Greetings !
If you have reached this page, the chances are you are either interested in scuba diving yourself, or you are a Radio Amateur wondering what the hell I am doing with both a radio hobby and a scuba diving hobby - can they be complementary ?? Surely not ??
Background
Many years ago (now), I was working out in the
Middle East and I happened upon a couple of people in full scuba gear down at
the deep end of the pool in the compound I was living on. Upon enquiry later, I
found they were doing the first of the practical bits for the "PADI"
scuba diving course, and I got interested.
Middle East jobs being what
they are, I had no sooner got interested than the job changed and I rather lost
the thread over the next several years, until December 2013 that is, when I
finally managed, along with my wife and youngest son, to get qualified as a PADI
Open Water Scuba Diver. I've been enjoying it ever since and go diving at least
once a month.
As an update, on the 19th September 2014, I passed my
SSI Nitrox (EAN 40) exam, so I am now a fully qualified Nitrox diver as well. I
now have the option of diving on air, or Nitrox. Nitrox is a different gas mix
to air (21 percent oxygen, 79 percent nitrogen) in that it has less nitrogen and
more oxygen in it. That means I get more time under the water and have to spend
a little less inter-dive "surface time" on the boat (although its
always nice to socialise with the other divers over lunch). And, as a further
update, effective the 9th October 2014, I am also qualified as an Advanced
Open Water Scuba Diver, to a maximum depth of 30m. Fantastic !!
At
long last, I finally have a set of filters (red for blue waters, magenta for
green waters) for the camera now, so hopefully the pictures will be a little
less green or a little less blue, and more natural colours - as I actually see
them.
Enjoy !
Here are a few
pictures of recent underwater activity
You
don't have to be too deep to see some fantastic sights !
Fantastic
Corals. . . 
Sometimes
you get a real treat.
And
yet more coral !
But
sometimes you have to go a bit deeper to see the fantastic sights !
A
Lion Fish - if this stings you - can be deadly !
A
colleague also having fun
Fierce
Grouper - hiding !
Fish
playing in a lobster pot
A
Fabulous Manta Ray
The
Diving Group
Turtle
- Posing !
Turtle
- Posing !
Turtle
- Swimming !
Turtle
- One Last Look !
Setting
up the GoPro 10m down
Underwater
filming in action
Al
Munassir Wreck, 13m to 33m down, off Muscat, Oman
A
colleague diver doing his Advanced - some deep skills training, 30m down
An
egg yolk at 30m down !
Some
family members - having fun !
Some
family members - having fun !
Some
family members - having fun !
Some
family members - having fun !
Turtle
!
One
of our Dive Guides - fully equipped
All
too soon, it's time to head back to the surface
That
all important surface interval - and lunch !
That
all important surface interval - and lunch !
Page last updated on 25th January 2015