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scuba for beginners...?
Posted: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 5:08 pm
by icemountain
thinking of taking up diving...
any good scuba shops in sg to recommend....?
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 4:54 am
by dqromper
Just do a search in this forum. There are quite a few. For example:
http://www.orpheusdive.com or
http://www.dolphinscuba.com.sg.
Anyone starting will always have to take the basic course, which consists of classroom and pool work, and later the open water dives to no more than 60 feet (it will be more like 30 feet). I have my advanced course and then stopped there, but there are many more one can take.
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 9:51 am
by m_scofield
hi ice. I also want to take the basic course. Can I join you? Pm me.
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:39 am
by Teema
I'm looking for a beginner class as well.
Maybe we can all join up and form a group for the class?
Email me if you're interested: thachmai@
hotmail
com
Regards
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 2:03 pm
by m_scofield
ok. lets invite and wait for ither to join the group. its much fun to have a group.
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 2:33 pm
by icemountain
yes pls!
group discount maybe...?
so there's 3 of us? anymore guys...?
erm..... i'm a lazy bum... can someone make enquiries as well...?
lol!
its gotta be done soon i think cos the monsoon starts in november?
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 3:47 pm
by m_scofield
lets have a target date maybe within september? so we still have time from now till september to invite and encourage more friends..
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 4:49 pm
by Teema
Agreed that doing it in a group is more fun
However, I think a dive course group should have a limit, maybe 6 person max.
I'm planning to organize a group for "PADI Open Water" course which includes:
- 1/2 theory sessions during weekdays after working hours.
- 1 pool session in Singapore (can be done during weekday as well).
- 1 real diving trip, likely in Malaysia (Tioman is an excellent diving site).
Right now the group has 3 persons confirmed and 1 unconfirmed. I'll probably limit the group size to 6 persons. Hopefully we can start within this month in August.
Email me if you want to join: thachmai@
hotmail dot com
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 4:51 pm
by perplex_sheep
you guys should hurry up if you are keen in taking diving. monsoon is coming, around oct/nov, not 100% sure. you can easily get a diving license over a weekend trip to aur/dayang. if its monsoon, you might need to fly somewhere to get the dive license, or wait till next year feb/mar for monsoon to be over.
Posted: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 5:05 pm
by Teema
Thanks for the tip, perplex_sheep!
As for the dive course, I just looked around a bit and apparently, you can do the theory class online (120 USD for PADI directly) and go to Tioman to finish the pool + 4 dives over there to complete the certificate.
Posted: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 5:21 pm
by icemountain
ok, so thus far..
1. teema
2. m_scofield
3. icemountain
anymore...?
teema, i dun mind doing the driving up to mersing and then we can take fast boat to tioman....
Posted: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:03 pm
by m_scofield
icemountain wrote:ok, so thus far..
1. teema
2. m_scofield
3. icemountain
anymore...?
teema, i dun mind doing the driving up to mersing and then we can take fast boat to tioman....
ice, try to email teema (thachmai@ hotmail dot com). he will give you the instructions on how to register and the infos. as of now we are already 5, that includes you.
so for those who still wants to join us, just email teema. the course will already start on the 1st of september.
Posted: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 2:02 pm
by icemountain
m_scofield:
thks for the heads-up....
teema:
i've emailed u...
Posted: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 8:32 pm
by germangirl
usually Aur / Dayang is good until mid november, depending on the weather though... there are possibilties to do your class in Singapore during mosnoon season, including the diving in Singapore, but it is not really nice, not much to see etc.... so you should try to do it earlier. September / October is still good !
There's many dive shops in Singapore, if you google a bit and read some older posts on the forum, you'll find good help. For example, try simply scuba or deep blue scuba.
all of you enjoy your dives !!!!
I just started last year and really fell in love with it !!!
Posted: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 1:27 pm
by Teema
germangirl wrote:usually Aur / Dayang is good until mid november, depending on the weather though... there are possibilties to do your class in Singapore during mosnoon season, including the diving in Singapore, but it is not really nice, not much to see etc.... so you should try to do it earlier. September / October is still good !
There's many dive shops in Singapore, if you google a bit and read some older posts on the forum, you'll find good help. For example, try simply scuba or deep blue scuba.
all of you enjoy your dives !!!!
I just started last year and really fell in love with it !!!
Thanks for the tips, germangirl!
We have a group now and will try pulau Aur in September. I hope the weather is good.
I've been to Tioman and thought that it was a good dive site, but apparently pulau Aur might even be better!