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While this was my tenth trip on The Smiling Seahorse over the past four seasons, it was the first to Myanmar, so I figured I'd share some of the peculiarities of this particular route. The Smiling Seahorse is a liveaboard, designed and operated by a French couple, Franck and Camille, built in...

I'm looking for something cheap to replace my Cressi Travelight which met an untimely end courtesy of an... ignorant person. Got a liveaboard trip to Myanmar coming in a month - I could just rent a jacket, but perhaps it's time to transition to a BP/W setup. However, money is somewhat tight, as...

https://interceptor121.com/2020/06/15/red-sea-2021-underwater-image-makers-liveaboard/ This was originally scheduled for 2020, and I had my spot reserved and paid for, but then COVID hit, and now that it's happening two years later, I can't make it due to a combination of factors. Selling my...

I got certified about five years ago, and initially, I was equalizing like most everyone - pinch my nose and blow into it. However, at some point, during a liveaboard in the Philippines, I got congested after a few days of diving and found myself completely unable to equalize. Fortunately we...

I'm not affiliated with The Smiling Seahorse, except that I've already signed up for this specific trip a few weeks ago (having done five trips with them over the past year), and I was told yesterday that due to cancellations caused by Thailand's new arrivals policy (have to test on arrival at...

Just came off a photography workshop on The Smiling Seahorse; we did Richelieu Rock for ten dives straight (check dive at Yellow Rock at Surin, then transitioned to Richelieu Rock, three dives there, four more the next day, three more the day after that, and then we headed off to Koh Tachai for...

I've been diving for a few years now, I've got two masks - my main is a Mares Liquid Skin, my backup (which I haven't had the need to deploy as of yet, outside of training, but better to have and not need rather than need and not have) is a Scubapro Synergy II Twin. I do not wear a beard, and I...

https://blueotwo.com/search?specials=1&discount_type_code=25-I-800 I can't take advantage of it myself due to Egyptian authorities making problems for guests traveling on Israeli passports, but these prices are hard to beat otherwise.

I'm considering a Galapagos trip in September, but I don't like wearing lots of neoprene, and I'm not qualified for drysuits. Would it be reasonable to dive in 20-22C water in a full-length 3mm plus this thing or something similar?

My Red Sea liveaboard that's already been paid for has just been delayed to 2022, so I'm looking for a bit of diving over the summer. Blue Horizon III is running a special at $966 for a week of diving, with the itinerary consisting of North Male, South Male, North Ari and South Ari. Skyscanner...

Something like 99% of my job is done over internet (IT sysadmin), and since COVID started, I moved to working from home, which, in turn, has opened a new opportunity: working from a good dive location. I have spent this past winter (December through March) on Koh Tao in Thailand, working on...

The battery in my Aeris Elite T3 died, so I went and got a new CR2450, replaced it, and now all the symbols on the display are on at the same time, and none of the buttons do anything. I tried removing and replacing it - same thing. Waited for a couple hours in this state, but there's no change...

I got tech certified last week, and now I'm building my first tech kit. Doing sidemount only - hated BM doubles during the course. The configuration that I was diving during training consisted of an 11L tank with a reg on short hose on my left (right-hand reg, hose going behind my neck...

Got tech certified last week, building my gear set. I'm currently in New York, but living in Israel, I'm looking for regulators that I can get serviced in my country - Scubapro, Dive Rite, Hollis, Mares, Poseidon, Apeks. Need two DIN first stages, two second stages with elbow fittings, long and...

Looking for a used unit, don't care about cosmetic condition, targeting ~$700 without transmitter or ~$900 with one. I'm in New York City for the next few weeks.

I just finished a TDI AN+DP+sidemount course, and in the process, I learned (among other things) that my Aeris Elite T3 is completely inadequate for tech diving, even in gauge mode. The primary issue is that it shows elapsed dive time in hour:minute format only, and when the instructor had me...

I got my PADI AOWD in early 2017, and since then, I've done some 150-ish dives, split between Red Sea (Eilat and Sharm el-Sheikh), Thailand and the Philippines, most of them with a medium-sized camera rig (Sony A6300 with twin lights or strobes). I've done some wreck dives, but nothing serious -...

I just landed in Manila and the airline forgot to load my bag in Athens :mad: - and I have a flight to Cebu in 5 hours followed by a 10-day liveaboard a day later. I have my camera, housing, strobes, lenses and some ports in my carryon, but tray, arms, clamps, and most importantly fiber optic...

Seafrogshousings on Instagram: “This is a new RX1xx series Salted Line underwater camera housing for Sony RX100 VI/V/IV/III cameras. Features: Detachable 2 stage pistol…” Looks like an interchangeable port system (probably the same ports as the A6xxx/A7x housings), vacuum valve port, access to...

Late September to mid-October is holiday season here in Israel, and this year all the holidays (Rosh ha-Shana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah) fall on mid-week, so it's a perfect opportunity for a longer vacation - and this time, I'm considering Philippines as opposed to my usual haunt in...