Formosa Diving

Most of you probably still have places to improve when it comes to
motion and buoyancy in the water.As they say, practice makes perfect
and indeed it takes some practice.However, i found an article in a dive magazine (please don’t press
charges ), that summarize the main point of
gaining that buoyancy……

This article in the idle world, should be no news to those who
received dive training, but in the real world, a lot of divers have
never heard those things.

In any case, it’s always good to review those aspects and try
to apply them next time you hit the water..read carefully and feel
free to ask me anything or to leave and comments.
enjoy your hovering …



double + manifold

I recently completed my Technical Diving course .  I was certified as a Trimix diver  and I  would like to share some photos and  thoughts about it.

In general, technical (tech) diving, differs from recreational diving (which we often call scuba diving), by the fact there’s always a ceiling on the head, and a direct ascent to the surface is not allowed/possible.

This ceiling can be a “hard” ceiling such as cave diving, or wreck diving, or a “soft” ceiling due to a dive that exceed the NDL (No decompression limit) due to deep dives or very long dives.

Since the dives are often very deep and long, mandatory decompression stops are required on the way to the surface, and if such wouldn’t be done, the diver is in a great risk of having the DSC (decompression sickness).

This is a complete different discipline compare with scuba diving, as in the later one, a direct ascent to the surface is always an option (of course no faster that 9 meters/30 feet per minute!).

In order to commit such a complex dive, one should receive good training and gear up with equipment that would allow

such dive (enough gas, back up gas, big capacity floating device, lifting bag, torch, reel and so on…).

Ω Wiki Ω link  where you can a little bit of info about tech diving.

(you are all more than welcome to post a comment and questions here and i will get back to you with more info..)

to view my pictures from that course : click

The gentle fly of the manta…

Manta Ray for you those of you that haven’t seen it yet, is one of the most elegant creatures of the sea..

Pictures- Similan islands

Fish feeding on a jellyfish…

The visibility wasn’t that good that day due to a storm, but still decent pictures.

Enjoy….

here are the photos : Ω.

The descent

The ascent

The new SHARKS ..

Well i know we’re talking about scuba, but i thought that you guys would find this interesting ..

So free diving which also called “apnea diving” (apnea means “stop breathing” in Greek), or breath hold diving is different from our world, the SCUBA world.

SCUBA stands for : self contained underwater breathing apparatus, or to simplify it for you : MACHINES.
The free diving is being done in a few different categories , such as assisted weight, constant weight in which you are suppose to dive as deep as you can

and make it back to the surface.

Static apnea (in a pool) where the point is to hold your breath

simply as long as u can!

The current static apnea world record for men is : 10 minutes and 12 seconds!!! think of it – 10 minutes without breathing.

NO LIMITS is a type of free diving which accessories including SPARE AIR can be used.
This is an exciting world of complete silence (remember, no scuba = no bubbles) and harmony.

Check out Wikipedia for the rules history and a lot of information about this Extreme sport:

Since i got asked more than once – I decided to brighten this issue…

Let me elaborate : PADI stands for Professional Association of Diving Instructors. That’s at least what it was 40 or so years ago when it was established. Now days, in the scuba world they laugh at PADI and give it names like : Put Another Dollar In. They compromise on standards, and they are truly capitalists. There’s so much politics to in, more than there’s scuba in it.

So yes, PADI is the biggest organization. Yes they make a lot of money, BUT to associate PADI with safety is like associate a vegetarian with a a piece of steak.

So when u r in a look of a dive buddy, make sure he’s QUALIFIED and not just CERTIFIED. Certification doesn’t mean that he or she really knows anything regarding scuba.

So in your inquiries for a dive instructor, school and certification, look for quality, and not quantity.

There are other organization out there and to be sure they’re recognized, you need to go to the WRSTC site ( world recreational scuba council ).

If they are recognized, you are safe and u can dive anywhere in the world without any problem.

To be fair, I have met good PADI instructors as well in my life (most of them also work for other organizations ..) .

So the underline of all of this – don’t disqualify other organization and don’t be obsessed with PADI. Look for a quality experienced facility and instructor. If it’s a PADI facility, it might be a good one, but it’s not automatically good JUST because it’s PADI.

Hope you got enlightened a bit and got better understanding of this issue.

A link you may find supporting what i just explained :

PADI-vs-SSI

About the organizations i work with :
Acuc
Naui

A while after writing this post, i was cruising in the net and saw that article…