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Just back from Koh Tao! Lots of pics to make you jealous ;)
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There are some great pictures there :thumb:
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Looks great mate:D:D
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Looks good, in particular the underwater snaps, what is the diving like, i am looking for somewhere for xmas, got to meet some mates halfway between Sydney and Wycombe, all Scuba nuts, so it will take up a fair part of the selection criteria.
Cheers Jim |
Those underwater pics are absolutely fantastic. :thumb:
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the diving's pretty good although not as good as bonaire or the red sea.
it was 30 degrees in the water, so i baked in my 5mil longy! we dived with www.scuba-junction.com and they were really great - the dive masters knew the scenery well and if you've met trigger fish before, you want good DMs!!! triggers are everywhere on koh tao. |
Originally Posted by ChefDude
the diving's pretty good although not as good as bonaire or the red sea.
Cheers Jim by all means drop me a PM on it |
Those underwater pictures are amazing!! The other pics look fab too!!
Carla..:) |
there were a few busy areas, chumpon for instance where i did a 3' 5m stop with abut 30+ other divers! worth it tho.
viz was never more than 15-20m. on our ssi rescue course, we did the confined dives in less than 3m viz! no currents either! most of the time there weren't more than 2 boats at a site. mostly small fish, but did see a reef shark (1.5m long), jenkins ray and turtles. we'd go back - it is a great island, with good dive sites - just not quite as colourful as ras mohammad in the red sea. |
Cracking pics :thumb: ahh the Land Of Smiles, i would be there now if i never bought the scoob, but going back again on the 27th december for a month.......cant wait :thumb:
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Originally Posted by ChefDude
n our ssi rescue course, we did the confined dives in less than 3m viz! no currents either!
Cheers Jim edited by just noticed the trigger fish bit, OUCH, nasty buggers :D who's bite is far worse than their non-existent bark ;) |
Bet my advice to you was pretty close to utterly useless! (Assuming you got it...) You certainly saw a different part of the island than us!
I should have asked you to look for my wedding ring, it's still there under the silt I guess :o Triggers - we were told they have a notorious rep on Koh Tao. I was attacked by one while training, but not touched, instructor waved it off. |
Nice pics!
Im really jealous as i was diving off Swanage on the south coast over easter:lol1: i feel you may have had better weather/vis than me!:D What underwater camera set up are you using? |
Brendan, both of us read the stuff you sent - we were quite cautious where ever we went and all worked out ok. be prepared! that's why i asked for advice ahead of time :D
trevor's the local trigger fish to koh tao. some people have been killing them as there are so many around! p1mark diving off swanage... Brrrrr! :eek: i don't take pics underwater - i'm tend to hang around, generally upside down blowing air bubble rings. my gf uses a fuji F810 with one of these http://www.bristolcameras.co.uk/shop...fx-701-lrg.jpg with one of these strobes http://www.marinecamera.com/images/i...robes/ds50.jpg |
Originally Posted by ChefDude
Brendan, both of us read the stuff you sent - we were quite cautious where ever we went and all worked out ok. be prepared! that's why i asked for advice ahead of time :D
trevor's the local trigger fish to koh tao. Trevor - that was the one! I was told I didn't meet him, he was bigger than the one we saw, but Trevor had a reputation of taking a bite out of one DM's ear, IIRC. |
i didn't see trev, but i did see one of his teeth embedded in a DM's fin - his lucky charm :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by ChefDude
p1mark diving off swanage... Brrrrr! :eek: i don't take pics underwater - i'm tend to hang around, generally upside down blowing air bubble rings. my gf uses a fuji F810 with one of these http://www.bristolcameras.co.uk/shop...fx-701-lrg.jpg with one of these strobes http://www.marinecamera.com/images/i...robes/ds50.jpg pics are great, been meaning to get into photography and will have to get a decent strobe as thats what makes the piccies IMHO. |
in 30 degrees Celcius water i dove in a 5mm longy wetsuit! you're clearly nuts :D
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Excellent underwater pictures:thumb: . Not dived there so a good few fish I've not seen before. Pictures of the Barracuda gave me a shiver as I lost a large chunk out of my knee to one off Tobago. Ouch:eek:
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