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Old 2 August 2012, 06:11 AM   #1
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SCUBA diving @ Sodwana Bay, South Africa with my DSSD

took my DSSD along again and successfully passed my advanced certification
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:11 AM   #2
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It's DSSD city around here lately.

AWESOME pics and watch!
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:15 AM   #3
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Great sub pics indeed
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:16 AM   #4
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Awesome shots! Thanks for sharing. That moray eel is pretty scary.
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:16 AM   #5
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Great sub pics indeed
It's a Deep Sea Sea-Dweller not a Sub.
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:34 AM   #6
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Very cool pics. Glad to see you are putting your watch to use.
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:48 AM   #7
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:57 AM   #8
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It's a Deep Sea Sea-Dweller not a Sub.
Sub, as in sub-aquatic?
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Old 2 August 2012, 07:04 AM   #9
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Congratulations on your Advanced Scuba certification! Great to see you do it in style with the DSSD!
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Old 2 August 2012, 07:42 AM   #10
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Awesome pics, Andrew. I love threads like this. Hopefully those who want to know if you can actually get a Rolex wet, will check this thread out.
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Old 2 August 2012, 07:56 AM   #11
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Very cool
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Old 2 August 2012, 08:00 AM   #12
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Nice pics.
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Old 2 August 2012, 08:21 AM   #13
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Cool pics. Thanks for sharing. How did you enjoy your trip to South Africa?
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Old 2 August 2012, 08:43 AM   #14
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Two thumbs up! Great pics and gratz on your certification.
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Old 2 August 2012, 11:17 AM   #15
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Liked the nudibrancs congrats on the certification Rik
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Old 2 August 2012, 11:20 AM   #16
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Congrats on passing the advanced certification Andrew....

Great underwater pic as well mate~!
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Old 2 August 2012, 11:59 AM   #17
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Congratulation on your new ow advanced certificate

Great viz too... And the watch ain't so bad either
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Old 2 August 2012, 12:00 PM   #18
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I bet it's not too heavy down there!
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Old 2 August 2012, 12:06 PM   #19
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Very cool! Congrats
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Old 2 August 2012, 12:30 PM   #20
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Old 2 August 2012, 01:38 PM   #21
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Congrats on the certification and thank you for sharing your pics!
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Old 2 August 2012, 03:05 PM   #22
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Well done on your achievement and nice commemorative pics!
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Old 2 August 2012, 03:15 PM   #23
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Thanks to you all
Planning a shark dive next weekend

So hopefully will still be around to post some more pics
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Old 2 August 2012, 05:12 PM   #24
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Congrats! And ... great pictures! Nice to see the DSSD being used, and it seems you have the wrist to pull it off too! Enjoy!

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Old 2 August 2012, 05:14 PM   #25
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Awesome Pics... I am working on getting my PADI open water.
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:09 PM   #26
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Congratulations on your Cert' and great pictures. Your mask looks a little tight to me? Anyway, well done and hope to see some shots from your shark dive.
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:16 PM   #27
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cool pix and congrats on the exam!
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Old 2 August 2012, 06:23 PM   #28
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Well done on both counts!

Passing certification and using your diving watch..ehm...to dive !
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Old 2 August 2012, 07:01 PM   #29
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Congrats on the cert!
Nice pics with the DS.
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Old 2 August 2012, 07:03 PM   #30
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great work andrew! love south africa. i really want to go back

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