SCUBA diving

[kejot]

anyone else on forum into/tried scuba diving??????

[wobblebottom]

Tried many many years ago.......... eeekkk !

Then it was quite expensive ....

Was really good fun but also very demanding and physically tiring aswell, i went thru endless hours of training in a pool based enviroment and very little actual sea diving..

I did mange to obtain PADI ..which came in handy on hols.. went diving in Malta and greece...

If i had the funds i would certainly look to getting back into it again...

Good Fun...

Make sure If you goin on hols and you take these week long course things that all schools and trainers are Padi registered and certified.

HTH

[kejot]

hi wobbs

im already PADI, just seeing if anyone else was, for general chit chat, info and the like, only been doing it a couple of years (never dived in uk always abroad :lol)

just been buying all my gear off ebay for our trip to the red sea this year, it works out cheaper to but here and take rether than rent out there.

ive managed to get
a shortie wetsuit
BCD
Regs
weightbelt
gloves
compass
dive knife

all for less than £200

and just won bid for dive computer for £80, but thats just a extra toy :lol

already got mask/snorkel/fins/full suit

[postmortemrob]

I tried scuba diving twice!
It's fantastic, I took advanatage of the offer for a free trial introduction at Mold swimming baths. It's the closest thing to flying I would say, free as a bird.

The British Sub Aqua Club (BSAC).
BSAC run these free trials throughout the country

Take a look -http://www.bsac.com/

I am not sure if I could join? (I would love to) insurance willing!

[mark222]

I used to travel to the Philippines working quite regularly.

I used to go diving at the weekends in and around Subic Bay.

I'v also done a bit in Turkey and Greece and the other other year in a marine park off the coast of Malaysia.

Hoping to get wet on holiday this year but not sorted anything out yet.

[dougie]

hello all
new to this ,but been diving for many years so anyone needs advice regarding anything underwater just ask :ok

[john1509]

hi all just came back from holidays in eygpt were i took a scuba diving corse which was brill great experiance. but im haveing trouble clearing my ears anyone got any ideas tx john

[Chris06]

Which course did u take? i did my Scuba Diver course in egypt and hoping to do my Open Water soon :icon7: try accending about a metre then try clear your ears, worked for me :icon7:

[john1509]

hi chris have done my advanced open water + nitrox corse im going bact to eygpt on the 6th of jan to do a few more dives. ps sorted the problem with my ears now all good :ok

[Chris06]

cool!. have you dived anywhere other than egypt? i've dived in turkey and egypt. great fun :biggrin . With the nitrox does that give you a longer dive time or something?

[john1509]

hi chris only dived in eygpt m8. yes the nitrox gives you longer bottom time and it better for you if you do more dives in the day.

[focusmisty]

If any one is really interesting in diving or to learn, try PHI PHI Island off the coast of Phuket in Thailand contact this site www.paradiseescort.co.th or malcytraveller@hotmail.co.uk
Focusmisty

[santana007]

i was all up for it a 7 years ago , we were in Mexico , as i was best man at my mates wedding.

i did a trial in the pool there was me and a guy from Holland , the instructor said at the end of the hour i was a natural. he looked at the dutch guy and said you were not so good. i thought OK here goes he is going to try and sell it to me .

i said we are going to the Maldives in about 2 months for 3 weeks. he said fantastic .. don`t book in here then , the Maldives is one of the best places in the world. if i was a natural i might never find out though .

we had a Catamaran acident in the maldives and it put me of warter :rolleyes2


i would still like to have ago sometime though


santana007 :ok