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Diving Southeast Asia Planning a trip<br />
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It’s not enough to know that someone else had fun – if you don’t<br />
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thumb, a land-based diving day worldwide averages at around<br />
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<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 2" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=2"> Contents Diving Southeast Asia Contents 2 </a> Introduction 6 & About this book 6 & About the authors 7 & Using this book 8 & Planning a trip 8 On land or by
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 3" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=3"> Philippines Thailand </a> Resources 3 173 231 282 & Introduction
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 4" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=4"> 8 Planning a trip Diving Southeast Asia Planning</a> a trip It’s not enough to know that someone else had fun – if you don’t get what you personally want, you’ll be disappointed.To solve this, define y
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 5" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=5"> Costs There is no doubt that diving is an expensi</a>ve sport. As a rule of thumb, a land-based diving day worldwide averages at around US$120, which includes transport to the site, two dives with tanks,
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 6" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=6"> Diving Southeast Asia Planning a trip 10 Currenc</a>y It has become a worldwide standard for US dollars to be the currency of choice with dive operators although more and more
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 7" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=7"> Tipping It’s hard to be definitive about such a s</a>ensitive subject. Individual attitudes to tipping depend very much on where you grew up. In America it’s an accepted way of life to tip generously for
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 8" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=8"> C Discovery zone C Distant Horizons C Total immer</a>sion Hunt for rare and unusual animals off Lembeh or Ambon Get off the beaten track in Kalimantan or sail to far awayWest Papua Dive till you
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 9" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=9"> Indonesia is the largest archipelago on the plane</a>t and by far the biggest of the Southeast Asian countries. Her extensive arc of islands forms the southern edge of the CoralTriangle, reaches up past
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 10" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=10"> 28 Padangbai and Cand</a>idasa Indonesia Dive log Bali:Padangbai and Candidasa Candidasa 1 Padangbai Ferry Channel 2 Blue Lagoon 3 Gili Biaha 4 Tepekong 5 Bias
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 11" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=11"> 2 Blue Lagoon 1 Depth 22 m 2 Visibility </a> fair to good 3 Currents slight 4 Dive type day boat A short ride north of the main bay, this white-sand beach extends down to a pale seabe
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 12" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=12"> 80 B Pulau Putus 1 Depth 18 m 2 Visibilit</a>y fair to good 3 Currents slight 4 Dive type day boat Heading to the top of Lembeh to dive is a bit of a hit and miss affair as the seas a
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 13" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=13"> E Pantai Parigi 1 Depth 18 m 2 Visibility</a> fair to good 3 Currents slight 4 Dive type day boat 81 Well Water Beach is another great dive that stands out a little from the ot
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 14" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=14"> 106 Banda Famous for just one thing, the early s</a>pice trade, the Banda Islands are as lush and naturally rich today as they ever were. Back then, of course, it was all about nutmeg and the value of t
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 15" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=15"> 4 Lava Flow, Gunung Api 1 Depth 23 m 2 Vi</a>sibility stunning 3 Currents none to slight 4 Dive type liveaboard 107 GunungApi last erupted in 1998, spewing lava down its steep
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 16" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=16"> Kalimantan Indonesia Kalimantan 114 </a> Indonesia’s least known province is also home to one
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 17" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=17"> 115 Destinations Maratua This, the most distant l</a>andfall from the coast, is also the largest island in the entire group.There are four villages sitting around a narrow strip of land, which defines a
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 18" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=18"> 6 A diving recipe Dive, eat, sleep in hammock u</a>nder trees. Dive, eat, chat, dive, eat, sleep. Repeat until your time and money has expired. Layang Layang is a relaxed an
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 19" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=19"> 6 Wreck Point 1 Depth 23 m 2 Visibility </a> fair to good 3 Currents slight 4 Dive type day boat There really isn’t much of a wreck on this site: once there was said to be an old frei
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 20" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=20"> 148 Sipadan A legend for divers the world over, </a>Sipadan is one of those dive destinations that everyone knows about and everyone wants to see.This deep green, circular island, rimmed by bleached whi
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 21" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=21"> h2 </a> 149 Barracuda Point 1 Depth 28 m 2 Visibility good to stunning 3 Currents mild to ripping 4 Dive type day
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 22" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=22"> 154 0 Flambo Reef Malaysia Dive log S</a>abah:Kapalai 1 Depth 12 m 2 Visibility fair to good 3 Currents none 4 Dive type day boat Another of the gentle reef mounds s
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 23" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=23"> Beneath the hull, where it sits upright on </a> 155 the sand, there are lots of moray
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 24" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=24"> 162 Temperatures rising Borneo MalaysiaTemperat</a>ures rising Borneo Sabah’s dive destinations are well established and so well regarded that few people stray from such well-trodden paths.But that’s
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 25" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=25"> 163 Drying out Sipadan no longer has accommodat</a>ion so for dedicated divers there is just a lone and lovely resort on Kapalai, while Mabul has a greater selection of resorts. These are of varying st
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 26" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=26"> Philippines Dive log Luzon:Anilao Dive log 1 Dea</a>d Palm 1 Depth 25 m 2 Visibility poor to good 3 Currents slight to medium 4 Dive type day boat One of the many dive sites that pa
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 27" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=27"> 3 Secret Bay, east and west 1 Depth 28 m </a>2 Visibility fair to good 3 Currents slight 4 Dive type shore/day boat 183 The dark sand bay beside Mainit Point was once deserted
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 28" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=28"> </a> 1 Life in the deep Butterflies in the sea No matter where you dive, how grey the habitat, high the sea or low the visibility, it seems that if you
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 29" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=29"> 8 Shark Cave 1 Depth 28 m 2 Visibility </a> poor to fair 3 Currents none 4 Dive type day boat One of Puerto Galera’s deepest dives, this is located well away from the coast.There is n
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 30" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=30"> 208 4 Kogyo Maru 1 Depth 32m 2 Visibility</a> fair 3 Currents none 4 Dive type liveaboard Philippines Dive log Palawan: Coron This Japanese freighter is 158 metres long and was car
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 31" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=31"> h6 </a> 209 Wreck of theTaiei Maru 1 Depth 28 m 2 Visibility fair 3 Currents none 4 Dive type liveaboard The Taiei M
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 32" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=32"> Dive log Thailand Dive log Andaman Sea:Similan i</a>slands 1 Coral Garden 2 Shark Fin Reef 3 Hideaway 4 Stonehenge 5 East of Eden 6 Elephant Rock 7 Beacon Point 8 Breakfast Bend 9 FantasyReef 0 Donald
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 33" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=33"> 2 Shark Fin Reef 1 Depth 26 m 2 Visibilit</a>y good 3 Currents none 4 Dive type liveaboard If you dive both sides of this reef, you can observe how the Similans have two very differe
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 34" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=34"> h17 Richelieu Rock 1 Depth 32 m 2 Visib</a>ility medium to stunning 3 Currents none to strong 4 Dive type liveaboard Thailand Dive log Andaman Sea: Richelieu Rock Describing the
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 35" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=35"> QOn one </a> 257 single dive we saw minute harlequin shrimp pairs and four enormous whalesharks, twocuriousturtlesandseveral elegant seahorses. Not to men
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 36" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=36"> 284 Conservation A few years ago, Jean-Michel Co</a>usteau spoke on Capitol Hill: “The ocean holds 97% of earth’s water, drives climate and weather, generates more than 70% of the oxygen we breathe, abs
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 37" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=37"> Divers and conservation A diver’s role may be a c</a>omparatively small one but remember one of the first rules of diving – look, don’t touch. Sadly, there are people who genuinely don’t care and you hav
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 38" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=38"> 286 Diver training For many, the underwater expe</a>rience starts on holiday.There you are, snorkelling over some exotic reef but watching the divers far below and wanting to join in. So it’s over to th
<a title="Diving Southeast Asia page 39" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=wpfhfp&pageid=39"> manuals and fees. Also make sure your chosen dive</a> school has an instructor who can speak your language. Alternatively, you could book into a school in your home country or join a club.Th
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