Technical Dive Equipment 101 So you have signed up for your technical dive training, booked your flights and reserved your hotel, but there is still one thing missing – your gear. What do you pack? Can your recreational dive kit double as technical dive equipment? Is your snorkel going to make the trip with you? […]
Sidemount Diving Benefits – A New Age for Diving Sidemount diving benefits. Sidmeount is evolving into the super model of the dive configuration world – sexy and sleek, versatile and comfortable, and easy yet safe. Moreover, its total cool factor and potential for awesome conversation starters potentially are quickly driving it into the diving spotlight. A closer […]
Sidemount Diving Equipment – Rigging Our twinsets slowly but surely are getting dusty or are converted to single tanks with left and right valves. We just certified our 50th sidemount diver and decided to go and test what the manufacturers throw on the market these days. We found 3 schools of sidemount rigging configuration; the […]
Cave Diving in Thailand? Thailand is not the first place most cave divers think of when they hear the words cave diving, but surprisingly this country offers several different types of underwater caves to challenge divers. Chiew Lan Lake in Khao Sok National Park is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and beautiful destinations for cave […]
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Recreational vs Technical diving Like with all walks of life there’s no one right way how to take the step from being a recreational diver to becoming a technical diver. To make things a little bit more confusing let’s add sidemount and recreational rebreathers to the formula also. As you can see the line between […]
What is tech diving? Technical scuba diving is defined as diving other than conventional commercial or research diving that takes divers beyond recreational scuba diving limits. It is further defined as and includes one or more of the following: diving beyond 40 metres/130 feet deep completing dives requiring staged decompression diving in overhead environments beyond 40 linear […]
Last week has seen a lot of rebreather and sidemount diving in Indonesia and more specifically here on Bunaken island. A very experienced instructor Leo from Jakarta popped by for two very nice 50m tec dives the other day. Him being on backmount, Theresia on sidemount and me on a rebreather it was a full […]
Taking the Next Step in Sidemount – Advanced Sidemount As sidemount diving picks up in the world of recreational diving, more and more sidemount divers are looking for a way to move on with advanced sidemount. Just as the open water course has its natural progression into advanced open water, so do sidemount divers need […]
Female Divers on Sidemount in Indonesia – Bunaken and Lembeh Female divers on Sidemount in Indonesia. At Blue Label Diving in Bunaken we had a few woman interested in Sidemount diving so we took them out at our beautiful sites.
What is Diving in Thailand like during the Monsoon Season May 17th 2013. When I look outside I can see clouds and sun shine. Its is so hot it’s around 40 Celsius and according to all the calendars in the world it should be “Monsoon Season” now in Thailand. Yes the number of tourists seems […]