ppl here in LYN Scuba group, we set the market price haha

my D4i was less than 1200, so i think your D4, errr, maybe yaniee is accurate about the price and what ppl expect.

at the 800 range, we might as well buy new Zoop/Puck, or add a bit more for the Mares Smart or the new Deepblu Cosmiq...so nice.... drooollll....

This post has been edited by ericcc: Apr 25 2016, 09:43 AM

My hero, Mr Natural Light. yea now i wanna go diving too and take some pics! fired up!

off to Tenggol this weekend, woo hoo! I hear east coast viz is superb for april.. dang, gonna check my moon phase now to balance my expectations.

wah darn so much traffic... haha.. long time since saw it like this.

i'm going Tenggol Scuba101 at Dungun. so every day will be one long boat ride out. Dive report after the event.

so there's another TT this week? cool..

Munkeyflo you were at Tenggol too ya. Yes being in Dungun has its perks, like phone reception, and eating stuff like Maggi Ketam! yumz.

Diving - water was HOT! 30-31 degrees. sauna. sweating underwater. Viz - 15-20m, nice blue waters

Nudi - missing. too warm for them
Bumphead parrotfish - good to see them on dives, but did not see the school that appeared on the weekday before our trip.
Batfish - ah so cute as ever, a real pet fish
Whale shark - as usual, not to be seen. too warm la.
Fusiliers - everywhere by the thousands!

This post has been edited by ericcc: May 10 2016, 10:21 AM

yea i did see a school of batfish near surface. amazing.

hi hi... Yeah Fina Bungalow, pretty good. every day walk to Rubiah Tirta.

today someone invite go Egypt diving, Red Sea... adoiii... kena racun... har har

This post has been edited by ericcc: May 10 2016, 03:50 PM

Fina to Rubiah Tirta, about five minutes walk. We ate most dinners at the restaurant to the right of Fina, about 100m away. Makan...nasi padang... kopi aceh, kawww kawww... the sup tulang in Banda Aceh superb.

Tioman this 28/5
maybe Redang or Tenggol again
then Bali 31/8

Tioman - Genting Bayu

Bali will be at Matahari Tulamben

Tenggol was pretty impressive. Been there twice before, first time was magic, second time in Sept2014 was let down by bad viz. This time all is OK, less current, good viz of 20m.

Corals in good shape. But... in places like Coral Garden, lots and lots of coral, but the fish were missing. Imagine anemones without clownfish. I can only deduce that loads of illegal fishing going on. sadly.



This post has been edited by ericcc: May 11 2016, 10:26 AM

Bali is great! Tulamben is good, you dont have to go to the deep end of the wreck, i like the top parts myself.

Padang Bai is also nice, but cold.

munkeyflo you hit the spot with that pic. One fella in a field of anemone

Tenggol water temp 31 degrees max. like taking hot shower.
i only saw one lizard, the female next to me was freaking out, and it was just one small monitor lizard about one foot long

Tenggol Scuba 101 is good. just back from there. Best freshly fried keropok lekor at end of dive day.

your Yi cam doesnt fog? i stopped using mine cos it gets hot and foggy

which GoPro model red filter fits the Xiaomi Yi Cam. i remember someone was doing that, tagreptile right.

Update:
Found it... Kingma brand.

This post has been edited by ericcc: May 13 2016, 08:38 PM

are you using original Xiaomi case? i'm using 3rd party, Kingma. After two dives fogging, i put it aside. perhaps the material not so good in the cheaper case

Ah... diving... miss it so much... off to Tioman this Wed-Sun

wish me luck with whale-shark-hunting. Dive report later or in real-time if internet good.
DC: Genting Bayu, been there before, biasa biasa la

I got the Scout. Does its job. Not much difference from my old jacket bcd,maybe better trim and buoyancy control. Must try doughnut bcd one day to compare