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Hi, I'm taking my IE in March and right now trying to be as prepared as possible. 1 issue I am facing is I am not sure how the IE flow goes. Would appreciate if someone could tell me what test is included in the IE. From my rough knowledge there are some skill test for OW, AOW, Rescue and DM...

Diving on that side of Malaysia could be pretty green from what I heard but has a lot of big nudi and seahorse, just need some effort to search for them with low viz. If you have time you could make a trip to Perhentian as mentioned or even go to Pulau Weh from Penang. I would think that its...

Thanks Zippsy. I think I'll have to give this up as its way out of my budget although I would really like the peace and quiet. I'll target komodo and try to find a laid back place to go. Was told to try land base rather than normal LOB to get the laid back traveler's feel.

Hello, I am looking for some advise on a budget dive trip for Sangalaki area. Are there still no resorts in Sangalaki island as I was reading tripadvisor and it seems that a few have stayed there. Since Derawan is like 1 and half hours or so from the Sangalaki it would make a big hassle to go...

Hows the temperature there at night? Is it hot? Going there in January and afraid of the heat with non air cond room.

To be honest I was there end of Aug and was enjoying myself with no crowd at all. I was staying at Borneo Divers which is beside a police base with armed police stationed around. I was there for 5D4N and was given 3 days of Sipadan. I had to reject 2 days cos I was bored on the 1st day of...

Zippsy, which LOB goes there? Seems like the travel to go there is a big hassle and a LOB seems like a good choice.

I am unhappy that my HOG reg is facing problems for a 2nd time after just 15 dives of it being repaired for warranty but I feel very reassured that I am not left alone when facing problems with the reg. Very good after sales service.

I am actually quite happy to hear that. I guess the shop is just importing HOG in and selling at a high price. The regs are being checked by another shop at the moment and they said that there is some problems with the 1st stage but would require the main tec(on a trip till next Wednesday) to...

"Hi Evan. Good to hear from you. The HOG reg you bought from them, best you take pictures and write back to them bout it. There's nothing I can do here if I touch anything...they will void the warranty. See what they reply and then you proceed with what they advice. Thanks." Is the reply I got...

Sorry was away for an event for a few says and only got yesterday. I headed to the pool to test out the regs after a bit of tuning on the 2nd stage. My setup uses an Atomic SS1 as an octo. What happened was when I on the air the SS1 gave out a strange trumpet sound so I turned off the air and...

owh. I was reading that there was an ambient water pressure of 1-5 atm and needs to be adjusted according to different brands of regulators.

I went to the DS to get a quick check and the owner helped me adjust the 2nd stage a little. Will test it out in the pool this weekend and hopefully it solves the problem. If not I might have to send it back to cave adventurers. By the way what is the max or recommended pressure for the 1st...

I bought it from caveadventurers but it would be too costly and time consuming to send it back to US. I would be using a local dive shop called Diver's Den. How could we proceed with it? Would the fix seem easy that they could do it? ---------- Post added February 24th, 2014 at 09:46 AM...

Hi, I just bought a D3+Zenith reg set from Cave Adventurers and I just got to try it out in the pool yesterday. I found out that the regulator has a minor leak (flow of bubbles from the mouthpiece out). I've twisted the knobs to minimum but there is still bubbles. Also when I adjust the knobs it...

I know the current case there had nothing to do with down currents but it made me and friends talk about the diving situation there and currents came into the picture which made me think of what to do. swimming away from the wall as in swimming into the blue? So down current doesn't last for a...

After reading the news about Crystal Bay or Nusa Penida, I was wondering what would one do with down currents? I have no experience with it yet but would 100% like to know what to do when it hits. Mind sharing some down current experience as well for reference?

Ah! ok, now I understand more. I guess depending on where your working the living standards is different since in US the living cost is different from that of Malaysia or Indonesia. So good thing i speak mandarin and a little of cantonese so I guess I am kinda safe for now. More and more...

Just want to find out as many people say that you can hardly make a living out of diving, how much does one normally/averagely earn from diving? I am also thinking about quitting my day job and take up diving as a job next year depending if I can afford my DM and IDC internships by next year. My...

I was wondering how do you make sure that you are properly fitted for the harness and how does one trim off the waist harness? Other than cutting it off do I burn it? It seems to have a nice edge that was cut and burnt with hot steel or something but I have none. I have a long remaining webbing...