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With regards to the Mandarin pic I must have taken over 150 shots to get that one. I got a few others that are decent but at most 5 total out over 150 shots. I have quite a lag with my point & shoot so I got lots of rubble, tails and blurs. But it was worth it all when you get a good one. I think number 1000 will be muck with maybe a little reef thrown in. Would love to see a rhinopias but there don't seem to be any around right now.

No takers????

I believe it was an aquarium dive sir. Mandarins do not sit out and exposed like that for mere mortals, therefore you shot him in an aquarium or like I mentioned earlier, you are my superhero! Congrats on dive 1000 tomorrow. Will it be Reef or Muck (or another aquarium picture)?

Also, sometimes I'll rent a BC as they are kind of large but take your own Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Boots, and Reg.

Yeah, thanks for the information, I will be skipping the dive I think, and I can not find a dive buddy for it anyway oh well, gonna have to plan to dive somewhere warm instead, may take a weekend trip to mexico ~Recon

Quote: Originally Posted by chilly willy Quote: Originally Posted by thecheeseman Wish i could come with you, Kona is absolutely amazing.. Be sure to do the Manta Ray Night Dive! Just out of curiousity, what was your airfare like? Have a great trip! The airfare was $392 total R/T LAX to HNL, then $150 from HNL to KOA. I had a voucher from Delta from last Jan I had to use that covered the $392, (I always put my name on the voluntary bump list...

Thanks for the suggestions 888, I'll be flying thou T. O. in my way from Calgary and yes Inventor i only stopped doing back flips long enough for these posts plus 10 days in the Mayan in February WOO HOO

OK, how in the heck can you make 7 dives in a day? With an average of one hour bottom time, and one hour of SI, you're talking about a 13 hour day. You're NDIs wouldn't let you get anywhere near a full dive, even if using nitrox unless you're making very shallow dives. Not saying it couldn't happen, but that's not really the type of diving I want to do.

Quote: Originally Posted by Recon 7mm at the core? or 14mm at the core, if it was 14mm at the core in your FJ, then I will not be diving on New Years day until I get a Dry suit. ~Recon 14mm at the core. 7mm on arms, legs, hood, and gloves. Some others in my group had only 7mm, not FJ. One guy was so cold on the surface his teeth were chattering. I suggested he call the dive, because he'd be unable to concentrate on the skills tests.

well these were medium depth dives. You basically start out with a dive before breakfast and end up with a night dive. I'd guess dives were in the 50 to 75 foot range most of the time on reefs in the Tortugas. surface intervals were about an hour each. All the nitrox on the Ultimate Getaway comes out around 31% if memory serves me correctly. pretty much most of us were diving multiple computers and they were staying close to maxed out a...