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    For Sale Halycon Cannister light Helios 4.5

    Halycon cannister light Goodman handle bolt snap Charger Harness attachment Just testing burn time now Pickup in Sydney great dive light as a lot smaller then the bigger cannister suit young diver or Female $250
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    Drysuit Front Zipper Location

    Front diagonal is the best can self don and take off easily on the boat or when its hot and just wear the bottom part of the suit they usually have suspenders. You can see that it has sealed properly yourself. Still quick to dive again. I live in Australia so we do cold water and warm water...
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    For Sale Halycon Helios 4.1 cannister light

    Halycon Primary light with hands free grip rechargeable dive light. Great for night dives and signalling your buddy on day dives Pickup in Sydney $350
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    For Sale DUI TLS Drysuit GUE Spec front zip

    Custom DUI drysuit TLS to GUE specs has 2 side pockets with drings and bungies pee valve hard soled boots. Very well made Sitech exhaust valve inflator hose. It would suit a small person or female size would be equilavent to a small but more room in shoulders and arms for tanks drills valve...
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    Preparing for Tec-1

    Start using a reel we used one every dive for tech1 and mostly travelling single file. The team has to be in close contact for all drills esecially valve etc
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    Scubapro mk25/s600 or Apeks XTX100??

    Choice is up to you big difference is the hose routing for doubles the scubapro work quiet well not to many tight bends apeks have a few tight turns depending on the 1st stage;. I'm using atx 200 1st and 2nd's on my doubles there are a few different ways to set them up with the rubber enviro...
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    those who have taken tech1

    we had to do vavle drills and s drill every dive. But it is not enough to be able to do them smooth have to keep awarness of team and position at all times. so always looking and thinking. It is compared to underwater chess you have to solve problems underwater. one scenario we had in a team...
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    3-person DIR teams?

    3rd divers big advantage is can hold postion on line or general direction. It is easy to get turned around drift from the line doing an emergency s drill 3rd member can lead other 2 back, take over reel whatever needs to be done for nav. On the DVd george talks about going thru thermocline...
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    Aladin TEC vs. Suunto Vytec

    Hiya Vie, Get the Alladin tec i have been using one the last 6 months most dir people i know are now using them in gauge mode. Main reason is the stopwatch just press the left button when leaving the bottom and can restart it anytime for deco whatever. The software is also pretty cool can...
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    Essentials of Recreational Diving - the DVD

    if u do a course through 5th d are u credited with GUE or not?
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    Tech 1 Question

    I just did tech 1 last week and it is an excellent course they really push you to think while underwater, to resolve failures in the 3 man team. The team work is cruical and the ratio deco is awesome we had to change the plan for a deco dive while on the boat as we had originally planned 2...
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    DIR-F (Singapore/Malaysia) Report

    Sounds like you had fun the hard thing now is finding like minded divers. It took a while here in australia but it is now taking off with www.dir.com.au and some other groups getting organised. vie check out some of the videos on this website mostly Australian caves.
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    Fin Choices

    i did dirf last year on the first day a few people used different fins mares or something but when watching the video u could see jets are much more suited for the kicks especially frog kick. Second day everyone used jets
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    DIR-F in Singapore

    I have done dirf with gideon and also done some follow up dives laying line for other classes, he is an awesome diver and teacher. He has been trying to build something up in Australia and has been really helpful answering questions even when you are not in a class, as there is still currently...
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    IDC Koh Tao

    november koh tao pretty much closed as wet season storms ferrires run only occasionaly
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    Ko_Lipe_thailand

    hiya, Going_to_thailand_sept_oct anyone_dived_ko_lipe_island_recommend_dive_centre thanks
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    DIR Diver...........

    i think people on these forums put pressure on people how hard dirf is saying everyone fails first time. I did mine a few months ago passed first time if u relax do the skills slowly when you get out of trim stop the skill fix your trim and start again later in tech1 they want speed but not in...
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    Gili Islands

    try this place bunnaken island north sulawesi is pretty close to where you are now i think froggies is a good dive centre reef wins awards as most diverse and pristine
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    Gili Islands

    Diving_is_pretty_rubbish_all_the_coral_is_dead_saw_2_white_tips_and_40_minutes_of_dead_coral_also_expensive._I_would_try_nusa_lembogan_some_good_drift_dives_have_mantas_and_coral_still_ok_a_lot_quiter_cheaper...
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    First thread by an old fart

    HiyaFitzy Shop_in_sydney_www.divesydney.com.au_stock_all_the_haylcon_gear_and_run_DIrf_and_tech1_courses_als_have_a_store_at_bondi_go_and_check_em_out
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