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Hi all, who has been shore diving in Europe and knows a nice destination? We would like to go for 2 weeks of easy shore diving in August/September. Ideally there would be dive shops to rent tanks from and easy acess to beaches (think Curacao for those who have been there). I was thinking about...

thanks for the reply! i am planning to visit Brazil and possibly Uruguay / Argentina, i have quite some time but need to look a bit on the budget so fernado de noronha, as much as i would love to go , will most likely not be possible. For now i found out a little about diving on ilha grande not...

Hi everyone, are there any hubs for diving in south America? places like Puerto Galera and other is Asia? it will be my fist time in the Americas so all tips are highly appreciated. cheers

hey mapper, looks like a really interesting project and i had a look over your web page. unfortunately it does not tell me too much about what you are really planing to do apart from the fact that you need funding for various devises. do you want to use the netting etc for ground truthing of...

perhentians are definatly a choice for easing snorkeling all around the islands. especially the big island might island as it is more couple orientated than the small. apart from diving/ snorkeling and some hiking there is not much to do. trips to the highlands of penissular malaysia would...

wow people! i'm impressed with the amount of people who told theire story and ideas in just hours time. it's helping for sure! will keep you updated how this quittig thing is going but already seeing only the prositive side of it. sure there will be some more dificult moments, but so be it:)...

excellent ! hartstikke bedankt voor de uitgebreid uitleg (much thanks for the thorough elaboration )! that is really interesting and i am curious how long it will take me to completely replace the ceremonie of smoking ( already have some ideas ). it really can’t be that hard.....

what you are saying there currier is exactly my trouble. i only need to smell beer and that is it. sounds ridiculous i know. good to know that more people feel like this. this smoking while drinking method is surely better than nothing.but completly stopping with drinks really seems the only...

Hello everyone, i have been smoking since roughly the age of 14 (now 31). i have only once quit smoking. last year around christmas. i had no cravings whatsoever for about 7 days and than i had a beer. i was sold, instantly i wanted a smoke and stupid enough i gave in. since than i was...

hi everyone, i would like to hear our opinions on the following dive computer related topic. i have a suunto d4 that i had to send in after 1.5 years because it was resetting itself, than the wristband broke ( now fixed with cable ties ), next 2 of the screws that hold the wristband came of...

i can only second the above. Not much is left in SEAsia after all bills and expenses are covered. In Europe 1000 - 1500 earnings with 200 - maximum 500 a month left after all is paid (that was a lake in Germany not the med)

Hi everyone, as the season should have started i would like to know what the current situation is like? Has anyone already been there? How is the viz? Any new resorts open? Are they now really building paved paths through the jungle? What's going on with shark bbq and turtle egg sales...

thanks everyone for the suggestions! i have been to the Berlengas and loved it even though we did not went sub zero back than ;) will give all your ideas a thought! and cheers to Redshift for the link to the sunken vessels. an amazing project from many perspectives!!!

Hi everyone, I will be free for 2 weeks and need to get wet;) has anyone been diving in Portugal (mainland) around Christmas and knows of operating Dive Shops? Could you advice shops that are open on the Canary's ? Thanks, Chris

Hi everyone, i am looking for the seemingly rare 180 xstream first stage to pair it with a Jetstream 2nd. Does anyone have such an item for sale or know where to look? Regards, Chris

here is an image of the regulator.

I own a Sherwood regulator and would like to know the exat model. The US patent number of the first stage is: 426257 US patent number of the second stage is: 350652 Is anyone able to help me finding out which model it exactely is?

A story I want to share. It was before my time as instructor andabout 2 years ago. A dive in tropical water, a pinnacle, Ihave been there before 5 or 6 times, open ocean and some currents. Already two things were wrong before weeven entered the water. I did not like my buddy personally...

super, thanks to everyone for the explanations!

hey everyone, i was wondering this for a while and cant seem to really figure it out. when descending during a freedive, of course, divers need to equalize according to the surrounding pressure at the give depth they are. while ascending than the air in their body expands again and should push...