Scuba anyone?

[Bridger]

Shame about the weather. Hope it doesn't spoil your trip.

[Giles]

Really getting us down.......

[endo]

[goosehd]

@Giles unbelievable and you two don’t look too bad either ️

[Denimhead 0]

@Giles Looks like paradise ️

[Karol]

@Denimhead-0 it is actually called The Last Paradise in many sources

[Tago Mago]

@Giles I really appreciate you two taking one for the team here. Not everyone would have handled adversity with such grace and dignity. Hope you get to enjoy the rest of the trip

[Giles]

Our dive group here....

Me and P in the middle.....

[Giles]

@Karol The dives we did on the Blue Pearl (minus Crazy Zoo, which was the night dive that got swapped for a beer).....

Favourite dive site name.....Red Light District. Was in and around a Port Channel Marker (red light at night).....

[Karol]

@Giles awesome! There are few here I have not seen, perfect for the next time, and I see that you guys skipped the Misool altogether. This is something to consider next time. It's the most remote part and so damn nice.
I was marking the locations on google prior to the dives and here is how it looks. I marked things in yellow, green and blue:

And Misool:

[Karol]

@Giles and thinking of Misool, there is a resort there that is just what the doctor ordered. Not crowded, in the middle of nature - https://www.misool.info/

The problem I see with this is that you are in a place away from where the liveaboard starts. Can't square this damn circle.

[Karol]

@Giles What was the thickness on neoprene? And the fact that both of you went without the hood
When someone is made out of such a harder stuff then us mortals, it's no surprise that the denim they run is 25oz.

[Giles]

I was using 2/3mm, but sometimes I did not bother. Getting in and out of wetsuits 3 to 4 times a day is a pain Water temp was usually 29C.

The guy who organised this trip is a Filipino, a friend we made in 2017 when P and I were travelling to celebrate my 60th. He is organising a Misool trip on this boat in Fen 27. We'll likely join that....

[Giles]

@Karol said in Scuba anyone?:

Not crowded, in the middle of nature - https://www.misool.info/

I spoke to Cedric (the dive Boss) about it. He says it's very expensive, 5 hours on speedboat from Sorong, booked out for 2 years.......

But great. Just gets a lot of shit about the pricing

[Giles]

Forgive the peacy V-signs. I was diving with Asians, I would likely have been mugged if I did not conform.....

[Karol]

@Giles beeing cold just by looking at you
But you get the extra points for matching shorts and fins.

[Giles]

Yeah, jonesing for one of these atm......

Oh, and Paula needs to get rid of her BCD, and join the big boys club and get wings, so thinking of one of these. I have semi wings, but will probably go full wings and plate too. Looking at the way the guys and gals with wings moved in the water compared to those with BCD's on the Raja Ampat trip, it was chalk and cheese.

So we'l probably both upgrade before the next trip....

[Karol]

@Giles Wing all 100%!!! So much easier to pack and the trim in the water is way smoother compared to jacket. And as you saw in those currents, any mean to reduce the drag is a win.

Having X-deep ZEN for approx. 5-6 years now, I can't see anything to complain. It's surprising how Poland became this place for premium scuba stuff:
https://teclinediving.eu
https://www.xdeep.eu
https://santidiving.com

Even in Raja people were singing praise about X-Deep and I saw many of their wings used by folks from over the world. You and @Madame-Buttonfly can't go wrong with it.

[Giles]

Yeah, all the Filipinos I was with who used wings had X-Deep

[Karol]

You know what is the best, you guys still have one of the nicest parts of Raja to discover, the Misool trip is going to be epic! And compared to central the currents are a bit more forgiving. Paired with wings it should be a walk in a park. Perfect warmup and then you should revisit central.