someclipstowatch asked:

seiko skx007 dive watch

Tyler G asked:


i’ve seen on tv and stuff ppl go diving with just snorkels, but they take the snorkels underwater. do they have somekinda special snorkel that holds oxygen or sumthin or what. plz help me i want to go scuba diving soon as a beginner but i need info.

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Kissy asked:


we just got scuba dive certified, and want to go on a scuba vacation. we have some gears like regulators and BCs. and looking for where is the best place to go. we like to go to somewhere warm water, good visibility, and cheap.

cheesy_wotsitz asked:


In sport, of course there will be cheats, like the topic i am talking about, diving. but why do they want to do it? does it give them any pleasure? Sure they get there team a free kick or penalty if they succeed but that is just currupt and spoils the game for the other team and the people watching at home.

thelning asked:

Papua New Guinea 1987. Plenty of war wrecks and ammunitions, even a dead human skull. Very interesting dive. Warm and clear waters.

mattkamper asked:


Also what happenes when you run out of air when you are scuba diving.

LoGo asked:


My husband is a fish out of water - scuba diving, snorkelling, etc. I love the mountains - peaceful, cool, quiet. I want to go on a second Honeymoon, but I don’t want to drag him someplace or be dragged. Is there a cruise that would visit both mountains and reefs? Where should we go?

steven d asked:


or would that just be good for more shallow water..?

obviously the olympus 770sw goes 33ft and the 790 only 10ft, but would it damage the 790 if i brought the camera more than 10 ft down?

how far does scuba diving usually go, lets say on a average dive in hawaii somewhere?

cmusers asked:

In most of the dives the submarine is greeted by a school of blue or yellowed — stripped snappers, common lion fish, yellow boxfish and turtles are usually found here.
If you are joining a night dive watch closely for the sleeping Manta Rays as our powerful exterior lights lit the whole area.
Make sure you take your camera with you and never miss any surprise encounter with shark or maybe a giant grouper or the protected napoleons now feared for extinction.

jay smith asked:


The Suunto Gekko is one of the most popular scuba diving computers in the UK, especially among newly qualified scuba divers. This is because it offers all a basic scuba diver needs and is fairly cheap.

Gekko On Screen Display

When scuba diving the Suunto Gekko shows you all the vital information you need - by default the Gekko shows your current depth, maximum depth for the dive, current temperature and the remaining no-deco time - the time you can continue to dive for without needing to do a deco stop. These are displayed numerically and are very easy to read. You also see the ascent rate as a color-coded bar up the side of the screen which is handy for beginners.

Alarms and Lighting on Suunto Gekko

The Suunto Gekko does not come with a backlight, but rather has a phosphorescent display which can be charged using a dive torch to brighten up the screen during a dark dive - this saves on the battery drain a backlight would have, but also requires you to have a dive torch (although on a dark dive you should have one anyway). As far as alarms go, the Gekko has visual and audible alarms when needed, and also allows you to enable max depth and max time alarms if you want to.

Stored Dive Information & PC Interface

Unlike a lot of scuba diving computers these days the Suunto Gekko does not offer a PC interface to download dive information. It does however, store 50 hours of dive profile data including dive start time & date, total dive time, maximum depth and the temperature at the maximum depth - this is all you need to fill in your log book. As an added extra it also stores some other information in more succinct format - for example your maximum ever depth is also stored.

Nitrox on the Gekko

The Suunto Gekko does support Nitrox in the same way as most other scuba diving computers do; by treating air as 21% nitrox. The Gekko uses the Suunto RGBM - a state of the art algorithm for managing both dissolved gas and free-gas in all its stages in the tissues and blood of the diver - in plain English it is safe and you can trust it! To switch to Nitrox is very easy - the Gekko has two modes (air/Nitrox) which can be switched easily.

Ease of Use of the Gekko

Perhaps the main reason the Suunto Gekko is so popular is that it is very easy to use - you can basically forget about how to use it and concentrate on actually using it. Suunto have equipped the Gekko with user-replaceable batteries which saves you sending your Gekko back and forth every now and then. The batteries are very easy to change - you just have to unscrew a cover, then replace an O-ring and the battery then screw the cover back on - see a video showing how to change a Suunto Gekko battery.

Suunto Gekko - Summing Up

The Suunto Gekko is ideal for any scuba diver that does not require a PC-Interface or dive simulation features. You can buy the Suunto Gekko in wrist model or console mounted with a Suunto console. It is aimed squarely at recreational scuba divers who may intend to use Nitrox but don’t want to pay extra for gas switching computers - most scuba divers in fact could save a lot of money by choosing the Suunto Gekko!