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Thanks Wingy - always good for Asian info. I already had picked up on Scubanation. Things change so quickly in places like Cambodia - all it needs is for a new dive op to open up, or an established one to get sold off to someone who thinks running a dive centre is a doddle. I know...

Much advance planning, but 2020 will see a tour of Cambodia. I know there are dive operations in the Sihanoukville area. Does anyone have any comments about dive operations anywhere on the Cambodian coast?

Lembeh Bitung-side or Manado-side minimises transfer time. There are excellent operations on both sides of the peninsular. You could be in the water within a few hours of landing, eg land at lunch time, dive before tea. Look for good ops that will put you in the water with a dive guide to see...

Good news Improvements are going on fast at Jakarta airport. We saw this earlier this year. I just copied this off of TripAdv For travel between T2 and T3 "Re: CGK Airport Skytrain 25 Oct 2018, 12:50Hi, Yes it is fully operational. The headway is around 13 minutes and the operating hours is...

Happy memories of watching the reef at Divers Lodge "wake up" with a dawn dive. It's subtle, no explosions of fish, but a wonderful chance to just hover and watch. You arrive in plain water, you leave in fish soup.

Can anyone comment/recommend dive operations on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica? And doubling up the thread - has anyone been to Bocas del Torro Panama recently and can comment on the dive ops there? We went some time ago and had a good time but think that v good well-run dive op has closed...

Claustrophobia with too much neoprene. Yes, been there, and you lose at least 2 degrees through stress. Lavacore - always worn this kind of suit - anyone remember Darlex? Lavacore is excellent, front zip, easy to put on and take off, flexible and gain at least 2 degrees. And they're very...

We have travelled fairly extensively between Java and Manado. Really good advice to sleep at Jakarta airport. We were there earlier in the year and it is airy and new. This is where you get rid of any fatigue and allows you to have extra hours to make the connection. It is amazing how...

Enjoyed thread - very serious and very funny. Thank you Indah for your comment about timber. Things to know/questions to ask when choosing a liveaboard - or a resort for that matter. We can support by requiring the appropriate information. As for quality - I always email some questions eg...

As for where to dive - if you are in Manado, get yourself to some of the muck sites on that side of the bay, they are surprisingly good.

If you get bad diarrhea get some Nifural which is the brand name for Nifuroxacide. Quote from Wikipedia - Nifuroxazide (INN) is an oral nitrofuran antibiotic, patented since 1966[1] and used to treat colitis and diarrhoea in humans and non-humans.[2] It is sold under the brand names Ambatrol...

I came here for news. Thank you to posters. A reminder to recreational divers of the challenges that their dive guides and families face.

You will have a brilliant time. In fact I expect you will be there by the time this hits the board. But - please - don't forget to look up. There can be amazing sights over your head. I've heard of whale sharks, and personally saw the biggest puffer I never want to see again. They are ugly...

Over 20 years' diving and reading this thread still hurts. It is miserable diving with a mask that doesn't fit. Over the years I have moved (not heaven and earth) whole shelves and racks in search of a mask that fits. It is subtle - not just the width, but the skirt under the nose - I have...

Would agree with this. Find out max ratio of divers to dive guides and max per boat. Does the boat have a toilet? This may mean that they can stay out and move on to next dive site. And do the maths. If you do 3 dives a day for 5 days that would be a max of 15 sites. But most people like to...

Yes, exactly that. Here today, over the side tomorrow and in Hawaii a while after that. It's a huge problem. Recreational divers hold a substantial pool of information. What they see, what they've observed over years of return trips. It may not be completely scientific, but if it's honest it...

In Indonesia - who is Ibu Susi ? (spelling, my mistake) Susi Pudjiastuti (born 15 January 1965) is an Indonesian entrepreneur. She is Indonesia's Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries under President Joko Widodo's 2014-2019 Working Cabinet. She is also the owner of PT ASI Pudjiastuti Marine...

Absolutely the point Boulderjohn. You are right about the buts, but my "but" is that the dive community has reached a saturation point that demands action. This isn't a one-off incident. You've got to start somewhere. This is what could be achieved. Divers notice what sort of trash it is...

I've stayed at Divers Lodge Lembeh and found it good value. On Bunaken there seems to have been changes in ownership and management recently of a number of places, and some not for the better, either with increased prices or with less attention to diving and more to jet-skiing, parasailing and...

Rubbish was worse than usual on our last visit to Manado. But vowing never to go back just isn't the answer. Going on a precious holiday to spend time roasting in the sun collecting trash and catching some disease is also not the answer. The dive community is the answer. How about dive...