PADI vs NAUI vs SSI vs BSAC?

Lol. Sorry I just had to bring up this.

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Added on December 17, 2009, 6:52 amYour mind basically. Most divers fail because they get anxious too easily.



This post has been edited by Beachkid: Dec 17 2009, 06:52 AM

you can start by hitting the pool and swim 200m non stop.
its a pre-requisite before starting the open water course.

other than that, just bring the usual stuff that you'll bring to the beach.

what about CMAS, SDI??? did you forget those?
obviously you know the answer to that

I'm thinking of getting open water with my friends, anyone know any nice and cheap places to get it? i heard perhentian corals are dying and around tioman is a good place to get and pricing is not as expensive as perhentian..

regarding the 200m swimming.. can i relaxingly backstroke my way till the point or is there any time limit?
do i need to prepare my own wet suit?

thx in advance..

regarding the swimming, no time limit, you can take whole day until your instructor fed up.

wetsuit, you can or dont need to prepare yourself... cause normally the course included every equipment, but its best if you could prepare your own personal stuff like mask, snorkel, fin and wetsuit.

me also want to take the open water course.. but still searching 4 the best place.. what say, if we gether all who want to take the license then go together..maybe can get cheap price if many people..

place i prfer perhentian mostly..

Don't think so much on the price. Since in most cases, ie more fellas in a group all tend to end up with the same instructor (unless instructor is damn ethical to limit the group size). I've seen some having a class size of 6 and you don't want that for the following reasons:

Less personal attention.
When doing the confined water, since everyone goes turn by turn, waiting time to complete 1 skill is damn long.

To me max would prob be 3 to an isntructor max.

Also imho, doesnt really matter where you go to do your open water, your first few dives you won't be able to experience 100% the joys of underwater, most of the time end up concentrating hard on the buoyancy and air consumption.

i would like to ask whether is there any diving course (open water) at pulau pangkor?

can anyone recommend me diving places? I wan to make comparison on where they going and when.. price and services.. and so on..

can anyone recommend me in Melaka, KL or Penang.. this is the only 3 places i can go..

I've tried the place in 1Utama.. he dun wan let me take advance right after open water.. so i dun think i will go there cos my campus also offering n the price is only RM100 difference with extra 2 days..

You can try enquiring from the Lumut Yacht Club. There's no official dive store but a few diving instructors from KL have boats there for diving in P.Sembilan occassionally. You can try asking for Steven Pan.(if he is still around)

do u have their contact .. if possible PM me their contact

Im planning to go diving in lang tengah on wesak weekend. 2 of my friends plan to get OWL at tat time too. any recommendation on dive center in lang tengah?

going to take my OW license this 12th-15th in perhentian!

Hye.......

im interested (since early last year in fact ) to do my scuba diving license somewhere in Tioman......planning to go to Tioman sometime early April...the week after malaysia F1 GP....

any advice or recommendations

hope its early season and the sea is ok..i mean the monsoon is off...

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This post has been edited by nutella: May 28 2010, 01:18 PM

For those thinking about diving in Sipadan Island, check out this awesome underwater video of the island:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1iN9asUgmg...player_embedded

Hi nutella,

I can't read Chinese + 2d1n is too short IMHO......

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This post has been edited by nutella: May 28 2010, 01:19 PM

then i'll opt for 4d3n....1 extra day to relax n enjoy the beach

thanks man.......i think it's best to take AL, since scuba diving is a serious/ extreme sport........ dont want to rush into things do we...+ how often u go to tioman

Maybe some of you guys can consider taking Dive Course in Redang instead.

I only see enquiries for Perhentian or Tioman??

Hi there! diver wannabe here!! Looking for kaki to get the diving course lehhh... huh..
still considering which association to go.. PADI? SDI?

HELP*