Antilag Scuba Divers [Archive]

crabman

30-01-2013, 02:57 PM

Anyone out there into their diving? Been looking at getting myself an entry level wrist mount computer and after people experiences, if there are any haha. Looking at the Suunto Zoop or Mares Puck Pro at the moment.

I am two dives away from AOW and heading to Cairns for a live aboard in a couple of months, with another dive trip in the pipeline for September. Obviously looking for something that will last and do me for Nitrox etc

Jeremy

Gr3mlin

30-01-2013, 05:00 PM

Have not bought one for myself yet, but the best people to ask is down at Dolphin Scuba in Welshpool...they know their shit!

tmz_99

30-01-2013, 05:23 PM

I've got a Mares HD, just ordered it fro the states, has interntional warranty (it had an issue which I got fixed in AU without any problems) and MUCH cheaper then locally available.

thommo

30-01-2013, 07:50 PM

My wrist one is a suunto stinger, bit old but a decent bit of kit especially if you get the full titanium band like my dad got

Dom

31-01-2013, 12:18 AM

Also have the stinger although use the strap that cant come off.

crabman

05-02-2013, 08:48 AM

Just picked up my Mares Puck Pro. Dolphin came pretty close to price matching one on eBay from Italy that was cheap.

Hanging out for my 3 day liveaboard in Cairns in a couple of months. Just got two more dives for my AOW, need to do my nitrox course aswell in case I am lucky enough to get onto a boat with a Nitrox compressor.

How often do you guys dive?

evo5aurus

05-02-2013, 03:43 PM

not often in Perth, got my AOW in Koh Tao, went diving a few times around Perth but after Koh Tao it was extremely disappointing. super keen to get back into it so much zen floating around 30metres underwater.

SimonR32

05-02-2013, 04:25 PM

crabman

05-02-2013, 08:37 PM

I did my first two dives at Phi Phi as one of those discover diving day trips, in the water, straight to 12metres for 45minutes and 50 minutes, was devo on my second dive, still had 60 odd bar. Fuck me I cant wait to go back. Want to spend 2 weeks there and hit every dive site.

Seeing pics of Palau was what got me interested, normally hate being in the open water. I was interested how much better the wreck trail at rocko beach was at night.

You guys had experiences using go pro's while diving? Not sure if I should bother getting one or a cheap AEE Magicam and just setting it to record the whole dive whereas go pro i was thinking I just set it to take a photo every second. I spose the go pro has the advantage of red filters etc.

thommo

06-02-2013, 01:05 AM

I used my go pro (hero 2 with standard housing), we were in a cavern in cancun with the craziest visibility ever. The dive mater said 500m vis "you cant see the water, only feel it" he said haha. Unreal BUT without the dive housing the go pro couldnt focus and its all upto shit. waste of over an hour of video. Ive used the dive housing in my pool and its perfect. This is now the standard housing on the hero3.

I havent dived for a year now. Use to go every Tuesday night in the river catching prawns and crabs, then dinner in freo. Multiple carnac island and rotto dives for crays too. Only other diving has been HMAS swan and other reef in the southwest and 4-5 dives in cancun on museum and caverns

If theres enough interest, should tee up antilag dive n feed outing

Also you mentioned the photo every second feature. Go pro 3 has the option to take video and take photos at the same time

SimonR32

06-02-2013, 08:34 AM

Yeah gopro hero 2 in standard housing is shit, blurry underwater... I have hours of footage but it isn't really any good for anything. You either need a flat dive housing retrofit for a hero 2 or as thommo mentioned the hero 3 comes with a flat housing standard.

thommo

06-02-2013, 03:22 PM

i have one of those retro ones with a circular lens but now Ive got one of these

http://gopro.com/hd-hero-accessories/dive-housing

crabman

11-02-2013, 03:17 PM

What the hell happened with those divers at rotto on the weekend. One died in deco chamber, another on meant to be in there at the moment.

SimonR32

11-02-2013, 03:32 PM

Unusual to say the least, I'm guessing one went up too quickly and the others followed to see what was happening.

crabman

11-02-2013, 03:46 PM

I was thinking something along those lines, shark spotting etc.

Just the thing you want on the news the weekend before doing you first deep dive. Stockton lake had no sharks though haha.

reNEGade

12-02-2013, 04:27 PM

How much does it cost to get your open water scuba ticket? Which places would you guys recommend

JBAE

12-02-2013, 05:41 PM

www.sharkalarm.com.au

ReaperSS

12-02-2013, 06:48 PM

Crammit

12-02-2013, 07:03 PM

Hi guys, yet again i was at Rotto and watched that diver die. Cant belive my bad luck. Last week it was the triple fatality at the front of my house now this. The dive boat came screeming in under police escort , they did cpr on him the whole time. Poor bloke didnt make it. R.I.P

RIP to those in question but is this you??? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ydyB40FqCS0/UAw6IMr5sSI/AAAAAAAAB6U/nBj9B26sAs8/s1600/grim_reaper.jpg

ReaperSS

12-02-2013, 07:07 PM

Im starting to think it hey :(

POH73

12-02-2013, 08:13 PM

That's weird, all the news articles state that he died in the decompression chamber at Fremantle Hospital that evening?

Very sad story nonethless.

Dom

12-02-2013, 08:28 PM

I did all my stuff on koh tao then went to phi phi and thought the same.

Went to to koh lipe and planning to go back !!

crabman

13-02-2013, 08:03 AM

Its about 450 to do it in with Perth scuba or Dolphin scuba (I think perthscuba is 495 but if two people book its 900 for the pair). Difference being perth scuba is over 3 days and you get to do two dives at rotto, dolphin over 2 so your not trying to get a day off work. When looking up prices to do it while I was in phi phi, it was pretty much on par but doen over 3 to 4 days so it costs you holiday time.

The last news story I read about it said he looked to have suffered from lung over expansion, silly man, holding your breathe is number one no no

thommo

23-02-2013, 05:32 AM

I did all my training at Perth Diving academy.

They happen to be the people that tried to help that diver who died.

They have a huge boat so its great for first timers going diving

thommo

11-05-2014, 08:45 PM

Bumping this thread..

Anyone hit up the swan river for prawning at night lately?

I'll be keen for a go at some stage

mys1

11-05-2014, 09:59 PM

Keen for a swim.. My gear is just collecting dust

I bet my tank is out of date again though :(

SR20WA

12-05-2014, 02:01 AM

Hit the Swan last week. Plenty to catch. I just went to take some pics but the vis was worse then normal. Heaps of crays out the back of GI. Been going out almost every weekend and getting them.

thommo

12-05-2014, 07:00 AM

Nice!

I haven't been for a while, need a new torch too.

The usual spots? Bicton or over at meads?

S85FI

12-05-2014, 07:56 AM

A torch. ... you're ( I thought I'd take me time with you're- 'Ricey' )doing well.
I need a torch that doesn't stop working.
A bcd That hasn't got pin holes all over it
A dive tank that probably should be inspected and not me just stamping it
Regulators that dont stick.

I should really buy a new kit. If AL crew go out a bit might do so. Most of my mates just don't dive anymore...

thommo

12-05-2014, 08:35 AM

Same I use to dive with my old man and his mates, now there's no body.
I just use hire gear now from dolphin scuba, full set with a tank of air is around $35. The frequency that I go it's not worth outlaying for all new gear again

volt_bite

12-05-2014, 09:01 AM

Hi guys, thought I'ld chirp in!

I got my AOW a few months ago at Diving Frontiers in Balcatta. After that I've been on two other dives, night dive at Bicton and Rockingham wreck trail.

Keen to do some more diving this weekend actually or whenever. I usually just rent my gear since I figure most of my diving would be abroad anyway.

Going for my advanced early June (weekend of 7-8th) down south! :D

As for night diving in the swan, keen but I do need a new torch as mine died permanently =/ (in saying that I am looking for a new torch if anyone has recommendations) When I went last time I saw quite a few prawns and managed to get myself a few crabs too. I now need a prawn net and some better gloves!

Fozzy

12-05-2014, 09:04 AM

Fuck diving in the River that pingpingpingping is cold!!!

I miss diving sold all my gear because I had no one to dive with.. It truly is another world down there.

RELEASE

12-05-2014, 09:08 AM

i have all the gear (should really check the tank from the above comments) but havent had time for at least 3+ years to get out...probably need a refresher course to remind me of everything lol

volt_bite

12-05-2014, 09:08 AM

I got myself one of those lavacore inserts with a hoodie. I think I'm going to need more than that when I go down south.

To buy all the gear its not cheap. I've been told the only thing you really should get is a dive computer and mask. Although a good fitting BCD is also very important.

Yeah tanks are meant to be checked on an annual basis and then obviously stamped too. I would highly recommend doing a refresher course or even going through the theory again. Personally I would prefer to have a dive partner that knows what he/shes doing in case of an emergency.

S85FI

12-05-2014, 11:45 AM

Got my licence when diving bells were the go... haha...
PADI ticket which I found to be really handy when overseas. Just showed I.d. and they found my quals online and hired out the gear.
Never used a dive computer. Just my old hard plastic laminated charts.
I don't think it matters how qualified one is when it comes to an emergency. Ive been stuck in wrecks and very very qualified people hit panic stations.
I'd rather a calm person with a few dives that can work under pressure ( no pun intended) than one with lots and starts sycking air like no tomorrow.

Does anyone know if that ship wreck still exists of the Fremantle ports North Mole?

Edit

Just looked on line. Gear seems to be the same price as 20 years ago.
I do like the new weight system as to my poxy lead plates.

Tones

12-05-2014, 12:06 PM

Haven't been in years but did enjoy going for dives. Have a bit of gear nothing special. Will need to have it looked at tho

volt_bite

12-05-2014, 01:16 PM

thommo

12-05-2014, 04:27 PM

Hiring is the way to go, my last dives were also all overseas. Unless you go every week there's no real point just buy a good mask, fins and wetsuit. As for the river temps, I would always have a hood on and I had a 7.5mm semi dry haha. It was amazing.

The best torches back in the day were alphas. I'm sure you could get hand second hand cheap as now. I'll be looking on eBay/gumtree for one myself. If you're baller get a hid one.

If you've had a few dives in your time I wouldn't say you need a refresher unless the next dive you're planning is a 40m+ Wreck dive etc. I've done my rescue ticket so I'm willing to try save a few lives if needed haha

SR20WA

12-05-2014, 04:59 PM

volt_bite

12-05-2014, 05:10 PM

Let me get my torch, then Ill revisit this page for a session. :D

thommo

12-05-2014, 08:42 PM

i use a SL6 dive torch https://www.jettydive.com.au/products/torch.asp its great for looking under ledges and at night and i often fasten it to my snare when going for crays. It doesn't weigh much, its cheap enough and it fit great in a BCD pocket. I have used canister lights and yeah they are good but so bulky and expensive. I do regular night dives near the freo power station. Its great for taking photos as all the cool creatures come out to play. If anyone wants to join me once this storm passes feel free. i also live about 500m from black wall reach if anyone's is keen for a prawning sesh.

Looks like you're the person so know. I'm still interested if there's prawns on the Applecross/attadale river area as I'm right near there too

I had that same torch with the 4 batteries. Would put a stubby holder on my wrist and then slide the torch under it. Holds it nicely in place when prawning

mys1

12-05-2014, 08:49 PM

Not so keen for a night dive in the river - never did get my nerve back after an encounter with what I assume was a bull shark off black wall reach...

Besides seems like hard work for prawns!

Gr3mlin

12-05-2014, 08:50 PM

^ this

Never been a fan of night dives, seen to many horror movies!

mys1

12-05-2014, 08:58 PM

I'm good with most things - but whatever hit my tank in 15m also hit my mates rattled me a bit haha!

Ironically during the day only found 2 of the wrecks there. At night found them all and then after doing so took a ticket to "nope I'm fucking out of here town"

SSICK

12-05-2014, 08:58 PM

Netting prawns is like shooting fish in a barrel. Tennis ball in the net, throw your light on them and then just place the net over top and give it a wriggle.....little bastards shoot strait to the top of the net.

Dont ever mount small torches to your mask/head, they just light up all the shit infront of your face and make the visibility shit.

First night dive was scary as fuck, had to be reminded to calm my breathing down. As soon as i saw my first prawn i forgot it was dark, ended up with over a kilo of decent sized prawns. Ended up doing all the Tuesday night dives when there were more people down there. Was never good at tracking my path with the compass......always ended up in the middle of the river with no air and having to surface swim back to the shore completely fucked.

crabman

13-05-2014, 12:15 AM

I haven't been diving since having a mild freak out on the Swan wreck with a mate and my missus when we intentionally separated and I had flashbacks to a zero visibility silt up in lake Kapwari I did with the same mate. I went through about 130 bar in 9 minutes hitting only 31m.... fucking LOL To be honest it was the best experience to have actually, as I found out how well I handled myself in a freak out session. I set myself an air limit to go back on the deck, find the buoy line and go back to my boat solo.

This prawning sounds like a good thing to get me back on the horse so to speak. I never knew it was easy as a ball in a net with a tourch. I use the DRIS 1000lumen LED torch. Love it, they don't make them anymore, they do a slightly more pro version. Unfortunately I mounted my Go-Pro to the torch with a roll bar mount so all I got was blinding white footage of all the light reflecting straight back off the little bits floating in the water, pretty devo about that. I was the only person using a decent torch on a pro dive live aboard in Cairns. For the night dive I would hover a few meters over a group of the noobs getting led around by one of the pro-dive people and watch how the rental torches barely saw the bottom/upcoming bomies, I turned my torch on to show them what they were missing out on then go do my own thing with the missus. Such a rude prick letting them know what they were missing out on.

If you are ever in Cairns, definitely do the 3D2N live aboard trip. Dives were sick even though the place is over hyped all the time. The night dive was awesome seeing all the massive turtle in the 'usual' sleeping spots. The bad boys the size of a small couch that usually spend the day in the out reef diving to crazy depths for food. Also the morning dives where you come across where massive schools of moari wrasse etc hovering in big blobs that all rotate together as you swim past to look like a continuation of reef.

volt_bite

13-05-2014, 08:21 AM

Night dives are awesome fun. I didn't have a prawn net last time I went out, but the prawns get up real close, close enough to grab (I failed) haha.

Crabs on the other hand, yikes! I caught one and another one wriggled off its claws and swam off. =/ I need better gloves though.

HotAe92

22-12-2015, 08:17 PM

Just digging up this thread again...

Has anyone got any diving school hook-ups/recommendations? Been meaning to get my Open Water ticket for sometime now and heading to Flores and West Papua in Feb '16 and I know I'll kick myself if I don't have it. Looking at doing it in Jan.

West Papua dive porn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKQ9gAB8Fiw

Cheers in advance!

magic1

22-12-2015, 08:20 PM

Ross Cox on Facebook. Not on here a heap.

timmm

23-12-2015, 12:26 PM

I've only dived in Perth once and went with Pete from Indi Dive - competitive prices and he is a lad 0457 122 314 info@indidive.com

I know a Dive Instructor that has been diving around the world for 15 yrs and she raves about Raja Ampat being the ultimate. Would be worth doing as many courses, deep diver and nitrox before hand.

jmp

23-12-2015, 12:46 PM

Did it with Perth Scuba in Feb this year and highly recommend them.

AdN

27-12-2015, 10:06 AM

We had pete from indidive fill in for a day of my course and he was great, have delt with dolphin scuba on occasions are they are great company to deal with. I wont mention who i used to do my course as i wasnt very happy with them.

thommo

10-03-2016, 10:28 AM

Anyone been out lately? I've done one river night dive and 6-7 dives for crays with blokes from work in the past month

mys1

10-03-2016, 10:50 AM

I Picked up my Gear from the old mans house, dusted it off and put it on my shelf....

Does that count?

thommo

10-03-2016, 11:46 AM

Got a 6m+ boat you can dust off too?

crabman

10-03-2016, 11:52 AM

The intent for a night dive for prawns is there, but not sure if I should be waiting for rain. Anyone know the bag limit for them when diving? And size limits?

thommo

10-03-2016, 11:57 AM

9ltr, any size

www.fish.wa.gov.au/Species/Prawn/Pages/Prawn-Recreational-Fishing.aspx

mys1

10-03-2016, 12:37 PM

Got a 6m+ boat you can dust off too?

3.5m.... Getting off isn't an issue... Back on though...

volt_bite

10-03-2016, 01:14 PM

I haven't been for a few months. Keen to go for crays though.

They've recently restocked the river with prawns too, but generally not that big a fan of river diving. It's calm at least, generally.

thommo

10-03-2016, 02:42 PM

We've dived where there's hundreds of crays it's just gr issue of finding the ones that are sizes. Other people on fb group are bagging out on huge ones ever dive. It's depressing.

River dive is good cos you can just do it after work and not use up your weekend

crabman

10-03-2016, 06:29 PM

3.5m.... Getting off isn't an issue... Back on though...

Took my 4.5m polycraft out to the HMAS Swan. Enough gear for all four of us and 8 tanks + 1 oxygen to drop to 5m just in case. Man the boat was slow haha.

Just inflate bcd and tie off and let them float in the water to climb out and relax between dives :P

jmp

10-03-2016, 07:58 PM

Done a night dive in the river about a month ago and got my quota of crabs. Long overdue for an ocean dive though!

VZ_V8

10-03-2016, 08:30 PM

Haven't been diving in a few years now but I make torches and thought I would see what I could get out of a single LED dive torch. Haven't had a chance to test it in low visibility water yet but does pretty well in the pool!

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/2016-02-03%2021.24.49%201200%20x%20675_zpswk1za7j3.jpg

thommo

10-03-2016, 09:18 PM

More details on the torch

VZ_V8

10-03-2016, 09:41 PM

Started off as an Archon D22.

Then I modified it... new emitter, driver, MCPCB, tailswitch spring bypass and a bit more thermal mass. It draws over 10A at 8.4V with fully charged cells on high. Usually my high power builds are limited by heat but not this one. Haven't tested the run time.

thommo

11-03-2016, 08:52 AM

some of those ali body ones are stuffing up and the current starts running through the casing. experienced anything like that?
once that happens it starts bubbling the paint off too

crabman

11-03-2016, 08:57 AM

http://www.diverightinscuba.com/lightsrecreationallights-drisdivegear-1000lumendivelight-p-3380.html

All you need for a dive torch. This thing is the bomb.

VZ_V8

11-03-2016, 10:23 AM

some of those ali body ones are stuffing up and the current starts running through the casing. experienced anything like that?
once that happens it starts bubbling the paint off too

Not heard of that being a problem before. By design all of the metal lights (Ali, Ti, S/Steel, Copper etc.) work that way. The switch makes the connection between the batteries and the body of the light. The driver is then grounded to the body... Never had a problem with over 50 lights I have done, mind you this is the first diving one but I can't see how it would be any different. Also it's Grade III hard anodising, not paint.

FYI, this light is around 4000 lumens from a single emitter when at 10A current.

thommo

11-03-2016, 10:29 AM

how much haha i want big light power

d1mitch

11-03-2016, 10:34 AM

i think a thread is needed on your torches that you have put together.

volt_bite

11-03-2016, 10:50 AM

I think I need one of your torches xD

VZ_V8

11-03-2016, 11:44 AM

i think a thread is needed on your torches that you have put together.

I will put something up when I get a chance, I have sold quite a number of torches I have put together including to probably 4 or so people on here. Everything from a little EDC size elliptical beam red light for hunting to a 1+km range thrower for spotting land markers etc. when boating at night.

I won't keep talking about it in this thread as it's going off-topic but here's what a few my personal ones can do...

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/Beamshots/DSC02622_zpshe7oflmb.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/Beamshots/DSC02618_zpsqwzvwpoz.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/Beamshots/DSC02613_zpszvd763oa.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/Beamshots/DSC02575_zpsl0xhiwzj.jpg

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o64/tim6489/M43_zpsc67vs1kt.jpg

crabman

27-03-2016, 11:48 AM

Somehow I got an invite to do an Abrolhos Island trip with my mates old man because my mate can't get time off work. Anyone dived the area and can confirm what the water temps are like? Wondering if I will get away with 2-3mm neo top I was going to buy for surfing and boardies as I wont be doing any deep stuff.

volt_bite

18-05-2016, 01:33 PM

Found this an interesting read:

Raising the Dead
At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. What happened after Shaw promised to go back is nearly unbelievable—unless you believe in ghosts.

http://www.outsideonline.com/1922711/raising-dead

It's about Dave Shaw who was a deep diver - born and raised in Perth - diving in Bushman's hole, third deepest fresh water cave in the world.

dmanvan

18-05-2016, 08:28 PM

Found this an interesting read:

http://www.outsideonline.com/1922711/raising-dead

It's about Dave Shaw who was a deep diver - born and raised in Perth - diving in Bushman's hole, third deepest fresh water cave in the world.

the full book, I have it somewhere in my library. is an awesome read.,.. his website is still on the net some really interesting stuff on there http://www.deepcave.com/pages/3/index.htm

what is amazing is how they are going so deep on rebreathers that you still have to decomp on the way up for like hours......and hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shaw_(diver)

on his website reading through the future plans part is quite chilling as he actually outlines the full plans and how they are going to recover the body and that was the dive he passed on.... there is a video somewhere of the final dive as well where you can see how hard it is for them to move around and what their visiblity actually is...madness..

skidkid

18-05-2016, 08:39 PM

the full book, I have it somewhere in my library. is an awesome read.,.. his website is still on the net some really interesting stuff on there http://www.deepcave.com/pages/3/index.htm

what is amazing is how they are going so deep on rebreathers that you still have to decomp on the way up for like hours......and hours.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shaw_(diver)

on his website reading through the future plans part is quite chilling as he actually outlines the full plans and how they are going to recover the body and that was the dive he passed on.... there is a video somewhere of the final dive as well where you can see how hard it is for them to move around and what their visiblity actually is...madness..

I did my open water dive course with 3 other people a few years ago, the dive instructor was apparently a friend of David Shaw, and showed us the video as a safety alert of how badly diving can go, even for the uber experienced. Scared the absolute shit out of me

thommo

18-05-2016, 10:39 PM

that was a crazy story to read, at 270m anything goes wrong and you're dead

S85FI

19-05-2016, 08:21 AM

that was a crazy story to read, at 270m anything goes wrong and you're dead

Mate of mine ROV dive. 30 days down at a time. We'll he did.... one day decompression alarm sounded and they all had to hit the escape pods. When he was in the pod most intense hours waiting for the engineers to make a decision whether to eject. If they did eject bends was for sure. .... if they made it.

He quit after that rotation.

180SXTCY

19-05-2016, 08:51 AM

That article was an epic read. Although I'm not a diver it gave me huge appreciation for what deep sea divers face when doing so. Also working in a subsea oil and gas company with ROVs that dive to 3000-4000 meters makes me think a whole a lot more about the risks now!

volt_bite

19-05-2016, 09:25 AM

Yep, the read was really long but worth it. There's a video as well if you ballsy enough to watch.

Yeah the amount of time they are in the water is insane. Just trying to remember, he was sitting fairly shallow for something like 1-2hours to decompress on top of like the 3-4 hour stops he had to make. Overall downtime at max depth is short too like 10-15mins.

Well when you get narc'd they were saying its like having 6-7 cocktails. It's very hard to concentrate and you known when you do dive - breathing is so important and trying to move something at the same time is fairly nuts.

180SXTCY

19-05-2016, 11:29 AM

throw the link up to the video, it be interested in watching it.

mys1

19-05-2016, 11:38 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF4iFJ-G74o

volt_bite

19-05-2016, 03:40 PM

NSFL...lol

I haven't watched it yet.

mys1

19-05-2016, 09:59 PM

I couldn't watch the end. pingpingpingping of a way to go

180SXTCY

20-05-2016, 08:36 AM

yeah that's pretty fucked. wish I hadn't seen that now :/

crabman

20-05-2016, 11:08 AM

Mate of mine ROV dive. 30 days down at a time. We'll he did.... one day decompression alarm sounded and they all had to hit the escape pods. When he was in the pod most intense hours waiting for the engineers to make a decision whether to eject. If they did eject bends was for sure. .... if they made it.

He quit after that rotation.

What is this ROV diving? Google is telling me nothing, sounds like a Sat diving story twisting for extra pick-up points in a bar lol.

Tocchi

20-05-2016, 11:26 AM

In spare time on the job ...Rov pilots look at new cars / boats .... Rov divers look at new houses

S85FI

20-05-2016, 12:07 PM

What is this ROV diving? Google is telling me nothing, sounds like a Sat diving story twisting for extra pick-up points in a bar lol.

The way I understand it is they go in as a sat dive to the working depth ( about 7 days of decent ) , move into a cell and shift work into a rov to do task as pressure is to high for normal human. So made size rov. Back into vessel for rest etc.

Typically jobs are about 14 days under water and that limit is due to food and water supply. 7 days ascending.

All jobs been overseas with most welding / fixing under water infrastructure ridiculously deep. There always around 30 day dives.

mys1

20-05-2016, 12:27 PM

The way I understand it is they go in as a sat dive to the working depth ( about 7 days of decent ) , move into a cell and shift work into a rov to do task as pressure is to high for normal human. So made size rov. Back into vessel for rest etc.

Typically jobs are about 14 days under water and that limit is due to food and water supply. 7 days ascending.

All jobs been overseas with most welding / fixing under water infrastructure ridiculously deep. There always around 30 day dives.

Saturation Diving I think is what your referring too - guy who instructed me to dive had a few mates that did it, causes some serious long term medical issues, but the cash is good!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_diving

volt_bite

20-05-2016, 04:41 PM

High risk high reward of course.
Byford Dollphin deep sea diving accident in the pressure chamber:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin

Just read a short on Phil Knight's memoir (Nike founder) - his son died in a scuba diving accident. Wanted to see how deep he could go and blacked out at 45meters (and then died). No idea why you would even do something like that without proper training and support. Boggles the mind - diving can be very dangerous.