Diving 2014

[Byron]

Seen quite a few cool things whilst diving around the world this year

Just arrived in Australia so look forward to seeing what the Barrier reef has to offer

 

[StarfishEnterprise]

Wow, not jealous honest!

Nice pics, look forward to more :thumbup1:

 

[penzo]

Wow jealous, ive got to settle for a weekend in st annes.Hysterical

 

[Tuckersdaughter]

Wow keep the pictures coming

 

[Clearwater]

wow Enjoy

 

[killi]

Keep the pics coming ,would be good if you could say were the pics were taken,:thumbup1:

 

[Byron]

Pics were taken the Northern Hemispheres largest Attol Chinchorro, the Maldives, Xcalak in Mexico, Belize, Kenya and Hawaii

 

[Byron]

A few more pics from the current place of work, Great Barrier Reef Australia

 

[Colin]

Nice, what is it you do?

 

[Byron]

Just dive instructor, it's a far cry from life in the UK. Off to Western Australia for 6 months next then a quick 2 month dive expedition in Papua New Guinea before moving to NZ next year. Hopefully try a bit of ice diving over there

 

[Colin]

You're obviously fanatical about your diving

 

[Byron]

Maybe just not fanatical about a cold and wet life with to many responsibilities and bills in the UK! Ha

 

[Colin]

I like the UK, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else but I agree on the diving. I've done too much diving in cold dark cac holes. It was my day job for five years too (navy), I used to crave clear warm water like you dive in

 

[Byron]

I learnt in the UK, gave done a fair bit of cave diving to which is pretty cold and dark, very cool floating in between the stalagmites etc

 

[Colin]

I always wanted to have a go at cave diving or even pot holeing but alas that the was never to be. I don't scuba dive at all anymore only free dive, my biggest regret is not having dived on coral reefs more than I did. I've free dived them a lot but it's the time aspect I feel I've missed out on. No real regrets though, ive had some very cool diving experiences and a few laughs along the way

 

[diver 807]

when I as an active diver I was lucky to dive in many locations ,Spain,Turkey,Red Sea,Scotland,SW Ireland,Cuba,Florida,Grand Cayman,Tenerife and of course UK.some of my best were in the UK but top of the list is diving with the manatees in Crystal River Florida second ,stingrays in Grand Cayman, and moray eels in Tenerife. some realy good wrecks in the UK.

 

[Byron]

I have only seen on Manatee which was in a manatee reserve on the Mexico/Belize border but I must say it was rather special, Crystal river looks very cool for them

Usually when I see something cool I don't have a camera though ha ha

 

[diver 807]

I always planned the dive to make sure I had a camera fully charged in case of the unexpected,paid off most times

 

[Colin]

A friend of mine who was in the navy with me ended up working as a diver in the oil industry. He told me a tale of him working at a few hundred meters and having a whale come and investigate him, the dive of his life he describes it. All I can say is thank God for the warm water suit flush Hysterical

 

[Byron]

A few more from today's 3 Christmas dives, a very nice way to spend Christmas out on the Great Barrier Reef