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Love the comments....I have not been on SB for some time, having too much fun! in Tonga...LOL?? Our 2013 crew in their words had the best time of their lives...living the life living and diving from their own uninhabited tropical island , hunting wrecks, surveying sites, swimming with...

WOW. .broad question..if it is flat bottom you will have some fun with a sidescan sonar for sure, so buy the best one your budget allows??? for Magnetometer go with Marine Magnetics EXPLORER Overhauser system..easier to use and very sensitive and VERY handy...for hand held stuff on the bottom...

We have three Aquascan units and one Fisher Pulse 8....we always use the Aquascan!!..brilliant....

We have a Marine Magnetics Explorer mag using in the Kingdom of Tonga chasing "Spanish" wrecks....the inside Pyrex Glass Bottle of the Overhasuer sensor cracked on one of the inside edges where the sensor coils are wound onto the bottle..the leaking fluid then ate the electronics....it was a...

Big Mistake!!..Hard to beat for first holiday..some of the best dives of my life there!!

This is how bad it can get!! In China..a girl had just learnt to swim in previous 12 months, never snorkeled, signed up for a PADI OW course, watched a Padi DVD in class for 1 hour, then 2 x 2 hour sessions in a 2mtr deep pool, then one boat dive to 10 mtrs...she was then given a PADI OW...

This is a NON paying position.from April 2014 through to at least OCT..in fact you will have to pay your own airfares to Tonga, plus another $250 a week ($1000 a month) towards your living costs. You will live on an uninhabited tropical island, or on your boat, a 24ft Trophy 2359 pilot house...

This is a NON paying 6 month project in the Pacific.from April to Nov. 2014...you MUST have shot "film and television" before and be minimum OW diver with at least 60 dives..the topside shooting is as important as the underwater footage. You will be part of a 10 person team with two dive boats...

Just an update..Just bought another "fast dive boat" for Tonga project and will be looking for a volunteer Capt for that...check out google images on a " Tropyh 2359" and you will see the type of boat...this needs a permanent diving minder/capt as part of our team...it arrives in Tonga April...

My Last "SHIP" was 136ft long 1960 build..600 tonnes, ICE rated, bought it for $750,000. in Finland..spent $750,000 fixing it up with helipad, chamber etc..had a ball for three years in Antarctica and treasure hunting in Philippines..BUT you have to be very careful...the cash flow and outgoings...

LOL..I thought of doing this a few months ago...mapping 9 datum points on a 200 year old wreck site...I used a GPS on the surface, me swiming with a drop line to the bottom..had a foam kickboard float for the GPS ...I thought that should be the "next" dive gadget..an underwater GPS with a...

SUCKS!..having been up close and personal to a shark attack on my crew last year...we still all LOVE sharks...she survived and is Passionate about sharks and whales and everything in the ocean as we all are...totally ashamed to be an Aussie!!... :(

Just Completed the season in Tonga, Great diving, whales, archeological surveys and finds!!! now back in Fiji..we located two wrecks and confirmed positions of three more ..still can't talk about some things yet, but the Dive Team..10 in Total, had an awesome time!..check out the BLOG and...

Not free, but if you are up for an adventure you should check out www.bluetreasure.me web site and blog...we have wrecks and will locate more...!! putting together another expedition dive team for August/Sept next year on Nomuka IKI...the whales are way cool and this year we picked up some...

A totally awesome.."Just the right size" Bronze cannon!! a 1.3mtr Falcon. Now to make the carriage and put it in the Garden!!...funny thing after all this time with some too big and some too small ? now I have a shiny just right one, what do you really do with a cannon...but I am not...

We just spent five months in Tonga and did a lot of Manta tows looking for wrecks that the locals said were "over there!"..but only with free divers who could stay under three minutes..quite fast too, as no gear to drag...BUT our vis is 30 mtrs so very easy and most just done with the diver...

Been sailing all my life and used plenty of Little Bauer Juniors that go forever...they are great....If short of $$ and you hear a compressor in the anchorage go ask for a fill...most boat owners are usually friendly..there is an interesting Chinese brand selling heaps of units local and...

The "Professionals"??..you gotta be kidding me..this is disgusting and should be a serious embarrassment to all involved with that program and on that boat..they just do not get it hey!!...and all their sponsors should do more than blush!!..I hope they get a BIG viewer backlash killing such a...

Good to see so many trained in one..so now think about telling the skipper of every dive boat you go on ( if they do not have one) that "it may save a life one day" so?? ..we carry one on our dive opperations...and would hate to be without it now.

"Ditch weight, Oral inflate"...always singing in my mind!!!