Deep Dive Dubai

lookitsjonno · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:14

I'm fairly sure this is one of those things where the experience doesn't measure up to the snazzy trailer

Efour · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:23

dLockers said:
I don't think its heated at all

Minstadave · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:32

pastymuncher said:
Sounds like my ex wife's lady bits.

10/10 and a very fitting user name.

EdwardTeach · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:38

How tacky.

When I dive, I am interested in getting a close up view of the natural world, not some kind of bizzaro fake flooded building.

Selekt0r · 9 Jul 2021 at 14:57

EdwardTeach said:
How tacky.

When I dive, I am interested in getting a close up view of the natural world, not some kind of bizzaro fake flooded building.

Definitely. Sea turtle or Manta Ray >> sunken pool table or car any day of the week!

Dirk Diggler · 9 Jul 2021 at 15:13

Hotwired said:
They've decorated the hole to make it more interesting and make you feel you're paying for something more than getting damp

The oldest profession in the world, apparently.

Nitefly · 9 Jul 2021 at 15:16

The best diving I’ve ever done has been in super shallow water around coral reefs. Much longer dives, much safer, more relaxed, warmer and more comfortable, less exhausting on your internals etc.

Deep diving is far more dangerous, less relaxed, shorter etc.

Deep diving sounds cool but it’s all about keeping it shallow IMO.

Junglist · 9 Jul 2021 at 15:31

That's pretty cool. I knew there was one in Belgium which was ~34m deep but of course those in Dubai don't really do things by halves do they!

ahar · 9 Jul 2021 at 15:54

Nitefly said:
The best diving I’ve ever done has been in super shallow water around coral reefs. Much longer dives, much safer, more relaxed, warmer and more comfortable, less exhausting on your internals etc.

Deep diving is far more dangerous, less relaxed, shorter etc.

Deep diving sounds cool but it’s all about keeping it shallow IMO.

I do like a bit of reef diving, but the best dive I can remember was in Scapa Flow (natural harbour in the Orkney Islands) on the Mark Graf - a 44,000 tonne WWI German battleship scuttled at the end of the war @42m. Really amazing to swim around. Then there was going inside the Zenobia in the waters around Cyprus, down into the engine room @42m - that took quite a bit of work and planning. Finally diving two wrecks off Portland one after the other in the same day - a British frigate sunk in WW2, and then the U Boat that sank her around 500m away. Both around 25m.