ANYONE wants to go diving???
-
Wlau, veri scary leh...
-
Originally posted by Fatum:
monsoon still not over yet then ....
For natalie...he might brave the hantu waters.
-
Go hantu take lah cost very cheap only........save the $$$$ for a leisure dive.........
What are the chances to see Threshers Shark at Malapascua??? I will be going during X'MAS wor.....
-
Most me friend say Tioman better............ need 5 dives to get cert leh. Hantu only 4dives......... that means need additional time n transport. think cost will be same le.....
-
I first got certified in hantu .... in 1998 ....
people claim there's nothing to see there, but back in the pre-land reclaimation days, and before hordes of irresponsible instructors let their rampaging students demolish the corals to rubble, there were a lot of things to see there .... huge heads of anemones with clownfishes, groupers underneath the ledges, patrolling batfishes, a bamboo shark, and the clowning glory, a sea turtle !!!!!! ......(the famous 3 legged one ....), seen it all at hantu before
and I dove the hantu/sudong wreck quite a few times before, good place for wreck dive training, not haunted like the sister's island one ...
I would say, if you can get certified at hantu, you can dive everywhere ... the vis is sometimes pretty bad, and the currents, a little out from the ledge can be disorientating, it's the best place to train fundamentals like navigation (VERY VERY VERY important, a sadly neglected skill nowadays)
and when you finally go for a leisure dive at a place with great vis ... you'll appreciate things so much more ...
-
Originally posted by Fatum:
I first got certified in hantu .... in 1998 ....
people claim there's nothing to see there, but back in the pre-land reclaimation days, and before hordes of irresponsible instructors let their rampaging students demolish the corals to rubble, there were a lot of things to see there .... huge heads of anemones with clownfishes, groupers underneath the ledges, patrolling batfishes, a bamboo shark, and the clowning glory, a sea turtle !!!!!! ......(the famous 3 legged one ....), seen it all at hantu before
and I dove the hantu/sudong wreck quite a few times before, good place for wreck dive training, not haunted like the sister's island one ...
I would say, if you can get certified at hantu, you can dive everywhere ... the vis is sometimes pretty bad, and the currents, a little out from the ledge can be disorientating, it's the best place to train fundamentals like navigation (VERY VERY VERY important, a sadly neglected skill nowadays)
and when you finally go for a leisure dive at a place with great vis ... you'll appreciate things so much more ...
hmmmm, will consider
Thn Q 4 the info wor
-
the sudong wreck is nice, dove it many times.
as long as you don't backside itchy and try moving over to the other side of the wreck and get blown away by the current
-
Originally posted by fatone:
-
Originally posted by av98m:
the sudong wreck is nice, dove it many times.
as long as you don't backside itchy and try moving over to the other side of the wreck and get blown away by the current
Wlau, if I newbie dun know then how??? Me also swim like chicken de. then sure die lor
-
Originally posted by Bak la va:
Wlau, if I newbie dun know then how??? Me also swim like chicken de. then sure die lorcurrents are a fact of life in the ocean ....
don't worry ... your instructors will tell you how to deal with currents properly ....
-
Originally posted by Bak la va:
Wlau, if I newbie dun know then how??? Me also swim like chicken de. then sure die lor
don't worry, as far as I know they don't do the open water course at that particular site, and its not a difficult dive anyway. but whatever you do, learn how to use your compass and bring your own safety sausage(learn how to deploy it first).make your instructor teach you if he/she does not.
-
Originally posted by Fatum:
currents are a fact of life in the ocean ....
don't worry ... your instructors will tell you how to deal with currents properly ....
I was drowned in Sentosa when i was 4yr old....Whenever i can't step onto the bottom of the pool, will start to shiver.... even in open sea also veri jiat lat, once nervous then shiver again.........maybe diving is not my cup of tea eventually
-
Originally posted by Bak la va:
I was drowned in Sentosa when i was 4yr old....Whenever i can't step onto the bottom of the pool, will start to shiver.... even in open sea also veri jiat lat, once nervous then shiver again.........maybe diving is not my cup of tea eventually
ok...if you have this phobia even in a swimming pool, then diving is a pretty bad idea. -
Originally posted by Bak la va:
I was drowned in Sentosa when i was 4yr old....Whenever i can't step onto the bottom of the pool, will start to shiver.... even in open sea also veri jiat lat, once nervous then shiver again.........maybe diving is not my cup of tea eventually
watch more ocean documentaries ......
it's a whole different world out there ....
-
-
go on... fight the fear.. get desensitised to it.. get certified and go to places like Bali... according to the mutantdude, there is mola-mola to be seen there
-
Originally posted by the Bear:
go on... fight the fear.. get desensitised to it.. get certified and go to places like Bali... according to the mutantdude, there is mola-mola to be seen there
-
please fight the fear under supervision in a pool first, then try snorkelling under supervision in the sea.
don't take an open water course just like that.
-
Bak la va-- Dun worry.....reason y u have phobia of drowning is because u r not able to breathe in the water. But I am sure your instructor will show you how to use your diving gears to breathe in the water. As long as you got air I am sure you can get over it. :) DIVING IS THE BEST
-
Originally posted by Devol78:
Bak la va-- Dun worry.....reason y u have phobia of drowning is because u r not able to breathe in the water. But I am sure your instructor will show you how to use your diving gears to breathe in the water. As long as you got air I am sure you can get over it. :) DIVING IS THE BEST
Thn Q 4 ur encouragement wor.... -
Originally posted by av98m:
the sudong wreck is nice, dove it many times.
as long as you don't backside itchy and try moving over to the other side of the wreck and get blown away by the current
when was the last time U tried the sudong wreck?
Can recommend any operators taking leisure trips out there?Can PM if U like.
-
Originally posted by Xcert:
when was the last time U tried the sudong wreck?
Can recommend any operators taking leisure trips out there?Can PM if U like.
would you be interested in a day trip ? .....some of us were talking about it offline ...
two tank dive .... one at the wreck, then a leisure one at perhaps hantu eastern side after lunch ? ....
after CNY
got to blow some bubbles before the monsoon ends ...you got your own kit ?
-
or can make it a pure wreck one ... perhaps can do the sister's island freighter wreck as well
-
Fatum, u got all the equipment ah? I tot need to rent de?
-
Originally posted by Bak la va:
Fatum, u got all the equipment ah? I tot need to rent de?
lolz ....
yes, I got my own personal equipment ... AV got his full set too ... except the tank of course .... nobody buys a tank ...