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It was before the problems there. So then it was no issue.

I have not that good experience with seabees, they were very very expensive and offered the same 3 dives to Phiphi as a Russian Company offered, but for way less money. The Russian company did their job very well. If you can save 30 euro a day, that is a lot.

Ok, as a cave dive instructor I see different divers. Some really can do all the courses in 1 week. I did the same myself. This was absolutely no zero-to-hero as some will say, I was a diver that could do it. So I was ready for it. If I get good students I always advice them to do all at once...

Just back from Moalboal and Malapascua. In Moalboal no single muckdivesite done. We have done 2 times Pescador Island (the side with most current is really good, the other is average, that is the side most divers do with the 'caves'. We have further done the sardines and another wall with a very...

If you want to see them 100%, then Oslob is the place to be. yes, they feed the sharks a little bit, but further they take real care of the sharks and all is regulated so the sharks won't get any harm. Also their natural behaviour is not changed by the feeding. I can recommend this place, was...

It depends on the situation. If I go to Mexico and want to take pictures, I put on the way in some cookies on the line for interesting photospots and write down the time in and amount of gas used till cookie 'X'. This has a reason, because on the way back I start taking pictures and sometimes I...

Ok, from my experience as instructor, there are some things that COULD have happened, but I wasn't the instructor, so it is just what can happen. You had a group of 4. This is what is allowed by standards. The 3 days is possible to finish a course for most divers. No, you are not a good diver...

Some rebreathers are made as hobby project and you can buy them without any course. There is also no unit specific course for such units. I have dived 1 of such machines and wow, I am still alive. But ok, I am already a certified ccr diver. If you understand the principles of ccr diving, it is...

The focuspoint from the TG is very big. This means with very small things it can take the surroundings instead of what you want. But I also see a fish as subject and they are hard to focus on. So try with something that is not moving. With fish I also have quite a lot of unsharp pictures with...

If a shop wants to see certs depends for a big amount on how you arrive there and how you move/behave/talk. I have been to several divecenters and most times nobody asked for a c-card where friends had to show them. Last august in the UK, nobody asked for a card, nor for my experience, nor if...

I find them very very heavy and that is the reason I am very worried about buying these. I also need more lift then with my arms of the camera setup.

Read my post and read the international standards. It is really NOW 30m, so older certs are 40 or 60m, but if you do 2* now, the 40m can only be reached with a decompression cert. No, that is not true. In my country, the CMAS certs are iso certified too. Here you can find it, it is in Dutch...

I had a CO2 hit last februari. It was because my drysuit was flouded and all was ok, till we swam at 65m in an old mine and I had to follow the tunnel upwards. All the water came into my legs and normal swimming was impossible. It became then also very cold. So I tried not to stirr everything...

You already have an IANTD AOWD. So this means you have a 30m cert already. And this is followed by a 40m deep dier specialty normally. I would do just a deep diver cert from any available agency, it doesn't matter if it is padi, ssi, iantd or whatever. Then you also have the same. CMAS 2* is a...

My motivation for mod3 maybe was not the best. I had a full trimix cert oc and did it just to have no limits anymore. The instructor I choose did not tell me, but he had a employee that was guiding technical dives and promised that employee as soon as there was a good full trimix student he...

It is not pure tea trea oil, it is specially made for ears, called 'Audiol Swim': https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/audine-audiol-swim-natuurlijke-oorspray-10ml/9200000065804850/ A good instructor will tell people on a trydive that if the ears start hurting and clearing ears does not work, then they...

Yes, I heard they are working on a Z-400, but there is no date mention that this will come out. I hope then that they improve the switches to turn it on as they are very week on the Z-330. I have 1 where the pilot light doesn't work anymore and it is not the light, only the switch. Also 1 other...

My friend has for 1 ear a hearring aid and also had as a child a lot of problems with his ears. Before I did a trydive with him, he went to a doctor to ask about his ears as he told me he was not able to clear his ears, but he also did not had problems in a plane or so. The doctor did not find...

As I was not born in 1976, I see a lot of differences between 2010 and now. Especially in the DIR edge. From no computers and deco by head the moved into computers. Also gradient factors changed and vpm is now almost not used anymore. Even Suunto now moved into Buhlmann instead of 'fused' RGBM...

I own an Inspiration and a Sidekick. And have for a lot more ccr's a user level cert. Also have, I think a lot of hours on a CCR to know a lot about things that can happen. I use a DSV on both units. I have tried a BOV on the Inspiration, but I found it too bulky and too heavy, even if they say...