10 Ways a Diver Can Protect the Underwater Environment

1. Dive carefully to protect fragile aquatic ecosystems.

2. Be aware of your body and equipment placement when diving.

3. Keep your dive skills sharp by continuing education.

4. Consider how your interactions affect aquatic life.

5. Understand and respect underwater life.

6. Be an ecotourist.

7. Respect underwater cultural heritage.

8. Report environmental disturbances or destruction.

9. Be a role model for other divers and nondivers when interacting with the environment.

10. Get involved in local environmental issues and activities.

As divers, we ought to be aware and conscious as we dive, taking care of what's left of the underwater world.

Lang Tengah, April 2008

In April, I spent a weekend at Lang Tengah diving but unfortunately visibility was not good. I expected to visit the sites I went to last year in July but I only managed to go to Karang Nibong Laut on the 1st day, and visibility was less than 2 meters, with moderate current. The dives weren't as good as those done in July last year even though I was just a OWD with less than 10 dives then.

Tom and his gang were also there for the weekend, and Joyce tested out her new set of Sherwood gear and a Sunnto Mosquito!

Here's one shot that I took, but I can't remember where. It could have been a shore dive, where Jon and I took our tanks and went out alone. Nothing much at the shore but at least visibility was better than other sites.

We did a total of 5 dives over the 1st two days. We couldn't do any dives on the 3rd day as we had to fly back to KL. As we had a couple of hours till the flight at 6:00 PM, we spent the afternoon at KT town where we had lunch at one of the Chinese restaurants there. We had an awesome Chinese lunch - 3 dishes and 1 soup with heaps of Chinese tea!

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