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[fairfield59]

Whoops, wrong thread. Where is the south florida proposed trip thread? Ended up on this long winded techie discussion thread.....


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[Walter]

You're in the correct thread.

[Diverbrian]

Whoops, wrong thread. Where is the south florida proposed trip thread? Ended up on this long winded techie discussion thread.....

Now, back to the S. Florida discussion ....

[Dejah]

Where is the south florida proposed trip thread?

Ummm, well this is it.. but looks like everyone got going on other subjects..

Ok All, back to the original discussion on the gathering in Florida..

Dejah

[Dennis]

I personally am interested in doing mostly shallow dives. I would like to dive the Eagle, though. That is a great dive. Donna just doesn't like deep dives and she will be my buddy, so that is my interests. Reefs are fine with me. I love the Benwood. I believe we could accomodate all of the interests in the group if planned correctly.

[WreckWench]

Whoops, wrong thread. Where is the south florida proposed trip thread? Ended up on this long winded techie discussion thread.....


The discussion on cave vs. wreck diving has been moved to our Dive Training forum!

Click here for the Wreck vs. Cave Diving discussion!

Please note that we've split off the cave vs. wreck diving discussion and put it into our training forum. Great discussion so far...I'm following it closely as I love wreckdiving! -ww

[bluedolphin]

I personally am interested in doing mostly shallow dives.  I would like to dive the Eagle, though.  That is a great dive.  Donna just doesn't like deep dives and she will be my buddy, so that is my interests.  Reefs are fine with me.  I love the Benwood.  I believe we could accomodate all of the interests in the group if planned correctly.

I agree with Dennis! I guess when it is decided what the focus of the trip will be I can decide if I will come down or not (provided I can even get the time off work that time of year).

Linda

[DMP]

Would love to do the trip but, I am already committed to co leading a trip to Key Largo 20-23rd of May.

[Walter]

I guess when it is decided what the focus of the trip will be I can decide if I will come down or not (provided I can even get the time off work that time of year).

The focus of the trip will be for divers such as you and Dennis to enjoy diving with others from this board. We are looking into the feasibility of also providing opportunities for those interested in diving deep wrecks to do so.

[Dennis]

I guess I need to talk to Donna about this. In any case, it sure would be great to meet with some more SD people and go diving.

[fun2dive]

Key West is a far drive for those of us that are not flying. If we stick to the South Florida dive areas this trip that would be fun & new!

We do need to find a dive shop that uses a hyperfilter and partial pressure fills EANx. We usually prefer 28% to the 32% that most places bank. Of course it depends on where we are diving (how deep, etc.).

Looking forward to some fun!

[ScubaDadMiami]

A few people, including myself, have inquired about making the South Florida trip technical in one respect or another. So, if there is enough interest in doing so, the dive shops, dive boats, equipment and fill facilities exist down here.

Trips like this can include deep(er) wrecks (130 to 200+ depths), trimix, decompression, scooters, wreck penetration, you name it. On many of these dives, we can dive on real ship wrecks (not just artificial reefs that are specifically prepared for recreational divers). I mean, I am talking about diving into history. It is pretty awesome!

Typically, the number of divers on the boat will be smaller and the boat fees are somewhat higher per outing (about $75 to $85). Because of the smaller number of divers required for these outings, there would only have to be a small group of takers in order to start setting up these kinds of trips.

Obviously, it would be unwise to participate in these activities if one does not have the qualifications, equipment and experience. Please only indicate your interest if you will have these requirements by the time you make the trip.

Does anyone have an interest in making these kinds of dives? (Yep, I'm perking up!)

[Genesis]

Yes, within my present personal limits - I'm comfortable on EANx down to 140ish (usually 26% for that depth), 21/35 to around 180, single stage deco (50% EANx) and own a SS UV-18.

I'm a computer diver on EANx, tables for mix (waiting for Delta-P to release the VPM version of the VR3, since VPlanner is what I run for table planned dives and it hasn't left me feeling pretzelled yet )

I prefer to keep runtimes to an hour in the ocean for environmental reasons.

Planning to get a CCR (Dive-Rite) this spring, if/when they release theirs (assuming I like it when I see it in production trim as much as I've seen so far) It'll be a while once I have it before I'm comfortable at the same depths and with the same obligations (e.g. overheads, etc) that I am on OC now, I suspect.

[Dennis]

I talked to Donna about the trip and she is interested as well.

You guys that want to dive into deep dark holes, go right ahead. I try to stay out of them. I just want to have fun on my dives, penetration and deco is just too much work. I am the perfect recreational diver, besides, I don't get to dive enough to be totally proficient. There is much to be said for proficiency when you do the dives you are talking about. I know I would be dangerous on those kinds of dives. You have to know your limitations. People that don't usually have bad things happen to them.

[Dejah]

Well I know myself for one would be interested more in the recreational diving and exploring reefs... besides I don't have any experience in diving to those depths or wreck diving.. at least not yet, in the future who knows.

Dejah