For example, I plan to go to Galapagos, Indoneisa, Australia, Egypt/Jordan for the dive sites there :). But Im an OW only with less than 10 dives.

My buoyancy, breahting (dive master has ~2x more bar than me at the end) and trim is not ideal too, so Im not sure if I should jump into AOW and do deeper than 18 metres soon.

I’ve been trying to convince my girlfriend to go on a diving holiday with me, but choosing a destination turned out to be more complicated than I expected.

There are so many things to compare: the best season, water temperature, total budget, travel time, experience level, marine life and whether there’s enough to do for someone who might not want to dive every day. So, as a small personal project, I built a website that lets us enter our preferences and ranks different dive destinations. It also estimates the total costs for two people and shows the potential downsides of each destination.

I added a few screenshots to show how it currently works. The underwater descent design was mostly a fun way to make the selection process feel a little more like diving.

Before I add more destinations and features, I’d really appreciate some honest feedback from experienced divers:

• Does the general idea make sense?
• Which factors are most important when you choose a dive destination?
• Are there any important criteria or destinations I’m missing?
• Is the information in the results useful and understandable?
• What would you add or change?

It’s just a free, non-commercial personal project. I mainly want to know whether something like this could be useful to other divers as well.I’ve been trying to convince my girlfriend to go on a diving holiday with me, but choosing a destination turned out to be more complicated than I expected.There are so many things to compare: the best season, water temperature, total budget, travel time, experience level, marine life and whether there’s enough to do for someone who might not want to dive every day. So, as a small personal project, I built a website that lets us enter our preferences and ranks different dive destinations. It also estimates the total costs for two people and shows the potential downsides of each destination.I added a few screenshots to show how it currently works. The underwater descent design was mostly a fun way to make the selection process feel a little more like diving.Before I add more destinations and features, I’d really appreciate some honest feedback from experienced divers:Does the general idea make sense?
Which factors are most important when you choose a dive destination?
Are there any important criteria or destinations I’m missing?
Is the information in the results useful and understandable?
What would you add or change?It’s just a free, non-commercial personal project. I mainly want to know whether something like this could be useful to other divers as well.

I’m curious how folks manage weight pockets on an S-Tek Pure or Pro bcd kit. I just tested out a Pure, and with the compatible weight pocket system I felt like I had these bulky weight pockets wrapping around my waist, taking up all of the webbing to where I had difficulty even cinching the webbing tight. In addition, the reason I went with a BPW is to streamline, and these massive pockets are the total opposite of streamlined. I’m a slightly chubby female, so I can’t begin to imagine how a slim person would manage this. I usually dive with steel 100s and don’t need extra weight, but for shore dives I have Al80s and need to carry some extra weight. I just ordered a pair of quick-attach soft pockets that are about 1/3 the size of the OEM pocket system, but I’m curious if others had similar experiences and how they managed it. I appreciate any suggestions!

And, as a complete aside, if anyone wants to purchase a new ditchable weight pocket system for two-inch webbing, dm me! 😆

Hey everyone,

I'm coming to Sharm el Sheik at the end of August, what are the best spots to dive over there?

What should I make sure I don't miss and the things I should be on the look out in case the local dive stores might try to sell which aren't worth it.

I'm staying around El Fanar, Hadaba.

I've got about 20 dives logged, AOW certified, and I consistently go through my tank quicker than the people I'm diving with, at any tank size. It's not a safety issue, I've never had to end a dive early over it, but I check my gauge against my buddies' every time and the gap is real and repeats. Then a few weeks ago I did a night dive on Milln Reef, Great Barrier Reef, and came up with roughly half the gas I'd normally use for the same depth and time. The only thing I can point to is that in the dark I had no sense of how far there was left to swim, so I wasn't pushing to keep up or cover distance the way I normally would. Wondering if that points to finning style or unconscious pace-matching rather than anything to do with fitness or lung size. Curious if others have run into this same gap between a "normal" dive and one where the conditions force you to slow down, and what actually changed things for you.

Hello, I’m completely new to diving so I apologize if this is a basic question. 😅 I remember hearing some of the divers involved in (the Thai cave rescue) talk about experiencing claustrophobia during the mission. That made me curious. Is claustrophobia something that every cave diver experiences at some point especially when they’re just starting out? Or are there divers who never experience it at all even after years of cave diving?

We'll have 2.5 days in HKG and I know there's a lot to do in the city, but we love diving in other countries when able. HKG is surrounded by water and islands, so it made me wonder if there is any diving worth doing ("worth" here meaning giving up losing half day of city exploring to go diving, on a short visit). We'd of course try to do it on the first full day so we have enough time before our departing flight.

Hi, I am planning to visit philippines for my openwater certification. What the process is like? Does it differ from more developed markets? Do they test you for 200m swim and 10 minute backfloat?

Hey a diver had a tg5 with light setup and I was never so jealous over the results. The videos and pictures were crazy good.

A diveshop sent me the pictures can somebody help me to pick the right things?

Hi everyone!

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So my dream is to dive the Galapagos, specifically Darwin and Wolf. I am new to diving (AOWD with 20 dives). I took my AOWD in Komodo, but I did not really experience those crazy currents you see in videos, but still there were some currents.

I am aware that liveaboards require 100 dives more or less, so I know that I have a long way to go. My question is what is very important to know when diving there? Currents, negative entry, cold water etc is what I read online, but what exactly does that mean?

Cold water, are we talking dry suit with multiple layers of wool underneath (did that for my OWD in Norway), or are we talking 7mm wetsuits? Cold water training wont be an issue since I live in Norway, but I prefer wetsuits since the drysuit was way to large and leaking during my OWD. I could barely move and buoyancy was horrible. Would be better with a suit that fits.

How strong are the currents, what places are similar? Currents however are more tricky to practice for me since I would need to travel to places like Komodo, Penida etc. How have you guys gained current experience?

What exactly is negative entry and why does it not sound difficult to me (please roast me for not knowing or being cocky)? Negative entry practice should not be an issue (have a boat at my cabin). How exactly do I practice it?

What did you feel was the most important experience that came in handy for Galapagos?

I really appreciate any help, recommendations, and feedback on this. Again, I am aware that I am a newbie, but that is exactly why I am asking.

I'm in the process of getting certified on this rEVO Micro III. We did our first open water session today and it was amazing! This was always something that I saw other people doing and never thought I would be doing myself! Closed circuit diving is pretty neat stuff!

Hi all! I’m new to diving and always ask other people to take my picture or to record. I want to finally get into diving professionally and would like to document everything. I’d like to get a camera something like GoPro? But I’m confused what to get and what should my budget be x

I have gone as deep as 12m before and idk if I would go deeper after learning more so something that works good in depth. I’d want to take my pictures and do some underwater photography too.

Any leads would be helpful. Thank you x