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Re: GPS for divers - looks like it's here

Rick — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:50:25 GMT

I'm sure there are some unique places that have good maps/charts. But, I doubt that even 10% of the water is mapped sufficiently for this to work as the

Re: Vis 60' in the Bay

dionna_house — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:53:58 GMT

Wow!!! you are brave... Must of been from all that hard work the day before. ;-) They say the worst day of diving is still better than the best day at work.

Re: GPS for divers - looks like it's here

gra_94545 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:54:16 GMT

... Robin, you don't have to wait to keep track of your husband, and can probably do it for less right now. You can buy a sonar homing transmitter and

Re: GPS for divers - looks like it's here

Robin Countryman-Valk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:49:21 GMT

Rick, Did you look at the site? I'm sure a measure of it is hype, but it is closer than anything I've seen actually usable during a dive. It would be great to

Re: GPS for divers - looks like it's here

Chuck Tribolet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:44:45 GMT

Cal State Monterey Bay's Seafloor Mapping Lab has great 2M resolution bathymetry. Guess where they practice? And in fact, they were out on Sunday. Chuck

GPS for divers - looks like it's here

Rick — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:42:00 GMT

This is not a GPS. It only claims to have "the accuracy and convenience of GPS". I do suspect that the "small transmitter hhung fro boat or buoy" would have

Re: GPS for divers - looks like it's here

Robin Countryman-Valk — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:38:58 GMT

This is an answer to prayers!!! Anyone have any idea when it will be released? Has there been a hint about cost? The site says "affordable" but we all know

Vis 60' in the Bay

TimWNelson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:16:05 GMT

Now that I got your attention... I was one of the few hardy souls who braved the conditions to go out on the Cypress Sea today. They offered us a cancel and

GPS for divers - looks like it's here

gra_94545 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:51:08 GMT

http://www.shbinstruments.com/Navimate/detail.html Supposed to have had a booth at DEMA. Did anyone go/see it? Guy (map nerd) Alcala

Re: Digest Number 4117

gra_94545 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:42:34 GMT

... ... "Active meditation." I like that, it does a pretty good job of describing the feeling when you're doing a quiet outdoor activity solo.

Re: Glad I stayed home

Cricket — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:48:14 GMT

I saw the Cypress leave the harbor about 8 am. Obviously bound and determined! Big surf all up and down the coast. No surfers out at Asilomar where they

Re: Digest Number 4117

Perry West — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:55 GMT

Susan, thank you for these thoughts. You point out a very interesting fact -- buddy separation is not only possible, but it happens even to the more

Fwd: [ba_diving] Digest Number 4117

Still15320@... — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:35:57 GMT

re the scuba poll: I agree with Ken and others that it doesn't really tell anything. The questions aren't that helpful and are subject to overly broad

Re: Glad I stayed home

Carol Cohn — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:23:31 GMT

Yeah, I just checked all the web cams. Conditions are definitely sporty. I wonder if the Cypress Sea really went out, Carol Cohn

Glad I stayed home

Chuck Tribolet — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:19:04 GMT

The buoy was reporting 20' swells all night, the 6 am report is down to 18'. Rock n' Roll! -- Chuck Tribolet http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/people/triblet/