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@tobiashartung856

4 жыл бұрын

whoa whoa whoa guys! How is someone supposed to comment "first" if you are putting up a comment three days before the video goes live? That's not very considerate of you! :D

@simplyscuba

4 жыл бұрын

@@tobiashartung856 We're really sorry 😞😞😞

@tobiashartung856

4 жыл бұрын

@@simplyscuba Apologies accepted ... this time!

We did a lot of night diving, and would carry colored light sticks and strobes. That way you could see and identify who was where by the colors on their tanks/BCD. It helped greatly. Also you could be behind a rock or shipwreck and the strobe could still be seen to find the missing person.

Before I did my first night dive I thought it would be scary, but found it's not at all. Strangely, I'm a lot calmer while diving at night.

@michaelatherton826

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the dangerous sea life is much less visible. ;-)

I did a night dive on my 1st dive trip, 2 days after getting my OW. It was a safe dive, we didn't go anywhere just in front of the dock at 25ft. Saw very little since there was nothing there, but the experience is mesmerizing. Everyone should night dive at least once.

Night diving is the best!!! I love diving in Monterey at night, it's the only time I get to see the Octopus that live there. Also, the Sea Lions are fun because you don't know they are right behind you until your light hits a tasty fish and they zoom past you to get it. Finally, it is so very peaceful diving at night. The ocean is my happy place, but the ocean at night is utter bliss.

Doing a night dive is like being a dreamworld, you don't really feel like you're under the sea, you don't see the blue, all is black - all you can see is the stuff you shine your torch at, you feel like flying (if you know how to control your buoyancy)... The beauty of it is, in where I'm working at the moment at least - in Dili, Timor-Leste. I could work in the office behind the computer for the whole day, and after sunset I'm already underwater! Check out the video of my nightdive: kzread.info/dash/bejne/c32As5eQZay1lNo.html

@michaelatherton826

4 жыл бұрын

You don't feel like you're flying on day dives?!

@ddaru1

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelatherton826 no.. cuz I could actually know and feel like I'm underwater. In nightdives is like a dream when you fall from a dark cliff but then you can know that you're dreaming and you start to control your fall and end up floating and flying. That's the sensation that I have, haha..

@michaelatherton826

4 жыл бұрын

@@ddaru1 Interesting. I generally only get the flying feeling when drift diving. I agree night diving does kinda feel like dreaming. In normal daytime diving I don't even notice being weightless any more, I just enjoy the feeling of being able to move in 3D.

Some dive sites in the UK are kinda night dives even on a sunny midday. I remember the Falls of Lora, sunny at noon, pitch black at 25m, and it's not even an overhead dive. Peaty water I think. Night dives on wrecks are my favourite. Especially when there are other diver pairs around. The light beams in the distance make really nice ambience.

*at the dive shop* Me buying a torch just for a blackout or something

@KimonFrousios

4 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that bright dive torches expect to be water-cooled and can overheat and get damaged if used outside of the water as "regular" torches. Some torches explicitly state in the instructions not to use them outside the water.

LOVE night dives the most. It's absolutely magical. We also decided to swim some time with all torches off in a group under the water. That feeling with you and the moonlight and plankton in the darkness... it was amazing. Night dive is like hour meditation. And so true about Lion fishes!

Out all the Diving I did Night Diving I miss the most. Sticking Flounder around the old Liberty Ships here in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Stacked them up on a pole spear like Pancakes. Ran out of air 1 Fri Night under the Liberty Ship Edwards 105 ft deep 20-25 back under it. Great Dive Bud caught me at 70 FT. Dove same ship next night.

I love night diving but, like camping, I find they are best enjoyed after they are over with.

If i went night diving i think i would want to be lit up like a Christmas tree so i will wait till December so i can say im just in a festive spirit

@KimonFrousios

4 жыл бұрын

I used to think that too. But bright/blinking lights detract from the ambience and can be annoying to other divers. Having a muted steady marker light on your back is good. Being lit up like an SOS strobe beacon visible from outer space, will probably mean nobody will want to dive with you or anywhere near you.

I paid for the night diver specialty... I just want to collect all the specialty cards 😂😂

I enjoy night dive 10 years ago. Now, in the evening I prefer to spend drinking some beer or wine. Night dive are for young people. PS. I think night dive close to poles during polar night is more appropriate for me. I have no problem to do a night dive around 14:00 hours 🤗

My first night dives where last year at Capernwray for the last late night of the year. Had a few hiccups like not being weighted correct so ascended from 6 m, thought I was going back down but nope was buddy coming up. Lost sight of the wall near the jetty. But it was a great experience and watching the fireworks from approx 6m down was an experience in itself.

Only done night snorkeling to date but plan to catch a couple night dives in March when I head back to Roatan.

I love the thumbnail

Yeah, I'm willing to admit that I paid for the night diver course. I wished that I didn't, I have done a bunch of night dives since then with my regular dive group in Seattle. What did I learn from the course? I looked at it as a paid night dive tour with a certification card at the end in order to make me feel better.

@KimonFrousios

4 жыл бұрын

I think under any agency your first dive outside your experience range has to be briefed and supervised by someone experienced. That's about it. If you have a local club with experienced divers that can help you expand your experience, that's great. For people who have no regular club and just dive on holiday the courses pay for the supervisor's time. It is a bit redundant in places where all dives are guided, but not all places require you to always dive with a guide, and rightly they shouldn't let you do a night dive independently if it's your first time so that's what the course is really for.

@michaelatherton826

4 жыл бұрын

I did my first night dive as part of a college Scuba Safari class. I don't remember there being any instruction other than that we put glow sticks on our tanks. I did learn something though. I was having a blast, but my buddy was totally freaked because "things" kept bumping into him. In the dark I couldn't feel his discomfort.

@lr1so1olr

4 жыл бұрын

I paid for it too.. I just want to collect all the speciality cards 😂😂

@raceno282

2 жыл бұрын

So its not worth spending the money correct?

I think this is the best thumbnail I've ever made!

@simplyscuba

4 жыл бұрын

It truly is Shaun... you spent hours on it!

@Finthefish-hr8ky

4 жыл бұрын

Yes mate simply the best

@h.r.9563

3 жыл бұрын

So much detail and effort put in. I'm impressed

I love a good night dive. It is very different down there when it is night time. I love how you discuss so funny.

On night dives in Bonaire, the tarpon follow your light hunting for a meal. Their big red eyes also glow in the light. It can be a bit spooky, as the tarpon rush by in the dark.

I paid for the night diver specialty about 4 or 5 years ago and forgot about it 🤣 finishing it tonight.. just to add it to the list

Good luck feeling solo with me and my handy rattle Mark. #marksdivebuddy 😂😂😂

These tiny glowing shrimp eyes are the best sight ever!

Night Diving is great , but is also the best way to verify your bouyancy skills , we,ve all been there or seen it :D

Any dive after 3pm is a night dive if you live in northern europe

Do dive shops ask for a night dive cert? I haven't done one after my advanced certification

@KimonFrousios

4 жыл бұрын

For buying gear (torches, glowsticks), no. The same gear can be used by spearfishers, snorkellers, kayakers... For taking you on an organized dive, they will probably want evidence of previous night dive experience (with or without cert).

@teslacoiler

3 жыл бұрын

@@KimonFrousios The question is.... how you can have an evidence of previous night dive experience if they want an evidence to do so??? :-)

im terrified to do it, im AOW, but still....

9:39 MArk Wynne this is so you!! lol.

I like that they have sponsorships. Let's us know the margins are low, those poor fellas. SS, you should get patreon so I can help you buy the camera equipment you already own!

Waaait why do you say the freedivers come out less during the night? Do other freedivers not night dive??

The fact that there’s a night dive cert is ridiculous

What's wrong with freedivers?

Night dives are my absolute favorite, nothing compares to hovering over the edge of a reef with the infinite darkness beneath you.

Sorry, don't like night diving or night skiing, feels claustrophobic. I did enjoy the bioluminescence though.

@KimonFrousios

4 жыл бұрын

How is night skiing claustrophobic? Out on a mountain slope is about as open a space as it gets.

@michaelatherton826

4 жыл бұрын

@@KimonFrousios The night presses down on me. ;-) You simply can't see as far. It's like limited visibility on a dive.

@michaelatherton826

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, I just remembered I enjoyed my first night dive off La Jolla with a buddy. It got kinda uncomfortable night diving solo off a rocky shoreline on the Big Island. Too many things couldn't be monitored. Like you can't see the size and frequency of the sets coming in. I also wasn't sure if the reef sharks were sleeping!

Silly English people... it's a freaking flashlight not a torch 🙄

@williamkelly5689

3 жыл бұрын

a torch would go out under water, duhhh