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I get into these periods where I think about something for a while and lately it has been on the idea of making your own wind power using recycled electrical parts. Cambodia has a lot of used alternators and generators and I am throwing this out to the blog sphere is there someone that really knows how to rewire these old generators so that they can be used to create wind generators?

Once I get to the point where they were generating energy there are thousands in the Asia region that could use power that is off the grid. For instance besides the obvious of TV and Karaoke machines there is a ton of agricultural uses like running water pumps for rice fields.

One of the reasons that I have been thing about it is the idea of a eco Asia scuba diving camp that would be on a island that would be off the grid. At a minimum there will be a need for some trail lights and for cooking and for running fans for keeping mosquitoes off of you at night when you are sleeping.


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Dear All,

We would like to thank you for your condolences and good wishes as well as your continuous support in this trying times.

We specifically would like to thank Joerg and Andreas from Deep Blue, Ben from the SSS Chamber and Matthew from Pro Tech Dive College for their unbelievable help in searching and recovering the victims from inside the wreck at a depth of around 70 meters . Tomorrow, on Friday we will continue to search for our still missing Thai Cook .

We will contact you all in a few days and let you know when we resume operations again.

Our heartfelt thanks to all of you

Juergen, Benno and the whole dive Asia Team

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Very Sad News !

out thoughts and prayers for the missing divers!

Dear All,

with great sadness we have to inform you that our MV Dive Asia I sunk last night the 8th of March at around 11pm on the way back from Similan to Phuket.

To our knowledge most of our guest and crew were able to get into the life raft and where picked up by a fishing boat around noon. Right now this people are being transferred to a Thai Police Vessel and are on the way to shore and should arrive soon.

6 People are still missing and a search in the area is underway. Your support is greatly appreciated.

At this moment we do not know the reason for the accident and we will keep you posted.


Best Regards,


Benno and Juergen

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A very interesting concept a network of freelance divers that offer their services outside of the regular network of dive certification agencies such as PADI, SSI, SDS, YMCA, BSAC and the others, but you have to wonder that if there marketing is as poor as this is what kind of perception will the diving public have of them.

I know that when I started EcoSea Dive in Cambodia that having the PADI affiliation was important to many of the folks that came to dive with us and we could say that there were certain minimums concerning safety and the way that the dive course and the dive trips that give people a measure of safety knowing that there is some oversight from outside the provider.

When EcoSea was approached from SSI one of the things that convinced me to offer the SSI and PADI was that all SSI instructors had to work under a dive shop and that there was a 3 way checks and balances as the dive shop watch the instructors and the customers, the instructors watch the dive shops and the customers, and the customers watch the dive shops and the instructors.

I never was comfortable with the PADI dictatorial process which as a shop owner puts you under a lot of stress as there is no real grievance process when there is a conflict between the dive shop and PADI, and they can yank your PADI shop licenses and then you are in deep trouble and all of your investment can be flushed overnight. To be fair to PADI they do give warning of their actions and there is a process but it is far away and everything is in writing.

There was one time that we had a QA on a minor problem that had nothing to do with safety or diving. We were sent 2 email's and we never got the email and then they shut us off and would not let up process online cert’s as we were on a administration hold, well you could imagine the turmoil that the company went through all because the email was not getting to us because of a bad connection due to a massive computer virus outbreak in Cambodia. I always felt that they should have given a courtesy call and say hey do you plan on answering the QA before they put the company on administrator hold?

Something PADI might consider is to have a group of PADI Master Instructors act as a final review board that PADI and the Dive Shop or instructor can apply to before a final lifting of licenses.

Fred Tittle PADI MSDT the writer of this blog is no longer associated in anyway with EcoSea Dive in Cambodia which he sold in 2007 and the opinion expressed above are those of Fred Tittle only who owns the URL www.ecosea.com .

Everything below has nothing to do with either EcoSea.com or EcoSea Dive in Cambodia.




Please, meet the “ The Freelance Divers Red Sea ”
The office of “ The Freelance divers Red Sea ” is a network of Egyptian dive-masters, dive-instructors, with an international certification.
They offer their professional services for all dive-activities in the Red Sea (Egypt)
Who are you ?
- A Diving Center in need of dive-staff.
- A dive club that wants to realize his specific dive trips.
- A tourist office that likes to answer to the needs of their diver-customers.
- An individual who wants a dive guide, dive instructor.
- Some one who likes to inform others that we are there to guide divers trough the beauty of the Red Sea in a save and pleasant way.
Everybody is welcome to join us for a dive in the Red Sea !
Who are we ?
- Egyptian professional dive masters => dive instructors
- We know every dive spot of the Red Sea, from Sharm El Sheik to Marsa Alam.
- We are a network of freelance (we work on independent base) professional divers.
- We are very flexible in time and place, what means in a short time we can provide you with a small or big team of professional divers.
- Depending what you are going to do, we provide equipment, we rent boats, contact local diving centers, to cooperate with them etc...We tell you what’s still possible.
We want to give you very save and pleasant dive moments !
What are we doing ?
- Our dive instructors give all dive-courses ex PADI (Scuba diver, Open Water diver) etc…
- We guide individuals or groups during daily dives , we come pick you up in your hotel or apartment and bring you to the marine for a daily dive trip on the boat or we can even do a beach dive or night dive.
- For more experienced divers we plan dive safari’s to more extended places (ex. The Brothers Islands, The Thistlegorm wreck )
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+20 12 0359482
info@aaaaahdiveredsea.com
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What’s our price ?
- We offer price quality.
- We handle the common market prices (low season – high season – group prices – 10% discount by booking online)
- Download our pricelist
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Contact us and we answer you as soon as possible.

Hopefully we’ll meet you soon !
The Freelance Divers Red Sea


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