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Scuba anyone?

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    Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
    The Unwoven
    Joined: 11 Feb 2023

    Some of my favourite dives were in the Philippines, @JDelage. Saw thresher sharks off Malapascua and this blue-ringed octopus in Dauin…. Have fun! 👍

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      JDelage
      啓蒙家
      Joined: 13 Jan 2012

      Yes, I'm pretty excited about this...

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        T4920
        見習いボス
        Joined: 27 Apr 2022

        Such amazing times completing my PADI Open Water course on Koh Lanta, Thailand.

        The caves and swim-throughs were a highlight, and everything I thought was going to scare me on land was just so serene and beautiful underwater...

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        “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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          prpx
          Haraki san Expert
          @T4920
          Joined: 10 Nov 2021

          @T4920 - wonderful! enjoy it man

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            T4920
            見習いボス
            @prpx
            Joined: 27 Apr 2022

            @prpx thank you! Already planning two more dive trips

            “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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              Giles
              IHUK Crew
              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

              That'll do nicely 🙂

              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                JDelage
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                @T4920 - Those are top quality pictures.

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                  T4920
                  見習いボス
                  @JDelage
                  Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                  @JDelage I know right, couldn't believe it when I saw them... I mean, his camera rig was the size of a small person so the clues were there 😆

                  “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                    JDelage
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                    Yeah, I have a rig with a point-and-shoot and it's already quite big. UW photo, I've decided, is really for pros or people who have a lot more time & money than me. I'm taking a GoPro rig with me to Puerto Galera.

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                      Giles
                      IHUK Crew
                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                      Two things happened to me last trip:

                      1. My Suunto computer crapped out on me mid-dive. That meant I had no idea what depth I was at (as I did not have redundancy), and also locked itself for 48 hours, once I had un-crapped it out.
                      2. My pressure gauge crapped out on me (we think that the spring broke).

                      Both incidents were a little unsettling.

                      Paula fixed both issues for me at Xmas:

                      1. Goodbye Suunto and your ridiculously conservative algorithms, and hello Peregrine....
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                      2. And hello new pressure gauge. All sortes of additional info including depth, so I have redundancy on that .....
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                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        @JDelage
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        @JDelage said in Scuba anyone?:

                        UW photo, I've decided, is really for pros or people who have a lot more time & money than me. I'm taking a GoPro rig with me to Puerto Galera.

                        100% agree.

                        We're in an unnatural and inherently dangerous environment. Live in the moment. Do not risk something nasty happening because you are concentrating on taking a crap shot that no one else will be interested in any way....

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                          T4920
                          見習いボス
                          @Giles
                          Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                          @Giles said in Scuba anyone?:

                          1. Goodbye Suunto and your ridiculously conservative algorithms, and hello Peregrine....

                          My instructor had a good rant to us about conservative dive computers earlier today. It was a little outside my level of understanding, but the fact you can be locked out for acting in a way you know to be totally safe must be insanely frustrating..

                          “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                            JDelage
                            啓蒙家
                            Joined: 13 Jan 2012

                            @Giles - I had my dive computer (which connects to my reg for pressure info) crap out on me on a live-aboard in the middle of the Red Sea. Thank god the crew was able to hook up a gauge and lend me one of their dive computers. I now have a redundant analogically pressure gauge on my reg. I've considered getting the Apple Watch Ultra as a redundant computer but it requires a subscription to be used this way and I really don't see the value prop.

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                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
                              Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                              I had the Suunto air pod thingy that “connected” to my Suunto Eon. It was fucking useless and has been sold to another sucker (as has the Eon). I was a 100% Suunto fanboy having never had anything else, but I am no longer. I have a spare analogue gauge which I will take me, but wont bother hooking it up unless I need to

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                Giles
                                IHUK Crew
                                Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                Large tank for my set-up on SAKURA. Will usually use it as a refill station for the Mantus Mini Scuba System I have on board, but can rig it with my conventional rig if I think I need more bottom time....

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                                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                  Old and new.....

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                                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    As I have documented before, I do not take photos underwater. I'd rather take everything in than take shit photos....But a member asked me yesterday if we had seen anything cool. Paula has a penchant for Morays and I get excited with Leaf and Frog Fish. So 3 things we saw yesterday (images from web):

                                    White Mouthed Moray
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                                    Leaf Fish - 2 different species

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                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                      Giles
                                      IHUK Crew
                                      Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                      Black Frogfish...

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                                      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                        T4920
                                        見習いボス
                                        Joined: 27 Apr 2022

                                        Not sure how common these are, but I was very happy to see a Seal Face Puffer Fish when I was doing my Open Water earlier this year.

                                        I'd chuckled at its cute little face when I saw it in one of the books on the dive boat, so when I encountered it underwater I spent way more time than I should have done staring at it..

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                                        “𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑏 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡.”

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                                          Giles
                                          IHUK Crew
                                          Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                          We love those......

                                          "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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