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SAFETY STOP

Divers assume amusing positions in the water while doing the obligatory three minute safety stop before returning to the surface. Our dive computers count down the three minutes for us, if we are above twenty feet. We want to stay between fifteen and twenty feet so we must monitor and adjust our buoyancy.
THE TAKA - A LIVEABOARD

November 29th 2017
SOLOMON ISLANDS LIFE ON THE LIVEABOARD What is there to say about diving on a liveaboard? Well…we do a lot of diving. I was on the Taka for seven days and did nineteen dives. Most days four dives are scheduled. That seems like a lot, but diving on a liveaboard is easier because your dive gear is always set up. Each diver has an assigned tank secured to the bench and it is filled between div ... read more
Oceania » Solomon Islands

Solomon Islander Flag The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s. Some of the bitterest fighting of World War II occurred on these islands. Self-government was achieved in 1976 and independence two years later. Ethnic violence, government malf... ... read more
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