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What a fish-o-rama. There were tons of fish. I saw a foot-long angel fish. The 500 yard swim on the surface was the only tiring part of the dive but it is worth it to get out to where the fish are.… Read the rest “Gab Gab II Hot Dogs”

Raul got us onto the Navy base which is accessible to US citizen but not really sanctioned for scuba use. It is the Clinton administration so don’t ask, don’t tell. There is a little park with a concrete pool right in the side of the bay.… Read the rest “Gab Gab II”

The Micronesian Dive Shop put on a great lunch for us between dives complete with sushi. For the second dive of the day, we made a short boat ride from Shark Pit to Eel’s Garden. It is named that for the Sand Needles which are eels living in the sand swaying in the tide like blades of grass.… Read the rest “Eel’s Garden”

With my dive buddy, Raul Estravit, I went on a trip to the Shark Pit, just off the southern coast of Guam, on the Orote Peninsula. Raul drove us to the boat dock. The boat “Scuba Roo” was pretty good size with probably 40 people on board.… Read the rest “Shark Pit”

For the second dive of the day, we had a night dive. I had never been on a night dive before. Lee loaned me a flashlight. We had glow stick strapped on as well. Even with the flash light vivibility wasn’t much better than 3-6′.… Read the rest “Lake Travis – Night Dive”

On the weekend of the 4th of July, Lee and I went with some of Lee’s friends to Lake Travis. Lee’s soon to be wife was unable to go so I used Lee’s wet suit and octopus while he used hers.… Read the rest “Lake Travis”

For the second dive of the day we opted for a more shallow dive between Cancún and Isla Mujeres. This was much nicer dive. The current was only about 1 knot. We saw a nurse shark, tons of fish and a few baracuda.… Read the rest “Cancún – Shallow Dive”

On a family vacation to Cancún, Mexico, Jim and I went Scuba diving using a local “dive shop”. This dive shop consisted of a shack down the beach from our hotel. The Dive guides were a couple of kids that were about 15 and a small whale boat maybe 20′ long.… Read the rest “Cancún – Deep Dive”

Retuned to first boat and swam through interior. Returned to surface and then to shore when ran out of air. Used underwater tablet for first time. In: 4:36 PM Out: 5:00 PM Rep Group: E-G Max Depth: 30 Avg Depth: 20 Air Temperature: 82 Water Temp at Surface: 72 Water Temp at Depth: 70 Pressure In: Pressure Out: 400 Visibility Horizontal: 15 Visibility Vertical: 20 Weight:

Choose a point on the surface and swim to it under water using compass. Found platform underwater and continued on same line to boat. I took compass and returned successfully on same line to origin. In: 4:15 PM Out: 4:36 PM Rep Group: B-E Max Depth: 30 Avg Depth: 20 Air Temperature: 82 Water Temp at Surface: 72 Water Temp at Depth: 70 Pressure In: Pressure Out: 900 Visibility Horizontal: 15 Visibility Vertical: 20 Weight: