Alex B

Hi Chris, thank you much for this very detailed information! 💪 I dove SA a few years ago, all self organized, we even bought weights on Ebay an picked them up at arrival. It was cheaper as rent them for 3 weeks. I wished i had a dry suit at that time for the night dives, getting out of the wet suit was a bit chilly in Feb/Mar at night, plus a trolley for the gear for the long walks like at Blairgowrie

I had a chat with a guy about diving SA jetties (Edithburgh, Rapid Bay) and Giant Cuttlefish Whyalla. A question which came up is, Is it possible to dive both spots in the same season/month? Is there a seasonable wind direction change? I got the information the wind goes offshore February/March at least, which is perfect for the jetties. Not the worst for the shallow Whyalla too, i guess 🧐 I have been there myself and it was perfect almost all the days, just a few cancelled days, wind direction wise. Where we switched on the other side of the peninsula. A few years later a dive buddy came back to SA later in the season. He said they were not able to dive Edithburg because of the wind direction.

In the jungle of high CRI, easy handling, soft beam angle, price, weight, size, Lumen, Lux, customer service,.... another factor could be the width of the beam angle too. The wider the beam angle, the less Candela you get. Lumens to candela (cd) conversion calculator (rapidtables.com) I use lights with 9000Lm output with 110 beam angle. Most of the time i use them at 2nd highest level. I never felt like getting stronger lights so far. Altough i would have much longer run time with stronger lights, if i use them at about the same Lm level like i use my 9000Lm lights now.

Hi, thank you admins for setting up this new forum for us! cheers, Alex.