Diving #4: Krebsgarten, Meersburg
Another diving in the Krebsgarten Meersburg. This time the conditions were quite different. We entered in the water at around 19.00 where the sun was very far away, heading towards the sunset and it was very clouded. Not to say that the previous 3 days it rained quite hard and the water was muddy. So, visibility was very bad: 1-3 m at max. The deeper we went, the lower the visibility was. And, of course, we were badly prepared for that. Only Jƶrg had a diving flashlight š Anyway, it was cold at 14m where we were: ~13 grad C. The outside temperature was 20-22 grad C. I used a 7mm neoprene suite with a 5 mm short suite, 13 kg lead and a 12 L compressed air cylinder (which was 18 Kg). The bad part was: I completely forgot to take my brand new diving computer with me š There were some very interesting thing to see there despite the very bad visibility. Until now I was only on the right side, now it was the first time we went left. 1. Poles in the water. Because of the 1m visibility at around 9-10 m, we were navigating semi-blind and the poles were appearing from nowhere… Interesting … 2. A plastic boat was lying there 3. Some strange metal objects were planted in the water at around 6-9 m Near the poles there was a bicycle or a motorcycle nicely planted just for fun š 4. Continue Reading →
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The Nemo Wide diving computer
Finally arrived:Ā Mares Nemo Wide Scuba Diving ComputerĀ (click on the link to buy it). A big one… The biggest I have found that is still affordable. There are others as big as this one, but they cost 2x or 3x more. Click here for a detailed description of this device.
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Night diving in swimming pool
Saturday night fun… Some people go to watch a movie, play pool, drink something. Real men go night diving š
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Diving #3: Krebsgarten, Meersburg
My 3rd time diving, second time in the Garden of Crabs, Meersburg. This time I was with Peter G. as myĀ Dive Master. I am still not able to keep a straight line in the water (called buoyancy). But I am making progresses… I used a 12 L tank in 40 minutes, and I was diving against the current. This requires a lot more effort… The water was 18grd which is OK, but the visibility was pretty bad, around 2-3 m. We saw a lot of crabs (small and big), some fish and a big fish which I don’t know the name. There were a lot of dead crabs in the water, Peter was saying that their life season was closed to end and that’s why they die now. Overall, it was nice and it was a lot of fun to dive with Peter. I hope I will be able to do this again soon (next weekend).
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Diving #2: Cala Murta, Mallorca
Same conditions as in theĀ Diving #1: in Cala Petita ā El Muro, just one hour later. We went to 12 m deep and it was already much nicer. Luis was my buddy (PADI trainer) and he gave me some tips to improve the floating at the same level. The underwater landscape was not very impressive… Just some not so interesting fish…
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Diving #1: Cala Petita – El Muro, Mallorca
This was my first diving in the Mediterranean See: 14.06.2014, from 9 to 10 AM. The biggest difference for me was the salt water. Deepest point was 12 m, but I worked a lot on my buoyancy. So, most of the time I was at about 6m and I went up and down a lot of times. I was wearing a 5.5 mm neopren suite and a 12 L air tank.Ā I needed 12 KG lead to be able to dive… which is a lot… Ā Imagine that I had to climb back on the boat with so much weight… We drove with such a boat and we needed less than 10 minutes to reach the jump point. Needless to say: I was the first one that had to get out of the water because I ran out of air. š I still have troubles to control how much air I consume… well, I am after all a beginner. I was told that after a while, 20-30 dives this gets better… Well, this is the first one.
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Some experience so far about diving and snorkeling
After two days of snorkdeling, and a trip with two divings (i will write a separate post about it) I can say a few things. Do note that the humour is intended: 1. How do you recognize a person who has been doing snorkelimg extensively? His back is red or tanned but his belly is white. Even the face is less tanned than the back. How do you recognized a diver? His upper part of the body is tanned and the lower part is white. That is from the neopren suit used for diving. Another way to recognize him and also the snorkel is by the partial tanning of the face. At the water level the radiation is more powerful because of reflection and the mask protects his eyes and nose better. And this is how you get partial tanning. I’ve passed through all these stages… Interesting experience š Written at the swimmingpool using a Galaxy Note 3, sorry for the typos.
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What’s next in diving?
Next is, of course, the next level in diving: Open Water Diver. But until then, I will go and see a bit of Mallorca… this time from underwater.
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Welcome to my Diving Adventures
I decided to write this blog only for diving, not to mix up things with the IT Security blog on www.sorinmustaca. I obtained today the PADI Scuba Diver license. Many thanks to my wife for giving me the participation to the course as a gift. The diving school I used is called Scuba-DoĀ and my instructor was Jƶrg. I’ve had today the diving in open water in the Lake of Konstance (Bodensee) and it was great ! I couldn’t make any pictures, but maybe next time š We’ve been here:
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