Any avid divers?

[taxico]

i did wreck diving in manado, there are resident black tip inside. easily 3-6 of them. each about 1 metre long.

nice to see many fellow divers here... friendly waters is nice to go with IMO as they have their own resort. and bar!

as for manado... i almost got into trouble there during a wall dive (leisurely EAN dive at the end of a trimix course) and a bubbly rip tide pulled me waaay down and i couldn't see which way was up and i one of my split fins were pulled off my foot.

to cut long story short... i ended up on the sea bed, found my other fin and a 2-foot long baby turtle saved my life. everyone surfaced at different places and i think it was the first time everyone used their lap cheongs on the same dive (everyone was DM-level and above)...

but i still enjoyed my manado trip and would love to have time to go back again to the soft black beach - i stayed at murex and highly recommend them as i had terrific service.

at the recent adex show i saw quite a few subs and SDs. i saw a young chap with a 1665, a coupla 5513s and a few DSSDs too!

[triton]

i was with barracuda

[pirate]

the recent divex was pretty disappointing, nothing new and not many good deals.

[pirate]

anyone interested in going a nearby dive trip to tioman in June?

[triton]

anything interesting in tioman? if want to go, i need to service my regulators liao.

anyone interested in going a nearby dive trip to tioman in June?

[taxico]

i'd be happy to go on a trip anytime!

any DMs/AIs/Is here?

[pirate]

i'll check with my friend on which particular site in tioman he is going so i know what marine life to expect.

Trip will be on the 1st weekend of june.

If not wrong is all in, $300+.

will get more details.

[taxico]

i'll check with my friend on which particular site in tioman he is going so i know what marine life to expect.

which dive shop is he with? or is this a DIY trip?

[pirate]

http://dive-hardytadpole.com/

His contacts are in his website.

Ask for Lester or Lloyd

Cheers,

[taxico]

http://dive-hardytadpole.com/

His contacts are in his website.

Ask for Lester or Lloyd

i forgot their names... but when hardy tadpoles first started years back, i think they had 2 SSI instructors who were also NDU regulars (?)... lester sounds familiar.

i saw one of them at the recent adex. i wonder if he's still in NDU!

[pirate]

That i am not sure also, as i did not see any of them at the recent expo. The expo nothing much to see too.

[taxico]

...The expo nothing much to see too.

next year DLT is coming to singapore to fight it out with adex... gonna be held a few weeks apart too.

hopefully it will be more interesting.

as an aside: is anyone interested in doing a rebreather course?

[taxico]

i headed up to pulau aur this weekend past. didn't enjoy myself - should have gone to tioman with simply scuba (4 boats!) instead.

saw an orange PO on a diver on the bus on the way to malaysia but it disappeared before the first dive.

[pirate]

anyone planning any trips before the season close in malaysia?