How to choose the best time to dive in Timor Leste Choosing when to dive in any specific location is a common concern for any diver. Certain dive sites allow a broad range of time options, as the main criteria is limited to the weather...
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Alias, the crab that carries our cousins on his back Date: 25th of April 2022 Dive Site: Dili Rock East. Time: 08:11 pm. Action: night dive. Divers: Dorothee, Stephane, Chriss and Sam . Dive guide: Giovanni. Depth: 5 m. We are on a long...
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During the past few decades a large debate concerning gender identity and sex change has been raised in the western world, involving many different sectors of our society: politics, medicine, psychology, physiology, philosophy, religion etc. The...
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Nudibranchs, colloquially called “sea slugs”, are the candy of the sea. With over 3,000 described species – and counting –, the incredible variations in their colours and shapes seem like what would happen if a glass blower teamed up...
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Most divers have experienced, at least once, that weird sensation of descending from some nice and warm surface waters, into some chilly waters just a few meters below, which is known as a thermocline. As if the thermal shock wasn’t enough, some...
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The legends of freediving Jacques Mayol swimming with his favourite trainers From a scientific perspective, the understanding of freediving physiology underwent some astonishing progress during the past 50 years. I remember that as a...
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Sundown When the sun starts to set down, below the surface starts a frenzy, some rush to get a safe hidden place to spend the night without get eaten by random night hunters and others stretch their fins ready for the active darkness...
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Why you feel the need to equalize If you have ever flown on an airplane, you would have most likely felt a discomfort in your ears on descent. The reason for this is an imbalance between the air in your airspaces (ears and sinuses) and the...
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When I was first shown a frogfish, I had to look three times to realise what I was seeing. Then my thoughts were ‘what a weird looking fish’. It was like when god was moulding all the animals out of plasticine, he squelched it a bit and...
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Orcas are commonly known as Killer Whales and they are the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. Luckily for us we have seen them while whale watching in Timor Leste. Why are Orcas called Killer Whales? Orcas are apex predators...
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Scuba masks come in all shapes, sizes, colors and styles. But one choice you may be faced with when choosing your next mask is should I go for two frames or one? While the comfort and fit of a mask is the most essential, finding an aesthetically...
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Dive Timor Lorosae had a great Brazilian Instructor called Sato and when he returned from his first dive I asked him ‘How was your dive?’. I was half expecting him to be excited about the seahorses or the rhinopious, but he replied...
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