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After Tuna Hästberg I haven't been diving much, well not at all in fact. I had a leaky dry suit which it took me forever to get fixed. I got back in the water second week of January. I could really feel the extra kilos from eating to much over Christmas. It was difficult to get in and out of the gear. So I decided to upgrade my equipment a bit for added comfort. Not to mention that the water

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Mine entrance Preparations Ever since I saw an article in Dykking about diving in the old mines of Tuna-Hästberg, I have wanted to try it. This was even before I did my cave training. However, from the grapevines I got the sense that it wasn't open for everyone. You had to know someone, or at least get a introduction. Unable to find any solid information about diving there other than what 

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This is not going to be diving post, but it is going to be about something I'm looking forward to try out while diving. I'm talking about HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo. There are tons of stuff on the net explaining it in great details. Suffice to say that you take 3 or more identical shots, only changing the exposure. Usually one shot will be correctly exposed, one will be under exposed and the

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PlanningGoing to celebrate my mother-in-law's 60tieth birthday in Dubrovnik, Croatia, I saw an opportunity to do some nice diving at the same time. I contacted a GUE center elsewhere in Croatia and asked if they knew of a GUE friendly diving center in Dubrovnik. They said Dubrovnik-Diving was such a center. I contacted them, checked the prices, and confirmed that they had D12 for hire. Everything

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Tror jeg glemte å si i original posten min at Cave 1 hos Zero Gravity med Fred Devos var helt synssvakt bra, og at jeg uten å nøle kan anbefale dette kurset til andre. Ja GUE kurs er dyre, ja du får masse begrensninger, men det er verd det.Har plukket ut de 10 beste bildene fra turen og lagt dem here.Noen tips jeg glemte å nevne:Det relativt stillestående vannet i cenotene gjør det utvikler seg

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IntroduksjonDa jeg tok DIR Fundamentals ble det raskt klart at jeg ønsket å ta Cave 1. Det som overbeviste meg var de mange fantastiske bildene folk har tatt av grotter. Nå ni måner senere har jeg gjennomført Cave 1, og tenkte å dele litt erfaringer. Helt til slutt kommer litt om priser/budget, noe jeg selv syns var vanskelig å få avklart før jeg dro.HvorDet er mange steder i verden man kan dykke

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Hovedlyktene man bruker i en DIR outfit har en konsentrert kraftig stråle. Denne er veldig fin når man skal kommunisere med andre dykkere under vann, da den er synlig selv på høylys dag. Den er dog ganske lite egnet til å bruke som lys til filming/foto. Derfor har jeg gått til innkjøp av to video reflektorer som jeg kan montere på min og min buddys lykt. En kald kald kveld var vi ute og testet.

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I anledning min fars 60-års dag inviterte han med hele familien på cruise i Karibien. Han ordnet og fikset alt, så jeg hadde en veldig avslappet holdning til det hele. Kanskje litt for avslappet. For det var ikke før noen dager før avreise at jeg tilfeldigvis kom til å tenke på vaksiner. De skulle vært tatt 10 dager før avreise, bedre sent enn aldri??!!! I tillegg oppdaget jeg at Royal Caribbean

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Oslo and all of Norway for that matter got a dream like Christmas. Snow was falling, and so did the temperature. It soon became apparent that we were about to enter a cold couple of week. We have had temperature as low as -20 degrees in the city.Anyhow, being used to somewhat less than optimal diving conditions, I would not let that stop me from diving. 6th of January was the first day of the

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In Jun I attended DIR-Fundamentals. As mentioned in an earlier post I enjoyed to course and felt it was very rewarding. I got a provisional pass on the course. Which means that I passed the course, but not with high enough scores to move on to technical diving. My trim was lacking, and I would have to make a dive with an instructor later to show him that I had improved sufficiently if I wanted to

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P-Valve is a simple through extremely smart piece of equipment. It allows you the diver to pee while submerged, and havinge the pee not end up on in the suit. This might not sound like much. When one takes in to consideration the length of a dive 60-90 minutes, and the benefits you get from being properly hydrated it becomes a nice feature. If you do not have one you'll probably drink as lite as

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I have enjoyed my z240 strobe on a few dives. I have taken a some images that I'm quite happy with, and want to share with you. Some of them have been modified slightly in Adobe Lightroom 2. In the uw-photo community in Norway that seems to be fair game. Even in the national championship that is allowed. Though they where only allotted one hour to select and prep their images. For the 2010

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I bought a new camera back in '08, it was a Canon PowerShot G9. Later that year I started diving (again). I was delighted to discover that a reasonable UW-house for my camera. Since that summer I have taken a lot of uw-photography. The quality of the photos have not been consistent at all. It has mostly been point an shot, with little thought or skill behind the photos.Recently I read Underwater

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IntroduksjonJeg skulle ta DIR-Fundamentals i oktober '08, men skadet hånden så jeg måtte avbryte. Nå var det altså tid for å ta det oppigjen. Også denne gangen var det instruktør kandidater som skulle holde mye av kurset. Richard Lundgren, GUE training director, var den ansvarlige instruktøren på kurset. Hoved grunnen til at han var der var som en eksaminator for instruktørkandidatene (som begge

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Location:Still GPS-en inn på Storsand veien. Hvis man får en kro på venstre hånd har man kjørt for langt. Snu og kjør tilbake. Det er da første vei inn til høyre.Facilities:Kroen som ligger bare 200m fra dykkestedet har toalett. Der kan man også få kjøpt fast-food og drikke.POI:Hvis man går ut på stranden er det en flott stein røys til venstre. Det er en veldig bra sted og avslutte dykket der.

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Four dives after I bought my first canister light a Halcyon 21w it drowned. Ever since I got it back I have been a bit worried about it failing. During the last dive at 24m depth, water temperature of 3 degrees and a 15-20 minute swim from the boat it failed... The return trip was dark and cold, even with my buddy's canister light just a few feet's away. Back home I recharged the light, prepared

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Location:This location requires a boat to get to. You can drop anchor at the south side of the island and swim north along the east side. The bottom is a mix of sand and stone. Lobster, crabs and various types of fish have been observet at the location.POI:On the east side of the island there is a lot of military equipment. There is also a nice wall from about 18-30m, which will lead you up

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It's getting colder and colder in the water. I have had a few cold dives, with water temperatures as low as 3 degrees celcius. Now I'v decided that I have had it with beeing cold. So today I went out shopping. I had decided that I was going to get argon for the dry suit, a winter hood and tinsulate socks for my feets.Argon isolate much (50% theoretical, 33% in practice) better whan air or 32%

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Location:Drive to Gylteveien 29 in Drøbak. Park along the left side of the road as you drive towards the location.Facilities:This is a old dive center, belonging to Hydra. It has compressor, toilet, shower and rental equipment. The center seems to be open only for Hydras PADI students.Inside the PADI center there are posters informing that you are not allowed hunt in Gylteviken. I think this ban

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While dreaming of a diving trip I have collected a few links.Dykketur.noScubatravle.se

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LocationDrive to Fjordveien 2 in Drøbak.FacilitiesHardly any, it is even difficult to find a place to park.The diving site is a nice beach, and in my opinion more attractive on land than underwater.POIThe included map is from diving.no.

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Location:Drive to Hulvikveien 93 in Son, about 1 hour from Oslo. On some maps it is marked as Holvik.On the map the red line marks a nice route to follow.Facilities:You have to walk about 50m from the parking lot down to the beach. On the beach there is a site prepared for a small bonfire, with logs around where you can sit. The site is very dark, there is no illumination from any streetlights,

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Location:Drive to Strandveien 35, in front of Blakstad Hospital.Facilities:50-100m north east along the dock from the parking lot, marked (P) on the map, there is a boat ramp. This can be used to enter and leave the water.POI:We could not find anything worth mentioning except a lot of junk and eel. In fact I have never seen more eel in one place before. We followed the shore north-east, at about

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The course As mention in my previous post I did not know anything about DIR before singing on. I wanted to take the course to learn better control in the water. The instructor and his instructor-in-training were very nice instructors. They were able to explain things in a good an meaningfull way, and I felt that i learned alot from the classroom session. Even the training-video, which I dreaded

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Location:Drive to Badehusgata 17 in Drøbak. This is a very popular diving site. There is a beach that makes it easy to enter the water. Though the beach mostly consist of larger stones so it is difficult to enter the water with the fins on.Facilities:There are not much of any facilities at this location, except for convenient parking. However, the site is central in relation to Drøbak where you

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Location:In Drøbak.When arriving in Drøbak, take one of the smaller roads down to the sea. There you'll find a harbor for private boats. Drive around the harbor to the right side (looking at the sea), there you can park. The image to the right shows the view from the parking lot. 50m from the parking here is a large open space with a H painted on the ground, thid is a good place to enter the

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Location:This location is only available by boat. See map to get an indication of where it is. I will try to get GPS coordinates. You should anchor up close to the reef marker.POI:Going down on the top of the reef and swimming east there is a long wall going roughly north south. In the south end it goes west. There is a lot of life on and around the reef. You can find magnificent "mudderrose."

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Introduction At the first "torsdagsdykket" I attended, I met a guy telling me how good the DIR introduction course that fue.no held was. It was supposed to focus on buoyancy and problem solving under water, while maintaining control over your buoyancy. I was immediately intrigued. After checking with the store, I found a course in October. Unlike the PADI courses I have attended, this course has

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Since diving is a activity for two or more people, you always have to find someone to dive with. When I dived around 1996-98, I thought this very difficult. I do not know that many divers. After starting to dive again, I have made a some new diving-friends, but still I have had some trouble finding a buddy for when I wish to go diving. However, I think I have found a solution for the Oslo area:

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Location:Drøbak, Færgestadveien. From Oslo drive towards Drøbak, than take the underwater tunnel towards Drammen. (Notice that this cost 55 nok each way). The dive site is close to the tunnel exit on the west side.The last part of the road is a small gravel road, going down steeply. Towards the end you pass close to a house before arrive at a small parkinglot.Facilities:There is no facilities at

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Location:Nesodtangen, Svestadveien 27Facilities:All. There is a dive store here (Prodykk), open until 10:00 - 18:00 every day including Sunday. There you can get air or rent equipment. There is a toilet across the parking lot from the store.Parking is free, and very close to the water.You can enter the water at one of several places, two of them are marked at the map.POI:Kaptein Sorte-Bill's

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Location:Close to Drøbak.Access the site from behind Skiphelle Hotell (Skiphelleveien 29), walk down a gravel path for 50-100m. You need a parking token to park outside the hotel otherwise you have to drive back 150m to find a place to park.Facilities:There is a small beach and a dock. Both can be used for entering the water.POI:Wrecks of German trucks.To find them enter the water from the beach,

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Yesterday I attended my second Thursday dive. This is a facebook group that goes diving every Thursday. For more then seventy thursdays in row they have been out diving. The best of all is that it is free.I had a nice diving experience at Hellikopeterplassen in Drøbak yesterday. I got to dive with a very experienced diver, which made me very envious at the control and style he had underwater.

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I have posted some of my underwater movies on youtube:Scallops swimmingFjesing swimmingFlyndre fleeingBlåskolt swimming

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This weekend I attended a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. This course is necessary to dive to depths between 18 and 30 m. Which was the main reason I attended the course in the first place. The course consists of one classroom session and five so-called adventure dives. The advertisement, included in the previous course, let you know that two of them are decided beforehand: "Deep Dive" and "

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I attended a PADI Open Water Diver course in June this year. I had some previous experience with diving, from '96 when I took a CMAS course. After the CMAS course I got some equipment and dived for a while, but it was discontinued... Now I wish to take up the hobby once more. I had hoped that my girlfirend would find diving a nice hobby, so that we could enjoy it together. After attending the

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