The irony of wreck dive: we're diver enjoying and grateful so much for the existence of wrecks over the unfortunate loss of life and properties of other people.
Well, in this case, there were no lives lost. The wreck was scuttled deliberately to create a place for training and an artificial 'reef' for divers to explore. Here's a link to more of the Karwela's history: maltadives.com/sites/mvkarwela-xattlahmar/en. But you're right, of course, many shipwrecks tell very sad stories.
Well, compared to other areas, the Mediterranean is not exactly known for having a lot of fish. There's potentially been too much fishing, but then it's had to argue with people whose livelihood depends on it.
@@darkhorizondiving our livelihood in florida does not depend on it and we have destroyed the fish population and ecosystems in multiple regions (SW FL, SE FL). They have a minute fraction of the life that lived in the waters just a few decades ago.
Hiya I have a silly question about the frontmount RB diver @0:12 - is that isolator valve missing its knob, and assuming its OPEN, what scenario is this dive that you would take ~5,000lt of a single bailout gas pls? Cheers and loving the images its a holiday at my desk!
Hey, not a silly question at all, and I guess I need to give some more context here. First of all, this is a private fun dive between friends rather than training or anything else. The diver had recently completed his Triton course and wanted to try the rebreather with different types of bailout configurations. So ... the isolator valve is closed because there is air in one cylinder and a deco gas in the other. The handwheel has been removed to avoid accidental opening/mixing. Both cylinders and regulators are labeled to avoid using the wrong gas at the wrong depth. Why not take out the manifold completely then? Because this was a trial to see how hose routing and other things would work before going to the (somewhat larger) effort of dismantling the twinset. Now for the 5,000 lt question - maybe you've seen some of my Kiss Sidewinder videos? Taking the Sidewinder into long but not necessarily deep caves would warrant that volume of a single bailout gas, for example, because you may not be deep and have a deco obligation that requires a higher O2 concentration, but you may be far from the exit and need to cover that time.
@@darkhorizondiving Awesome, that make total sense. Love youre work and thank you very much. I'm starting down the sidewinder path but a long way to go yet. Only recently gave my bands away and now clipping my steels to my new Stealth 2.0 - never going back I'm loving it. Cheers!
@@asecret900 Geat, glad it makes sense. There are many different ways to handle bailout. Anyway, I'm actually getting ready for a Sidewinder dive this morning. Shout if I can help with your 'Sidewindering' at all.
I’ve never traveled with my ccr any tips? It’s an ap. would you recommend taking my on o2 and dill cylinders or are they readily available for hire out in Malta? What about sofnolime? A weeks worth of diving out there wouldn’t be something I can carry
The AP was and is my first 'baby, and I still have my Evolution Plus with me in Gozo. As far as traveling goes, I tend to travel without cylinders, and many dive centres in Malta and Gozo can cater for that as well as sorb. Let them know whether you need 2L or 3L and roughly how much sorb you need, so they can make sure they have everything you need. If you like, take a look at our website for private CCR guiding.
@@darkhorizondiving I seen at the end of your video about your website so once I finish my shift I’ll take a look. I could well be interested in booking with you for a few dives. I don’t want to just book any normal dive shop what I seen most of them just catered for open circuit dives. How busy are you? My issue is I work offshore so if I was to book something it would be very last minute sort of thing would that be something you can do or are you booked up?
@@rednissan001 what can I say - some weeks are full, others not. So I guess, the best thing would be to get in touch when you know that you have time off and see what my availability is like then. Put it's not like my schedule is completely packed.
The little guy in the pipe 0:55
This was so trippy! Very cool
Yes, I loved getting that shot! Took a few dives, too, because congers can be shy.
Nice search video
Thanks
The irony of wreck dive: we're diver enjoying and grateful so much for the existence of wrecks over the unfortunate loss of life and properties of other people.
Well, in this case, there were no lives lost. The wreck was scuttled deliberately to create a place for training and an artificial 'reef' for divers to explore. Here's a link to more of the Karwela's history: maltadives.com/sites/mvkarwela-xattlahmar/en. But you're right, of course, many shipwrecks tell very sad stories.
True, but hey, the wreck has already happened. Why not be fascinated by it, from a scientific and archaeological standpoint?
Loads more life there than I ever seen when i dived there. Very little to see in the way of fish 😫
Well, compared to other areas, the Mediterranean is not exactly known for having a lot of fish. There's potentially been too much fishing, but then it's had to argue with people whose livelihood depends on it.
@@darkhorizondiving our livelihood in florida does not depend on it and we have destroyed the fish population and ecosystems in multiple regions (SW FL, SE FL). They have a minute fraction of the life that lived in the waters just a few decades ago.
@@josephshultz6726 that's very sad to hear. I haven't had a chance to dive in Florida yet. Is that your main diving ground?
Hiya I have a silly question about the frontmount RB diver @0:12 - is that isolator valve missing its knob, and assuming its OPEN, what scenario is this dive that you would take ~5,000lt of a single bailout gas pls? Cheers and loving the images its a holiday at my desk!
Hey, not a silly question at all, and I guess I need to give some more context here. First of all, this is a private fun dive between friends rather than training or anything else. The diver had recently completed his Triton course and wanted to try the rebreather with different types of bailout configurations. So ... the isolator valve is closed because there is air in one cylinder and a deco gas in the other. The handwheel has been removed to avoid accidental opening/mixing. Both cylinders and regulators are labeled to avoid using the wrong gas at the wrong depth. Why not take out the manifold completely then? Because this was a trial to see how hose routing and other things would work before going to the (somewhat larger) effort of dismantling the twinset.
Now for the 5,000 lt question - maybe you've seen some of my Kiss Sidewinder videos? Taking the Sidewinder into long but not necessarily deep caves would warrant that volume of a single bailout gas, for example, because you may not be deep and have a deco obligation that requires a higher O2 concentration, but you may be far from the exit and need to cover that time.
@@darkhorizondiving Awesome, that make total sense. Love youre work and thank you very much. I'm starting down the sidewinder path but a long way to go yet. Only recently gave my bands away and now clipping my steels to my new Stealth 2.0 - never going back I'm loving it. Cheers!
@@asecret900 Geat, glad it makes sense. There are many different ways to handle bailout. Anyway, I'm actually getting ready for a Sidewinder dive this morning. Shout if I can help with your 'Sidewindering' at all.
I’ve never traveled with my ccr any tips? It’s an ap. would you recommend taking my on o2 and dill cylinders or are they readily available for hire out in Malta? What about sofnolime? A weeks worth of diving out there wouldn’t be something I can carry
The AP was and is my first 'baby, and I still have my Evolution Plus with me in Gozo. As far as traveling goes, I tend to travel without cylinders, and many dive centres in Malta and Gozo can cater for that as well as sorb. Let them know whether you need 2L or 3L and roughly how much sorb you need, so they can make sure they have everything you need. If you like, take a look at our website for private CCR guiding.
@@darkhorizondiving I seen at the end of your video about your website so once I finish my shift I’ll take a look. I could well be interested in booking with you for a few dives. I don’t want to just book any normal dive shop what I seen most of them just catered for open circuit dives. How busy are you? My issue is I work offshore so if I was to book something it would be very last minute sort of thing would that be something you can do or are you booked up?
@@rednissan001 what can I say - some weeks are full, others not. So I guess, the best thing would be to get in touch when you know that you have time off and see what my availability is like then. Put it's not like my schedule is completely packed.
@@darkhorizondiving cool mate. Ill be in touch 👍🏻
Is this titanic footage?
😄😄😄 I wish! No, please take a look at the caption - it's the MV Karwela in Gozo, Malta
I canno see gut
Not sure I understand?