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North point pinnacle. It's usually done as a first dive or for more experienced divers while the others do North point. It starts at about -20m+ depth.

A pair of false teeth! But it got better, when I surfaced I saw a speedboat circling around. Some old dutch guy in it with his son. The son shouts 'hey have you seen my dads teeth he spat them out by accident?'

It's a small bay on the South side of Island no.9. It's usually used as a night dive as boats moor up in the bay and dive north point or christmas point in the morning. No other name as far as I can remember and you probably won't find it on Similan dive site maps.

Realistically nobody is going to walk off their liveaboard after all the money spent on the trip, even if it looks sub standard. However, there are some things you can do by taking personal responsibility. If the safety briefing is useless or non existent scope out the boat yourself. Check where...

https://divernet.com/world-dives/middle-east/survivors-speak-after-fatal-red-sea-boat-fire/ Research your boat! Go with a company with a good track record and ask loads of questions before you book. This kind of half assed crap is happening to much.

There's always going to be an element of trust unless you can go and pick the gear up physically and hand over cash. I've bought and sold lots of stuff through facebook groups however and never had a problem. Divers are a fairly honest bunch :wink:. Handy thing with Facebook is you can check...

I doubt theres any good shore diving and as far as I know Oceandivers is one of the only active dive shops doing trips in Dublin. Because of costs and conditions there are not many dive shops in Ireland full stop. Most established ones are along the west coast and Antrim. Your probably talking...

If you are heading west https://www.scubadivewest.com/ have single dive boat trips and really good shore diving. Stunning scenery and beaches right by the dive shop so the non diver should be happy enough for an hour or two.

https://www.oceandivers.ie/ Not as good as the west coast but still some decent diving around the islands and a good chance of seeing seals.

Well I did my very first dives in Nice 25 years ago and apart from sponges there was absolutely nothing to see!:cool: I'd say it's down to chronic overfishing along with historic pollution more then rising temperature.

El nino definitely contributes, thats why they're strong every few years, but can happen any year from wind effects. I saw it happen plenty down there and the knock on effect was usually some cool marine life sightings.

It's not a thermocline. It's nutrient rich coldwater upwelling from the depths. Actually very good for productivity and will increase the chance for some big species like stingrays and guitar sharks along with abundant fish. Not so great when it's happening though as it's bloody cold and viz is...

Freediving fins or at least a good pair of full foot fins along the lines of cressi frogs. Don't try doing it with arms in front of your head. If you're not used to swimming like this it will tire you out, it will also likely interfere with your snorkel. Use a simple snorkel tube. No purge or...

As a former Liveaboard tour leader I would honestly advise to not book any liveaboard that combines divers and snorklers. The truth is you will always come second. You will have to work around diving schedules and dive sites which are often too deep or totally unsuitable for snorklers. Like the...

A 'conventional Octo' should be nothing less then a fully functioning Regulator, no different from your primary. Granted it works ok as an inflator but it's a bit cumbersome and it's a lot heavier and so will be prone to knocking against things when you are diving with good trim. That is unless...

I've taught quite a lot of courses and It's always easier to have the same gear set up as the students. Especially in intro/OW courses. Regarding buying another BCD, No. The dive shop shoud be providing this, at least for the confined water part of training. On another note, if you can afford...

Has anyone on here been diving on the Greek Island of Kos? I know it's not going to be amazing but I'm planning a family holiday there and usually do at least four dives on holiday and a few with the kids. Any recommendations for dive sites or operators much appreciated.

Nautica Vis town. Brilliant Dive centre. Dive teti and the B-24 like said above but don't overlook the reef and cavern dives. Nova posta and bili bok were both great dives and I'm sure there are many more like it.

I have a fairly new model of the mch6. From what i can see the parts number is the same so I've ordered the filter. I'll post on here, if it works, for the benefit of the community.👍

I paid extra to dive the best site in Nha thrang, this was years ago and it was very poor back then so God knows what it's like now. I just googled diving Da Nang for the hell of it and got this immediately :rofl3:...A picture speaks a thousand words...