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    new web site

    hi all just want to invite you all to come visit our new web site http://www.oceanlife.ie let us know what you think :D :D
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    Teach me about free flow

    why not just start with cold water regs ????????????????????????????? i know that when most people start to dine they dont spend too much on equipment but if your going to start diving in cold water (my last dive was 4 c adout 39f) please get the right equipment. my regs are the most expensive...
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    Cold water diving

    river sand bar after my buddies daughter did it to him he didn't realise untill we had reached 18m .on our assent his legs filled up with so much water he had to ditch his weights on the surface to keep his head out of the water till the boat picked us up now we always say your responsible for...
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    Floating Feet - need ankle weights?

    now were all getting silly i think jasonb has got the problem sorted now
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    Floating Feet - need ankle weights?

    i think most of you are missing the point he dose not use a dry suit its a semi dry the suit he uses is not available in the US only in Europe. i have the same problem when i wear mine its not an option to swap to less buoyant booties as the water temp here in Ireland reaches a max of 16 c...
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    Floating Feet - need ankle weights?

    i know what you mean about floaty feet when wearing your scoitia if you check out my avatar you'll see . dont worry about it it stops your feet from damageing anything on the sea bed when you stop. you will have to put a little extra effort in to start moving again but not as much as if you are...
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    Cheap dive in Europe, advice?

    come to kilkee west Clare in Ireland diving is great and will suit all levels there are shallow gullies down to about 18-20 meters and more dramatic pinnacles rising up from 40m+ its quit a busy little sea side town with lots of pubs and b+b's you can hire all the gear and the shop is the...
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    Do you like diving?

    i like diving so much that when i got made redundant 6 weeks ago i turned down 3 jobs earning good money to go work in my local dive centre. the pay isn't great but i'll get to dive almost every day. the weather on the west coast of ireland has been so bad this year that we still havn't been...
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    when will the storms stop

    thats right river rub it in the last time i was in the water was november
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    when will the storms stop

    still waiting to get the boat in the water for the first time this year its got to the stage where i'm wondering if the sea will ever calm downhttp://www.scubaboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37069&stc=1&d=1172761596...
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    400m swim for DM

    i did my 400m swim at sea water temp 15 c none of this using a wall to turn if you cant do it in a straight line you cant do it. its a swim requirement if you need to swim that far its going to be at sea i finished it in 7:48 doing breast stroke but then i was in a club when i was younger...
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    Shark free diving

    i'm on the west coast of ireland and we see sharks on nearly every dive. ok most of them are only lesser sharks like bull hounds or spotted dog fish but every now and again you get to see basking sharks FYI great whites have been spotted of the coast of france in the last couple of years with...
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    DCS @ < 60 feet

    i dove in the bahamas last may and did 1hr 15min at 18-20m (thats about 60ft) on an al 80. when i'm diving in kilkee west clare i use a 300bar (4500 psi) tank and i've been knomn to use this for 2 dives without filling. so i would sat your wrong to think you can't go into deco at 60ft all...
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    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrtgggghhhhhhhhh

    hey dive doc i'm still land locked too. its such a pain in the ***** we had a force 8 blowing straight in the bay all weekend
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    Snorkel Anyone ?

    i always have my snorkel with me when i dive (tucked in behind the knife strap on my leg).i am still waiting for the opportunity to use it. but you know the one time that i leave it behind is the one time i'm going to need it.
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    I HATE cancelling dives

    think of yourselves as lucky here on the west coast of ireland we've had one atlantic storm after another. the last time we got to dive was a search and recovery in october which had to be called midafternoon because of swell last weekend we had a 30 ft swell in the bay i'm doing a shore dive...
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    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrtgggghhhhhhhhh

    don't have any at the moment but i bought my other half a fuji f10 and housing for christmas :-) so i'll be bringing that on the next dive.
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    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrtgggghhhhhhhhh

    we do try to get in in march april but you never know with the weather our best forcast is only 3-4 day's. we have about 40 sites within 25mins of the slip on good days
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    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrtgggghhhhhhhhh

    all of it i dive in killkee west clare the diving when you can get in is amazing walls down to 40m swimthroughs gully's and a sea arch at 15m all on one divesite best time to come is may to september just google kilkee dive centre for info there are loads of b+b's around and 3 hotels in trhe...
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    Aaaaaaaaarrrrrtgggghhhhhhhhh

    hi guy's come live in my world the last time we got to launch the boat was october the best i'll be able to do will be a shore dive to 8m hopefully next weekend living on the west coast of ireland we get it all i'll have some pics to upload soon of the 30 ft waves coming in the bay last weekend
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