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Dave,

I am glad you replied to Rambo, I nearly did but then resisted.  From 
what he was saying, it seems that there is very little difference 
between the diving there and here except it is a little warmer here at 
least in the summer), and a little calmer with a more gentle current 
there.

However I feel there might be a couple of additional differences.  
Firstly, for this sort of diving over here, there are likely to be 10 or 
less divers on the boat so there will be between 5 and 10 markers for 
the skipper to follow.  Secondly, and probably most significantly, I 
notice that they refer to the person in charge of the boat as the 
"Captain".  Now I might be wrong here but I have noticed that they have 
a habit of "awarding" titles to improve the self-importance of the 
holder therefore "Captain" might be someone who has passed a boat 
handling and navigation course rather than what we refer to as a skipper 
who in all probability was/is a commercial fisherman who has spent many 
years at sea in all condition and takes out divers to supplement his 
income.

Harry.

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