBA, and he would constantly say stuff like "you may love the ocean but it doesn't love you" and "never turn your back on the ocean". He was full of stories of people who died while diving, and every lesson we learned from him is burned into my brain because of it. I do love the ocean but I will never not be at least 20% scared of it. I taught an adult friend of mine how to swim while we were in Aruba, and I remember telling him to stop fighting the waves and to bob along with them. "The ocean will kill you with the flick of her wrist, and she won't even notice."
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You can see one of my seawing fins in the corner of the underwater picture: https://www.facebook.com/puredivingaruba/posts/pfbid02KuhmKqQPwJZ155PbnfMbKhduWvZLid2m4XZjEryuHPaGgBQhSeR3kHx2sLDHu5izl https://depalm.com/submarine-tours/ This was a cool experience, we knew we would be in the same vicinity as the sub on our second dive, as we could see the tender boat when we dropped in. Its a real submarine, 100% battery electric, and it sounds completely alien. As soon as we were on the wall, we could hear it, this eerie whirring of the drive servos. I felt like we were chasing the loving thing for 15 minutes, getting closer and closer, when I realized it was chasing us! It was a fairly turbid day, and suddenly this huge loving thing appears out of nowhere. Moves with speed and agility, and we could see the people inside.
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Apr 22, 2024 16:00
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Trig Discipline posted:I haven't had a close call with a submarine but the goddamn glass bottom boats full of tourists would come and just hover over us while we were working in Curacao and it pissed us off to no end. For one thing it's a safety issue, but for another thing we don't want tourists seeing us catch fish for research and think it's okay for them to do the same. The methods we use (barrier nets, dip nets, and chemicals while on SCUBA) are straight up illegal for anyone who doesn't have special permission. We're also often negatively buoyant and crawling around on the substrate, so it's not even a good example to set for the tourists for how to dive safely/responsibly. Ugggg, That sounds horrible. I know exactly where you were, the CARMABI research station at Piscadera, next to the Hilton. Right across the channel from the Hilton, there are some shallow reefs that are great for snorkeling. I saw some glass bottoms boats over there, and I did wonder about how shallow it is there... Trig Discipline posted:I have done very little cold water diving since. I like cold water diving, but I can admit that it is a masochistic experience.
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Apr 25, 2024 19:38
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Ropes4u posted:Looking forward to giving it a go in Bonaire in a couple weeks. Wish I could join you! I was trying to get together a dive trip to Bonaire for after Mother's Day, but it didn't happen.
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I travel with my full sized Knighthawk, but I also bring one whole checked bag just for scuba gear. Bulky, but it doesn't weigh much. At home, I gets my extra weight from my giant steel tanks.
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