1st Plymouth dive

Start:     Oct 15, '08 1:00p
End:     Oct 15, '08 5:00p
Location:     Plymouth, UK
first time to dive in the English Channel in English weather :D ...or in a freshwater quarry if the weather's really bad. either way, it will be a totally different experience from all the other dives i've had anywhere else, because i'll be wearing either a semi-dry or dry suit :P hope i don't shiver too much.

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  1. barbi coOctober 14, 2008 at 10:47 PM

    wow! good luck jeneen :D

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  2. Jean UOctober 14, 2008 at 11:00 PM

    Oh good luck Jeneen! im sure you will do just fine.. it does get cold there.

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  3. iris iceOctober 15, 2008 at 12:54 AM

    hala! good luck! :) what temp is the water over there?

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  4. V HorigueOctober 15, 2008 at 11:53 AM

    Kamusta ang dive!? I didn't know you know how to use a dry suit. Tell me all about it!

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  5. Jeneen GarciaOctober 15, 2008 at 4:25 PM

    it was like diving in a waterfall in the mountains in the philippines....or swimming in the caves of sagada... not too bad at 15-16 degrees. but then that's the warmest that they get here daw :P the coldest i've had in the philippines, kahit bagyo, is 26 degrees.

    oh and no, i don't know how to use a dry suit :P we were made to wear 5-mm wetsuits, but our guide was wearing a drysuit. and we didn't even have gloves, and everyone else did! could hardly climb up the ladder because i couldn't feel my hands anymore.... anyway, more on the differences between tropical and temperate diving when i post my pictures.

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  6. V HorigueOctober 16, 2008 at 2:28 AM

    5mm lang? That's weird. Rich took lessons last July and he was made to wear 7mm. Hope you didn't get frost bite! Ingat lagi!

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  7. Jemi AquinoOctober 18, 2008 at 11:13 AM

    yeah! the pics! =)

    welcome to the UK (since you are naturally aquatic).

    HUGS,
    jemi

    p.s. technically, i don't think you were in the english channel... =P
    okay, okay. so maybe i'm still obsessed. =)

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