Archive for December, 2007

Wreck Diving Expedition | Dec 12th | WW2 Japanese Auxiliary Vessel

By djl team, 11 December, 2007, No Comment

After a long wait [due to bad weather], at last we’ve got the opportunity for some more wreck exploration off Koh Tao, Thailand.

With wave heights less than 1 metre, we’ll be heading over 20 miles off-shore on our dive RIB to check out a war report for a Japanese WW2 vessel.

We’ve got two independent fishermans marks, located close to a report from a US submarine. If all turns out as we hope, we’ll be making our first deep wreck dive on a  WW2 Japanese auxiliary vessel. We estimate the depth to be around 55 metres, so are planning for deep air dives with O2 accelerated decompression. We expect the wreck to be 30 – 40 metres in length.

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We’ll find out tomorrow. . . . expedition report will follow!

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Closed Circuit Rebreather [CCR] Diving comes to to DJL [Koh Tao, Thailand]

By djl team, 4 December, 2007, No Comment

At DJL Diving, Koh Tao Thailand we’ve been joined by ex-naval engineer Leon Webber [UK]. Leon has many years experience, diving, teaching and modifying closed circuit rebreathers [CCR diving], and has now introduced CCR Rebreather Diving to DJL Diving Thailand.

CCR Rebreather diving arrives on Koh Tao, Thailand

We already have a Buddy Evolution unit here in Koh Tao, and a second Buddy Inspiration will be coming in early 2008. We’ll be expanding our CCR Rebreather capability throughout 2008. 

Both a 1 day ‘intro to CCR rebreather divingand full IANTD rebreather certification courses are now available here on Koh Tao Thailand. Plus Leon will be helping to make DJL Diving more rebreather friendly, both here in Koh Tao and on our tec/wreck liveaboard expeditions.

We’ll be redeveloping the technical diving section of our website to incorporate info about the rebreather training which Leon is available to teach, and the rebreather diving support provided by DJL.

In the meantime please feel free to contact us if you have any CCR rebreather related enquiries.

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