guys.. can you tell me where i can get reef shoes around puchong or pj area?
are they costly aka above rm100?

i'm thinking of ordering online at ebay uk since my sister is staying there right now n coming back soon.. an o'reef reef shoe cost about rm50 with delivery.. sounds ok to me..

what do you guys think? buy ebay or search locally? thanks..

reef shoes?? what you mean by that?? in diving...we use booties...depending on the cut and protection, can be from RM50-RM120

these...

rm45 each brand new.. worth it?






thanks!

the thing is, what do you do with these shoes? normal jalan jalan??

wading in waist high water and maybe snorkeling.. plus as foot wear when island hopping.. my feet usualy get scrapes and cuts if i go bare feet.. so wanna avoid that with this aqua shoes..

if like that, then worth it la...but snorkelling can use meh? you can buy adidas/reebok ones for RM100, so Rm50 is pretty good if you're not into brands. i have my diving booties if i want some sort of aqua shoes, but then again, i rather be diving than snorkelling

Looks nice and cheap. I think its worth it.

just walk into any dive shops you can find these shoes. they are suitable for both snorkeling and diving.

and beachcombing too!

hi fellow fren,

we just get back from salang-tioman for OWD course.
really recommended B&J dive centre, the instructor is really proessional, price is very reasonable. The place is proper
took us 4days to complete the whole course, our instructor even ask us to stay another day and he will bring us for free diving trip on boat
but that is impossible, all of us defenitely cannot add another day to our leave

1 thing about B&J, there are no pool for confined water. all confined water wll be done at open water aka salang beach.
i find this very good and usefull because the instructor will teach you how to fin properly in real open waters where currents exists.
on the 4th dive, its rainning quite heavy and sea is a bit choppy when we surfacing, . Lucky we have learn proper way to finning and all of us manage to swim back to shore which is almost 1.5mile from point we surface. I dont think i can swim that long without fin

Vis was not so good, mayb because of the rain (few times during our stay).
but we still manage to see a lot of interesting fish and other creature at the bottom. there's even a sea turtle coming our way, i immedielty grab my camera and snap it
For rookie, i find it magical to see the turtle just by diving at salang bay, plus during our OWD course. hehe see some the pics below:

i find it weird when an OWD can talk like a regular diver and upload UW photos.
more like advertisement to me

Maybe he have someone that take pictures during owd
i also have my OWD early this month but i do at fisherman dive centre, i have bouyancy problem when doing my 1st dive, after 3 n 4th only i feel comfortable under water, hope can do more dive trip after this.

[quote=halftothemax,May 19 2011, 04:24 PM]
hi fellow fren,

Vis was not so good, mayb because of the rain (few times during our stay).
but we still manage to see a lot of interesting fish and other creature at the bottom. there's even a sea turtle coming our way, i immedielty grab my camera and snap it
For rookie, i find it magical to see the turtle just by diving at salang bay, plus during our OWD course. hehe see some the pics below:

I am happy you are enjoying your OWD. You must be really confident in equiping yourself with an underwater camera during a certification dive. I got myself an underwater camera only I am confident in my buoyancy control. I went overboard too, I got myself a Nikonos and then a strobe unit. After that can't really afford more and got to change my set with an instructor from KL with his Sea and Sea set. Whole set , no need to add anything else.

Getting an underwater camera before you're OWD license. That's a first for me!

Till now I don't even dare to whip out my underwater camera. Still trying to perfect my buoyancy.

got money can burn...i'm starting to do my rescue but told myself to stay away from camera....too much money

hehe ya, my other fren who also already a diver also feels weird when i can take UW pix during OWD. they never done that.
actually during 1st 2 dive, i already ask permission from my instructor to bring my camera down, he didnt alow me coz not confident with me. he ask me to pass the camera to him and will help me to snap photo of us. during diving, he only take 4 pic of all of us. im not satisfy at all, i want more!

then on 4th dive..i again ask permission to hold the camera by myself and complain he didnt take much pix surprisingly he agree and allow me to bring. i just keep the camera in my BCD pocket.

u wanna know what UW camera i bring down? hehe see below:



i bought this at lowyat rm1090. its rated 10meter, but...i bring it down to 15meter!! it works super fine

during skill practise..i just kept this cam in my bcd pocket. when my turn done.i immedietly take it out and snap a lot of surrounding pix. here is where a turtle come to us and i manage to snap it!! yeaa

i have almost 40 pix taken UW.

New diver and already exceeding limits although not on diving itself. Have you seen what over compression can do to your aqua casing and camera if they they can't withstand the pressure of the depths. Next dive take a can of coke and bring it down on your next descend. But be sure to bring the can back and throw lah!

i believe if exceeding limit not more than 100% its rating depth shud be fine. Thats what i think:-p
because i've been following up discussion about: does g-shock can be worn during deep dives.

to my surprise..a lot of diver has bring down g-shock watch to dive even some of the watch only rated 30m and clearly mentioned in the manual "NOT SUITABLE FOR SCUBA DIVING".

some diver has bring down g-shock to 30 meter depth and more (navy seal wear g-shock too ) and its works fine for years. then why you have to buy diver's watch which rated 200m and ISO certified for diving? price different: 300% - 500% more
but after all, its your own decision and wallet

my oppinion, its rated 10meter for this camera is to protect their own a$$ on warranty and marketing. its not even the failure point for the camera. my camera works fine till now after going 15meter depth (as what my instructor told, this is our max depth). But i will defenitely not bring the camera to 30meter in the future:-p mayb only up to my max level 18meter
olympus stated that i you want to bring this cam down more than 10meter.. you have to buy their UW casing, price rm1200 (err..more than camera price). and..this casing is ISO certified for higher depth

i understand the pressure effect when air expand in closed space...dont dare to hold the coke tin when its explode
but this camera really looks and feels tough as its model name i have confident in it

I wouldn't really take that risk of spoiling my camera. Better get a proper camera with underwater casing next time.

I finish my rescue edi but still no camera. Lol.