I'm diving Nemo 33 in Brussels on 27th/28th Feb ... next weekend!! I am with a broup on the Saturday... anyone else doing a Sunday dive there?

SC

Not going myself but looking at the site the place looks cool !

For the uninitiated have a look at ....

www.dailymotion.com/vi...W4WGB5kg7Z

The thing that gets me about the place is the viz. I know people say diving is not about the depth and I get that but it's not the whole truth. Diving is PARTLY about the depth. I mean it's great if you spot an octopus in 1 mtr of water but for some reason that same octopus takes on some mystic quality when seen at 40 mtrs. OK, maybe that's my immaturity talking but that is how I feel at the time.

Nemo give you the chance to see what 35 mtrs actually looks like from top- down and bottom-up and so gives you a better appreciation of scale. I know I find it frustrating when on a 30 mtr dive with 3 or 4 mtrs viz and find it difficult to get a sense of scale in my head as to where I am and what I am doing ( immaturity coupled with lack of imagination ). Then I get to the surface and later I am trying to visualise what I did - recently I worked out that on my deepest dive if the surface of the water was the height of the ceiling in my living room then on that scale I was about the height of the 4" skirting board ( immaturity+lack of imagination + vanity ).

Have fun at Nemo and here's hoping the viz is good !

Cheers

Chris

Hey scubacelt

How did your trip go? Divulge all (maybe not all ("what happens in Brussels stays in Brussels")but just the Nemo 33 bits.....)

Ive been on dives in the west of Ireland and been able to see the hull of the RIB from 40 metres - and I have to say its amazing


Tom

[quote="chris"]SC
it's great if you spot an octopus in 1 mtr of water but for some reason that same octopus takes on some mystic quality when seen at 40 mtrs.

That's narcosis setting in

[quote="pokeystar"]

chris wrote:

SC it's great if you spot an octopus in 1 mtr of water but for some reason that same octopus takes on some mystic quality when seen at 40 mtrs. That's narcosis setting in

Octopus Narcosis ? - you mean they only have 2 arms really ?
I thought 16 was too many !

Tommsy wrote:

Ive been on dives in the west of Ireland and been able to see the hull of the RIB from 40 metres - and I have to say its amazing Tom

You wouldn't have a pic of that Tom ?

Not of that - but I def have pics of about 30m, I will dig it out chris

Tom

Tommsy wrote:

Not of that - but I def have pics of about 30m, I will dig it out chris Tom

That'd be interesting