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Scipio

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:12 am

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Nothing to look at at all, :tongue:

Moz has some of the most fantastic spots to dive & snorkel in the world IMHO.

I dived also from Port Shepstone but, once spearfishing at Strauss Banks I saw the biggest shark(Great White) in my life. Had to shake out the wetsuit. :tongue:

TP, Nitrox, lifelines with extra gas, takes a hell of a long time to get back to surface. :whistle:

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:43 am

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JustNature wrote:

Theuns the first is of a Leopard shark :wink:

, what an amazing and peacefull one this was, got to about 2m from it before it decided to leave :thumbs_up:

Oops!

I have never seen one while diving and a Leopard shark is also on my wish-list!

Timepilot wrote:

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I see we have some "deep diving" members here.

Been there and done that and it's as boring as bat doo doo :big_eyes:

- have always enjoyed the shallower waters for things to see.

My deepest was 52 meters at Badgat, but I must say that I enjoy diving 40 meters at Protea Banks. :thumbs_up:

Scipio wrote:

was in the south of Moz with some guys from Getaway Magazine about 14 years ago, they did a whole thing on Ultra deep diving, etc. They were kitted with a lot of fancy things. :thumbs_up:

Will see, maybe I can dig up the article on the net. :hmz:

Thanks Scipio, I will love to read it! :thumbs_up:

Scipio wrote:

I dived also from Port Shepstone but, once spearfishing at Strauss Banks I saw the biggest shark(Great White) in my life. Had to shake out the wetsuit. :tongue:

That must have been something to see! :shock:

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Timepilot

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 1:24 am

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I don't know Theuns - I think you can keep the great whites - that is a shark I would rather NOT see while IO :wink:

Scipio, I used to do a fair amount of spearfishing of the rocks at Umzumbe - always used a long tether float for my catch because of the amount of johnnies in the water - would regularly loose a couple of fish during the day :big_eyes:

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:03 am

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We had one at 7-mile reef in Xai-Xai that we got to know very well while spearfishing.

He caused a huge few scares with the tourists. :twisted:

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Timepilot

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 8:39 am

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Are / Were you an instructor Scipio?

BTW - back in the 80/90's we had a house on Tulbach :wink:

- spent a lot of time working in that part of the world.

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:35 pm

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Are / Were you an instructor Scipio

About, 1460 dives, & yes, I was. :thumbs_up:

6 years in the best diving country in the world( IMHO ) :thumbs_up:

I just received mail from friend that is going to mail me the full range of pics of the cagedives & other in May. :dance:

I was the one with the brownish tint around him in the cage. :tongue:

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:42 pm

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Scipio wrote:

I was the one with the brownish tint around him in the cage. :tongue:

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JustNature

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:46 pm

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Scipio wrote:

I just received mail from friend that is going to mail me the full range of pics of the cagedives & other in May. :dance:

I was the one with the brownish tint around him in the cage. :tongue:

look forward to seeing the pics :thumbs_up:

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Timepilot

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:42 am

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About, 1460 dives, & yes, I was. 6 years in the best diving country in the world( IMHO )

Cool, I guess you spent a lot of time working at Soddies then :lol:

- no seriously, where were you based?

I stopped logging around the mid 1500's (not years for any smartasses!) - which was 4 years ago now. I do a lot of shore dives around the breakwaters so not worth counting although they are good dives so got tired of writing the same thing so stopped.

You guys have to come and do some diving here - forget the Great Barrier and go to Ningaloo - not quite as commercialised (like Sods back in the early 80's for us older types) and it's quite different being on a fringing reef. And the Manta's - something else again.

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:22 am

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Cool, I guess you spent a lot of time working at Soddies then - no seriously, where were you based

Did my first Dive in Soddies, :hmz:

I think just about every Vaalie did. But I lived in Mozambique & thats where I dived most. :thumbs_up:

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Timepilot

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:02 am

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Cheers Scipio :thumbs_up:

Baza?

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:08 pm

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Cheers Scipio Baza?

Many, Many times.

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Sat Dec 12, 2009 8:55 pm

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Hi to my fellow divers out there, I will be salting my diving gear for the next week to extend my Tiger and Zambesi experiences!! :dance:

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Scipio

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 3:19 pm

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Enjoy TH, Just watch the Bulls, they are finicky.

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TheunsH

Post subject: Re: SIO Club

Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 10:10 am

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Scipio wrote:

Enjoy TH, Just watch the Bulls, they are finicky.

Thanks Scipio, we are back and I have spotted 25 Bulls with one of them in a bad mood! :shock:

I have posted a short report on the "Shark and Oceanic Conservation in General" thread! :thumbs_up:

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