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Thanks for the fun dive, Matt. The octos were better than usual to see for a daytime dive. The first one had tentacles literally hanging out of the den on both sides. The second was the huge one at...

The XCS2 is a relatively new design ... made with pretty stretchy neoprene, so it's very flexible and comfortable. I got one a few months ago and love it. Like a lot of suits these days, it comes...

So far, so good ... but I've only got a dozen or so dives on it.

Simple to set up and use. The screen is as easily readable as the X1 and the Xen. But I do find the dive log function a bit...

I very much like the X1 ... in many ways better than the Petrel. What I don't like is the reliability of the unit. I'm an early adopter ... and when my first X1 died they replaced it promptly. When...

I've resolved all my Liquivision issues by purchasing a Petrel. Frankly, there are things about the LV (both the X1 and Xen) that I like better than what I'm currently using ... but I gotta just go...

No ... it just jumped on the fish's head then about 2 seconds later it jumped off. The crab was surprisingly quick about it. I'm thinking that it mistook that funny-shaped head for a shell and...

I was out this week-end doing some nice, relaxing diving and I came across this grunt sculpin. Knowing how much humor you find in these exquisite little creatures, I thought you'd enjoy this sequence...

... kinda like when plastic dinosaurs and Barbie sex dolls were showing up at Redondo ... some folks just have a different idea of what "enhances" a dive site, I suppose ...

... Bob (Grateful...

Hi Jaime ...

I'll be happy to dive with you sometime ... this week I'm all booked up, but if you'd like to arrange to dive in the future drop me a PM. I live near Redondo, so that would be a good...

Ironically, I arrived in Singapore only to see a familiar face ... our mutual friend Dennis. Turns out he and your original instructor and a bunch of other people you probably went to Lembeh Straits...

I was on the Carpe Vita Explorer ... which was a very nice boat.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m257/NWGratefulDiver/Maldives/CarpeVita-1-1.jpg

Currents were categorized as "mild, medium,...

Fisheye FIX housing. Most of the pics above were taken using the dome port they make for that housing ... I discovered, however, that to get pics on the channel dives I had to go back to the standard...

I'm using the Canon G10. I had been planning to upgrade to a micro 4/3rds type setup, but decided to wait until after the trip. Glad I did, as I flooded not once, but twice. One of my G10's is toast...

Just got back from a trip to the Maldives ... a 10-day liveaboard trip to six of the southern atolls.

While the diving wasn't as spectacular as some other places I've been, it was a trip of...

My goals for 2012 ...

- Maldives ... my first dives in the Indian Ocean ... I leave in three weeks

- Mexico ... my first dives in the MX caves ... probably in May

- God's Pocket ... in...

They're at Redondo, Ken ... you and Claudette need to get your butts up here and see 'em before they grow up and turn into Karl Malden ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

I'm really blessed to live just a few minutes from a dive site that usually offers me something to grin about ... today was no exception.

I found not one ... but three ... juvenile wolf eels. The...

Oh that brings back memories ... my first moments on a scooter were with team CK at Casino Point. Claudette hands me the scoot. I clip in. First tentative pull on the trigger ... zo(STOP) ......

This wasn't exactly a benchmark year for me ... for several reasons I didn't do much traveling this year, and for the first time since I started diving I had less than 200 dives in a year (about...

Holy Christ, Lynne ... you KNOW you've had a good year when God's Pocket doesn't even make the top five!

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

This morning I joined three of my friends on the radio program “Weekday” to talk about our favorite subject … scuba diving. It was a live broadcast, and totally free form … none of us knew who was...

Well, that would've been difficult on the first dive ... I maxed at 24 feet, and averaged something like 16.

Amazing what you can find on an hour-long safety stop ... :cute:

Oh yeah ... that...

Pretty special day today ... 11-11-11 ... we won't see another one come around for a hundred years, and since none of us will be around to see it ... well ... this is a pretty unique day. Thanks to...

Happily ... I'm going to be checking out a different area tomorrow evening ... the one where I took those pics is getting crowded. Last Thursday evening there were at least 15 divers over there ......

I've always loved early morning dives. Getting in the water before dawn and watching as the water slowly turns lighter ... and watching the "shifts" change as the nocturnal critters turn in for the...