Scuba Diving Blog & Forum
This Galapagos Aggressor III Liveaboard review reveals a 30 metre (100 feet) dive boat custom built for scuba divers. With paid Nitrox onboard so you can extend your dive time when diving with hammerheads. Meals cater for all dietary requirements and there are 8 en-suite aircon cabins for couples, singles and solo divers.
This Galapagos Master Liveaboard review reveals a 32.3 metre (106 feet) dive boat built for scuba divers. With paid Nitrox onboard, so you can extend your dive times when diving with hammerheads. Meals cater for all dietary requirements and she has 9 en-suite aircon cabins for couples, singles and solo divers.
Yes there are liveaboards with underwater scooters in the Red Sea and Truk Lagoon. These include the Red Sea Tala liveaboard, the Red Sea Nouran liveaboard and the Truk Master Truk Lagoon. Underwater sea scooters make for longer dives as you save energy and use less air on your dive.
This Galapagos Humboldt Explorer Liveaboard review reveals a 34 metre (112 feet) dive boat custom built for scuba divers. With paid Nitrox onboard so you can extend your dive time when diving with hammerheads. Meals cater for all dietary requirements and she has 8 en-suite aircon cabins for couples, singles and solo divers.
There are great white sharks in the Caribbean and it’s thought they come to breed in the warm safe waters of the Gulf of Mexico. But the scientists are still researching why the largest predators of the oceans visit the Caribbean when they normally prefer cooler waters.
Tiger shark Tarantino at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas likes to be petted like a dog by shark conservationist Jim Abernethy. But not all tiger sharks like to be petted, so don’t rush out and start petting them yourself.
The disadvantages of Nitrox diving include depth limits due to higher concentrations of oxygen and the cost of tank fills and specialist gear required to dive with Nitrox.
Pros And Cons Of Nitrox Diving: The top pros of Nitrox diving are improved diver safety and extended bottom times. Whereas the worst cons include depth limits and extra cost of diving.
Great white sharks have been spotted on the southern most coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef off Lady Elliot Island. The most recent great white shark encounter was a female measuring over four metres (13 feet) in August 2020, which is only the second sighting in 25 years.
The MV Miss Moon Liveaboard offers fantastic diving trips to Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). With fabulous reviews and an 8.7 out of 10 customer review rating you can’t go wrong. MV Miss Moon Liveaboard is a small dive boat and caters for up to 10 guests across 5 cabins and is available for charter.
How you deal with a down current is to swim at a 45° upward angle away from the wall whilst adding air to your BCD as you swim. If this doesn’t work grab a stationary object to stabilise yourself. Use other objects to crawl to the surface or wait until you’re ready for another attempt at a swim to the surface.
3 Maldives liveaboards offering tech diving support with sidemount diving. 2 have rebreather support and all have free nitrox onboard.
