Yes, definitely better narked than never. It's a small price to pay for the wonders of the underwater world. Glad you enjoyed it, next installment is coming up today or tomorrow :)
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With these type of dives its probably good to do the nitrox course. The higher amount of oxygen in the mix slows down the effects of nitrogen and usually only adds $5 or so more on tank cost.
If you do get a chance try something called glow diving/fluo diving. It creates a whole other world down there.
Hi @chrisdavidphoto yes I have done the nitrox course and do usually dive on a higher oxygen mix especially on liveaboard holidays as it helps mitigate dive fatigue especially when doing 3 or 4 dives a day. I think if I remember rightly this particular dive was too deep to safely dive a nitrox mix because of the potential for oxygen toxicity. Anyway, I definitely want to try fluo diving next time I'm on a trip, have done normal night diving but fluo looks absolutely spectacular. thanks for your comment and hope you enjoyed the blog post. There is one more to come in the series from that Egypt trip :)
Hi @younushaw it's a blog series about my scuba diving trips in various places around the world. There is one more coming in this series about my trip to egypt. Give it a read and if you like it maybe an upvote and follow me @raj808 to catch the next one in the series :)
Definitely good to see some other divers around on steemit. I've just checked your page @marsella-2017 and followed you. I see your a commercial diver, that's a little scary for me ;) I am going to be posting lots of these dive trip blog posts if your interested follow me @raj808. I am purposefully writing them to be accessible to non divers as well, trying to avoid to much reference to procedure etc. Hoping to promote the sport and maybe inspire some new scuba enthusiasts. I shall read some of your articles as it gives me a good excuse to pick up my Spanish studies.
I always wanted to dive in the Red Sea. but I live in Venezuela and today it is impossible to leave the country, it has a bad economy and many political and financial problems. a severe social crisis.
That is a shame I hope things improve over there I have just been reading about the financial crisis and it looks like a real bad situation.
The red sea is my favorite place to dive, I recently went to Mexico and enjoyed my diving there but nothing has beaten the red sea for me yet, anything can (and usually does) happen in regards to spotting interesting marine life. I will be writing another series soon about a more recent trip to sharm el sheikh where I saw something amazing. Don't want to spoil the surprise of the post though ;-)
The interesting thing about the red sea is that there is a large fluctuation between water temperatures there with some of the hottest summer water temps in the world. Scientists have found that red sea coral is resisting bleaching as they think that millennia of evolution in the red sea environment with such high + low temperatures have allowed them to develop a mechanism to deal with the rising global warming. Scientists are looking at long term, maybe using Red seas coral genus to repopulate other reefs around the world. Early days from what I have read as they don't even know yet how red sea coral achieves this resistance but it gives me hope :)
I'm surprised what you're telling me. I will continue reading your messages. here in Venezuela you have a new friend, by the way, my name is Jesus Marsella
Nice to meet you Jesus, or is it Marsella (first name) Jesus (surname)? You have a new friend in the UK, Liverpool. My name is Rowan Joyce if ever I get travelling to Venezuela maybe we could scuba dive buddies :)
I'm glad to meet you too, my friend, Jesus is my first (name) Marseille is my (surname) I am very happy about the idea of having a new friend in the UK, it is a pleasure Rowan, if you come to Venezuela you may never return to go to other places. here we have the best diving on the planet. especially in an archipelago that is called (the Witnesses) we also have places paradiciacos for the lovers of the diving. not to boast, but I tell you the truth. the water is warm. 21 ° - 24 ° crystalline waters with more than 20mt of visibility and varieties of Caribbean fish.
Sounds awesome Jesus. I've always wanted to travel south america but furthest I have got is central america, I went over border to Belize for a few days when travelling in the Yucatan peninsula in mexico. I have just done some google research and found some descriptions about Isla de Aves which it says is a critical nesting site for Green turtle. Is this island in 'the witness archipelago' or have I found a different reef? Green turtles are so close to my heart, if you read my third blog post (https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/scuba-scribe-diving-the-red-sea-chasing-the-mermaid-3) it is about my first meeting with a green turtle but more recently I was in Tulum mexico (camped on the beach one night) when the turtles were coming to the beach to lay eggs and got involved with helping out marking sites so tourists don't disturb hatching area and also watching turtles at night with ultraviolet lights (which do not disturb them like normal torches) coming up the beach and digging nests and laying. It was amazing experience and I remember thinking I wish I could do this for a job or live somewhere like this permanently. If I strike it lucky rich with crypto-trading I might make it over to Venezuela for diving paradise :)
This is great.. I like your description of the narcosis. The only time I experienced it was during my advanced deep dive training dive 20years ago ( i feel old saying that). Weirdly i haven't felt its effects on deep dives since.
I haven't had it that bad for a while. The worst narcosis I ever experienced was in Malta at 45 metres. It was a multi-level decompression dive with two decompression stops at 9 and 6 metres. I found the whole dive very unpleasant and I learnt my limits on that trip. I'm fine to 35 metres then sketchy up to 40 anything past 40 and it's brown trousers time lol
Yeah, I would advise leaving it unless there is a wreck or something that deep that you feel you just can't miss out on lol. The light gets less and less the deeper you go and the marine life scarcer apart from the big stuff. I'm not a wreck-head myself, all about the marine life for me so the only time I ever go beyond 35 metres now is at specific places like at Elephinstone in Egypt where you can see shoaling hammerheads off the plateu. If they're there then it's at 40 mtr that you'll see them. Unfortunately I never got lucky when I did that dive :(
For sure. Hammerheads are impressive and very alien looking fellas. I hope to get to the Coco's islands one day to see the massive shoals that accumulate there :)
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Better Narked then never. I had a nice rush reading this..."the alien world i had plunged myself into....my buddy indicated a shark" cheers.
Yes, definitely better narked than never. It's a small price to pay for the wonders of the underwater world. Glad you enjoyed it, next installment is coming up today or tomorrow :)
Part #3 is out now :) https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/scuba-scribe-diving-the-red-sea-chasing-the-mermaid-3
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With these type of dives its probably good to do the nitrox course. The higher amount of oxygen in the mix slows down the effects of nitrogen and usually only adds $5 or so more on tank cost.
If you do get a chance try something called glow diving/fluo diving. It creates a whole other world down there.
Hi @chrisdavidphoto yes I have done the nitrox course and do usually dive on a higher oxygen mix especially on liveaboard holidays as it helps mitigate dive fatigue especially when doing 3 or 4 dives a day. I think if I remember rightly this particular dive was too deep to safely dive a nitrox mix because of the potential for oxygen toxicity. Anyway, I definitely want to try fluo diving next time I'm on a trip, have done normal night diving but fluo looks absolutely spectacular. thanks for your comment and hope you enjoyed the blog post. There is one more to come in the series from that Egypt trip :)
Part #3 is out now :) https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/scuba-scribe-diving-the-red-sea-chasing-the-mermaid-3
Hi @chrisdavidphoto, part #4 of the Scuba Scribe series is now out all about diving with Seals in the UK, 💦 https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/scuba-scribe-diving-the-farnes-isles-a-seal-of-approval-4
Hi, @chrisdavidphoto. Just thought I'd let you know that my latest Scuba Scribe post is finally finished. It's all about swimming with Whale Sharks in Mexico! Check it out if you get a minute 🙂 https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/and-127909-scuba-scribe-6-mexico-the-greatest-whale-shark-aggregation-on-the-planet
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Hi @younushaw it's a blog series about my scuba diving trips in various places around the world. There is one more coming in this series about my trip to egypt. Give it a read and if you like it maybe an upvote and follow me @raj808 to catch the next one in the series :)
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STOPit is good to see other divers in this community
Definitely good to see some other divers around on steemit. I've just checked your page @marsella-2017 and followed you. I see your a commercial diver, that's a little scary for me ;) I am going to be posting lots of these dive trip blog posts if your interested follow me @raj808. I am purposefully writing them to be accessible to non divers as well, trying to avoid to much reference to procedure etc. Hoping to promote the sport and maybe inspire some new scuba enthusiasts. I shall read some of your articles as it gives me a good excuse to pick up my Spanish studies.
P.S. Part #3 is out now :) https://steemit.com/blog/@raj808/scuba-scribe-diving-the-red-sea-chasing-the-mermaid-3
I do not speak English either, but use a translator.
I always wanted to dive in the Red Sea. but I live in Venezuela and today it is impossible to leave the country, it has a bad economy and many political and financial problems. a severe social crisis.
That is a shame I hope things improve over there I have just been reading about the financial crisis and it looks like a real bad situation.
The red sea is my favorite place to dive, I recently went to Mexico and enjoyed my diving there but nothing has beaten the red sea for me yet, anything can (and usually does) happen in regards to spotting interesting marine life. I will be writing another series soon about a more recent trip to sharm el sheikh where I saw something amazing. Don't want to spoil the surprise of the post though ;-)
The interesting thing about the red sea is that there is a large fluctuation between water temperatures there with some of the hottest summer water temps in the world. Scientists have found that red sea coral is resisting bleaching as they think that millennia of evolution in the red sea environment with such high + low temperatures have allowed them to develop a mechanism to deal with the rising global warming. Scientists are looking at long term, maybe using Red seas coral genus to repopulate other reefs around the world. Early days from what I have read as they don't even know yet how red sea coral achieves this resistance but it gives me hope :)
I'm surprised what you're telling me. I will continue reading your messages. here in Venezuela you have a new friend, by the way, my name is Jesus Marsella
Nice to meet you Jesus, or is it Marsella (first name) Jesus (surname)? You have a new friend in the UK, Liverpool. My name is Rowan Joyce if ever I get travelling to Venezuela maybe we could scuba dive buddies :)
I'm glad to meet you too, my friend, Jesus is my first (name) Marseille is my (surname) I am very happy about the idea of having a new friend in the UK, it is a pleasure Rowan, if you come to Venezuela you may never return to go to other places. here we have the best diving on the planet. especially in an archipelago that is called (the Witnesses) we also have places paradiciacos for the lovers of the diving. not to boast, but I tell you the truth. the water is warm. 21 ° - 24 ° crystalline waters with more than 20mt of visibility and varieties of Caribbean fish.
This is great.. I like your description of the narcosis. The only time I experienced it was during my advanced deep dive training dive 20years ago ( i feel old saying that). Weirdly i haven't felt its effects on deep dives since.
I haven't had it that bad for a while. The worst narcosis I ever experienced was in Malta at 45 metres. It was a multi-level decompression dive with two decompression stops at 9 and 6 metres. I found the whole dive very unpleasant and I learnt my limits on that trip. I'm fine to 35 metres then sketchy up to 40 anything past 40 and it's brown trousers time lol
lol! i usually avoid going that deep because i want to avoid multiple decompression stops.
Yeah, I would advise leaving it unless there is a wreck or something that deep that you feel you just can't miss out on lol. The light gets less and less the deeper you go and the marine life scarcer apart from the big stuff. I'm not a wreck-head myself, all about the marine life for me so the only time I ever go beyond 35 metres now is at specific places like at Elephinstone in Egypt where you can see shoaling hammerheads off the plateu. If they're there then it's at 40 mtr that you'll see them. Unfortunately I never got lucky when I did that dive :(
oh man . .hammerheads.. that would be worth going to 40metres for!
For sure. Hammerheads are impressive and very alien looking fellas. I hope to get to the Coco's islands one day to see the massive shoals that accumulate there :)