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If you are correctly weighted in fresh water and want to jump in the ocean, just weigh yourself with all gear and add between 2.5 and 3% to allow for the increased buoyancy of the salt water. Whatever weight you are and whatever volume you displace, you will have reached equilibrium in fresh...

Most of these electronic locks have a master code and can set use codes. The cleaners will have the master code, it allows them to enter after you have left and will never change but the use code that they give you would change every user. If multiple units they can have single cleaner/master...

I came to Moalboal, Philippines just before the lockdown started here. Had a 110 day surface interval then we were able to resume diving, I go 3 days a week since mid July.

Put me right in the middle of the camp that believes that a foreigner should always be very careful about making sure that all conditions of your visa are in order and yo u follow all local laws. People who work on a tourist visa then get deported deserve that and they deserve the losses that...

The metric that you measure and track will be the one that will improve. I found that really works is to calculate my SAC after every dive. If I am higher than usual I look at the reasons, stronger current or some other factor on my dive that contributed to the increased consumption...

I have been on the surface waiting for the divers to assemble, deflated then switched from snorkel to my reg at about a half metre deep. About half the time I get away with it, the other half I get laughed at.

Current rules are that it is very difficult to get out 0oe manila to anywhere else. I would recommend flying into Cebu if you want to come to Moalboal. To come from Manila to Cebu, you need a health check, a police clearance, permission from the receiving Barangay, from the receiving municipal...

When my son was taking his advanced course in Lake of the Woods Canada he kicked my mask off. Didn't touch the reg, just hit my mask with the fin. We had gotten too close to look into a hole, I managed to grab the mask before it floated away, replaced it cleared it and he never knew that he...

Don't count on October for being able to travel in the Philippines. I am here and betting on into the New Year for easy travel. ( I hope am wrong but...) However the tourist associations are pushing for tourism to become an "essential" industry. I suspect that will mean that you will have to...

Back in the 90's I took my OW at a resort in Jamaica. The instructors were 6 in the smallest hotel room (bunk beds), not allowed to eat with the guests and could only eat from the lowest end buffet restaurant. and needed to save for about 6 months to get home at the end of the season. Six...

Metro Manila and Cebu City just went back one quarantine level for 2 weeks. I don't see travel for foreigners or even inter-provincial travel for locals to open up much before the New Year, but that is just my wild ass guess. They may relax and make the quarantine restrictions a little more...

Official numbers in the Philippines are about the same as in Canada which has only one third of the population and is held up as a good example of Covid response. If the official numbers are near accurate, then the Philippines has done a remarkable job in controlling the virus given the often...

If you have a residential visa, not clear yet on what types of visas this covers, you will be allowed to return after 1 Aug subject to having pre-booked test and quarantine facility. Also this will be subject to priority being given to Filipinos returning so you can get bumped. (I know of a guy...

I seriously doubt if there will be easy tourist entry or internal travel in the Philippines by then. Manila and Cebu City are on tight lock down until end of July and I expect that this will continue well into Aug with gradual relaxation after that. Still reports of people stranded at the...

I am reading this as allowing retirement visas. I have SRRV, Special Residential Retirement Visa, so I might be allowed back if I left. They are not issuing any more tourist visas.

NCR National Capital Region, i.e. Metro Manila Strictest level is ECQ Enhanced Community Quarantine, basically complete lockdown MECQ is Modified, some relaxing of rules. GCQ General Community Quarantine MGCQ the most relaxed state of quarantine, almost to a new normal. It comes in two flavours...

West Hawk is the one dive site where I have the most dives. It is handy and close to where I lived, lots of diving there including a lot of train9ng dives. It is where I have done all my ice diving as well. Sad to hear about another facility there.

Diving on a limited basis has restarted in Moalboal Cebu province. I had my first dive on Saturday and went again on Sunday. Right now it is only shore dives so with two sites available, left or right, I will spread out my diving to keep it fresh. I am diving with Cebu Dive Centre and the left...

Fir new divers I'd advise spluitting your gear into 4 roughly equal dollar valus groups. First is the personal stuff, the stuff that has to fit and is in contact with your body and small stuff that is often not available in rental gear. You should get this about as soon as you certify OW. Even...

I hope he doesn't find out by reading the OP.