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Where have you been recently? Where are you going? Share some pics or videos!
604reefer
03-13-2018, 04:45 PM
Won't be doing any scuba, but headed to snorkel in Aitutaki, Moorea, and Bora Bora in October! :mrgreen:
Not sure there will be a lot of healthy coral based on what I've read, but will be a good time and the fish are still all kickin it. Got to find someone to look after my poor reef while I'm gone. My friend with no reef-keeper experience did a great job on my last trip, but he's moving :(
Would love to scuba some day....
Where have you been recently? Where are you going? Share some pics or videos!
DKoKoMan
03-13-2018, 05:27 PM
Sadly... this is the first year I don’t have any concrete Scuba plans. I hope I will be able to make it to Hawaii or somewhere in the Caribbean but nothing confirmed.
C-Dub
03-13-2018, 05:50 PM
Possibly Some Wreck hunting here in Halifax
One of my 'finds' from last season :)
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Won't be doing any scuba, but headed to snorkel in Aitutaki, Moorea, and Bora Bora in October! :mrgreen:
You're going to Aitutaki, but not Rarotonga? I went to both in 1998 and found Aitutaki had no good snorkeling - bays were cloudy. Rarotonga was wonderful for snorkeling- you could go all the way around the island in 5-10 feet deep. It was great! One day there was even a huge Manta Ray inside the reef!
Possibly Some Wreck hunting here in Halifax
Cool! I do mostly cold water diving locally too! If you ever get a chance to hit up Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, do it! I went last October and the diving was PHENOMENAL!
I'm headed to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico at the end of April for a week of diving.
I'll be Divemaster'ing all summer in the lakes with students here.
October I'm headed back to Port Hardy, BC for 10 days of diving.
C-Dub
03-14-2018, 02:42 AM
This makes me jealous. I have approx 500-550 dives, all of which are in Nova Scotia. Incredible diving year round though.
I feel like i'm to the point if I dive somewhere warm I wont want to dive the cold anymore lol
e46er
03-16-2018, 10:09 PM
IM diving the HMCS Annapolis on sunday. It’s a cool dive. I try to go diving every weekend
604reefer
03-21-2018, 09:13 PM
You're going to Aitutaki, but not Rarotonga? I went to both in 1998 and found Aitutaki had no good snorkeling - bays were cloudy. Rarotonga was wonderful for snorkeling- you could go all the way around the island in 5-10 feet deep. It was great! One day there was even a huge Manta Ray inside the reef!
I mean.. have to go through Rarotonga to get to Aitutaki but, it's so hard to know... I've read recent reports that up to 90% of raro's inner reef hard coral is toast. The lagoon for aitutaki isn't in great shape either, but the trips to one foot island and such are much better from what I've read.
I haven't booked the accommodation for aitutaki yet, maybe I should split 3 and 3 between each.
The whole lagoon area in Aitutaki all the way to One Foot Island and beyond was all murky. Couldn't see 6 inches. That was in 1998 though...maybe things have changed. :lol:
604reefer
03-28-2018, 03:45 AM
The whole lagoon area in Aitutaki all the way to One Foot Island and beyond was all murky. Couldn't see 6 inches. That was in 1998 though...maybe things have changed. :lol:
Convinced the wife to let me choose between 4 days in the GBR or 6 in aitutaki. Is the snorkelling on the GBR gonna be legit or do you mainly need to be a diver to see cool stuff?
Dearth
03-28-2018, 10:04 PM
I still have not been cleared to scuba dive after my heart attack after 15 years away from it I was just getting back into it when I had my heart attack and I am so jealous of you all.....
Convinced the wife to let me choose between 4 days in the GBR or 6 in aitutaki. Is the snorkelling on the GBR gonna be legit or do you mainly need to be a diver to see cool stuff?Never been to GBR. Why not Rarotonga? Recent photos still look good.
Snappy
03-30-2018, 05:10 PM
Here is a video from some dives in the Yucatan last November. Unfortunately my Go-Pro case leaked on the 2nd dive on each day of diving so there is some fogging in the lens in several parts and it totally screwed up the shark dive video so there is only a small fuzzy glimpse of what was there. As will be evident upon viewing my video skills are amateur at best. Also it is a bit on the long side (27 minutes) but in fairness the original version was 48 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGF90w0pC6s
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