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Day 2 - Damn weather, a dirt-obsession and lifting weightsWe all woke up around 7am buzzing of our plans to dive Rapid Bay Jetty. Kieren got on the phone to a local dive shop who said conditions were very-very-far from great and that he would suggest against diving it on that particular day.After a bit...
With so many great entries we struggled to pick just one, however after combining Adreno's staff picks and that of our Facebook fans we settled on a winner...Congratulations Jan Copeman on winning the Scuba Diving T-shirt Design Competition. Jan has won herself a Beuchat Focea Comfort 2 Wetsuit which carries an RRP of $695. That's...
I had one of, if not the single most amazing night dive I have ever done. Believe it or not, this dive took place at the Gold Coast Seaway.The visability was around 15m (which goes a long way in the Seaway). The water was cool but comfortable and the life around was unreal. As my...
We wake to find it hot, very little cloud and best of all no breeze and glass out conditions.We are off and running and first to breakfast, first to analyse our nitrox stages and ponies and the first boat out. Our first dive is the I-69 Sub which is only a 5 minute boat ride...
Today is a public holiday in Chuuk. The local ladies are baking and the internet’s not working. The westerners are spitting chips that their Wi-Fi doesn’t work!We have news today that the planes are running again. After our dramas on the flight in, no other flight has come or gone as the 737 we flew...
We wake to a slightly overcast morning but we are pumped for our deepest dive yet. Four of us have the new Adreno 30lb Wing and backplate set-ups with a alloy backplate. So far they are working a treat and we are all wrapped in them. Now we are keen to see how they perform...
It’s Sunday morning and most of the local islanders have a day of rest and family meals – but not us.We had organised the day before to do three dives today – 2 day dives and a night dive. We rock into the restaurant at 6:30am for breaky. Rowan and Rod order banana pancakes which...
Welcome to Saturday Morning and bring on the diving!!We Eat and bail to the Blue Lagoon Dive Shop to meet our Dive Guide for the week, Rio and boat driver Gladwin. Alan informs us that Rio has his own blog and is one of the best dive guides in the area so we are stoked....
Welcome to the daily blog of Adreno’s Truk Lagoon Scuba Diving Trip for 2011.For those divers who have never heard of this amazing place, Truk (actually called Chuuk) is in Micronesia and was the site for operation Hailstone – America’s revenge for Pearl Harbour during World War 2. More Ships were sunk in 24 hours...
Never Harass these Animals, Never corner these animals, It is important to keep in mind that these sharks are nocturnal and mainly rest during the day.Whenever diving with Grey Nurse Sharks keep an eye out for Agitated behaviour from the shark.Gill Racking - The Gills of the Shark will flutter, opening and shutting in an...