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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Dive 16 : Koh Whaen, Northern Krabi, Thailand, Dec 2005

Also with Teemu and Sanna. 11,5 meters, bottom time 60min (!). Lionfish, pufferfish, cushion seastars, some white/yellow sea goddess, transparent shrimps, good one. ****, Rainbow Divers

Dive 15 : Hin Nok, Krabi Province, Thailand. Dec 2005

Lionfish, scorpionfish, morish idols, big blue angelfish, white eye moray eel, cake urchins, wart slugs, lizard fish. 47 min, 11 meters. *** Rainbow Divers

Dive 14 : Hin Nok, Krabi Province, Thailand

With Teemu and Sanna. Lionfish, scorpionfish. 15 meters. Rainbow divers. ** December 2005.

Dive 13 : Moray beach, Mum island, 25th Oct 2005, Vietnam

Good dive, undulater moray eel, big barracuda, lionfish, scorpionfish, morish idol, parrotfish, hawkfish, clownfish, butterflyfish, goatfish, huge group of snappers, big pufferfish, rhino boxfish, granular starfish. abt 52 min max depth 16 m, Coco Dive Center.

Dive 12 : Madonna rock, Mum Island, Nha Trang Vietnam, 25th Oct 2005

First time in Vietnam. Went through an underwater swimtthru/cave, boxer shrimps, cleaner shrimps, two bigbatfish, seafeather, blue seastar, lot of urchins. instructor 474348, depth 20m, abt (absolute bottom time) 42min, viz 6m, long suit. Coco Dive Center.

Dive 11 : Koh Docmay (flower island) Phuket, 6th Oct 2005 (AOW Multilevel)

Great divesite, vertical wall and caves. Tiger tail seahorse (!), shrimps, cleaning shrimps, some slugs. max depth 21m. viz 10-15m, temp 30c, bottom time 31min ****

Unfortunately no picture from the seahorse :(

Anenome seaweed

Dive 10 : Anonemoe reef, Phuket Thailand, 6th Oct 2005 (AOW Photography)

HAd a camera, good pics in the website. Max depth 18,5m, 2xscorpionfish, lionfish, boxer shrimp. ***+


Boxer shrimp

Lionfish

Dive 9 : Shark Point, Phuket Thailand, 6th Oct 2005 (AOW drift dive)

Max depth 20,7m, following current. Lionfish, barracuda, travellys. **

Dive 8 : Racha Yai, Phuket, Staghorn reef th Oct 2005 (AOW Navigation)

Advanced course, navigation dive. Max depth 17m, boxfish, jellyfish, stonefish (!), lionfish. Underwater navigation and distance estimation.

Dive 7 : Racha Yai, Phuket, Thailand, home run reef, 5th Oct 2005 (AOW deep dive)

Advanced open water course in Phuket. Deep dive, 30 meters. Giant pufferfish, giant moray eel, nudey branches, trumpetfish, batfish, instructor 77032, weights (from now on always) 5 kg, vix 15-20, temp 29 celcius. All AOW dives with Scandinavian Divers.

Dive 6 : Halik, Gili Trawangan (Lombok) Indonesia 13th July 2005

Sixth dive, first in Indonesia. Max depth 22 m. Dynamite fising had destroyed some of the corals. Saw a lionfish, scorpionfish, butterflyfishes (of course) giant clams, turtle, lots of blochs bigeyes/soldierfish. www.manta-dive.com.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Dive 5 : Rengis Island, Pulau Tioman, Maleysia 23rd Jan 2005

Saw a batfish, mask filled with water constantly & emptied it a dozen of times and missed a turtle when doing so. Left logbook at home, no sign in the logbook. Max depth 10 m.

Dive 4 : Twin Peaks, Koh Tao th Nov 2004

Last dive of the course, 11 meters. Now certifid to dive anywhere in the world.

Dive 3 : Twin Peaks, Koh Tao Thailand 7th Nov 2004

Third Open water course dive, 10 meters. Free descent, full mask clear, neutral boyancy. Same instructor, suit, weights etc. temp 29, viz 10m.

Dive 2 : Freedom Beach 6th Nov 2004

Open water course dive 2, also 6m. Mask clearing, same instructor. temp 29, viz 5m, weights 5,8kg, suit short 2,5mm

Dive 1 : Freedom Beach Koh Tao Thailand 5th Nov 2004

First dive, 6m. Open Water Course. Freedom beach, Koh Thao, Thailand.
Skills: BCD remove and replace, weighbelt remove/replace, boyancy check, tired-diver tow, regulator exchange, compass swim (surface), cramp release, compass swim (underwater.)

Instructor 469177