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[Blackcrusader]

What difference is there when a dive center is accredited by the Philippines sports commission?

None at all.

 

[Centrals]

What difference is there when a dive center is accredited by the Philippines sports commission?

Philippine Commision on Sports SCUBA Diving - PCSSD.
Most if not all operators are accredited with it.
PCSSD is an an attached agency with Dept of Tourism, "regulates scuba sports and ensures safety standard for dive tourism in the Philippines."

www.divephilippines.com.ph

 

[Scuba-guy]

Have you made a plan for all the spots you'd like to hit?

No not yet, but I am diving a lot, every other day from 9 am to 5 pm I am scuba diving. I do that for 1 month then take a week off and repeat. I was sitting on the back deck of the Alma Jane and the view was incredible, max depth 97 ft dive time 70 minutes, no decompression time.

 

[Centrals]

No not yet, but I am diving a lot, every other day from 9 am to 5 pm I am scuba diving. I do that for 1 month then take a week off and repeat. I was sitting on the back deck of the Alma Jane and the view was incredible, max depth 97 ft dive time 70 minutes, no decompression time.

Sitting on the back deck of Alma Jane? Only incompetent diver will sit on a wreck.
70 mins at Alam Jane and did not incur decompression obligation? BS.
You also claimed routinely dive to the bottom of the Pinnacle at VERDE Island which is about 100m deep.

 

[Scuba-guy]

Sitting on the back deck of Alma Jane? Only incompetent diver will sit on a wreck.
70 mins at Alam Jane and did not incur decompression obligation? BS.
You also claimed routinely dive to the bottom of the Pinnacle at VERDE Island which is about 100m deep.

Bottom of pinnacle is 150 ft deep, I wasn't actually sitting like on a chair, I was sitting like being there, Now Alma Jane has no rope anymore so I went straight to the bottom first then I had to use my dive stick by sticking it in the sand and pulling myself to the wreck, as soon as I had 6 minutes left until deco we headed for the shallows 20-30 feet so that the dive could be a full 70 minutes without decompression. I dive here a lot and with diving a lot comes a lot of experience and techniques that tourists can't match. I also use steel 15-liter tanks, also not available to tourists.

 

[Centrals]

Bottom of pinnacle is 150 ft deep, I wasn't actually sitting like on a chair, I was sitting like being there, Now Alma Jane has no rope anymore so I went straight to the bottom first then I had to use my dive stick by sticking it in the sand and pulling myself to the wreck, as soon as I had 6 minutes left until deco we headed for the shallows 20-30 feet so that the dive could be a full 70 minutes without decompression. I dive here a lot and with diving a lot comes a lot of experience and techniques that tourists can't match. I also use steel 15-liter tanks, also not available to tourists.

Bottom of the pinnacle in Verde is at least 90m.
You have to use stick to pull yourself to the wreck!!!!! That is your kind of technique! LOL.

 

[Scuba-guy]

Bottom of the pinnacle in Verde is at least 90m.
You have to use stick to pull yourself to the wreck!!!!! That is your kind of technique! LOL.

The bottom of the drop off is 150, and there are several pinnacles at Verde. Yes, i use a stick with a handle, I insert it in the sand then pull, then remove from sand and reinsert like climbing but horizontally, it's the only way to fight the current at 100 ft without losing all the air trying to swim against it.

 

[Centrals]

The bottom of the drop off is 150, and there are several pinnacles at Verde. Yes, i use a stick with a handle, I insert it in the sand then pull, then remove from sand and reinsert like climbing but horizontally, it's the only way to fight the current at 100 ft without losing all the air trying to swim against it.

The drop off at the pinnacle is +90m.
Have you done the drop off at the western end of Verde Island? If you need stick to propel yourself then you have no chance to dive the site.
I had never ever used the stick in any form of diving, rec or tec, in PG. Say a lot about your lousy technique.
Same technique on Monkey wreck?

 

[Scuba-guy]

The drop off at the pinnacle is +90m.
Have you done the drop off at the western end of Verde Island? If you need stick to propel yourself then you have no chance to dive the site.
I had never ever used the stick in any form of diving, rec or tec, in PG. Say a lot about your lousy technique.
Same technique on Monkey wreck?

I think you're just going to be negative about anything I do, but the fact is I'm going diving tomorrow and you're not.

 

[Scuba-guy]

The drop off at the pinnacle is +90m.
Have you done the drop off at the western end of Verde Island? If you need stick to propel yourself then you have no chance to dive the site.
I had never ever used the stick in any form of diving, rec or tec, in PG. Say a lot about your lousy technique.
Same technique on Monkey wreck?

Also, you never used a wetsuit heating system either, so what's your point? No Monkey wreck is easy to drop in on, but last time the currents were very strong there, I could have used that technique but decided to just go with the flow until it was unsafe to drift farther then I locked the stick in a rock, being careful not to touch ant corals and used it like a reef hook. The current was like a typhoon so strong, all the other divers from that site ran away in a hurry.