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We always use "knife hands" to indicate direction. Hand open, all fingers pointing in the direction of travel. Pointing with a single finger is used to indicate something of interest, as in "look at the shark"

The hull of a small aircraft had been places at about 20 m. Not a wreck but purposely placed as a dive attraction. It was moved and damaged by the typhoon and is not at 60 m. The reef above the 7 to 10 m was damaged. It is starting to come back but will be a long time to return to what it was...

Thumb up in some cultures can mean that, so can the OK sign. I have been places where the usage can vary depending on location, from one village to the next so you do not know which is which. However in diving culture thumb up means abort or end dive dive, thumb down means decend and thump to...

Not a wreck but a fuselage of a small 2 seater that was placed there a number of years ago. It was at about 22 m and got moved in the typhoon. Yes, a lot of the reef above that death was damaged, some places just about completely, some not so bad. It is interesting watching the soft corals...

I came to Moalboal just before the pandemic and stayed. I was here through the typhoon. A lot of the shallow reef, above 7 to 10 m at high tide and varies with location, was damaged in the typhoon. The airplane is at about 60 m now. Below that the wall is in good shape. I dive Pescador a lot...

A little pricy for me, but no question a good light. I was thinking more in the USD500 range, in the Philippines

I am looking for Recommendation for a new primary light. I wand a very bright light with ability to focus beam from narrow to broad. So far most of the high power lights I have looked at are either narrow or broad beam, nothing adjustable. I have lots of 18650 batteries, as my other lights all...

I got certified when my son was 12. He looked up the requirements and found out that he could be certified at his age. I told him he had to finish the complete Red Cross swim program first. He had taken about 3 of the 10 or so steps in the progression but was not that interested in applying...

I Just reread this thread. An update I went tech, TDI ANDP and Extended Range and did SDI DM just for fun. Trimix or rebreather too much $$ for me now. Tech dive both side mount and twins. Will find an advanced wreck course. Might do TDI DM, not sure, still in Moalboal, no wrecks here so...

I came to Moalboal just before the pandemic and stayed, still there. Roughly 500 dives there. Odette did some damage in the top 15m or so, below that still pretty good but this varies by site. The shallows ar Pescidor were damaged but under the drop off not much change. The reef in front of...

Recient,y completed SDI dive master, thinking about TDI dive master and have two questions. What are the annual fees? Will I have to pay fee for both SDI and TDI or does one fee cover both? Second says that a TDI DM candidate has to repass the highest tech rating. I did extended range by...

Wit H my luck i will die in bed at 99. Shot by a jealous husband.

67 years old. Retired in Moalboal Cebu, Philippines. Dove more than 170 times in 2022, on track to do same this year. Also took up tech diving recently. Have TDI ExRange and SDI DM completed in last year. Did tech dive just this AM as I am learning to sidemount having only used twinset so...

I took up technical diving at 67. My goal is to be the first 100 year old guy to dive to 100 m.

No not an instructor with another agency. I am living in Moalboal and with limited travel I dove the same sites too many times. I decided to take tech courses and have TDI extended range, would have done Trimix but no local instructor and now thinking of CCR route instead. I helped my...

I have read stats that say about 80% of the people who get their OW end up only diving a few times a year, for about 8 years and leave diving before 100 dives. Most of the hard core posters here dive 100 times a year or more, then there are the instructors and DMs.

I have not taken the instructor course. Finding out this information is part of my due diligence before committing to something like this. All part 3 says on this is fill in a form or take the course. No details on course requirements or what is considered acceptable prior experence, which is...

A SDI instructor needs to have speciality instructor courses to teach each and every speciality but I cannot find any informationabout the courses. Are they online or just how does one go about becoming certified to teach specialities?

That is my setup as well. I dive with dual perdix, only one AI, and have them set for different information the AI one displays all the air info, the non AI displays depth and deco information. When I go SM, I will have my gas info from each tank on my wrist with mechanical SPG on each tank as...

I am in Moalboal, all roads open and cleared, just a little debris along the edge in places. Travel around the place is not an issue.