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    Water temperature check please: Cebu to Malapascua

    Hey Guys I'm heading out on the Siren next week and wonder if any of you good people have the current water temperature from Cebu to Malapascua .... just want to make sure I'm taking enough warmth for under water, I do get very very cold Thanks .... Venus
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    Instruction on how to assemble the Ultralight back plate

    Hello Apex Do you have instructions on how to put the harness on the Ultralight backplate, I just can't figure it out Ultralight Travel Plate Thanks Venus
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    Beluga whales Churchill, Hudson Bay: which lens?

    Hi Everyone I am lucky enough to be snorkelling Hudson Bay in August with the Beluga whales I have an E-M5 in Nauticam housing But, I don't know which lens to use, the 8mm fish eye or the 12-50mm (I don't have the gear on the port, long story) And would I use strobes any ideas? I'm not going...
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    Ultralight Travel Plate with the Halcyon Eclipse

    Hi Everyone I'm hoping to lighten my overseas dive gear and also make it easier to pack occupying less bulk My Halcyon wing, ali back plate and DiveRite Stabilizing Plates pack down really badly and I was wondering if I can use the Ultralight Travel Plate with the Halcyon Eclipse? Ultralight...
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    Philippines Siren - a couple of questions

    Hi Everyone I wonder if any of you have recently been on the Philippines Siren and can help me with a couple of questions: 1) is there shower gel in the shower 2) I read that beer is included, are there also spirits included or are these at extra cost 3) is there a ladder on the skiffs...
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    DUI TLS: has zip seals, I want to add neoprene wrist seals and keep the zip seal for

    Hi Everyone I need to sort out my suit ... I have had the TLS for a while with latex zip seals, I don't want to use silicon, I would like to use neoprene seals I like the dry gloves that I can add easily My question is: Has anyone got a suit with zip seals and managed to add the neoprene...
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    Truk images in the Mail Online

    Chuuk Lagoon photos: Haunting underwater World War II artefacts from ship graveyard captured by British photographer | Mail Online Some images from Truk were published in the Mail Online today
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    Five days in LA ....

    Hi Everyone I'll be in LA [Pasadena] for five days mid Aug and would like to do some diving Can you please give me a pointer or two of what I could do? 1) kelp forests out of Catalina Island I found this on the web by googleing around and it costs 280$ for a day [150$ for the diving and guide...
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    Hudson Bay: Beluga whales

    Hi Everyone I'm heading out to Churchill, Hudson Bay this summer, I wonder if anyone has been there because I have some photo questions I am going specifically to photograph the Beluga on snorkel not diving, although part of my tour involves other things I have a range of dates and wonder if...
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    Hudson Bay: is there any diving near Churchill, Manitoba

    Hudson Bay: is there any diving near Churchill, Manitoba Hi Everyone I'll be heading up to Canada's Hudson Bay next summer looking for polar bears staying at Lazy Bear Lodge Is there are better time to go within July/ Aug? While I'm there I would like to extend my trip and do some diving, is...
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    B&H: Black Friday & Cyber Monday

    Hi Everyone Can anyone help me with something ... I just went on the B&H website to buy a couple of lens' hoping they had a Black Friday discount deal on what I wanted But, there shop was closed and opens in 26 hours [5pm on Saturday] and, the prices were the same as previous weeks They also...
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    Building the Olympus EM5 & Nauticam housing + lens'

    Hi Everyone I'm just starting to piece together the bits I need for my EM5 & Nauticam housing... 1) Is the 12-50mm the lens I should get - this seems to be the one everyone talks about 2) Is the 60mm the best I can get for macro, or should I be looking for something else 3) I already have a...
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    Manta or sharks right now in the Baa area? (MV Monsoon)

    Hello I may be booking a last minute trip to the Maldives on Monsoon leaving on Sunday 15th Is anyone out there right now or has been in the past week that can let me know if there are any sharks or manta around Thanks Venus
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    Passport requirements to the Maldives

    Hi Everyone I have managed to get a week of work at short notice ... long story :dontknow: Some countries that I've traveled to require six months left on your passport from date of return. My passport expires 13 days short of six months. I looked on the Maldives entry requirements on the...
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    Fed up with perishing DUI zip seals!!

    Hi Everyone I have a DUI TLS350 with Zip seals ... wrists + neck Problem is that the wrist seal perish so quickly. The first set showed signs of wear after two lake dives in a lake in Feb, there was no sun and no heat and it was fresh water. The shop agreed and said they would send me a...
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    National Geographic cover - where is this

    Hi Everyone Do you know what destination this cover picture is from .... Thanks Venus ---------- Post Merged at 03:33 PM ---------- Previous Post was at 03:22 PM ---------- confirmed it is Palau .... I can show it to people when they ask me where my next trip is going to be :o)
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    PALAU: FISH n FINS OR SAM'S

    Hello Everyone I'm just about to book a liveaboard to Palau and plan three days on land for some diving too I read about Fish n Fins and Sam's, but I couldn't find any pictures of their boats Does anyone know which organisation have the better boats Thanks .... VENUS ---------- Post Merged...
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    Cayman Aggressor - Nov 2012

    Just realised that there is a Cayman sub-forum .... Morning Everyone I'm in the process of booking my next trip and as usual my dates are really tight and non-negotiable due to office committment I went to Grand Cayman land based years ago before I really knew what I was doing or what I...
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    Cayman Aggressor - Nov 2012

    Morning Everyone I'm in the process of booking my next trip and as usual my dates are really tight and non-negotiable due to office committment :shakehead: I went to Grand Cayman land based years ago before I really knew what I was doing or what I should be looking for .... I was very...
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    Canon S95 or smilar triple stack macro

    Hi Everyone I resently bought the double stack macro for the S95 Has anyone successfully triple stacked the macro on the S series on the Canon housing or any other housing? Thanks .... V
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