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My friend and I are looking to visit Cebu. We are sadly limited in time, so 10 nights in total on Cebu is an option. Because of the flight arrival we cannot go to Panglao or Malapascua on the same day. And we want to see the sardines in Moalboal and the Whalesharks in Oslob. We have made a...

Exactly what you write about bmi. Are 'fat' divers directly out of shape? Not everybody with a bmi of 30 is really obese. And some can run 10km or more, so are really in a good condition. And what is out of shape? If a normal diver who can use arms and legs cannot carry his own gear, then you...

No. As long as people who are really healthy and sportive fall dead during football, running, etc, a dive medical will not help. Is it your time, it is your time. A self check list with some risk factors is not bad. The list you have now already.

I have been there in 2020. We made an appointment with a divecenter in Golfo Aranci before we went there. On arrival, we went directly with our rental car from the airport to the divecenter and then us was told they were full because a group also did an inquiry and that fitted the owner better...

Looks like a photosynthetic blue/purple sponge. Did you found a lot there?

I read it here. I have met Jared and Lamar during my ccr instructor course with Tom Mount. As I had a leak in my Inspiration ccr, we repaired it at Diverite. A big loss.

Yes, I had this in 2015 when they had problems with the cable of the 2020 handset. The first cables were crap and everybody got them broken. I have asked them 4 times to replace the cable just in case, but they refused. When mine broke, I was 2 weeks left from my full trimix instructor exam for...

6-7 weeks for repair is now the time they need. A friend got the same answer for another broken part. But your unit or handset is almost new, so I would sent it back over the USA person and then it will be repaired for sure. It is just a pity you have to dive 7 weeks oc again.

For me no luxery needed. Only cheap local food is ok. I only take local food most times when I travel to exotic places. This is better and if they try to make a pizza in a taco country, the pizza will not taste well ;) Further, 6 people per guide is a lot as already mentioned. Options for...

That sounds good. So if we go again, let me know which dive center you used.

That is nice. They asked in Tulum over 150 for a 2 dive trip to Cozumel. And this was depart at 8 a.m. from Tulum, and back already around 2 p.m. This means rushing to do 2 dives. They said max 40-45 minutes per dive. So the reason not to go for us. We stayed in Tulum as we go there for the...

You cannot compare the Carribean to the Coral Triangle. The more you go west from the Coral Triangle, the less life is found. The Carribean are then the worst in case of life. But it can be still beautifull. An important question for choosing Cozumel is: do you also want to dive the cenotes...

If you do this 3 times in 1 day, the Suunto will give you really more penaltytime on the 3rd dive. But with 2 dives not. Also the next day, the first 2 dives are ok. The first one the Suunto gives you more time, the second dive, the differences are smaller, but then, Suunto is way more...

Strange you have too much conservatism with the Novo. The old zoops got deco under the shower. I own a D5 from Suunto, a great price I won. But the first stopped working during a dive and showed under water: fatal system error, contact your suunto dealer. It had warranty, so I did. I got a new...

Agressor was also the company I believe that did not help the divers when a boat of them sunk in Egypt. So for me no agressor.

I have seen a diver with IPE twice in my life. In 1 case it was my own instructor we had to take out of a cave. Of course, under water we did not know what was wrong, only he shouted 'go out' in the loop and was not able to swim anymore. So we pulled him out. At surface he was wheezing like hell...

Be aware of 'techtrips'. Some are not and you have paid for something you don't get. Friends of me booked a tec liveaboard last november in Egypt. But the boat was not full and the owner decided to put recreational divers also on it. The technical divers were asking and asking again at least the...

The first question is: what is for example 10 minutes of omitted deco? it is a very big difference if you dive 100/100 buhlmann or 50/70 for example. If you just look to NDL tables, the DCIEM gives you only 15 minutes on air at 30m. But naui or padi tables for example give you 20 minutes of...

Last week we went diving in an old mine. It was a 250m way down to the water. And we dove with rebreathers and trimix, so it was a 4 times walk to get everything at the water. I was a little bit unlucky with a leaking neckseal, so my drysuit flooded suddenly at 65m depth. Because I could not...

I don't have that problem that you mention. I have 2 tecline 490 (really old and a new one), one bz400 from Santi, the thickest version from MolaMola and all the dump the same. Only with the MolaMola I need 1kg of weight more. I have used them with drysuits from Avatar, Santi, Otter and Procean...