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here's a simple diagram of the cave system: http://expeditionfleet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/chandelier-cave.jpg you can find lots of other images with this google search []chandelier cave palau - Google Search - the whole system is not very large - a few metres - the total dive time...

i agree wholeheartedly. given the $ spent on airport beers in guam waiting for planes, this is a minor issue. :P

It's united/continental 2x /week from manila to koror sydney -> manila on philippines arrives 4.5 hours before that flight leaves, so a bit of a tight connection given that you have to *change terminals* (ie: enter philippines, pays taxes, pick up bags, move terminal, check-in, pay more taxes...

I've visited chandelier cave on both my trips to palau - it's a small, easily-navigated system with wide chambers & swim spaces - all of the main chambers have large air spaces above the waterline. in this respect it is not a real cavern "overhead" environment - more like a series of...

i use one every time i dive on the local (sydney, au) boat, when i can't (or can't be bothered to) find the anchor line. i see what you're getting at, but i think considering the idea of smb's as "tech" is just because it hasn't been routinely taught in rec; it's not an intrinsically (or...

ob necro apology i didn't learn this until after my DM course. it was on a padi deep/wreck course that i was shown. i was shown *badly* i subsequently learned how to do it properly (& with more appropriate equipment) on a course by Another Agency Who Shall Remain Nameless...

apologies for necro post revival i'd be the first to admit i'm not a strong swimmer: until i started diving i didn't really like or enjoy the ocean much at all, and swimming in pools usually entailed mucking about underwater rather than laps. iirc i scored 2 (no more than 3) on the regular...

no chance. in australia, divemasters don't get paid at all (we do it for fun) and instructors better have a day job. here's a link to "in-demand" occupations, as viewed by the commonwealth department of immigration Is Your Occupation in Demand? - Workers - Visas & Immigration

maybe he'd found excalibur in the cave ? my normal concern is not to stab myself (bc/buddy/etc) with anything (which is not entirely unlikely), so i go for one of those line-cutter thingies and a blunt-ended, serrated knife (called "remora" or something) it's got me out of the various...

rent your lead. 3mm is not enough to dive in sydney in august

so does it look like this: ? try this... 1) make sure jtrak is quit (cmd + tab to show active applications) 2) open your home folder (the little house) 3) navigate to Library : Preferences & find the "jtrak" folder 4) put the jtrak folder in the trash (i am assuming you have no logs...

do you get a "JTrak" menu on the menu bar? ( Apple - JTrak - Dive - Extras - Help ) here's what i see when starting the program: do you get something similar? what version of JTrak is it (JTrak -> About JTrak) ? do you have the necessary hardware (infra-red transceiver) ?

ah... "winter"?, "spring" ? what are these times? is that feb-april? (i'm from the other side of the world, you know ;) )

thanks rachel since you seem to be a sort of local (location = ch-am?) can you suggest what time of the year has the best conditions? (eg - dec-feb can be "ordinary" at the breat barrier reef, due to cyclones, stingers, etc)

hello folks, i'm looking at some of the IDC courses offered in thailand & they seem /very/ cheap. scubacat for example has a 4+ week DM -> MSDT course for THB 72000 including accommodation - which seems extraordinary (too good to be true?) can anyone comment on this (& similar offers...

never say never - if you find yourself spending lots of time giving advice to newbies and noticing things they should be doing differently, then taking a step to DM may be worthwhile. the DM course has been my favourite - i had a very good instructor, and i exited the course feeling that i'd...

Beer, Wine, Rum And Fun is probably the only clean one :P

hi folks, i have a friend who has been prescribed an antidepressant to *reduce* serotonin levels (a comparatively unusual form of depression - too much serotonin) she'd love to learn to dive but apparently this medication is a contra-indicator; naturally i've forgotten the actual name of...

ooa ascent exercises from 130ft sounds like a recipe for disaster! i could countenance military special ops or similar doing that degree of "hard core" exercise, but for recreational diving the risk is not justifiable. the only "deep" depth requirements are really for courses like AOW & "deep"...

motion sickness pills can have side effects like dehydration which can exacerbate the risk of decompression illness, but AFAIK the off-the-shelf kind are unlikely to have significant impact on recreational dives. i certainly take them (dramamine) before going on boat dives. if you can talk to a...