dueller thanks for the input. unlike any of the hawaiian islands you dont have to deal with distance or elevation. big island is just that BIG! maui is big and both have summits that can seriously affect your trip flying/diving/going to summits to sightsee. good thing i dumped the bucks on a scubapro dive meter/decompression meter. shows correct times to fly,
dive, decompression stops and even a safety stop. not some drunken bar statement that can get you bent real quick.
im a member of DAN. real helpful also on recommending good quality safe shops. damn helpful when g/friend sustained really bad mask squeeze off maui and ruptured all the blood vessels in her eyes. that was a sight for a month! a simple 1800 number puts you in touch with dive doctor. not some clown who thinks hes a doctor........a real diving doctor familiar w/all diver problems. also they can blast you out on a pressurized go fast jet to nearest chamber.
diving in baja, should you get bent.............YOUR SCREWED!
i caught something somewhere that the brits maintain a hyperbaric chamber on barbados. not confirmed yet but by the time i leave, i'll know the closest one.
thats whats cool about hawaii, you have the u.s. navy chamber right at pearl. real helpful should things go real wrong. same with diving pudget sound/san diego. both maintain chambers there.
havent been bent thank god and dont plan on it. but i do want to know where chamber is in case.
lots of photographers get bent because they get absorbed in their subject and dont pay attention to whats going on. my audibles on my scubapro wrist meter will wake the dead, if i overstep any boundaries. pretty much plan your dive on it and then go dive your plan and if you are led astray by depth or ascent times it warns you by visual and LOUD AUDIBLE!!!! really loud!
then i can come back home or hotel and download all my dives from day one when i purchased it. pretty cool and well worth the bucks.
