Algarve diving - a brief report

On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
wrote:

... >
... >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
... >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
... >> Hi All,
... >>
... >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
... >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little note
... >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the Algarve
... >> last week.
... >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
... >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
... >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
... >> Vilamoura.
... >>
... >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but as
... >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water last
... >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
... >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
... >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
... >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
... >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the others
... >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
... >
... >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
... >either of them??
... >
... >Eddie
... >

Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
little I know, you seem to have forgotten

Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
make.
Nice pics though

Mike P

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

"Mike P" <mike@askme> wrote in message
news:0li9625u3llb1isp7scnpi2k600ehjeds0@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:07:45 +0100, "Eddie" <ed@btinnternet.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> .. >
> .. >"Alastair" <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote in message
> .. >news:1147339350.140139.196370@j33g2000cwa.googleg roups.com...
> .. >> Hi All,
> .. >>
> .. >> I guess it may not interest everyone, a there'll be no mention of
> .. >> nitrox or deep wreck penetration, but I thought I'd write a little
> note
> .. >> about the pleasant afternoon I spent with Tivoli Diving on the
> Algarve
> .. >> last week.
> .. >> Was in the Algarve for a long weekend of golf and had Thursday
> .. >> afternoon spare so I wanted to fit in some diving. This was the only
> .. >> active dive school I could find and they were about 30 mins from
> .. >> Vilamoura.
> .. >>
> .. >> Did a couple of shore dives, which might not sound too exciting but
> as
> .. >> this was to be my first trip since completing my PADI Open Water
> last
> .. >> year, I was happy to do anything. It was just me and two guides.
> .. >> The dive plan for the first dive was to fin out about 35m offshore,
> .. >> then dive down to the Virginia Rock, which involves a small swim
> .. >> through. However, I must have got the wrong end of the stick as I
> .. >> finned out too far and fast, and by the time I looked back the
> others
> .. >> were about 20m behind me waving vigorously!
> .. >
> .. >Let me think about this! You had TWO dive guides and you didn't follow
> .. >either of them??
> .. >
> .. >Eddie
> .. >
>
> Alistair ....I am half way through my PADDI course ... and from the
> little I know, you seem to have forgotten
>
> Learn by mistakes ! Lets hope they will be very very small ones you
> make.
> Nice pics though
>
> Mike P

Hang on a moment here guys. The dive guides were 100 million percent wrong
in this situation. One dive guide should be able to look after a diver so
two shouldn't have had a problem. When you have got a new ow diver with you,
you need to take extra special care.

My thoughts are that they might have been having their own dive and not
noticed that you went off ahead. But I guess that you paid them and the idea
was for them to guide the dive as in lead the way.

Just my opinion.

Keith

Alastair <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought I'd write a little note about the pleasant afternoon
> I spent with Tivoli Diving on the Algarve last week.

http://www.tivoli-diving.com/

> If anyone wants to help ID some of the fish in these
> pictures I'd be most grateful. :o)
> http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...arlett/Diving/

The ones in the first picture are called "Sargos" in Portuguese.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...ry.php?id=1753
Diplodus sargus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The "thing" in the IMG_2310.jpg is called a "sea cucumber" or holuthuria.

The fish in IMG_2322.jpg is very usual in Portugal but I can't remember
its name.

> In summary, the dive school seemed to me to be very well run, with
> nice, friendly staff and I'll certainly go back, assuming my mates and
> I go back for another golf trip next year.

If you have the time, you might want to try Sagres, the west point of Algarve.
It is supposed to be the best spot in Algarve. There are several dive centres
there.

--
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/

..pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young'-Menander (342-292 BC)
Europe | Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94

Alastair <AlastairScarlett@gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought I'd write a little note about the pleasant afternoon
> I spent with Tivoli Diving on the Algarve last week.

http://www.tivoli-diving.com/

> If anyone wants to help ID some of the fish in these
> pictures I'd be most grateful. :o)
> http://s44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...arlett/Diving/

The ones in the first picture are called "Sargos" in Portuguese.

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Spec...ry.php?id=1753
Diplodus sargus sargus (Linnaeus, 1758)

The "thing" in the IMG_2310.jpg is called a "sea cucumber" or holuthuria.

The fish in IMG_2322.jpg is very usual in Portugal but I can't remember
its name.

> In summary, the dive school seemed to me to be very well run, with
> nice, friendly staff and I'll certainly go back, assuming my mates and
> I go back for another golf trip next year.

If you have the time, you might want to try Sagres, the west point of Algarve.
It is supposed to be the best spot in Algarve. There are several dive centres
there.

--
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/

..pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young'-Menander (342-292 BC)
Europe | Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94