Posts Tagged ‘Scuba Diving’

Nemo33: diving in Belgium Bubbles

Blowing bubbles in warm, crystal-clear water 33 metres deep ... in Belgium? To celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary we drove to Brussels Read the rest of this entry »

Catalonia Royal Bavaro Beach, Caribbean

Turning 40 is a fabulous reason to fulfil a childhood dream. Marcel and Victoria celebrated her birthday in uber-relaxing style. Read the rest of this entry »

Our Breakaway To Hurghada (Red Sea) in Egypt

Our RYA sailing course was cancelled at the last minute, so we booked a last minute trip to Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt. We snorkelled, scuba dived, quad biked and visited Luxor including Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple. Read the rest of this entry »

Tiger Shark Dive – Aliwal Shoal – Umkomaas

To rack up our scuba hours and experience, we took a month out to go scuba diving in Umkomaas. The brief for this dive was to (hopefully) see Tiger Sharks. Read the rest of this entry »

Shore-entry Navigation Dive

During our Master Diving training course, we were instructed to do a shore-entry navigation dive in our buddy pairs. This meant kitting up on the beach, gently easing into the waves, setting the appropriate navigation course, putting fins on, submerging beneath the waves and setting off in the right direction.

The intention was to swim out 30m, surface, wave to the instructor, take another bearing back, submerge and return. Being near-professionals, currents and swell needed to be taken into consideration. We had calculated how long it took us to swim 30m, so the time had been set. Read the rest of this entry »

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