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Aqualung Fusion Drysuits - 3 Different Sizes in 1 Suit

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When diving in cold water, one of the most important equipment is "Drysuits". In my case, if the water temperature hit 23C degree, I do not want to dive in wetsuits. I will take my drysuits out. For most of divers, probably somewhere about 16-18C degree water temperature is the reference to change their suits. In Wetsuits, as you may already know, you will be "wet"; water gets trapped between the suit and your skin and works as insulation. Drysuits, on the other hand, you do not get wet. You stay dry. The suit traps air or another gas, acting as an insulator. While Wetsuits are made from neoprene, various materials are used to make Drysuits; neoprene, coated fabric, crushed neoprene, trilaminate, etc. Each material has different insulation and flexibility. It will be your choice to make to pick what drysuits you like to use. Let's see how much air it can hold. Now, let me talk about Aqualung Fusion Suits. This suits have been in the market for so

Congratulations, Steve! For your 300th Dive!! Viva!! Diveholics!!

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Scuba Dive in Manchester, DM Club local diving Some of you may have noticed that our DM Club Members are very much addicted to Scuba Diving. We are out for diving every weekend even when snowing! When sensible people are staying home keeping themselves warm and cozy, DM Club Members are torturing themselves by jumping into the deadly cold water, having "ice-cream" headache and nearly having "frostbites" on fingers.  Why? Because there's water available for Scuba Diving! This Sunday was special for our Club Members. Our active member Steve had his 300th dive!! Hooray!! 300th dive!! This is an amazing number! Congratulations, Steve!! We were so happy to share this special dive with Steve. Many times, we dive in the same diving quarry. Some people may think "it's not interesting if always the same place" Well, that is not true. Even if same location, every dive is different. I'm a Tech Diving instructor and Trimix Diver myself. Si

Bare 7mm Ultrawarmth Dry Hood - Add extra warmth to your Scuba Diving

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Going for Scuba Diving in this weather...MAD!!😂 Spring this year seems still sleeping somewhere and making its arrival very late and slow. 1st of April 2017 had wonderful sunny day, brilliant for diving weekend. This year? We had SNOW!!! I could not believe my eyes!! Did it stop us from going for diving? Nahhhh! Nothing could stop us from Scuba Diving. We have serious addiction problem with Scuba Diving. 😂 When diving in cold water, equipping yourself well with thermal items is crucial. As long as you keep yourself warm during the dive, it is, in fact, quite pleasant; crystal clear water, quiet dive site, slow movement of fish (they must feel cold as well!). Of course selecting good thermal inner wear is very important; however, the most important item for me is a HOOD. Body heat escape from your head much more than anything. When having a good hood, you can feel amazingly warm. Dive Manchester - DM Club / Addicted to Scuba Diving When "mild" winter, 5mm H

Diving in Winter - Addicted to Scuba Diving!!

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Here is the view in the morning. If this view does not stop you going for diving, CONGRATULATIONS. You are officially proved as addicted to Scuba Diving. 😆 Well, we were questioning to ourselves "a bit" on the way. At least, we were sensible enough to call our students who were going to have their Dive 1 & 2 for Open Water Diver Course. After a little chat, we postponed their dives. 😊 First Open Dives are very important I believe. If it is not FUN, divers do not want to continue diving in UK.  We found a student a few weeks back in the dive site. It was one of the coldest week this year. He was walking down the cafe in BARE FEET!!! 😱 In WETSUITS!!!! Unbelievable!!! 😱 That was not right. That was not safe. I saw him with an instructor in a new nice drysuits on table together, having briefing about Open Water Diver Course Dives. I was in SHOCK!!! When I was feeling cold in Drysuits, those basic wetsuits is obviously not enough. Water temperature was 5C degree. In

"Master Scuba Diver" or "Divemaster", Which type are you?

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Do you know the difference between "Master Scuba Diver" and "Divemaster"? If you become a diver, you will hear those words sometimes.  "Master Scuba Diver" is a scuba diving recognition level offered by most of scuba diving training agencies, such as SDI, PADI, SSI, NAUI. The requirements are slightly different from each agency; however, what it means is whoever have achieved this level have good level/number of diving experience. If you like to add more knowledge and skills in scuba diving, this is something you would like to go for. "Divemaster" is totally different. It is the first level of Professional Divers with a role in recreational diving including organising & leading recreational divings in a professional capacity with supervisory responsibility for a group of divers. Once you become a Divemaster, people expect you to be as Divemaster whenever and wherever you are diving or even just being at dive sites. While the focus of &

Book Honeymoon with Dive Manchester! Get "2 for 1" Scuba Course!

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Hello, Brides & Grooms to be. Congratulations for your wonderful start. You must be very excited to organise for this special event. Wedding ceremony is the biggest concern, I believe. Lots of things to prepare. Then of course,  Honeymoon! Have you thought about starting Scuba Diving together as a couple? Scuba diving is perfect activities for couples. No one dive without buddies. Unlike other sports, Scuba Diving is not competition. It is all about helping each other. Any holiday is special to everyone. With Scuba Diving, you can make them even more Special. Dive Manchester is a partner shop of Blue O Two, travel agent. We offer not only Liveaboard Diving Trips but also land based holiday packages. Why don't you let us help you to organise your special trip? Destinations are all Tropical Heavenly places, such as Maldives, Fiji, Palau, Indonesia, Thailand, French Polynesia, etc.  Beautiful Blue Water, tropical fish, maybe some dolphins and turtles a

Dive Manchester Club Trip 2018 - Red Sea Liveaboard

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This week Dive Manchester Diving Club, DM Club, had our 1st over sea trip for this year.  Red Sea, Strait of Titan and North Liveaboard Trip, away from cold Manchester weather in February. For some of our club members, this trip was the first experience of liveaboard. Eat, Sleep, and Dive. Everybody was getting more and more excited before the trip started. It was brilliant feeling to share. Fortunately, the weather this week in Red Sea was very calm and perfect for diving holiday. I guess all our club members has been behaving so well that the good weather is given to them as a treat. The Strait of Titan and North cruise allows you to take in some of the most iconic wrecks and reefs the northern Red Sea has to offer as well as the pristine coral reefs of Titan. The Titan dive area is found in the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba and is made up of four main reefs that forms the top of an underwater bridge. It is a brilliant combination of dive sites for all levels of divers. We