http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJWT75CHM3g Simulated dive to 50mx15min using deco stops as per Decoplanner3(TM) using descent-ascent line in big blue; actual dive - 30mx1min off Buyong Wall, Mactan Island, Philippines. Course students: Jaime Lapac and Andy Berame
FCD DECO TRAINING DIVE#1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGa28GQAlCw Simulated dive to 50mx15min with deco stops as per Decoplanner3(TM) using the reef wall as visual reference; actual dive - 30mx10 minutes. Site - Buyong Wall, Mactan Island, Philippines. Course students: Jaime Lapac and Andy Berame.
THE VERSATILITY OF THE 4 11-LITER-TANK SET UP IN AIR RANGE EXTENDED DIVING
In the ideal technical diving world of breathing gases of various combinations, gas mixing facilities and availability of every imaginable equipment, a wide variety of equipment and dive planning configuration can be devised. However, in the real world, logistical and economical considerations come to play. Within the range of air (21% oxygen) diving, with the … Continue reading THE VERSATILITY OF THE 4 11-LITER-TANK SET UP IN AIR RANGE EXTENDED DIVING
ANDY BERAME AND JAIME LAPAC – NEW FCD CAVE DIVERS
Andy and Jaime completed their FCD Cave Course on September 5, 2013. Fig 2 below shows the logged dives in this intensive course comprising of:Ten (10) night lesson dives in the Amores' pool over 3 sessionsNine (9) supervised lesson dives in Pawod Underwater Cave over 4 sessions, andTwo (2) dives in Hinatuan Enchanted River Underwater … Continue reading ANDY BERAME AND JAIME LAPAC – NEW FCD CAVE DIVERS
FEELING THE PULSE OF THE RIVER
While Hinatuan's Enchanted River Underwater Cave System (HERUCS) is undoubtedly the best cave dive the Philippines can offer at the moment, it is tempestuous. Many a diver have been literally spat out of the cave entrance from strong outflow current. Worse still, in the 12-meter access to Mayor's Chamber where the current is strongest, the … Continue reading FEELING THE PULSE OF THE RIVER
HINATUAN ENCHANTED RIVER CAVE EXPEDITION V
The following is my official report to the Municipality of Hinatuan on Enchanted River Underwater Cave Expedition V (August 18-19, 2013): HINATUAN ENCHANTED RIVER UNDERWATER CAVE EXPEDITION V AUGUST 18-19 A Report by Alfonso Y. Amores, MD Members: Doc Amores Jaime Lapac Larry Williams Rio Lapac Introduction In June of 2012, Expedition III was stopped … Continue reading HINATUAN ENCHANTED RIVER CAVE EXPEDITION V
FCD’S PIONEER CAVE CLASS
August 11, 2013 was a red-letter day for FCD. The pioneer cave class did their first cave dives at Pawod, Mactan Island. This was a familiarization dive for both since they have never been in a true overhead environment. Typical of any weekend, the spring pool at Pawod was teeming with kids swimming and jumping from … Continue reading FCD’S PIONEER CAVE CLASS
The Enchanted Series (VIDEOS)
One of the areas revisited by the Filipino Cave Divers in the June 2013 Expedition was the Hinatuan Enchanted River. These shots were taken on June 20-21 from dives made to 50 meters deep and during decompression stops at 6m. Explorations have yet to fully measure the length and depth of the underwater cave system … Continue reading The Enchanted Series (VIDEOS)
Pawod Cave Samples-Preliminary Analysis
Rocks and water samples were collected from Pawod Cave on 30 May 2013 at a depth of 15 feet and 40 feet from the cave entrance. Water collected along with the rock samples had an average salinity of 5 parts per thousand and a pH of 6.0, consistent with brackish water. The rock samples are … Continue reading Pawod Cave Samples-Preliminary Analysis
Did you say, “Japanese GOLD”!?
Read up on the guidelines before you get that gold-fever, you leprechaun, you!
A LETTER FROM DES RE: PAWOD “ROCK”
Hi Doc! I read your blog regarding the limestone sample from Pawod Cave. My initial guess is that the limestone belongs to Carcar Formation. This limestone formation fringes most of the coastal areas of Cebu. If my guess is right, it's age would range from Late Pliocene to Pleistocene, about 1.8 - 3 million years … Continue reading A LETTER FROM DES RE: PAWOD “ROCK”
What’s up with the logo?
The Filipino Cave Divers' logo is a line arrow marker with the Philippine flag's colors, sun and stars incorporated into the design. It signifies our commitment to advance our knowledge database of what DENR-PAWB Director Theresa Mundita S. Lim, PhD calls "these equally-important but less-noticed wetland ecosystems-the underground rivers and underwater caves of the Philippines". … Continue reading What’s up with the logo?
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