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Santa Maria Caves Comino | 20240612

Dive #4 — Cave diving on June 23, 1991 in the Santa Maria Caves of the tiny island Comino, a sister island of Gozo | Malta.
With the experience from just 3 dives… cave diving is difficult, especially handling a camera. Visibility zero , with torches for every two people. Using a Minolta camera (waterproof 5 m) up to 7 meters deep.
Fourth dive for qualification Sub-Aqua Association (SAA) Elementary Diver – with buddy Yorick and dive master Mark Busuttil from St Andrew’s Divers Cove (SAA627) – St Simon street – Xlendi Bay – Island of Gozo | Malta .
Dive time 25 min. Total time 60 min. Max depth 15 mt. ABLJ (Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket), also called a horse collar jacket. Diving regulator Scubapro spider. A separate backpack or harness holds the diving cylinder , here a 15 liter steel bottle, 200 bar.

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Xlendi Bay Dive | 20240608

Dive # 1 — first dive ever…June 21, 1991, Xlendi Bay – Island of Gozo | Malta.
Preparing the first dive for qualification Sub-Aqua Association (SAA) Elementary Diver – with buddy Yorick and dive master Mark Busuttil from St Andrew’s Divers Cove (SAA627) – St Simon street – Xlendi Bay – Island of Gozo | Malta .
Shore dive in Xlendi Bay. Dive time 20 min. Total time 30 min. Max depth 6 mt. Visibility 15 mt. Water speed 0. ABLJ (Adjustable Buoyancy Life Jacket), also called a horse collar jacket. Diving regulator Scubapro spider. A separate backpack or harness holds the diving cylinder , here a 10 liter steel bottle, 200 bar. The ABLJ is predecessor to the Buoyancy Compensator Device, the BCD) the modern jacket with integrated harness for the gass cylinder.

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