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Please do not attempt to take training at NE Coast during off season. Water is already cold for most people and having waves is the norm as we approach winter, though you will be able to find people/shops who will convince you otherwise ("it's okay la....dont worry la...". Please do not...

It's been awhile. Not sure if I've posted my upgraded version, but here it is again with addtional info: - Pole: Fotopro QP903L $10 (this is the pole I would only use nowadays. The whole thing is still amazingly invincible after 100 dives in salt water. There's only slight corrosion inside the...

Scubaboard gets bad reputation and is victimized every time some over-enthusiastic product defenders try and make their random points in every thread they can get to "share" their passion. It gets to a point where reading SB becomes unnecessarily annoying and annoyingly unnecessary to any...

Student drowns during last OW training dive (Taiwan, July 31, 2016) Media article (Chinese): 最後一堂潛水課... 女學員溺斃 - 社會 - 自由時報電子報 Summary: - group of 2 instructors, 2 students, 1 diver - the drowned student is 34yo female; it was their last OW training dive (shore, North-East Cape of Taiwan) - the...

I've used a Jacket BCD and now a donut wing, and I see no differences at all. And this is also a common "concern" that does not exist really, because a diver would had to make so many mistakes to land himself into a situation where he worries about the unnecessary (ie. lost in the sea, being...

Sure I've tried the original FF. I also have friends who have the tan delta. They can kick really fast without moving a meter. So, this is also about choice of style. Some swimmers prefer freestyle, some frogkicks. But it is too misleading to just say "this is the best fin in the world". There's...

Just wanted to have some confirmation on the medical theory is all. I also noticed that many people tend to burp or even throw up a little when surfaced.

gag reflex, yes. Non-smoker.

I've read many old threads on vomiting, and I could not find any notion of dry air being a factor to vomiting. My instructor told me that dry air does trigger vomiting when your throat get too dry for some people, and I also noticed this to be true, for me anyway. Can anyone confirm if dry...

Wear FF and now go tow your buddy for 50 meters ;)

No matter what the fin design is, the basic law of physics still applies: Force = Mass * Acceleration, and FF are just too lightweight. I have been taught well that it is best to minimize your body movement underwater. That's why I'll stick with jet fins. Scuba diving is not swimming, and you'll...

Just a heads up: the Group page has been moved to a new PAGE (instead of a group format that requires members): 潛水安全資訊 Scuba Safety Taiwan

$500 A NIGHT! With China's provocation strategy this year of cutting down their tourist quota to Taiwan, we are expecting to see many greedy hotels/hostels to go bankrupt. CAN. NOT. WAIT. :happywave: More reasons why we just don't go Kenting anymore. And in the summer it is just tooooo hot for...

I suggest you check out 墾丁潛水 It's an old dive center but is decent/trustworthy. Our group stayed there twice. Their website lists price for bunk bed is NT$300 per person. Location to shore or harbor...will require 5 minute driving. They have trucks to help you get there. Nasty thing about...

Excellent footage. Thanks for sharing. It also confirms that I need to practice my focus skill with the MacroMini......... Any tips that you can share? I've tried to practice at home but it never turned out the same when I am underwater :eek: EDIT: I read your other thread. Good tips :D

The only thing I've found so far was just a small torch. Not a bad find, right? Well, after the dive, we waited at the boat at the dive site for some 30 minutes, I thought we were just waiting for the next dive. THEN, one guide jumped back in and up (I didn't care to ask), and then I said to...

According to the official data (Ministry of Interior, Taiwan), the # of diver fatalities in the recent years: 2014: 17 2015: 13 2016: 2 so far The database infrastructure for water related incidents was only completed at the end of 2012. All prior record were paper based with limited...

So I decided to create a FB public group, mainly to provide more information for the Taiwan scuba community because our information here is very limited. Log into Facebook | Facebook I've created a chart of fatalities with details from the past (or whatever that I could find on the internet)...

No further news so far, but I was talking to my instructor the other day about this incident, and this was when he told me something shocking about this dive center. I then googled its history with diving incidents. Here are the findings: 1999-07-23: group of 6 divers got drifted into sea; 4...

1 USD = approx 32 NTD (New Taiwan Dollar) Better dive sites are in the south: Kenting is the national marine park, has huge area of beautiful coral reefs. Visiability is medium. The other 3 southern islands have far better visibility, and are popular dive sites for vacation. You can find videos...