Hi all,
Just came back from a short visit to Goa, India. Managed to get one dive in around Grande Island just off the coast. The diveshop was Barracuda Diving and they are very well run, professional and good bunch of guys. However the water conditions off Goa is terrible with strong surge and poor visibility. Visibility was 1-2M, sort of like diving at Pulau Hantu except with a strong surge. They said that the visibility was especially bad as there was a storm at the Gulf of Oman on the other side of the Indian Ocean. Under normal time they said the visibility is around 6-8M.
Anyway, my take is that if you happen to be there for whatever reason, go dive with these guys as they are very professional and experienced. This is important since the current and the surge is quite strong in certain parts. Plus, there is nothing much to do on land anyway.
However I would not recommend making a trip there just to dive. You get much better around South East Asia.
Here are some shots taken with Fuji F31fd using Fuji u/w case, no strobe. Cannot compare with the pros on this forum-lah, but just to show what it looked liked...
I call this "Fish silhouette", not edited except to resize
Stone Fish, edited using PS to adjust levels
Cheers.
Just came back from a short visit to Goa, India. Managed to get one dive in around Grande Island just off the coast. The diveshop was Barracuda Diving and they are very well run, professional and good bunch of guys. However the water conditions off Goa is terrible with strong surge and poor visibility. Visibility was 1-2M, sort of like diving at Pulau Hantu except with a strong surge. They said that the visibility was especially bad as there was a storm at the Gulf of Oman on the other side of the Indian Ocean. Under normal time they said the visibility is around 6-8M.
Anyway, my take is that if you happen to be there for whatever reason, go dive with these guys as they are very professional and experienced. This is important since the current and the surge is quite strong in certain parts. Plus, there is nothing much to do on land anyway.
However I would not recommend making a trip there just to dive. You get much better around South East Asia.
Here are some shots taken with Fuji F31fd using Fuji u/w case, no strobe. Cannot compare with the pros on this forum-lah, but just to show what it looked liked...
I call this "Fish silhouette", not edited except to resize
Stone Fish, edited using PS to adjust levels
Cheers.
