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October 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023 Thai visas extended from 30 to 45 days or 15 to 30, depending on which country you're from... https://www.thailand-business-news.com/tourism/92380-thailand-extends-to-45-days-visa-free-stay-effective-from-october Extensions are probably still 30 days.

Forget the subscription! Think ad-based revenue stream! Ads pop up during a dive! If you're a newbie/infrequent diver, would you pay for something when you could get something for free with some ads? Forget about dive computers locking you out! Clear app cache or uninstall/reinstall.

A tourist boat gets hit with big waves, which breaks lower deck windows and causes the boat to list and sink within 90 seconds. Passengers were all given life jackets and don ahead of sinking. Narrator says that the victims could die of exhaustion and exposure after ten minutes. Open sea and...

Stoney coral tissue loss disease in the Florida and the Caribbean... https://www.pbs.org/video/reviving-the-reefs-1654121558/

From the trailer... what kind of dive gear is this?

I have a couple of bags of plug adapters that I rummage through for specific adapters for the countries I'm visiting. I'll have at least two of each adapter, one as backup. For power strips, I've read that ones with surge suppression for the US might trip on 240V.

I prefer it taken in the ticket than upon landing, like when it was done in Indonesia. There was so much confusion for people... paid in USD on the way in, IDR on the way out. Making exemptions makes it more complicated for the airline to implement, as they need to check documentation, but they...

Oh no... are people going to complain about the ~$10 USD fee for foreigners? If it was just for maintaining tourism, that's fine. Adding the insurance component is unnecessary and probably too complicated.

Two scenarios... 1. French Polynesia, washing machine current. Dive plan was to drop in 3rd hole and watch critters zip by above us. DM led and I followed closely. Other pair was behind us. We dropped into first hole and expected to see other pair drop in too, but they were too high off the...

Were they all set to the same conservatism level? Or maybe the conservatism level is different between brands? Also, to eliminate depth differences, were they all usually at the same depth, versus arm depth and hanging by hip depth?

Some scuba in The Last Ship, season 3. It's a TNT production, currently on Hulu... Divers go into the water to examine mines. Zeagle Ranger BCD, OTS full face masks, gear neatly clipped off

I've been using a standard adapter. No issues.

Sorry, I might have missed the rule change, but one night in BKK is fine? Or is this under quarantine? I typically fly through some other city, like SIN, to get to BKK, spend the night or two, to rest after 20+ hours of travel, before moving on. This would be ideal for me if quarantine wasn't...

Back when Full Moon Parties were in full swing, booking the ferry between Koh Samui, Koh Panghan and Koh Tao required booking in advance, lest being stuck for a couple of days, like some travelers I met experienced. Then, in Off Season, things start shutting down quite quickly, as I experienced...

There's a bridge now, so the trip to/from the airport is much faster. It used to be two car ferries. Now, just one. I remember the first time to Koh Lanta taking something like 5 hours by minibus. The last time I went, it was more like 3, and the taxi back was something like 1.5 hrs. I didn't...

On a slow boat, I probably wouldn't feel it necessary to be wearing a life jacket the whole time, but speedboat, likely yes, as they bounce a lot. I suspect for insurance reimbursement, receipts would be needed, but some insurance will only reimburse for "current" value, so a list of items and...

I last dove in May 2019. As a vacation diver, 2020 and 2021 were dry, so the regs have been sitting in a reg bag for two+ years now. Is it time to send them in, even without any usage for all this time? I have read something about having the purge button stored pressed, but have not read...

Are you staying right up to the 30th day?

Stumbled upon this video giving depths of various underwater wrecks...

I considered the AOW course as an intro to skills, so figured it would require practice on my part afterward. Any check off by the instructor, in my mind, was to say that I was introduced to the skill, not necessarily mastered it. After AOW, I did a lot of fun dives to hon my skills. On fun...