scuba for beginners...?

icemountain · Post by **icemountain** » Tue, 12 Aug 2008 5:08 pm

thinking of taking up diving...

any good scuba shops in sg to recommend....?

dqromper · Post by **dqromper** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 4:54 am

Just do a search in this forum. There are quite a few. For example: http://www.orpheusdive.com or http://www.dolphinscuba.com.sg.

Anyone starting will always have to take the basic course, which consists of classroom and pool work, and later the open water dives to no more than 60 feet (it will be more like 30 feet). I have my advanced course and then stopped there, but there are many more one can take.

m_scofield · Post by **m_scofield** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 9:51 am

hi ice. I also want to take the basic course. Can I join you? Pm me.

Teema · Post by **Teema** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:39 am

I'm looking for a beginner class as well.

Maybe we can all join up and form a group for the class?

Email me if you're interested: thachmai@
hotmail
com

Regards

m_scofield · Post by **m_scofield** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 2:03 pm

ok. lets invite and wait for ither to join the group. its much fun to have a group.

icemountain · Post by **icemountain** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 2:33 pm

yes pls!

group discount maybe...?

so there's 3 of us? anymore guys...?

erm..... i'm a lazy bum... can someone make enquiries as well...?

lol!

its gotta be done soon i think cos the monsoon starts in november?

m_scofield · Post by **m_scofield** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 3:47 pm

lets have a target date maybe within september? so we still have time from now till september to invite and encourage more friends..

Teema · Post by **Teema** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 4:49 pm

Agreed that doing it in a group is more fun

However, I think a dive course group should have a limit, maybe 6 person max.

I'm planning to organize a group for "PADI Open Water" course which includes:
- 1/2 theory sessions during weekdays after working hours.
- 1 pool session in Singapore (can be done during weekday as well).
- 1 real diving trip, likely in Malaysia (Tioman is an excellent diving site).

Right now the group has 3 persons confirmed and 1 unconfirmed. I'll probably limit the group size to 6 persons. Hopefully we can start within this month in August.

Email me if you want to join: thachmai@
hotmail dot com

perplex_sheep · Post by **perplex_sheep** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 4:51 pm

you guys should hurry up if you are keen in taking diving. monsoon is coming, around oct/nov, not 100% sure. you can easily get a diving license over a weekend trip to aur/dayang. if its monsoon, you might need to fly somewhere to get the dive license, or wait till next year feb/mar for monsoon to be over.

Teema · Post by **Teema** » Wed, 13 Aug 2008 5:05 pm

Thanks for the tip, perplex_sheep!

As for the dive course, I just looked around a bit and apparently, you can do the theory class online (120 USD for PADI directly) and go to Tioman to finish the pool + 4 dives over there to complete the certificate.

icemountain · Post by **icemountain** » Thu, 14 Aug 2008 5:21 pm

ok, so thus far..

1. teema
2. m_scofield
3. icemountain

anymore...?

teema, i dun mind doing the driving up to mersing and then we can take fast boat to tioman....

m_scofield · Post by **m_scofield** » Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:03 pm

icemountain wrote:ok, so thus far..

1. teema
2. m_scofield
3. icemountain

anymore...?

teema, i dun mind doing the driving up to mersing and then we can take fast boat to tioman....

ice, try to email teema (thachmai@ hotmail dot com). he will give you the instructions on how to register and the infos. as of now we are already 5, that includes you.
so for those who still wants to join us, just email teema. the course will already start on the 1st of september.

icemountain · Post by **icemountain** » Fri, 15 Aug 2008 2:02 pm

m_scofield:
thks for the heads-up....

teema:
i've emailed u...

germangirl · Post by **germangirl** » Mon, 18 Aug 2008 8:32 pm

usually Aur / Dayang is good until mid november, depending on the weather though... there are possibilties to do your class in Singapore during mosnoon season, including the diving in Singapore, but it is not really nice, not much to see etc.... so you should try to do it earlier. September / October is still good !

There's many dive shops in Singapore, if you google a bit and read some older posts on the forum, you'll find good help. For example, try simply scuba or deep blue scuba.

all of you enjoy your dives !!!!

I just started last year and really fell in love with it !!!

Teema · Post by **Teema** » Tue, 19 Aug 2008 1:27 pm

germangirl wrote:usually Aur / Dayang is good until mid november, depending on the weather though... there are possibilties to do your class in Singapore during mosnoon season, including the diving in Singapore, but it is not really nice, not much to see etc.... so you should try to do it earlier. September / October is still good !

There's many dive shops in Singapore, if you google a bit and read some older posts on the forum, you'll find good help. For example, try simply scuba or deep blue scuba.

all of you enjoy your dives !!!! I just started last year and really fell in love with it !!!

Thanks for the tips, germangirl!

We have a group now and will try pulau Aur in September. I hope the weather is good.

I've been to Tioman and thought that it was a good dive site, but apparently pulau Aur might even be better!

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