Does anyone dive?

Cold? That's a bit of an understatement, although it's not as bad as the water in some places in the world.

I was only diving at around 10m, but the water temp was about 16 degrees...i was quite toasty and I wasn't even wearing a drysuit!

Originally Posted by 6miester

Lucky. I could go diving right now its raining so hard...

Need to book this years holiday soon, Papua new Guinea is looking good.

done it.. Kavieng (new Britain)
Lotsa stuff to see

If you do go to PNG, don't bother with PT Moresby except to change flights on your way through to .. Kavieng oh, and and a brief tour of the Highlands when your spent for some culture.. they discovered the aeroplane up there before the wheel y'know.

<damit all our pictures are in storage>

hi fox,
i dive, or have done in past, got myself to advanced an happy to stay that way.
if you can get to australia or indonesia its fab out there mate, like swimming in a pool, warm an clear generally. did try in the uk but cold an murky.. bali is good, great barrier reef fantastic an you can get deals on live aboards. not done red sea tho did visit sharm el shiek last nov, very warm an clear but as me an missus only had a week, she would have cut me bits off if i had suggested nipping off for a day

Thats why its much easier when you go out with someone whos also an open water diver

I'm planning to go to sharm next year at some point!

Originally Posted by craig_m67

done it.. Kavieng (new Britain)
Lotsa stuff to see

If you do go to PNG, don't bother with PT Moresby except to change flights on your way through to .. Kavieng oh, and and a brief tour of the Highlands when your spent for some culture.. they discovered the aeroplane up there before the wheel y'know.

<damit all our pictures are in storage>

Interesting...although it's now looking less likely as i have now chased up on the prices and they have magically increased from the headline figure

I'm finding it really hard to source any half decent holiday for less than £3000. That's for two all in. Flights have gone through the roof this year, unsurprisingly...

Looking at Cozumel in Mexico now though

Well that's the end of my diving this holiday, slipped by the pool csaught my foot in some weird way on one of the stones round the pool and ended up with an inch long gash down to the bone and spent the evening in casualty being stitched back together sodding local anesthetic had no affect until after they stitched it so felt every ****ing stitch

Originally Posted by GhostyDog

Well that's the end of my diving this holiday, slipped by the pool csaught my foot in some weird way on one of the stones round the pool and ended up with an inch long gash down to the bone and spent the evening in casualty being stitched back together sodding local anesthetic had no affect until after they stitched it so felt every ****ing stitch

Hows the foot?! Just go diving anyway, you'll be fine...

Hooray, just completed my Advanced Open Water...and I've only done 9 dives

Did anyone just watch that Pacific Abyss program on beeb 2

110m diving with re-breathers those guys are totally nuts

I found myself going through all my pre dive checks as they (the shallow 20m team) were getting ready to dive

Ghosty, Foxy congrats on the Open water Certs

Although watching that programme some of those divers had very un orthodox entry techniques

I just watched it HM. The Manta Rays were amazing. And the Mandarin Fish were stunning.

You are right; those fish collectors are nuts, especially the one who doesn't wear a wet suit.

I can't wait until my next diving holiday in December. I've just bought an underwater case for my camera and hopefully I'll get some good shots. I doubt they'll be of undiscovered species though.

Originally Posted by happy man

Although watching that programme some of those divers had very un orthodox entry techniques

That's just what i was thinking! Not exactly graceful, although i think Kate Humble managed one giant stride entry. Great program

Originally Posted by scsc

I just watched it HM. The Manta Rays were amazing. And the Mandarin Fish were stunning.

You are right; those fish collectors are nuts, especially the one who doesn't wear a wet suit.

I can't wait until my next diving holiday in December. I've just bought an underwater case for my camera and hopefully I'll get some good shots. I doubt they'll be of undiscovered species though.

That Guy Was Barking
I got a cheap vivitar camera waterproof to 15m took some OK shots this year in the Maldives

Originally Posted by 6miester

That's just what i was thinking! Not exactly graceful, although i think Kate Humble managed one giant stride entry. Great program

I've never dived off a small boat so all that rolling in backwards thing is beyond me

my first ever dive was a backwards roll off a boat...that was scary!

Originally Posted by happy man

That Guy Was Barking
I got a cheap vivitar camera waterproof to 15m took some OK shots this year in the Maldives



I've never dived off a small boat so all that rolling in backwards thing is beyond me

The first time you do the backwards roll entry is pretty scary, but it's actually fine. As long as everyone in the boat has untangled their fins first.

I've never tried underwater photography. But I bought a Canon Powershot G9 when I bought the Spider so I could take good pics of the car.

It has an underwater setting to adjust the colour balance. I've just invested in an underwater housing for it (+ weights, spare O-ring, silicone grease £££££.....). A big investment, so I hope I get some decent shots. I know the diving in Statia will be fantastic, it's my ability to capture the shots that I'm worried about. It is kind of hard to practice at 40m.

I have a G9 too, and the Canon underwater housing... I've taken the camera in the pool with no problems, but I can't bring myself to take it into the sea (at least until i have decent insurance)

How easy do you find using it in the housing? Assuming I am reasonably comfortable with the camera, is it easy to use underwater? Or will I have to relearn it all with different buttons?

The housing hasn't arrived yet, so I don't really know what to expect.

All the buttons are fine to use. Obviously you can't use the wheel, but theres a shortcut for that (its in the manual)

The only problem i've found is that its difficult to half press the shutter button to focus. It doesn't stop half way, or give you any tactile indication. I guess I'll get used to it eventually. Ideally i'd like to assign the focus to another button, like on my 20D, but I don't think you can do that with the G9

I'm still wading through the manual but I haven't found anything that says you can remap the focus.

Thanks for the info FR, I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Originally Posted by scsc

The first time you do the backwards roll entry is pretty scary, but it's actually fine. As long as everyone in the boat has untangled their fins first.

I've never tried underwater photography. But I bought a Canon Powershot G9 when I bought the Spider so I could take good pics of the car.

It has an underwater setting to adjust the colour balance. I've just invested in an underwater housing for it (+ weights, spare O-ring, silicone grease £££££.....). A big investment, so I hope I get some decent shots. I know the diving in Statia will be fantastic, it's my ability to capture the shots that I'm worried about. It is kind of hard to practice at 40m.

Sounds like a laugh

You got a case thats waterproof to 40m