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Hi all - I dived the HMAS Brisbane in November and have written up a trip report here. Hope you enjoy!

Hi all - any recommendations for good books on identifying sea life in Australian waters? Ideally an ebook but paper also ok.

Hey all - I spent a few days diving in Caye Caulker earlier this year and wrote about the trip here: Scuba Diving in Caye Caulker, Belize - Nothing but Scuba Cheers Ross

Hey all Has anyone been on the indo aggressor and have positive/negative reviews? Likewise any experience of the Komodo Deep South itinerary in December? Thanks

My partner and I recently moved (back) to Sydney and want to dive more regularly now we're living nearer warmer waters. We're both drysuit certified though my partner struggles a bit with the cold water and drysuit faff - so warmer water is generally preferred. We have a trip up to the...

Hey all - I took a trip to dive Scapa Flow back in 2021 with all of seven drysuit dives under my belt. At the time I wasn't sure diving there was even possible with such little experience but was grateful to the many internet sources that convinced me otherwise. I've now written about my...

Hi all - I’ll be in Brazil from the end of this month for about 2-3 weeks. We’re still to work out our itinerary but I’m keen to try and fit in a few dives. Where are the best spots to dive in Brazil?

Hi all - after some helpful advice from everyone in this thread, we dived in a couple of cenotes with Under the Jungle at the end of January. It was an awesome day and I've written up a trip report here for anyone interested. Cheers Ross

Hi all - I recently spent a few days diving in Cozumel as part of a bigger backpacking trip in Central America. My trip report is here. More reports to come later on our other dive spots in Central America! Let me know if you have any thoughts, feedback or questions. Cheers Ross

I'm going to be in Mexico in January. We're spending some time in Cozumel and Tulum and I'm thinking about a few dives in the cenotes. Me and my partner are both relatively inexperienced in the grand scheme of things, ~50-60 dives each, though in a reasonably large variety of conditions (eg...

Hi - I’m planning a trip to Central America next year. I’ll probably spend 6-8 weeks travelling from Mexico to Panama checking out various dive spots along the way. I like wrecks. Particularly those with an interesting story / history. Are there any must-dive wrecks off the CA coast (east or...

Hi all - I recently spent a few days in Ischia in Italy. The trip was mostly for topside activities but I also took one day for a couple of dives. I've written about it on my blog below. Hopefully this is helpful for anyone else considering travelling to Ischia. Cheers Ross...

Hi all - I recently spent a weekend diving in Portofino on the Italian Riviera. I've decided to start writing up my dive trips and posting them on a blog - both for a bit of writing practice but also hopefully so someone else gets some benefit from the information. All feedback is welcome...

In recent dives I've been trying to cut down my weight. I feel like I'm making good progress as I'm a lot more comfortable generally through the dive and I'm putting a lot less air in my BCD. But it's not right yet. The one area where I still struggle a little is at the safety stop...

I'm currently reading Mark Powell's Deco for Divers and I'm very much at the beginning of my learning about the finer details of decompression models. I also just finished reading the excellent thread in the technical forum re: bubble models v gradient factors. When divers talk about the...

Hi, When a patient is admitted to a hyperbaric chamber and pressurised to say 18m, are they given 100% oxygen or a lower oxygen mix to account for oxygen toxicity? If the former, how does the chamber prevent oxygen toxicity? Thanks

Hi all - looking for your honest opinions on the below: I'm currently an average land photographer. I've only ever used an old GoPro 3+ underwater but I'm keen to upgrade and try to take some proper photos. The cheapest housing I can find for my current DSLR (Nikon D5500) is £1k (Nimar) so it...

Hi - I'm going to be in Thailand at the end of October visiting family. I'm looking at ducking away for a liveaboard trip to the Similan islands but given it'll be the start of the season, will it be worth it? I've read that some of the smaller boats might be called off if the weather is bad -...

Hi all - I'm looking at buying myself a Garmin Descent Mk1 (unless they release a Mk2 shortly...) for my first dive computer. I'm into my triathlon (currently have the Garmin Fenix 3HR, which I love) so I'm justifying the cost to myself because I'll use it as my day to day watch and for sports...

Hi all - looks like I might have around nine days in Sri Lanka just before Christmas. Looking to cram in as many dives as possible but also see some of the topside. A rough route I'm looking at is: 2 days Colombo for wrecks, 2 days inland for some hiking/scenery, 2 days Hikkaduwa, 2 days...