Maldives

Thanks all for info so far - but keep it coming.

--
Andy Richardson
Derbyshire

"Jason" <jason.news.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
newsan.2006.12.06.00.59.06.708606@ntlworld.com.. .
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:59:50 +0000, Andy Richardson wrote:
>
> > Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January. Never been to
the
> > Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on clothing and wet
suit
> > thickness required. The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out
there
> > been on this boat. All comments welcome.
>
> The water will be 28C. Personally I get cold arms in a shorty after a
> couple of hours underwater, so I go with a 5/3mm suit. Lots of the
guides
> wear 5mm full suits. Having been stung a few times by jellies, I'd say
a
> 3mm full suit is the minimum I'd want to go in with, but then I do
feel
> the cold.
>
> Jason
>
> --
> See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for UK diving reports and the UK
> Underwater Visibility Database. View the database or add your own
report
>

Thanks all for info so far - but keep it coming.

--
Andy Richardson
Derbyshire

"Jason" <jason.news.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
newsan.2006.12.06.00.59.06.708606@ntlworld.com.. .
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:59:50 +0000, Andy Richardson wrote:
>
> > Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January. Never been to
the
> > Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on clothing and wet
suit
> > thickness required. The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out
there
> > been on this boat. All comments welcome.
>
> The water will be 28C. Personally I get cold arms in a shorty after a
> couple of hours underwater, so I go with a 5/3mm suit. Lots of the
guides
> wear 5mm full suits. Having been stung a few times by jellies, I'd say
a
> 3mm full suit is the minimum I'd want to go in with, but then I do
feel
> the cold.
>
> Jason
>
> --
> See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for UK diving reports and the UK
> Underwater Visibility Database. View the database or add your own
report
>

Thanks all for info so far - but keep it coming.

--
Andy Richardson
Derbyshire

"Jason" <jason.news.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
newsan.2006.12.06.00.59.06.708606@ntlworld.com.. .
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:59:50 +0000, Andy Richardson wrote:
>
> > Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January. Never been to
the
> > Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on clothing and wet
suit
> > thickness required. The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out
there
> > been on this boat. All comments welcome.
>
> The water will be 28C. Personally I get cold arms in a shorty after a
> couple of hours underwater, so I go with a 5/3mm suit. Lots of the
guides
> wear 5mm full suits. Having been stung a few times by jellies, I'd say
a
> 3mm full suit is the minimum I'd want to go in with, but then I do
feel
> the cold.
>
> Jason
>
> --
> See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for UK diving reports and the UK
> Underwater Visibility Database. View the database or add your own
report
>

Thanks all for info so far - but keep it coming.

--
Andy Richardson
Derbyshire

"Jason" <jason.news.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
newsan.2006.12.06.00.59.06.708606@ntlworld.com.. .
> On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:59:50 +0000, Andy Richardson wrote:
>
> > Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January. Never been to
the
> > Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on clothing and wet
suit
> > thickness required. The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out
there
> > been on this boat. All comments welcome.
>
> The water will be 28C. Personally I get cold arms in a shorty after a
> couple of hours underwater, so I go with a 5/3mm suit. Lots of the
guides
> wear 5mm full suits. Having been stung a few times by jellies, I'd say
a
> 3mm full suit is the minimum I'd want to go in with, but then I do
feel
> the cold.
>
> Jason
>
> --
> See http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for UK diving reports and the UK
> Underwater Visibility Database. View the database or add your own
report
>

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:59:50 -0000, "Andy Richardson"
<arichardson1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January.
>Never been to the Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on
>clothing and wet suit thickness required.
>The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out there been on this boat.
>All comments welcome.

I was there in January this year, as Jason says 28 - I did most dives
in a 2.5mm shorty but if I was cold before the dive, normally fourth
dive of the day or night dive, I wore a 3mm full length

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:59:50 -0000, "Andy Richardson"
<arichardson1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January.
>Never been to the Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on
>clothing and wet suit thickness required.
>The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out there been on this boat.
>All comments welcome.

I was there in January this year, as Jason says 28 - I did most dives
in a 2.5mm shorty but if I was cold before the dive, normally fourth
dive of the day or night dive, I wore a 3mm full length

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:59:50 -0000, "Andy Richardson"
<arichardson1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January.
>Never been to the Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on
>clothing and wet suit thickness required.
>The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out there been on this boat.
>All comments welcome.

I was there in January this year, as Jason says 28 - I did most dives
in a 2.5mm shorty but if I was cold before the dive, normally fourth
dive of the day or night dive, I wore a 3mm full length

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:59:50 -0000, "Andy Richardson"
<arichardson1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January.
>Never been to the Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on
>clothing and wet suit thickness required.
>The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out there been on this boat.
>All comments welcome.

I was there in January this year, as Jason says 28 - I did most dives
in a 2.5mm shorty but if I was cold before the dive, normally fourth
dive of the day or night dive, I wore a 3mm full length

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:59:50 -0000, "Andy Richardson"
<arichardson1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January.
>Never been to the Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on
>clothing and wet suit thickness required.
>The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out there been on this boat.
>All comments welcome.

I was there in January this year, as Jason says 28 - I did most dives
in a 2.5mm shorty but if I was cold before the dive, normally fourth
dive of the day or night dive, I wore a 3mm full length

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:59:50 -0000, "Andy Richardson"
<arichardson1@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Looking at a liveaboard in the Maldives in January.
>Never been to the Maldives before - Any comments. Particularly on
>clothing and wet suit thickness required.
>The boat is the Nautilus One. Has anybody out there been on this boat.
>All comments welcome.

I was there in January this year, as Jason says 28 - I did most dives
in a 2.5mm shorty but if I was cold before the dive, normally fourth
dive of the day or night dive, I wore a 3mm full length