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17 July 2012
Diving at Channel Rocks Like most of the customers at Octopus Divers (more details about them below), I did one dive today. I was picked up at 0830 and taken to their dive centre on the opposite side of the island. Unfortunately the dive at Channel Rocks was a disappointment. Descending into the water, it felt […]
24 October 2011
We walked around Labuanbajo, in the land of Komodo dragons, and enquired about dive trips. Day trips are common and overnight trips require the right numbers in the travelling party. Every shop had the same offerings at the same price … except Labuan Bajo Dive Club which was IDR50,000 cheaper. That little difference in price […]
21 August 2011
Above: Colour of the water looks good but it wasn’t a good day. We had planned on doing two dives today with Seahawk Divers. But as a sweetener for our failed sighting of whale-sharks yesterday, they offered either a repeat excursion or a complimentary dive. When we turned up in the morning, the weather was still […]
18 July 2011
I come back to Pulau Weh after a year to have a little more diving. This relatively undiscovered island offers some great diving and is easily accessible from my budget airline hub, Kuala Lumpur. This visit to Pulau Weh I did three dives over two days, again with Lumba Lumba. The first at Arus Bale […]
4 June 2011
Deciding to dive We hadn’t decided on diving in Nha Trang, but at only USD40 for two fun dives with Coco Dive Centre, it was too good to be true. This was slightly less than their website price as it may have been a slow period. It was a good way to keep current and […]
27 January 2011
Above: It is possible to scuba dive with an elephant. In the Andaman they have one of the last swimming elephants. You can snorkel or dive with the elephant … if you pay … it is about INR10,000 (NZD300) for one snorkel or dive. That’s like 3x the going rate for two normal dives. I couldn’t […]
6 August 2010
We did two dives today with Aitutaki Scuba (Neil Mitchell). The first dive was at Rapae Wall was alright. We saw a turtle float past … then another one which had been resting amongst the rock got up and took off. We also went down 28m into a canyon but there wasn’t much to see. My dive […]
26 July 2010
My Two Dives I did two dives today with Lumba Lumba Dive Resort, as planned … but not quite. The manager suggested that I do a refresher dive as I wasn’t highly experienced (15 dives) and it had been about 9 months since my last dive. Of course I suspected this was at an extra cost […]
16 October 2009
Above: Going back through the mangroves after our dive. Today, we had two dives at Sachiko II which was another beautiful wall dive, much like yesterday with plenty of variety. Second dive was the House Reef. Even after Sipadan, I was excited to see turtles and barracudas. Sadly it was too early in our diving […]
15 October 2009
We had two days of diving with Living Colours in Bunaken. Today we had two dives at Aluang Banua and Lekuan II. The dive sites were all beautiful walls with plenty of variety in the marine life. Most importantly the divemasters were very professional … they gave good pre-dive briefings and always emphasised that this […]