Scuba anyone?

[T4920]

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..

[Giles]

We love those......

[JDelage]

Puffer fish are cute when they're small, but they get very, very big, and then they're not cute at all.

I've been enjoying my diving in Puerto Valera's, Philippines (Sabang really). Many firsts for me. After saying I was done with uw photo, I decided to put my iPhone in a Divevolk case and take uw videos. It's a bit bigger than a GoPro but much better, and smaller than my previous set up for a still camera. I'm very happy with the results. Now comes the hard work of culling the vids, and editing the good bits. Last dive of the trip in 1hr (night dive) and then I make my way back to Seattle.

[T4920]

https://www.reddit.com/r/zoology/s/KOZmNxCVd6

I just saw this video on Reddit of somebody petting a Moray Eel like a puppy, crazy...

[Giles]

Just grabbed my diving stuff from the boat....

[chrisjohnnick]

I’m thinking of fulfilling a lifelong dream and getting into scuba diving this coming year. There are surprisingly a lot of places in and around Nashville to get certified and to dive.

[chrisjohnnick]

I’m a complete noob, but I do have experience using SCBA in my previous short lived career as a firefighter.

[Giles]

100% do it.

[Giles]

Getting the tech charged.....

[Giles]

I absolutely love this dive computer...

It's hands down the most easy to use, intuitive I have owned....

[Karol]

@Giles damn right!
I’m changing my sunto EON core to https://shearwater.com/products/perdix-2-x-swift-combo
I’m fucking tired of pointless alarms.

[Karol]

First dive on Thistlegorm complete. Waiting for the sun to go down to do night dive there. The current is punishing…

[Giles]

Yeah, I had an EON Core (and Paula still does). But it fucked me way too many times by locking me out for minor transgressions that I did not notice. And the tank pod was fucking useless. I was chatting to a Divemaster on a recent trip, and she has an EON, but whenever she did a "proper" dive, she borrowed her boyfriends Shearwater.

And great choice of the Perdix - too tech for my needs (not that that usually stops me )

[Karol]

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[Giles]

Didn't want to pee in your wetsuit?

[Karol]

@Giles there are two types of wetsuit divers - those that piss themselves in the wetsuit and others that don’t admit to it.

… but no, not yet on this safari.

[Giles]

I piss in mine, why the fuck not?

It's the same with boat owners, those who have crashed and those that lie....