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How to wash SCUBA diving gear

By Ian on August 1, 2009 in SCUBA

Do’s and don’ts. Do use lots of fresh water and a big bucket. Do rinse the inside of everything with fresh water. Do take your knives and scissors out and rinse and dry them so they don’t turn into rusty lumps. Don’t forget to put the dust cover on tight on the regulator first stage [...]

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Diving

By Ian on July 25, 2009 in Kuwait, SCUBA

I finally went out diving. The highlight was while doing a drifting 5 meter safety stop I saw a couple dark shapes coming by on my left about 2 meters away and going very fast and it was — some dolphins! Then we surfaced and the dolphins regrouped about 20 meters away and then were [...]

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Boat trip

By Ian on September 17, 2008 in Kuwait, SCUBA

No diving, just a boat trip as we turned around early as the water was too rough. It doesn’t look rough in the photo but it is hard to show the roughness in a photo. The issue with the rough water is that you need to slow down so the trip can take too long.

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Night diving manta rays

By Ian on May 16, 2008 in SCUBA

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Underwater Photos like you’ve never seen

By Ian on April 5, 2008 in SCUBA

The Online Photographer: Random Excellence: Wayne Levin

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Nikon D80 Shark Photography

By Ian on December 27, 2007 in SCUBA

See the link below to see the story behind it and a larger photo! Nikon D80 Shark Photography Expedition Bahamas | Digital Camera Review

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Dolphins in Kuwait

By Ian on November 16, 2007 in SCUBA

On the way back from a really nice day of diving at Qaruh with Marja we stopped as a pod of dolphins swam up to the boat. They probably came up to check out the engine noise as they came right next to the boat they swam away a bit. One of the guys jumped [...]

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Dual Bladder Wings – Dive Rite

By Ian on September 13, 2007 in SCUBA

Technical SCUBA Diving Equipment for Advanced, Wreck and Cave Diving: Dive Rite, Inc. – Dive Rite » Dual Bladder Wings I can’t help but remember one of Billy Dean’s talks on equipment management. He called it the triangle of influence (TOI), starting at the neck draw a triangle from shoulder to shoulder down to just [...]

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Diving Qaruh

By Ian on July 8, 2007 in SCUBA

We went on a full day trip to dive the wreck near Qaruh Island. I found out that Qaruh (pronounced garou) is named for the oil seeps that are near the island. With so much oil and gas in the ground the island got this name as in Kuwaiti Arabic gar is the word for [...]

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