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My computer vibrates, but honestly the volume shouldn't even really matter if you're in a rapid uncontrolled ascent from ditching weights. That's the part of this whole thing that makes zero sense to me. Bending over backwards to heap praise on Apple and his watch for letting him (or maybe...

It's just a rapid ascent warning beeping/alarm, a feature literally any actual dive computer from the last 25 years has. I guess an Apple watch is better than diving without a computer, so there's that. Also, did he not notice his weight belt fall off? Or did he just think it was no big deal...

For my upcoming trip coming from North America I'm already taking a planned overnight stay in Singapore as a buffer of sorts, and then going straight from there to Sorong via Jakarta, arriving the morning of the liveaboard departure. I didn't see the need to take a second day doing nothing in...

You'll see plenty of reef sharks diving Taveuni Dive resort, and maybe a manta if you're lucky. I spotted a great hammerhead in the blue when I was there last time as well. We also saw dolphins from the boats numerous times. The guy who runs the pearl farm on the other side of the Taveuni...

Overhead space will be the same as those aircraft flown by any other carrier. Plenty large for anything within the stated carry on size restrictions. For an international connection, I'd advise giving yourself at least 3 hours.

In the half-moon caye area in particular where it's protected I saw more reef sharks coming closer to divers in a natural unbaited situation than most other places I've been (see profile pic). Typically I'm used to them staying a ways away or swimming away when they see you, but there they'd be...

I thought it was common sense not to splash around on the surface in water where you know sharks are present, but I guess not. They're not gonna bother a submerged diver that they can fully see, but a swimmer splashing on the surface is worth investigating. Especially at a site like the blue...

I've used wireless/horseless air integrated computers since I got certified in the early 2000's. First was an Aeris/Oceanic computer, which was fine for it's day 20+ years ago. It used an MH8A transmitter which was mostly fine as well. I think the transmitter did really die once where I had...

Yeah this is the way we've done it both times we've gone there. You book from LAX/SFO/YVR/DFW all the way to Taveuni all on one ticket. They still weigh you and all luggage for weight distribution/limit purposes on the twin otter, but they will take all your checked bags from the overseas...

One of the most dangerous places in the world you can go as a woman, or LGBTQ. Oh and they burn witches. Once you're out on a liveaboard you're probably ok, but you still most likely need to transit through Port Moresby and possibly stay overnight there. And then there's the ethical...

Yeah you beat my edit, I forgot the extra $1000 for the charter flight. And yeah, that's no tips, probably no tax, off season, etc... In reality I'd expect the average normal-ish non-baller stay there to run more like $8-9K/week all-in.

A lot, comparable to the higher end liveaboards in the region. The cheapest rooms with all food, diving, and your flights from Bali included starts at around $6000 USD per week. Can easily be much more than that with room upgrades, peak season, private guides, or other addons. For reference...

Some of the newer regs out there are starting to standoff at least one or both of the HP ports a bit from the first stage to better fit transmitters without any clearance issues. I know my ScubaPro Mk17 Evo 2 sets that I just bought have this, and I think they're also angled a few degrees up or...

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Aren't you against feeding based on your previous posts? Also, "shark tourism" and "shark dives" almost always entail chumming, baiting, feeding, or all of the above. None of which is necessary to see sharks, just perhaps to see specific species...

I have no issue with this proposal, though they should really ban feeding for any purpose (including fishing) too. If you want to legally fish for a shark, do it without chum. But I'll take 50%. The legality doesn't change anything for people fishing for sharks, so I wouldn't expect that...

Never heard of garden island resort. Most folks here going to Taveuni are picking between Paradise and Taveuni Dive Resort. Paradise is significantly larger and closer to the water, while TDR is smaller and more private and family-like, and across the street from the beachfront (<5 min walk to...

Any decently powerful strobes like the DS165 or better will throw adequate light on large subjects through clear water up to 8-10 feet or more, depending on settings and conditions. For stills at least. I wouldn't recommend going diving with one strobe and one video light on all the time. You...

I have all my images on an SSD hard drive in my PC, and backed up to the cloud via idrive, a cloud backup provider which offers plans with a lot of storage (multiple TB). I think I pay $100/year for 5 TB, and it automatically backs up whatever I want from my PC in the folders/drives I...

Yeah, with Shearwater my experience is that the warranty doesn't matter. If something is amiss they'll take care of it quickly for you. They genuinely stand by and care about their products, which is rare these days.