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Sogod Bay Trip Report A few months ago I asked scuba boarders for some tips for a first trip to the Philippines. I appreciated those suggestions and so here is a short report for the first third of my trip We(my wife and a friend) flew from Orlando, Florida via Korean Air/Delta...

Hi ! Does anyone know of a business that makes custom wet suits in Cebu? Thank-you !

1.Will stay a couple of months with only the first stop preplanned. 2. Interested in all marine creatures, big and small. 3. Interesting in diving and snorkeling - no other activities needed. 4. Don’t need a beach or a pool. I live in Florida,USA and can do these at home. 5. Luxury resorts and...

Just returned from diving for 10 days or so on Tioman Island, Malaysia, so here is a short report. Tioman Island is located about 30 miles off the southeast coast of peninsular Malaysia . For context, almost all of my previous 200 plus dives have been in the Caribbean-- this was my first dive...

I'll follow up later with a post about diving Tioman Island , but if anybody has any questions I'll try to answer them while I'm here.

Last summer when I was in Cozumel I was snorkeling north of downtown and saw just offshore and in about 5 feet of water a 6 inch or so pipe releasing dark/discolored water. This article in the nytimes about a resort in the Philippines - similar to Cozumel because the population of locals and...

We'll be traveling around the east coast of peninsular Malaysia in April and want to do some diving and snorkeling. The sort of place we are looking for is : 1. resort or lodge that caters to or has mostly scuba divers. We don't care if it has a beach or pool as we live in Florida, USA...

I have recently started diving again after a hiatus of 20 or so years . In the old days cameras on sticks did not exist. In modern diving times I sometimes have cameras on sticks thrust into my field of vision when I am trying(or was trying) to observe something. In addition, I sometimes see...

Recently wrapped up my first two weeks of diving at Cozumel and Xcalak, 10 dives in each place. Everyone here was so helpful with info. provided for a Cozumel first-timer, I thought you might like a report. Flew into Cancun and after a wait of ten minutes or so caught the ADO bus for...

Hi ! When I was first certified in 1975 and again in 1980 there was only one level of certification as an open water diver and it was to 130 feet. 1975-1995 I did a fair amount of Caribbean diving on my 1980 certification, sometimes to 120-130 feet. How can some dive operations now...

Hi ! I've been reading through the Cozumel threads on where to dive and stay but would still appreciate some suggestions from veterans. I'll be staying for up to a month, so I'll want 10-dive packages at a time and maybe want to try more than one operation. Also may take a course or two...