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I'm thinking of replacing my BCD and had shortlisted the TravelPac as a possible replacement. I know its possible to still buy them but does anyone know anything about the replacement product? A google search doesn't reveal anything for me. Thanks, Richard

Hi Folks, For the last 15 years or so I have been diving with a traditional style SeaQuest BCD. Although it has served me well I think it's probably time to replace it. My general requirements are quite simple. I will always be diving in warm water with a single tank and will be travelling to...

Thanks folks. It sounds like either location would be a good choice - we are definitely after a chilled out dive resort rather than a larger luxury hotel. I like the idea of S. Leyte but I think I will need to check with our liveaboard operator to see what time we will disembark and how early we...

Thanks for your replies Centrals and xrcjdx.

Hi, My wife and I are booked on a liveaboard trip at the end of Nov that starts and ends in Cebu. After the trip we have another 4 days/5 nights before flying home. We are looking for a resort that would offer us a nice mix of diving including reefs and macro and the chance to chill out for a...

Hi Flybo8, We visited the resort as part of a package spending 4 days at their Lembeh resort and 9 days in Weda. I can't remember the exact cost but thought it was good value. I think their website Weda Reef & Rainforest Resort - Best Diving and Birding in Halmahera will have prices. We...

There have been a few posts mentioning Weda Resort in the last few weeks so I thought people might be interested in this video that I've just put together of a very enjoyable trip there a while ago. Richard

Hi Ruth, I've visited Halmahera twice, the first time on a liveaboard trip from Ternate to Sorong and the second time we stayed at Weda Resort. On the liveaboard trip we visited a diverse range of sites in a variety of island groups - Makian, Goraichi, Kasiruta, Bacan and Pisang Island. The...

Hi Bill, I did a combined trip to Lembeh and Weda Resort a couple of years ago which I thoroughly enjoyed. I haven't written a trip report and am yet to get round to editing my video from the trip but I'm happy to answer any questions you might have. Richard

We dove the Yongala for a couple of days last Nov. I'd definitely say an extra day is worth it as by then you will know your way around the wreck and can concentrate on the areas that interest you most - we would have happily dived it many times more. I think we dove on a Sat/Sun but since...

Hi nh16, We had the good fortune of doing two days diving on the Yongala in Nov of last year out of Alva Beach and it was truly fantastic. We've been lucky to dive in many wonderful spots and it's definitely a candidate for the best dive site we've ever done. Here's a couple of videos which...

Glad you enjoyed it - I certainly enjoyed making it and filming it even more.

We were lucky enough to do a combine road/dive trip to Australia last October visiting Ningaloo Reef, the GBR and the wreck of the Yongala. Here are my dive videos from the trip. The first one is from a liveaboard onboard Shore Thing based in Coral Bay, Ningaloo. This is from a day trip out...

Here are a couple more videos from our trip to Australia last October. This first one is from a day trip out to Agincourt Reef from Port Douglas. This second one is from a series of four dives we did on the SS Yongala out of Alva Beach. I've included two versions, the second attempts to give...

Hi, Here's a video from a very enjoyable trip onboard the Shore Thing diving on Ningaloo Reef. I hope you enjoy it, Richard

Hi jt17, The places I've been to that are most like Triton Bay are Raja Ampat and Komdo. I would say that the diving in Raja Ampat was overall a bit better as the diving was more consistently good whereas in Triton Bay it was a bit more hit and miss with some of the sites suffering from bad...

Thanks - the quality of the dive sites certainly helps. I've been lucky enough to dive in plenty of places but I have to say that the Little Komodo dive site in Triton Bay is one of the very best I've ever visited.

Triton Bay - Little Komodo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlJuys1xitU Ambon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh1IVRRijRM North Ambon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYKhqkmYOak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnfFyCJTkfE Richard

I had the good fortune to go on a liveaboard trip on borad the Raja Ampat Explorer at the end of last year travelling from Triton Bay to Ambon. I've finally got round to editing some of the hours of video I took and thought I would share some samples. Triton Bay - Little Komodo...

Hi gee13 - I'm afraid I don't have any stills of the mantas, it's the first time we've dived with Mantas at night so we were too excited to think about id shots! We were on a two week trip so pretty much visited all the central atolls going from North Male Atoll to Ari Atoll then down to Felidhe...