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    • JDelageJ
      JDelage
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      Planning a scuba trip in Puerto Galera, Philippines this April. Was looking at Raja Ampat in Indonesia or Tubbataha in the Philippines but decided to do that another time. Puerto Galera is a 20h flight, plus drive, plus ferry, plus trike, but it's still much easier than those other two locations...

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      • Sir_Cuffs-a-LotS
        Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot
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        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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        • JDelageJ
          JDelage
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          Yes, I'm pretty excited about this...

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          • T4920T
            T4920
            見習いボス
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            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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            • P
              prpx
              Haraki san Expert
              @T4920
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              @T4920 - wonderful! enjoy it man

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              • T4920T
                T4920
                見習いボス
                @prpx
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                @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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                • GilesG
                  Giles
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                  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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                  • JDelageJ
                    JDelage
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                    @T4920 - Those are top quality pictures.

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                    • T4920T
                      T4920
                      見習いボス
                      @JDelage
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                      @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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                      • JDelageJ
                        JDelage
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                        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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                        • GilesG
                          Giles
                          IHUK Crew
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                          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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                          • GilesG
                            Giles
                            IHUK Crew
                            @JDelage
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                            @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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                            • T4920T
                              T4920
                              見習いボス
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                              @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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                              • JDelageJ
                                JDelage
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                                @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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                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
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                                  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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                                  • GilesG
                                    Giles
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                                    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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                                    • GilesG
                                      Giles
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                                      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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                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
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                                        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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                                        • GilesG
                                          Giles
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                                          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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                                          • T4920T
                                            T4920
                                            見習いボス
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                                            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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