http://www.divebuddy.com/forum.aspxScuba diving forum for members of DiveBuddy.com.http://www.divebuddy.com/forum.aspxhttp://www.divebuddy.com/images/divebuddy_db.png240PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=23598Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:53:00 CDTTrainingI start my first Open Water class as the Instructor this weekend. Any advice from seasoned instructors as well as pointers from students who had instructors that did things they liked and didn’t like appreciated.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=23281Mon, 09 Jul 2012 06:56:00 CDTSurveyOur Divebuddy group is meeting and diving at some location with our Divebuddy banner flying and it happens. Someone walks over and inquires, "What’s Divebuddy.com?" I’ve tried several versions of short explanations but thought I’d get your input too.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=22532Fri, 25 May 2012 12:07:00 CDTEventMark you calendars for June 23. The NC/SC group will be at the Lake Norman Quarry for our get together. For those of you who are not in the Charlotte area, the quarry is a scuba only area open to members and guests, so you don’t have to worry about fishing boats and wave runners. We’ll get wet about 10am, serve lunch on site, dive the afternoon away and head up the street for dutch treat before people head out. Set your GPS for 347 Greenbay Road, Mooresville, NC 28117 and the Quarry entrance(gated) will be on the right just before you reach 347or on the left just after depending on the direction from which you are coming. $10 covers you for diving and lunch. If you need tanks and/or weights, let me know and I’ll see what I can work out with the local shops, should keep your total to $25 or less for two tanks, weights, & food.Let me know if you can come as we have a guest/member ratio we have to keep and I wouldn’t want you waiting on the other side of a locked gate while the key and I are chasing paddle fish.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=22076Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:12:00 CDTTravelLooking at heading to Bimini this fall to dive local sites with Big Game Club. Anybody stayed there or have some experience with dive sites in the area?]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=20461Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:07:00 CDTEventContact Mike at Scuba Ventures 803-328-0000 or scubaventures@comporium.net for more info. Tell him you heard about it from George on Divebuddy.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=20357Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:04:00 CDTTravelCaribbean Explorer Livaboard-Chinchorro Bank, Mexico. Looking at going this summer, anybody been?]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=20319Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:29:00 CDTTrainingHard to believe it but I’m looking at the Instructor Course for the new year. Here’s the topic, my local dive shop won’t be offering an instructor course anytime soon, there’s a shop about an hour away that will be. Those of you that have done it, help me think through the pro’s and con’s of a "nearly" local shop experience vs. spending a few weeks in a warmer location at one of these "GoPro" set ups. Thanks for the insights.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=19851Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:59:00 CDTTrainingBeen a great year for Diving at the Smith home and I’m getting ready to start the Dive Master process and thought I would throw open the advice doors and see what wisdom was cast through them. So welcome to all "do’s","don’ts", "try this", "make sure you’s" and "watch out for’s".]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=18939Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:06:00 CDTTravelOur LDS is heading to Key Largo later in July and using Sea Dwellers. Anyone got experience with them?]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=18292Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:40:00 CDTGeneralHeading to Charleston, SC this weekend and plan to get wet in Hobcaw creek (near the Wando River) near where the Confederate shipyard was. Just curious if anyone else had been under there?]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=17573Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:32:00 CDTEventI’m ready to be in the water, wife’s concerned about current temps.....ever had that conversation? At Lake Keowee there’s a nuclear station (don’t freak) that uses the water from the lake. Where it empties back into the lake the temps stay in the mid-upper sixties, lots of aquatic life to see and currents to drift dive. $40 covers your dive charter, snacks, 2 tank dive (tanks incl.) for a fun afternoon with divebuddies in the area. For those concerned about the nuclear plant, I’ve been told that you don’t glow long after the dive! If we get 14 divers the price drops to $30 each (14 is the max so let me know early). Lodging options are available in nearby towns if you need them, Clemson, SC has a number of options and is about 10 miles away. You’re on your own for lodging arrangements and can pay for the diving at the dock (cash please). Hope to see you there. Currently there are 9 spots still open. we’re using www.offthewalldiving.com for the charter and they’ve got some info on their web site about the dive site.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=17227Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:41:00 CDTGeneralLooking at a possible group dive gathering for a low cost and they seemed to fit the bill but cheaper is not always better so I thought I would ask.]]>PastorGhttp://www.divebuddy.com/forum_topic.aspx?ForumID=16568Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:43:00 CDTNew Diver Q&ASo my wife and I tried a Snuba outing in the Keys this fall and were so taken by the experience that we followed it with a Discover Scuba class in Cozumel a short time later. I’m currently signed up for the Open Water Diver course through our LDS in Jan. We have some of the basics, masks, snorkels, fins, wetsuits, and skins. I’m curious about the suggestions for regulators, bcd’s, buy your own tank(or not), computers and so forth that would work for us new diver types.]]>