Just back from Koh Tao! Lots of pics to make you jealous ;)
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Just back from Koh Tao! Lots of pics to make you jealous ;)
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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
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Jim
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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.
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.
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Originally Posted by ChefDude
the diving's pretty good although not as good as bonaire or the red sea.
Cheers
Jim
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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.
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.
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Cracking pics 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
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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 who's bite is far worse than their non-existent bark
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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
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.
I should have asked you to look for my wedding ring, it's still there under the silt I guess
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.
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Nice pics!
Im really jealous as i was diving off Swanage on the south coast over easter
i feel you may have had better weather/vis than me!
What underwater camera set up are you using?
Im really jealous as i was diving off Swanage on the south coast over easter
i feel you may have had better weather/vis than me!
What underwater camera set up are you using?
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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
trevor's the local trigger fish to koh tao. some people have been killing them as there are so many around!
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diving off swanage... Brrrrr!
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
with one of these strobes
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!
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
with one of these strobes
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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
trevor's the local trigger fish to koh tao.
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.
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Originally Posted by ChefDude
p1mark
diving off swanage... Brrrrr!
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.
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Excellent underwater pictures . 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
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