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@@AirwolfCrazy No one else had been there. These are narrow layers suspended in open water about 4 metres off the bottom.

@timgosling6189 nice

@@peterchilds7176 yes, unfortunately the regulator will try to help you by continuing to maintain the intermediate pressure at 10 Bar above ambient. So it will be just as bad at depth.

I think it did feel odd at first. But I started in the shallow end of a pool where you could just stand up if you needed, and went from there. Very soon I hardly thought about it. Now it’s just like being weightless and flying slowly through this beautiful world. Takes lots of training but can be so worth it😊

@@timgosling6189 I’ll try again. My first time was 30+ ft in the ocean and I eventually shot up to the surface.

@@youMatterItDoesGetBetter That's definitely not good. Step-by-step training should gradually expand your skills and comfort zone. And in fact good divers never stop learning. I hope you come to love the sport as much as I do.

It’s well made, easy to use, works as a video light and for signalling and has good battery life. Expensive at full price but I bought it at just over half RRP. I’m enjoying it.

Ich auch!

It was taught as an option on the TDI SM course. No, there is no additional snag hazard compared to the round-the-neck option and donation works exactly the same way regarding the turret, but with no need to unwind the hose from your neck. It also declutters the chest area. So yes, I like it a lot.

A set of statues. Where they came from, no one knows...

Awesome bit of kit. Hope you're back diving yours soon.

It's fine for me, but it does get a bit lost out on track. Luckily where I live there are plenty of stone walls and tunnels!

It varies a lot. Over Winter it can be up to 10m (eg this video from early-Feb: th-cam.com/video/K6_5AHqfrCo/w-d-xo.html). But the mussels have now just spawned and in the shallower areas it's gone down to 5m or less. In Summer there can be algae blooming which knocks the vis everywhere (eg th-cam.com/video/AR8EKInBylo/w-d-xo.html) but generally it's around the 6 to 8m. If you click on my channel you should find videos of a variety of conditions. For a tour round most of the sights you might like this one: th-cam.com/video/yJ_OCxpJrkg/w-d-xo.html. I'd recommend Vobster as it's friendly, very well run, easy to get gas fills, useful shop, kitting up close to the water etc and has a good atmosphere. I personally think a dry suit is essential as although the surface temp can be in the high teens in Summer it is always aound 6 to 7C at 20m and below. At the moment it's 7C everywhere! Hope this helps.

@@timgosling6189 Thanks. I'm a year-round Stoney regular, so used to UK poor vis quarry diving... :) Will have time make the trip down to VQ sometime.

It's just tape to protect the paint on the base when I'm standing them upright 🙂

@@timgosling6189 ok thanks. Mine are not painted so that would not have occurred to me. Take care.

Lots of things to fix! I've just done the SDI/TDI Side Mount course with a great instructor and the rigging and trim are all so much better now. I didn't believe it would be possible to stay in trim with a steel cylinder swung to the front, but it is! No substitute for personal advice from someone who knows what they're doing.

@@timgosling6189 Well very good news then..nice to see you keep sm diving.well depends the sylinder but yeah it is possible!! i hope you upload a vid soon!!

it's a Tusa Ceos mask with Tusa prescription lenses, which you can swap out yourself pretty easily. The glass comes with the bifocal lens already attached. Link here: www.mikesdivestore.com/collections/tusa/products/tusa-bi-focal-prescription-lenses-for-dive-and-snorkel-masks?variant=964920997#foo&gid=1&pid= Hope this helps.

Yes I've seen his channel and it's excellent. I was very impressed with how balanced sidemount felt right from the start and I look forward to beginning actual training shortly.

Glad you found it useful. I don't know if you saw it but I put a recent night dive with the Luna in the link. Like the Mini, the ability to dial it down to 330 lumens at night was just as useful as being able to go up to 2000.

I'll check it out thanks

Of the alternatives, I'd say the OrcaTorch D630 and BigBlue TL2600P came out next best for me. The Orca is more powerful and well regarded but I wanted to get away from the cannister and lead and I prefered the Apeks soft Goodman handle. The BigBlue looks like a good product, and has a tighter beam and a bit more power than the Apeks but I preferred the sealed-for-life idea and not having to open it up to recharge, as you need to for the Orca and BigBlue. The Apeks handle design also looked more secure without getting in the way and I had no problem manipulating the valves on my twinset behind my head with it still on the hand. Overall the performance spec and design of the Apeks Luna was a better fit for me and I know their gear is tough but if there is a problem they sort it without argument. DeepBlue I personally just don't know much about. Hope this helps.

@@timgosling6189 Its also British made so that depends if its worth the premium. I would buy this if it was slightly cheaper. Bit hard for me to justify.

There are a lot of us Goslings with Service backgrounds but although my father was in the RAF in WWII I'm afraid Cyril was not a relative.

@@timgosling6189 Thank you for getting back to me , I only ask as my late Grandfather was No2 to Flt Lt Gosling when he was shot down.

It's a slipper lobster. Related to the more common spiny lobsters in the video but the front antennae have morphed into flat plates.