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2 July 2015
Introduction I dived the SS Yongala with Yongala Dive Centre based in Alva, near Ayr. Alva is about 1h20 minutes south from Townsille. I stayed at their pleasant dive lodge the night before the dive. It is possible to dive the Yongala from Townsville but the commute by sea is quite long and it makes it […]
19 June 2015
Introduction There are two outfits at Pacific Harbour that offer the Shark Dive experience where they feed the sharks underwater in front of the divers/customers. Beqa Adventure Divers is one outfit and the other is Aquatrek. I chose the former. In the back of my mind, there was the question of ethics. Should we be […]
3 August 2014
I had a day to kill in Ulcinj and didn’t fancy lying on any of its crowded beaches. So I opted to dive with D’Olcinium Diving Club. Little did I know that it would be a complete waste of time and money. Pricing, Options & Equipment They charge EUR25 per dive (up to two dives […]
13 June 2014
If you’re a solo traveller in Biak and wish to dive, you’ll have to be very lucky or very rich. Try to come with some friends otherwise will cost you! There aren’t many travellers or divers around so if you don’t team up with them, you’ll end up shelling a bomb for a private trip. […]
10 March 2014
I wanted to dive the Red Sea while in Port Sudan. I don’t like diving enough to justify megabucks and multiple days on a liveaboard. So the Sudan Red Sea Resort about 30 minutes north of Port Sudan was my only option. About the Sudan Red Sea Resort Firstly, about the resort. It’s quite hard […]
7 July 2013
Wreck Dive It was back to the Bounty Wreck for this dive; the same place as where I had done my night dive. In daylight, I could appreciate the good coral growth. The marine life included mantis shrimp, trumpet fish, orange spine unicorn fish, Andaman sweet lips, rabbit fish and again Moorish idols. The skill […]
6 July 2013
Deep Dive This was undertaken at a site called Deep Turbo. The maximum depth we went down to was 25m. I had to do this for the certification but it was actually nothing new. Many dive masters take divers with Open Water certification up to this depth when they’re not supposed to. The coral was […]
5 July 2013
Change of Plan Having travelled from Timor Leste through to West Timor, and been roughing it, I just wanted to relax and do a little diving. I enquired about doing a couple of days diving with a few dive centres. Aquaddiction, they suggested that I do an SSI Advanced certification. At first I wasn’t keen […]
30 June 2013
Day 2 Diving Experience Today, both dives were muck dives in order to avoid strong currents due to the lunar perigee and recent full moon. That’s quite an irony to be doing muck dives when the waters around Alor are very clear. The first dive was Pertamina, just of the pier where fuel is shipped […]
29 June 2013
I did two days of diving with alor-diving.com based at La Petite Kepa. Their normal routine is 2 dives per day, leaving on their boat around 0730 and returning around 1330. Dives are EUR33 with all equipment. Day 1 Diving Experience First dive was at Abila Pura where the current was strong. I got separated […]