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Thanks - we also welcome feedback so that we can keep getting better.

Hoping this is the right place to post this and that it's allowed. A friend and I have started a free newsletter related to scuba diving. There is a slight bent towards underwater photography stuff but it's more general than just underwater photography. We also curate dive related news, do...

I couldn't agree more with Wolfgang's comments. I learned more on my first underwater photography workshop with Alex Mustard than I would have learned in any other course. I wrote an article about that experience back in 2011 that was published in Underwater Photography Magazine (see attached...

https://insidescuba.online/p/interview-martin-broen-upy-2024-wreck-winner

great strobes and a great price!

I was on a liveaboard back in 2012 (Whirlwind) where we did 4 consecutive days on the Thistlegorm (4 dives a day). On two of those dives we had no other dive boats with us so we had the wreck to ourselves. It was also during neap tides so we had minimal current. As others have said, it is...

That's strange. I have used it in Egypt with no problem. It just provides a data feed so I had full internet access. I even tethered my laptop to my phone and had full internet functionality.

+1 for Airalo. I use it to purchase an eSIM in all the countries I travel to. For those saying just use WhatsApp, you still need some sort of data plan to use it unless you want to be tied down to locations that offer wifi.

Agree! I was on it for a repositioning cruise from Cenderawasi Bay to Sorong so we had 2 days of whale sharks and then went through the Dampier Strait to Raja Ampat. Great crew, great boat! I've been on 15 liveaboards and fortunately most have been very good but Damai 1 stands out.

I agree with the Inon S2000 as a nice inexpensive strobe. They don't have great power if you want to shoot lots of wide angle but are great for macro. As for your question about weight, you want to add buoyancy to your rig to get it either neutrally buoyant or slightly negatively buoyant. You...

I completely get where you're coming from. I felt the same way for a long time but then realized as an underwater photographer that even though we were "buddy" diving, I was essentially on my own anyway. Also, in many buddy situations one of the buddy pair is more experienced than the other...

I would recommend you take a solo diver course before making that judgement. Even if you never plan to solo dive, it's a great course to help you be a more independent diver. I think that once you have taken the class you won't consider solo diving an accident waiting to happen.

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I can't honestly recall. I know I was not asked whe I dive in Raja Ampat or Egypt.

I'm not saying that I agree with the law. I'm in full agreement with you that someone could easily skirt this (both the dive operator as well as a diver who wanted to avoid taking a refresher dive). I was simply responding to the question raised earlier in the thread asking where it is required...

I guess so. http://www.divemanta.com/certified/diving_in_israel/

You can't dive in Israel without showing a log book. If you haven't got a logged dive in the past 6 months they make you take a refresher dive before anything else. That is Israeli law.

I only dive 5mm in tropics including the Carib, Indonesia, Philippines, Red Sea. I get cold easily so for me 5mm is not too much wetsuit at all.

Suggest pulling the strobes back behind the back of the dome.

Anilao Pier is a great site. I had a couple of good dives there both day and night. This shot was taken during a day dive.