Technical Diving Top Destinations

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Red Sea Shadow

Discussion Starter · Apr 27, 2010

So where do you think the best spots for technical diving around the globe are? What attractions are there and what facilities do these places have to offer?

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Mark Chase

· #2 · Apr 27, 2010

England

We have the most and the best shipwrecks anywhere in the world, the best faciliities to get us there, and the best support to look after us should anything go wrong.

If I ever move aborard i'd have to have diving holidays in England.

Some other destination are OK for the hand full of wrecks they have, but from experiance i can tell you the novelty of diving the same wrecks over and over again soon wears off. No matter how good the wreck is.
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ATB

Mark

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Orange Peel

· #3 · Apr 27, 2010

depends what you are looking for??/

you looking for a holiday? an exploration? what!?!?! as just without thinking you have to say:

1. Truk
2. Bikini
3. Malaysia
4. Scapa
5. Yucatan peninsula
6. Black sea
7. Egypt
8. Australia
9. New Zealand
10. Antartica.....

So what you looking for??

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NotDeadYet

· #4 · Apr 27, 2010

I used to really enjoy trips to Florida, superb wrecks offshore and if the weather was kak then you could go cave diving inland. The Wilkes Barre is still one of my favourite wrecks. Good diving infrastructure and a very nice part of the world when you get away from the tourist shite.

I'm not a huge fan of Scapa, outside the Flow then yes, definitely, but I think the wrecks in Scapa Flow itself are a bit dull. OK, you have a bigger risk from the weather but if you can put aside history then there are better dives outside the Flow, especially if you are looking deeper.

Red Sea Shadow

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 27, 2010

Looking for a place that offers dive tourism.

I know all about Egypt. But Malaysia? That would be interesting. As far as I know, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia don't offer great technical diving. On the other hand, Philippines and Palau (not yet explored due to high cost of logistics etc...) offer some good technical sites.

I wish I'm wrong about Malaysia and Indonesia though

NotDeadYet

· #6 · Apr 27, 2010

Red Sea Shadow said:
Looking for a place that offers dive tourism.

I know all about Egypt. But Malaysia? That would be interesting. As far as I know, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia don't offer great technical diving. On the other hand, Philippines and Palau (not yet explored due to high cost of logistics etc...) offer some good technical sites.

I wish I'm wrong about Malaysia and Indonesia though

In Malaysia, there used to be a guy on Mabul who did technical training/diving. Don't know if he is still there.

liamm

· #7 · Apr 27, 2010

I find it works out very expensive doing much technical abroad, its either alot of gear rental or big baggage excess and then still alot of cylinder rental plus big gas bills. Malta looks nice - lots in the normoxic range and you hear plenty of good reports about the diving.

NotDeadYet

· #8 · Apr 27, 2010

liamm said:
I find it works out very expensive doing much technical abroad, its either alot of gear rental or big baggage excess and then still alot of cylinder rental plus big gas bills. Malta looks nice - lots in the normoxic range and you hear plenty of good reports about the diving.

That's why I liked Florida. Gas is (or at least was) a lot cheaper than here. However boats tended to be a bit more expensive. And Septics are a bunch of blouses, bit of chop on the water or a bit of wind and it's undiveable.

paultoomer

· #9 · May 5, 2010

Mate,
If you like wrecks Malta is the place.
We are only three hours away from England.
You can bring your kit with you as air Malta only charge you €15.00 per 32 kilo of dive kit. You can buy as many 32 kilos as you like.
We have wrecks from WWI and WWII, purpose sunk wrecks, commercial wrecks, you name it.
From 10 metres to 100 metres all accessible from shore or a very short boat trip.
We are Tech Open Circuit and Rebreather friendly. Air/Nitrox/Oxygen and Trimix are readily available.
This place is the hidden secret of the Med I swear.

Seriously, if you are into tech, this is your heaven.

Regards,

Paul
Diving Matrix

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don

· #10 · May 5, 2010

Sharm with Ocean Tec and my great mate Jim Dowling!

(ok Bootie that's another fiver you owe me)

Mal Bridgeman

· #11 · May 5, 2010

don said:
Sharm with Ocean Tec and my great mate Jim Dowling!

(ok Bootie that's another fiver you owe me)

If I recommend him do I get a fiver too?

DiverMike

· #12 · May 5, 2010

I'm hoping to go to Truk some time soon (next year or the year after) on my inspo. Fingers crossed it is as good as I am hoping it will be.

Mike

MaryS

· #13 · May 5, 2010

Malin Head
Shetlands (I guess the Orkneys too but I havent been there personally)
Any where on the Sth Coast of England - Weymouth / Plymouth etc
Sharm el Sheikh (also an Ocean College regular)

also;
Truk (but I havent been there yet)
Phillipines according to an aussie mate

861-218

· #14 · May 5, 2010

Suprised no one has mentioned Malin Head yet.

861-218

· #15 · May 5, 2010

MaryS said:
Malin Head
Shetlands (I guess the Orkneys too but I havent been there personally)
Any where on the Sth Coast of England - Weymouth / Plymouth etc
Sharm el Sheikh (also an Ocean College regular)

also;
Truk (but I havent been there yet)
Phillipines according to an aussie mate

LOL

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Okeanos

· #16 · May 5, 2010

I gotta agree with Chasey. New wrecks are being found all the time here and not too deep either.

G man

· #17 · May 5, 2010 (Edited)

DiverMike said:
I'm hoping to go to Truk some time soon (next year or the year after) on my inspo. Fingers crossed it is as good as I am hoping it will be.

Mike

I just came back from Truk I took my inspo.

I dived with Truk Lagoon Scuba Diving and Wreck Diving aboard the SS Thorfinn In Chuuk Micronesia. good outfit but all my diving had to be done with air.

The boat could produce 95% for you and the captain wanted $1000.00 for a J of helium ( i didnt type an extra zero) he would not do helium single fills just buy a J off him.

The TSA ( American transport police) would not let Lime through Truk as luggage so I had to buy that on board too at a cost of $225.00 a drum.

All my diving was Air and we dived some deep stuff 62m ish on the Akiko amd 55m on the Fanfrancisco, ok if you like a bit of Narcosis but your 02 clock is ticking a bit on the bottom.

Awsome wrecks though and yes I will be going back when I save enough.

G.

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kevrumbo

· #18 · May 6, 2010 (Edited)

Truk Stop Hotel now has helium readily available for $0.07/L ($1.95/cuft). . .

Best Technical Dive Training is in the Philippines (Sabang/Puerto Galera):
Everyone speaks & understands english; Inexpensive food, lodging, beer . . .and cheap pretty women:embarasse!

Manila is also an inexpensive airline hub for Palau/Truk Micronesia.

DiverMike

· #19 · May 6, 2010

G man said:
I just came back from Truk I took my inspo.

Did you go with a bunch of other inspo divers? Most of what I'd like to dive is shallower than 50m, but CCR would be a real advantage in terms of dive duration and deco reduction. Most truk trips look to be no deco dives - if I'm paying all that money to get there I want to maximise my in water time. If I can get a few like minded CCR divers together we can share the weight of taking spare parts over to cover likely kit failure which will help.
Problem is I've never organised a trip that big before.

Mike

MaryS

· #20 · May 6, 2010

DiverMike said:
Did you go with a bunch of other inspo divers? Most of what I'd like to dive is shallower than 50m, but CCR would be a real advantage in terms of dive duration and deco reduction. Most truk trips look to be no deco dives - if I'm paying all that money to get there I want to maximise my in water time. If I can get a few like minded CCR divers together we can share the weight of taking spare parts over to cover likely kit failure which will help.
Problem is I've never organised a trip that big before.

Mike

Pete Mesley (a mate of Leigh Bishop's) is organising tech weeks out there. There's a link to his webpage on the Fourth Element site I think. I was going to go this year but a knee op put paid to that.

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