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Bonaire; having had 30 dives will mean you will really enjoy it. PNG would be too much too soon IMO, 300 dives to get the best out of there. Enjoy! Seadeuce

2005 140 Sport 2006 91 Sport 2007 Probably around the yearly average of 90+ First one of the year planned for Jan. 14th. Last dive was Dec. 29th. Great to have a Drysuit :-)) Seadeuce

You could check if http://www.oceandivers.ie are operating that early in the year. They regularly dive all the Dublin dive sites. Seadeuce

Good post, and some good replies also. Won't repeat the good advice given, but will add a few tips from my experience with wrecks in current, and "insta-buddies": 1. On reaching the shotline (buoyline) on the surface, take a minute or two to get your breathing back to normal. Too often...

The best wrist method, i.e. most accurate, I've found is to place the unit "on the bone" of your forearm, not on the top of your wrist like a watch. This means moving the compass 90degs towards you. Advantage is thus: Bend over, as in the horizontal dive position, and swing your arm up to...

No, didn't meet Francis, but heard enough about him! C' la vie I guess. At least, in Truk I had a brilliant trip. Would go back tomorrow if I could afford it. A solo night dive on the Rio de Janeiro Maru was magnificent! Happy Christmas Seadeuce

This was '96, a few months after four Japanese were lost at Peleliu and I think the Captain (Navot) was a bit apprehensive about going there. But, at Blue Corner, he told the lady diver aboard - who had only 30 dives done - that she should miss this dive as she "would not be able to get down in...

That sucks you wernt taken there what liveabord where you on? I was on the original Ocean Hunter, now called OH 1 Seadeuce

Late arrival to this thread! When onboard Odyssey in Oct. 2003 we were told that air evacuation to Australia was their preferred option with a bend. I have DAN and it gives peace of mind. Also, Nitrox is the standard on Odyssey, which is the best insurance against the bends IMO. You can...

You have the following options: Do CMAS 3* Diver, then go for CMAS Mon.* Instructor. This is equivalent to PADI Assistant Instructor. If you can do the CMAS Mon.** Instructor without having to wait, say a year, then continue. Once you have the Mon.** Instructor cert you qualify to do the...

Been a few years now since I did the Galapagos. My recommendations would be: 5mm should be okay, 7mm is uncomfortable in high temps. Bring a hood with you, wear it OUTSIDE the mask strap - begin the dive with it around your neck. You will nearly always meet thermoclines in the Galaps...

I believe the nearest dive centre with rental equipment, and good diving available, would be http://www.scubadivewest.com check them out, they run a decent operation. Seadeuce

You don't mention where you are travelling to in ireland. This would make a difference. Best diving, visibility-wise, would be from Donegal (N/W) to Cork (S). April can have good vis, esp. the first two weeks. Water temps. average 9/10degs C, about 48/50F. So a good semi-dry is required as a...

Have not done any serious cave diving, but I can see a quick connection to answer the original question. I have done much wreck diving, with many penetrations. When diving through a wreck it sometimes can be the same as the profile described by the original poster. You leave the surface...

As said, no rental available that time of year. No dive shops on the Skelligs, no inhabitants as they are large rocks with a Gannet colony on the smaller of the two. Good diving there, but weather is not dependable in November. Suggest you try http://www.divevalentia.ie for second...

What equipment will you have with you? Drysuit/wetsuit? Rental of these would be hard to get that time of year. If you have the basics + reg + computer, it would be possible to obtain the rest from club members. Some of us dive year-round anywhere weather permits. Good choice of sites if...

68m (223fsw) 50mins Galapagos 1999 65m (213fsw) 85mins Sha'ab Rumi, Sudan, 2006 Air, single Alu80, comfort and peace Seadeuce

Asser, Am booked with Tony Backhurst on the Royal Emperor. Looking forward to see how Sudan compares with the Brothers. Seadeuce

Thanks for that, hope to be diving Sanganeb in about another 17 days. All the good life better wait til I see it! Seadeuce

Did the SF Maru twice on my Odyssey trip, and it wasn't tech week. The chosen sites depend on the standard of divers aboard any given week. I remember the Captain, at the opening brief, saying that "this week you're gonna dive the wrecks WE want to dive!" And it was quite a week. Must have...