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Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal 1 was issued for Anilao by 05:00 local time Dec 24. As a result all Anilao dive boats are unable to travel and public and private transfers to PG are cancelled. It’s still flat calm here in Anilao (10 AM) but apparently the local coast guard cancels all Batangas...

I'm trying to find a great dive op. I far prefer 3 longer dives to 4 shorter (e.g. 60 min) dives. Have spent 9 weeks diving Anilao recently but am determined to give some time to PG this trip. Grateful for any suggestions. Thanks.

Anyone know of any macro loving dive ops or guides in Cabo Pulmo, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz or Loreto? I know the focus in these areas is pelagics, but I've been very lucky on other Eastern Pacific trips with pelagics. I'm interesting in seeing some animals I've never seen before including local...

I'm an avid warm water diver who did my first cold water dives in South Africa last spring and loved them. I want to buy a drysuit to take more cold water diving vacations. I'm too cold in my 14mm. Since I have zero drysuit experience, I want to try diving in a rental drysuit first so I don't...

Inspired by reports from Dr. Richard Smith and the DeLoaches, my macro loving friend & I are working on a 3 week dive trip to Japan this July. We've got Hachijo-jima and Okinawa organized but we've been really struggling to book what we hope will be 5 days diving the Izu Peninsula. We were...

Has anyone heard of any "Try Drysuit" days coming up in the GTA or surrounding area? I have not seen any advertised on the dive shop mailing lists I belong to - are they ever organized in Ontario? I'm a recent convert to cold water diving and my 14mm is just not warm enough. Many thanks.

Hi all, None of my friends have significant experience booking multi-stop international flights via Expedia, Travelocity, etc, so I am hoping to get advice from more experienced folks here. My entire life I have avoided booking multi-stop international flights through sites such as Expedia...

Hi folks, I am hoping to get to Sogod Bay either this March or on a future Christmas trip. But dirtfarmer's post about a Sogod op cancelling diving for 2 full days (and counting) got me a bit worried. Except for 1 day of diving cancelled in the Phils due to a really close typhoon, I have not...

Is it possible to retrieve very recently deleted profile posts (e.g. a Trash accessible to someone)? Many thanks.

I am wondering what you feel the best macro dive spots in South Africa are. I have been rumbling around the internet reading ScubaBoard, checking dive op's FB photos and reading about marine bioregions but despite my efforts I don't feel I am making much progress. So I thought I would ask the...

So I'm planning to return to Anilao for 2 weeks diving in mid July and was thinking of relocating to Puerto Galera for 3-4 days in the hope of getting to Verde Isl. I know it's off season and monsoon season (though I am told Anilao is usually not hit). My worry is that there may not be a...

In searching for more information about the 2015 Batu Bolong accident mentioned in Bison Ravi's post, I found this report of an Aug 2014 Komodo dive accident, which I did not see represented here.

A diver on a June 2015 Wind Dancer trip ( Cocos Island, Costa Rica ) has reported being told by the WD Cruise Director that an Okeanos Aggressor guest died recently during a dive. This information appeared in a larger article about the Aggressor fleet by Vanessa Richardson posted on another...

Some bad news for Playas del Coco / Ocotal macro lovers - Maurin the ace macro guide has left Rich Coast Diving and as of the last update I had is working for Riu, the AI out of town. I believe this will make it extremely difficult for individuals to dive with her unless they are staying...

Hi all, I'm getting excited for my first trip to Anilao - have wanted to dive it for years but couldn't pull the logistics together. A couple quick questions re. topside: Is there a big grocery store where I could buy some Western snacks (dark chocolate, etc) on the transfer from Manila to...

Hoping for advice from seasoned Philippines divers. I do not want to relocate to PG but would love to dive Verde Island. An earlier thread seemed to suggest one could charter a bangka from Anilao (where I will be based) to dive Verde Isl. I'm prepared to pay the charter costs and spend the...

Boat is being taken over by WWDS of Siren Fleet, but where was it operating previously? Nearly all of its 2016 schedule is listed as "Full" - know any dive ops or groups who have chartered trips? I guess it's too early to know whether they will be hiring Tahiti-experienced crew.

I am a huge fan of my 5/7 hooded vest - on to my third one and wore it 90% of the time inside my (well-worn) 7 mm when diving anything below 82. Alas my 7 mm up and died this summer and in buying my replacement suit, there was a hooded "over vest" for sale - shorty arms and legs with a hood...

I'm looking at a 4 week land-based Costa Rica dive trip in Dec 2014, centred in Playa Ocotal, and am hoping for some advice from divers who have been there. Background: I have dove Cocos, Malpelo, multiple trips to Galapagos. I believe the best land-based CR diving is the Bat and Cat...

A friend of a friend recently saw a Melibe colemani which rekindled my hopes that some time in my lifetime I may personally lay eyes on one of these beauties. I am also about to embark on my 4th trip to Lembeh and I thought I read the Phyllodesmium rudmani was discovered there, but every time I...