http://www.simplysnorkel.com/products/Mares/TorpedoBuoy.aspx
The Torpedo Buoy from Mares Pure Instinct range is designed to be used for freediving and spearfishing. This marker buoy has been constructed from a heavy duty PVC for great durability and is supplied with a 20 metre line and karabiner. The Torpedo, as its name suggests has a streamlined aerodynamic shape for moving easily and comes with a hook for securing spearguns when not in use. A separate compartment can be filled to stabilise the buoy if there are high winds whilst freediving.

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I am doing this kind of exodus adventure for the first time. I am physical fit. Ran a marathon and have camped before. But never planned for a trip by myself. I want to travel like an explorer seeking adventure and thrills from nature. Meet fellow travellers and share stories. I would like to make my trip as inexpensive as possible. A little bit of research shows that Perak and Pahag seem to have lot of activities like caving, mountain climbing and trekking. I am not interested in paying for expensive package guided tours. I am looking for itinerary’s of people who have previously traveled in theses regions as cheap backpackers.

I would really appreciate answers to these questions

– which is the best place to do scuba diving ? how do i contact and negotiate prices with instructor ? i will be doing it for the first time

– which is a good place for mountain climbing ? how do i tie up with fellow climbers who can guide me ?

– which are the popular trekking trails ? how do i manage permits and equipments ?

thanks in advance for friends patiently replying to my queries

Regards

You can find and plan your trip thru this website: http://bit.ly/kTbDVv. You might be helpful to you

my great grandpa has this strange old fasioned thing that i think was used as gear for scuba diving about 100 years or so ago. do you have any idea what this may be
here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATbKlYo2nok&feature=channel_video_title
just copy and paste the link

I don’t recognise it at all.

Are you sure it’s actually a piece of scuba gear, and not something your great-grandad recovered from a shipwreck, such as a cover for a ship’s compass, or a running light?

You might have better luck posting this question on a dedicated scuba board, especially one devoted to vintage gear and/or shipwrecks. You can find such boards at e.g. www.divernet.com

While SCUBA diving in places like the Keys, Bahamas or Cayman Islands are much more scenic and colorful, one advantage of living the past 30+ years in South Florida is the ability to beach dive whenever you have some spare time.

In much of the United States, there is really not much to see underwater within swimming distance of the shoreline.

But in South Florida (starting approximately at the West Palm Beach and southward region), you can strap on your tanks and gear, swim out about 500 yards with a dive flag in tow and drop down to 20-25 feet and spend 90 minutes underwater enjoying the northern-most edges of the tropical reefs that become larger and more scenic as you head into the true tropics of the Caribbean.

So while it may not be as grand and colorful and a full blown dive vacation to the islands, it is nearby and cheap.
At a moments notice, you can throw your tanks and gear in the car — drive 30 minutes to the beach — and be exploring the reefs within the hour.

Figure $4 for an air fill and $6 for a slice of pizza and soda when you get back on land and it makes for a great inexpensive way to spend the day for $10.

This video shows what lies underwater just a few hundred yards offshore at Hollywood Beach Florida.
This beach is pretty much equidistant between Fort Lauderdale and Miami Beach along the East Coast.

A much quieter and less populated beach area as the video reveals (although sadly, signs of urban sprawl are getting closer each year)

Enjoy.

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Scenes from Beqa Lagoon SCUBA Dive Resort, Fiji. Shot with GoPro Hero HD camera, R4 mode, Eye of Mine housing.

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