Thread: Any Scuba Divers?

yep me and muddymech dive but we are very new to it only a couple of dives under the belt as we dont often get time off together.........

so still real beginners big thing for me as i had a great fear of the sea hence why i did it to help me with it,

hopefully gunna start doing to night diving soon but gunna do a couple of courses first sch as nav, stress and rescue that sort of thing

and seening as though people are anouncing what car the have we have 2 disco's one v8 one tdi and we have a defender 90 200tdi

Yep ... I am dive instructor with Padi and SSI. At the moment though taking a bit of a break as we are preparing for some trips.

Will go diving Byron Bay next week.

Originally Posted by EchiDna

convert the UK ones into air storage tanks for the landy they fit up beside the chassis under the doors and hold plenty of air for a bunch of refills!

Good idea, but from what I've been told, no dive shop will fill them without an Australian test sticker on them, and I can't get them tested as the valves apparently aren't up to spec here!

A PADI DM here as well. Been diving for 15 Years.

Originally Posted by jik22

Good idea, but from what I've been told, no dive shop will fill them without an Australian test sticket on them, and I can't get them tested as the valves apparently aren't up to spec here!

you can have the valves replaced and a test done to bring them back to usability, but of course this costs less than a new tank, so some places don't want to know about this...

or change the valve yourself to one intended for aircompressors and fill em yourself with either a garage or onboard air compressor for use in the vehicle... (obviously not diving).

Originally Posted by EchiDna

you can have the valves replaced and a test done to bring them back to usability, but of course this costs less than a new tank, so some places don't want to know about this...

If you have details of the types of places that would/could do this, I'd appreciate a PM - I've only asked at dive shops so far, and as you say, they're not that interested for obvious resons!

can't help with perth - but I know a few in singapore
try welding shops...

PADI DM, lived in Jeddah on the Red Sea for 7 years, nothing else to do but dive there, off roading was only done when the weather or coast guard stopped us diving

Spent tooooo much dosh on underwater photography, but hey it was worth it.

Pic of me about 10 years ago