http://seaundersea.com/blog News & Journal of Dives by SEA Undersea Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:58:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy new year all. Here's to hoping for some great dives in 2009. To that end, there are several dive expos coming up in the first half of 2009. If you're around when one of these is on, they might be a good place to pick up equipment or ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2009/01/01/dive-expos-in-2009/ It's our last day on board the Colona VI. Our last dive is Anita's reef, and it's a great way to finish the trip. The giant stack is indeed very interesting, but I actually have the most fun “riding” the currents over the boulders during my safety stop. ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/10/29/last-day-in-the-similans/ We wake to another calm morning, although the horizon is looking a bit cloudy. The hope was that we would be able to make the run up to Richelieu Rock today, but the seas are too rough. The Rock is very exposed, and can only be safely dived ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/10/28/similans-day-3/ We woke this morning to another beautiful day. We head back to Similan 9 for our first dive. We dive North Point, just a little west of the Three Trees site we dived yesterday. I'm doing my Advanced Open Water course on this trip, and this is ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/10/27/similans-day-2/ What can I say? It really was a dark and stormy night. We set off from Chalong pier last night after dinner on the boat. Unfortunately, no sooner did we have the lights of Patong behind us than the seas started to get rough. It was certainly ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/10/26/similans-day-1/ I'm back in Bali for the first time since learning to dive, so naturally I'm anxious to try out my new skills here and see something new and different. I contacted Aquamarine Divers to see what they could offer, and they suggested I start with the relatively easy Tulamben ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/08/25/give-me-the-liberty/ It's my second dive of the day, and then I'm officially an Open Water diver. No more tests. No more videos to watch. No more special exercises to perform while diving... at least until I decide to go for an advanced certificate. The boat has moved from Hin ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/08/07/open-water-dive-number-four/ Note: This is a continuation of my journal on learning to dive. You can read the first two parts at my travel journal. I'm hooked. So, I'm back in Samui doing my last two dives for my open water certificate. As before, my instructor is the patient Adam ... http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/08/07/open-water-dive-number-three/ This is where I'll be posting my records of recent dives, as well as information about news and events of interest to divers around Southeast Asia. For now, I'll be busy building out the rest of this site's contents, so don't expect too much here right now. http://seaundersea.com/blog/2008/07/10/hello-world/