Archive for year: 2012

We had planned for 2 dives at Sisters wreck both mornings, but due to the weather and currents we...

I woke early Saturday morning to ensure the MV Seaborne was ready for the weekend Live Onboard local diving...

Tuesday the 13th was a public holiday in Singapore, no better time to get out and do a couple...

Rocking Riau . . . What an incredible weekend!  We saw so many cool things I have not seen...

I was leaving home for Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT) when I received a text from Paul at...

It was nice to be back on the boat after a couple of weekends off. I took a weekend...

Gary Savins had his 2 TDI technical diving students cancel this weekend, so when I offered to go with...

Many people were happy to escape the craziness of Singapore during the F1 Grand Prix weekend and dive Seven...

With a busy weekend ahead we all boarded the MV Seaborne Friday night, from Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal Singapore,...

I can’t remember the last time I did a single tank air dive on a wreck called Seven Skies...

I had the pleasure of conducting PADI Junior Advanced Open Water with Johnny, Tony’s son.  Johnny lives in the...

A few weeks back I noticed that I had not made any diving arrangements for the 25/26 August weekend....

Smiling happy people is what was on board the MV Seaborne after the first day’s diving at Tioman, Malaysia...

Not long after we took the mooring line at Pinnacle Two Sunday morning, the boat boys were no where...

This weekend Big Andy, PADI Dive Master, was guiding Natalia, Rosemarie, Michael, Penglee and Su Huan.  Armand, my PADI Dive...

  “Uncle Gazzer” Gary Savins double booked himself for this weekend and opted to let GS-Diving to be represented...

This weekend showed signs of the weather finally changing for the better.  The seas were calm, the viz was...

I sound a bit like a broken record, but it’s true, another rough night at sea heading to our...

It was a busy week leading up to this weekend’s trip with the in-laws in Singapore for a couple...

Ebony was late arriving at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT), Singapore so the rest of us that arrived on...

This weekend we had calm seas, which was nice for a change. We were on The Ark which is...

Num Num, Mr Angry, The Model, Revo Roat, Goh, Georgie and Phil joined GS-DIVING for the weekend diving the...

After diving for 6 years, it is now time to retire my second wetsuit.  This one had served me...

With 17 divers loaded,  we headed from Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal to Nongsa Marina, Indonesia to clear immigration...

Diving at Palau Hantu, Singapore. Article by Andrew Taylor from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) 3 June 2012 www.smh.com.au/travel/activity/surfing-and-diving/singapore–for-diving–no-really-20120531-1zk15.html...

This is the 5th trip I have done with “my kids”.  These school kids, from a international school, sure...

This weekend’s MV Seaborne dive trip to Tioman, Malaysia was mostly full of people from the Australia and New...

Sorry – Not many photos for this trip report I have the best job in the world.  Every weekend...

    It was going to be a busy weekend diving with 7 dives planned around Pulau Aur. We...

The alarm went off at 6am, the first of many early starts for the coming week of diving.  I...

HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, South China Sea, Malaysia. For full specs of these World War II...

Easter long weekend dive trip on the MV Seaborne had been planned a long time back.  The trip was...

Tioman has finally a new wreck! The former Royal Malaysian Navy warship KM Sipadan was sunk on 29th March 2012...

  I rounded up my 4 divers at Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT) on Friday night and proceeded...

It was a very busy and noisy weekend with 12 school kids.  We boarded the bus Friday night at...

Paul and Phillip signed up for TDI intro to Tech and TDI Advanced Nitrox a few months back, we...

Rocking Riau weekend. The visibility all weekend was 8-10 metres, the sun was shinning and seas were flat, a...

We had the pleasure of joining the second voyage aboard MV The Ark; one of Singapore’s Mongolian flagged dive...

Akiko, Germaine, Chris, John, Lay Nah and Caroline and a bunch of other divers all met at Tanah Merah...

It was the final trip to Hantu, a local island off Singapore.  That is, until after the South China...

We departed from Singapore’s Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (TMFT) at 5.30pm and headed to Batam to clear immigration in...

  I checked the tide tables Friday night and could see that it should be a good morning at...

  19 divers all arrived on time at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club, Singapore, Saturday morning.  Well one was...

It’s 7.30am Friday morning at Changi Airport, Singapore and I round up all the divers.  I found JB first,...

I felt naughty diving on a Sunday.  Sundays for me are full working days from 9am to 6.30pm teaching...

It’s 6.50am Saturday morning and I’m at Republic of Singapore Yacht Club waiting on my students and it’s very...

I need to start by saying that the visibility at Hantu during the weekend was horrible, most likely the worst...

Hi all and Happy New Year.   This trip report is a little different than all others, mostly because...