Cocodrillo push

[Squirrel Girl]

Can anybody give me a general idea of what I need to bring? Assume that I know I'm bringing my standard dive gear minus tanks and weights, how does everyone handle dive weight? Please touch on any non-obvious items that you can think of.

-Jon

There's not much to add. The island is short on weight, so if you have any ability to bring any, then it would be good to bring some. Though I imagine you sink like a rock. (FW was *very* impressed that you could fit through my truck boot, as he couldn't, and he's not that big a guy).

I think I slapped a 4 lb on the bottom of each AL tank. I think I needed more weight (the usual weight) on my harness.

The only thing I can think of is that this time I'll try and remember a snorkel for possible ocean fun dives.

What are your dates. Sandy, Mike and I are diving on the mainland for a day or two in addition to the expedition. Unfortunately, it'll be kinda expensive.

[deepairmike]

Bring yoke regulators not DIN. The water is 70-80 deg so you will need a 3-5 mill wetsuit, I use a hood also. On really long dives I have to go dry.

[FW]

I have several DIN/Yolk adaptors, if someone needs any.

[sandy]

Can anybody give me a general idea of what I need to bring? Assume that I know I'm bringing my standard dive gear minus tanks and weights, how does everyone handle dive weight? Please touch on any non-obvious items that you can think of.

-Jon

Hi Jon, A few things that may help you.

1. Last June, most of us brought extra weight and then left the weight with Jose who provided us a lot of help during the trip. Seems like I took a 4 or 5 weights in my carryon that added up to 14 pounds or so. I had them on a weight belt in the event TSA questioned it which they did not.

2. Ditto on the hood - In Sin Nombre, it served as protection from the ceiling in low areas which seem to reach out and grab me a few times.

3. Bring 3 or more clothes pins with your name on them. We placed these on each jump that we took in the event someone needed to find us. I will have some extras that you can have.

4. I took a towel to dry off after dives rather than using a house towel.

5. This trip, I will take extra line arrows as they seemed to evaporate last year.

6. We made 2 boat dives in June. I took a rec reg setup which also doubled as a backup for the caves. We also made some beach dives. For those, we just sidemounted with remaining air from our cave dives using either one or two tanks. Depth on the beach dives ranged from 5 to less than 30 feet.

Also in June, we did a practice dive in Aerolito to make sure buoyancy was OK and that we had no other issues. That was a big help for me.

As SG said, she, Mike (Arctic Mike), and I are diving two extra days. We plan to arrive in Cancun Th the 10th and stay at Villa deRosa. On Friday the 11th, we have two non-guided dives planned (using a Villa deRosa driver) before catching the ferry to Coz. Then on Friday the 18th, we ride the ferry back to the mainland and have two more non-guided dives planned (using a Villa deRosa driver). That night, we will drive to Cancun for the evening. Let me know if you are interested and I will get you more information.

[jlillest]

Thanks guys, I never imagined that I'd need a yoke converter for a trip to Mexico. Forrest has me hooked up with a set of them.

I arrive in Cancun on Friday (2/11) at noon. I'd love to meet up and hang out before the trip across to Cozymel, but I'm not set on diving that day. If nothing else, I'll just tag along and provide surface support while you guys dive.

I'm flying out mid-day on Sat (2/19) from Cozymel, so I don't think I'll be leaving the island before my flight. I'll just play that Fri/Sat by ear before my flight.

Depending on how much I can fit in suitcases, I may just plan to dive wet and leave the drysuit at home. I'll plan to bring a handful of cookies, arrows and clothespins that I can use or lend.

-Jon

[Squirrel Girl]

Leisure pro has a sale--line arrows for 50 cents. Do we need some? I have a few extra to bring to the project. But if we need a lot, this could be an opportunity.

[deepairmike]

Sandy will be buying line arrows for the group.

[Squirrel Girl]

Yay!

The NACD approved a grant for our project for Feb 2011! Thanks to Sandy for his efforts in putting together the proposal. We very much appreciate the grant and will produce our results and hopefully have some nice pics as well.

[Arctic Mike]

Sandy will be buying line arrows for the group.

I also have a bunch of arrows donated by Living on the Edge Adventures in Gastonia, NC.

[Squirrel Girl]

I also have a bunch of arrows donated by Living on the Edge Adventures in Gastonia, NC.

I'm told that's a pretty fine outfit. Super cool that they're donating arros!