Any SCUBA Divers?

[SR]

my wetsuit probably get dry rot

bought back new straps for the fins earlier this year but I feel I may need to go back out with a beginner class to get back into it
deepest dive was about 110ft off mt Irvine

[HondaB20B]

Well my wetsuit get to small because of the too much beers from badhabbit and doubles lime with waggonrunner, roro, bazai and the rest of them wayward fellas...........Looking to buy one in January.

[KIA Motors]

Is the drift dive for advanced divers? I've only dived once and can hardly swim lol

Yes it is for advanced divers only. Open water is basic and is only up to 60ft. Advanced is over 60ft up to 130ft. (Deep dive). You also have to do a night dive in advanced. If you check, its not mandatory for you to know how to swim. Because in diving you use your BCD for floatation and you use your fins.......not your arms. You are neutrally bouyant. You must be able to swim the length of the pool though. Unaided. After all that, you can do specialty diving......wreck diving, photography, caves.....etc. wreck diving is very nice. Will post some pics later. Redman did the Atlanta aquarium dive. Its a 4.5 million gal tank with four 20+ft whale sharks, sharks, sawfish, 15ft mantas, 6 ft groupers....... and alot of other fish. I just took in the sights from the viewing glass the times i went.

thz man....look forward to the pics

[HondaB20B]

well I found some of the pics............. me in the pool of the Bianca C wreck @115-125'. Visibility wasn't the best that day. Wasn't till about 60-70 feet down you started to see the wreck. Down time I think was only about 9-11 min (on the wreck) and after that we drifted onto a reef nearby @ approx. 70' then we came to about 50' where the dive was complete. This acted as our decompression dive. Most of the dive team was using dive computers so everything was calculated.

[HondaB20B]

External hard drive giving trouble

[SMc]

I am 98.27% sure I bought a P30 off you a while ago (strangly enough on my way to go spearfishing in Matelot) and you were ah..ummm...had alot less hair, but things change.

I'm doing my fishing with a 2M spear pole setup with varying results but it is very easy to travel with vs a proper spear gun. Malta last year was really good, greece the year before was toots...I am yet to try at home but feel it will be googs.

Anyway in Castra in June with the pole spear...if I manage to get through customs and exersize with it, then off to North Coast after that for some Grouper and reds.

[HondaB20B]

I am 98.27% sure I bought a P30 off you a while ago (strangly enough on my way to go spearfishing in Matelot) and you were ah..ummm...had alot less hair, but things change.
I'm doing my fishing with a 2M spear pole setup with varying results but it is very easy to travel with vs a proper spear gun. Malta last year was really good, greece the year before was toots...I am yet to try at home but feel it will be googs.

Anyway in Castra in June with the pole spear...if I manage to get through customs and exersize with it, then off to North Coast after that for some Grouper and reds.

hahahahha, yeah its me......... ages man.
Well i bought my 3mm wetsuit, booties and a new clear silicone facemask a few weeks ago. Also bought a new underwater housing for my Sony cybershot camera. Its good for 140ft. So i getting in gear . Looking to see if i get a good BCD with reg and octopus. Any pics from Malta?? Must have been very nice.
Hoping to do 2 places this year (fingers crossed)
http://ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/greatbluehole.html
and Bonnaire. The owner of the dive shop i bought the equipment from told me he has been diving Bonaire every year for the last 10 yrs strait. He said it real good. He did the tobago dive last year in speyside and he said seeing the worlds largest brain coral there was worth it.

Anyone here ever did the Nitrox training before?

[Redman]

Well my wetsuit get to small because of the too much beers from badhabbit and doubles lime with waggonrunner, roro, bazai and the rest of them wayward fellas...........Looking to buy one in January.

Get the one with the elastic around the belly.
Lol

I will find the Atlanta pic in the am.

[HondaB20B]

look who talking

[toyolink]

In case anybody is interested and may not have visited Misc. Classifieds recently.
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[KIA Motors]

Is it possible to dive if you have mild asthma.

[IvanTerrors]

could a noob to diving try it out in tobago speyside. or is some training needed

[HondaB20B]

Is it possible to dive if you have mild asthma.

Yes you can......... In the questionair, they would ask ask you about any illness previous and/or present. There is a long list of things that you will tick yes or no. This is also to have the instructor monitor you a lil closer. Different people have and show different side effects at depth. For instance, i actually know 2 people that are claustrophobic. They real good under the water but as they reach to the surface they ready to pull that mask off. Having a cold presents a problem with divers because it creates a problem to equalize going down.

[KIA Motors]

Is it possible to dive if you have mild asthma.

Yes you can......... In the questionair, they would ask ask you about any illness previous and/or present. There is a long list of things that you will tick yes or no. This is also to have the instructor monitor you a lil closer. Different people have and show different side effects at depth. For instance, i actually know 2 people that are claustrophobic. They real good under the water but as they reach to the surface they ready to pull that mask off. Having a cold presents a problem with divers because it creates a problem to equalize going down.

Thank you for response

[HondaB20B]

Is it possible to dive if you have mild asthma.

Yes you can......... In the questionair, they would ask ask you about any illness previous and/or present. There is a long list of things that you will tick yes or no. This is also to have the instructor monitor you a lil closer. Different people have and show different side effects at depth. For instance, i actually know 2 people that are claustrophobic. They real good under the water but as they reach to the surface they ready to pull that mask off. Having a cold presents a problem with divers because it creates a problem to equalize going down.

Thank you for response

Do some research on it though. Better you find out what the reactions or symtoms may be before hand.

[IvanTerrors]

could a noob to diving try it out in tobago speyside. or is some training needed

[HondaB20B]

could a noob to diving try it out in tobago speyside. or is some training needed

Are you talking about going to any dive shop in tobago and just going and dive. Do you know how to snorkel? No dive shop anywhere will just let you put on scuba equipment and just go down without training. I think there are 3 day courses that some dive shops give...........dont quote me!! Nearly all dive shops will ask you what kind of dives you interested in and they will have ratings of training required. Basic, advanced and expert. Under 60ft is for basic underwater, 60-120ft (considered deep diving for scuba), Night diving, drift diving is for advanced (I think wreck diving is in this category), then expert is like cave and ice diving.
There are many safety aspects of scuba that must be learned prior to going down. I did some dives around tobago but never speyside, but i heards its no walk in the park (well it depends where you go) Remember where speyside is situated, anything happens out there they might never find your body.........open water. Give the hotel or dive shop a call and talk to them on what is required. I do believe there are some dive training that gives you the simple basics and you get to do some shallow dives (I think they still have that)

[KIA Motors]

could a noob to diving try it out in tobago speyside. or is some training needed

Are you talking about going to any dive shop in tobago and just going and dive. Do you know how to snorkel? No dive shop anywhere will just let you put on scuba equipment and just go down without training. I think there are 3 day courses that some dive shops give...........dont quote me!! Nearly all dive shops will ask you what kind of dives you interested in and they will have ratings of training required. Basic, advanced and expert. Under 60ft is for basic underwater, 60-120ft (considered deep diving for scuba), Night diving, drift diving is for advanced (I think wreck diving is in this category), then expert is like cave and ice diving.
There are many safety aspects of scuba that must be learned prior to going down. I did some dives around tobago but never speyside, but i heards its no walk in the park (well it depends where you go) Remember where speyside is situated, anything happens out there they might never find your body.........open water. Give the hotel or dive shop a call and talk to them on what is required. I do believe there are some dive training that gives you the simple basics and you get to do some shallow dives (I think they still have that)

Correct. But I jus did a 2 hours training when I dived. Days of training was not needed. They ran a video and then took me to the pool to show me some safety stuff and then it was off to the ocean! I did my first dive with the dive shop in Magdalena grand. They were very attentive during dive.

If you don't have time for a proper training like me; like the 3 days ask for a private dive so the instructor can pay attention to you when you go in the ocean.

[IvanTerrors]

ok ok cool i can snorkel. bought a set just for that. But its sum i always wanna try,

[KIA Motors]

ok ok cool i can snorkel. bought a set just for that. But its sum i always wanna try,

It's amazing. It's the best thing I've ever done. It's a must! Try it at least once

[HondaB20B]

ok ok cool i can snorkel. bought a set just for that. But its sum i always wanna try,

It's amazing. It's the best thing I've ever done. It's a must! Try it at least once

Sure rite............
Its a different world down there

[IvanTerrors]

whats a good shop in tobago?
and and average cost of a dive

[HondaB20B]

whats a good shop in tobago?
and and average cost of a dive

I really dont know who they really have up their, but Dives will always vary from shop to shop because of the distance of dive locations in relation to their shop, also what you interested in seeing. Most shops will have different 1, 3 and 5 package dives. Go tru the yellow pages and see. There used to be a good diveshops in most of the hotels around pigeon pt. Always wanted to do the diveshop in speyside (german couple) and go do the MantaMadness.

[IvanTerrors]

Good info ppl

[HondaB20B]

whats a good shop in tobago?
and and average cost of a dive

Check Grafton Hotel.
They supposed to have a good shop to the back

[HondaB20B]

Some of my pics from last week in the Dominican Republic of Catalina Island. 2 dives - The Wall @ 60-70' and the Aquarium @ 35-40'. Visibility wasn't all that good, maybe 40-45'.

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