During a trip around the world, in 1981, I came in contact with Scuba diving. Did my first dive for the PADI Open Water Diver Course on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, in Honolulu on the 27th of April 1981 Scuba diving is a pleasant hobby and can be done all around the world, even if one is getting older and older. All you need to be able to do, is breath air, ofcourse a healthy body helps a lot. Another thing you need, is a good buddy, I consider my self very lucky, because I have all of the above, Paul
Places I've Dived
- Total number of dives not on diveboard:
This number is added to the total number of dives logged in Diveboard (public+private) for the stat "Total number of dives". - Dives published:471
- Total dives count:921
- Dives this year:0
- Total underwater time on Diveboard:23 days 12 hrs 55 min
- Most dives on Diveboard in:
Netherlands Antilles - Deepest Dive:
40m in Saba, Netherlands Antilles - Longest Dive:
310 min in Saudi-Bahrain Causeway, Bahrain - Pictures in logbook:911
- Number of species spotted:25
Species Spotted
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Favorite Dives
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2019-12-08 Netherlands Antilles Curacao
Double ReefVery nice long dive, plenty to see at 22 m1 depth, visibility was nice as well. Took pictures with an Olympus TG-4 camera, mounted in an additional housing. Getting slowly familiar with this type of camera (rental) First time on this location, it is certainly worthwhile to go there more often.
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2018-03-18 Netherlands Antilles Curacao
Alice In WonderlandWent to the left on the reef, pictured a Spotted Moray Eel and later a Spanish Lobster, pretty big one, saw some large Ocean Triggerfishes an some big Black Jacks. Got a little bit cold towards the end of the dive. During clearing my mask a small Jellyfish hit my face right over my lip and cheek, so much for a safety stop. Now, 6 hours after the dive, I still feel a stinging sensation. Nevertheless, it was a beautiful day.
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2018-03-25 Netherlands Antilles Curacao
Alice In WonderlandLast dive of this season, Nice long deeper dive. Went to the left side on the reef, took a good friend with us on this dive. No special encounters today, took some nice pictures of a Yellow Atlantic Trumpetfish. Pictured also a small Scorpionfish and Spotted Moray Eel, Reached the marker rope after 100 minutes at 48 Bars. After our safety stop we saw a little Octopus, We tried to make some pictures but it was really tugged away in a small cavity in the rock. Never mind, good dive anyway. Pictures and profiles of the last 9 dives will be added later.
My Certifications
- PADI Search & Recovery Diver (Feb 2018)
- PADI Dive Against Debris Diver (Feb 2018)
- PADI Master Scuba Diver (Oct 2015)
- PADI Wreck Diver (Oct 2015)
- PADI Enriched Air Diver (Jul 2015)
- PADI Deep Diver (Jul 2015)
- PADI Drift Diver (Jul 2015)
- PADI Digital Underwater Photographer (Jul 2015)
- PADI Night Diver (Jun 2015)
- PADI Underwater Naturalist (Jun 2015)
- PADI Assistant Instructor (Feb 1989)
- PADI Dive master (Jan 1989)
- PADI Resque Diver (May 1988)
- PADI Advanced Openwater Scuba Diver (Jul 1986)
- PADI Openwater Scuba Diver (May 1981)
Buddies
Visited Dive centers
Waikiki Diving Center
Honolulu |
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Eurodivers Maldives
Male |
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| Dessert Divers | ||
| Blue Reef Divers-Jeddah HQ | ||
Ocean Explorers
Simpson Bay |
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| Saba Deep Dive Center | ||
Ocean Spirit Dive
Westcourt |
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| MV Nimrod Explorer | ||
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| Dive Safari's | ||
| Ocean Encounters | ||
Ocean Encounters Curacao
Curacao |
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Samui Easy Divers
Koh Samui |
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Go West Diving
Curaçao |
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Divewederfoort
boca sami |
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| Atlantis Diving | ||
| Relaxed Guided Dives | ||
| All in One Watersports | ||
Atlantis Diving
willemstad |
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| Blue Bay dive | ||
| Atlantis Divers | ||
| Divers Republic | ||
| BDiving & Watersports | ||
Porto Marie Sports
Curacao |
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| Caribbean Sea Sports | ||
Dive Center Scuba Do
willemstad |
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THE DIVESHOP Curacao
Willemstad |
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| Coral Divers | ||
| Duikschool Dive Nas | ||
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