Underwater Christmas tree

Vetokannas, Porkkala

Dive date: 4.12.2008
Water: 10m +3c
Rig: drysuit, 2x7l 300b, reindeer horns, x-mas tree, blinking lights...

Divers Night was celebrated with underwater x-mas tree, including waterproof lights and star.

Blizzard diving

Tiilijärvi, Hollola

Dive date: 23.11.2008
Water: 8m +2c
Rig: drysuit, 10l 300b

Finland witnessed the worst snowstorm in 40 years. We were diving.

My old gymteachers immortal words:

"There is no such thing as bad weather. There is only inadequate gear."

Japanese snake

Zamami island, Japan

Dive date: 23.8.2008
Water: 17m +31c
Rig: 3mm wetsuit, 10l 200b

Sea snake

Japanise Moray Eel

Zamami island, Japan

Dive date: 27.8.2008
Water: 22m +31c
Rig: 3mm wetsuit, 10l 200b

Paradise island, great diving.

Japanise fish

Zamami island, Japan

Dive date: 24.8.2008
Water: 20m +31c
Rig: 3mm wetsuit, 10l 200b

Japanise... Salmon? Trout? Bass?

Lakediving, Hartola

Hartola, Finland

Dive date: 18.10.2008
Water: 13m +7c
Rig: drysuit, 10l 300b

Jääsjärvi, Hartola, Finland. Thanks Hakkis!

Norway

Bodö, Norway

Dive date: 03.10.2008
Water: 26m +6c
Rig: drysuit, 10l 300b

Nice II WW wreck.

Turtle diving

Zamami island, Japan

Dive date: 26.8.2008
Water: 20m +31c
Rig: 3mm wetsuit, 10l 200b

Paradise island, great diving.

Cave diving #2

Kuopio, Finland

Dive date: 23.6.2008
Water: 5m +7c
Rig: drysuit, 2x12l 200b

Following the line...

Cave diving #1

Mine xxx, Finland

Dive date: 24.7.2008
Water: 30m +8c
Rig: drysuit, 2x12l 200b, air, deco bottles

Secondary tie-off in the cavern area entrance.

Drysuit orientation for a friend

Porkkala, Finland

Dive date: 23.6.2008
Water: 12m +11c
Rig: drysuit, 2x7l 300b, air

A friend wanted to continue diving in Finland, so we practised diving with a dry suit.

Peaceful enviroment for Rescue Divers

Tiirasaari, Finland

Dive date: 18.6.2008 - 19.6.2008
Water: 5m +10c
Rig: drysuit, singles, air

Helped to teach a Rescue Diver course.
Every diver should practise inwater rescues and First Aid. You'd hope your buddy would have should you ever need help.

Instructor examination

Hanko, Finland

Dive date: 15.6.2008
Water: 8m +8c
Rig: drysuit, singles, air

Our group from the PADI instructor examination open water day, day 3/3 of my scuba diving instructor examinations. I made it!

Lakediving part #1

Sääksjärvi, Nurmijärvi, Finland

Dive date: 09.6.2008
Water: 6m +8c
Rig: drysuit, 2x 7/300, air

Small lonely duck.

Lakediving part #2

Vaaksinjärvi, Nurmijärvi, Finland

Dive date: 10.6.2008
Water: 17m +4c
Rig: drysuit, 2x 7/300, air

Dark lake bottom. Very much Lovecraftian, but I guess you just had to be there.

Mondays get better with diving

Vetokannas, Porkkala, Finland

Dive date: 26.5.2008
Water: 14m +10c
Rig: drysuit, singles, air

Mr&Mrs Lionfish

Nightdive, Red Sea

Dive date: 11?.3.2007
Water: 12m +21c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 32

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionfish

School of fish inside "Ghiannis D"

Inside Ghiannis D, Red Sea, Abu Nuhas.

Dive date: 10?.3.2007
Water: 23m +21c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 32

Read more: http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/wreckdive.html

Parrot fish eats coral from SS Thistlegorm

Dive date: 10.3.2008
Water: 30m +20c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 30

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrotfish

Wreckage of Jolanda

Jolanda reef, Red Sea.

Cypriot freighter "Jolanda" sunk here, it has since slid off the reed down into the blue but the huge cargo of... toilets and bathtubes has been left behind.

Dive date: 8.12.2007
Water: 25m +20c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 30

Read more: http://www.aquatours.com/liva/itin_rs_north.htm

Turtle

Turtle in the blue, Red Sea, Tiran islands.

Dive date: 11.12.2007
Water: 24m +20c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 32

Read more: http://www.redseaturtles.com/Turtles.html

Wreck diving, Red Sea

Wrecks are my favorite dives. Just about 4 seconds after this picture was taken I lost my left fin and had to fetch it from the bottom... You can see that the heel spring is already loose.

Dive date: 12.3.2007
Water: 30m +20c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 31

Read more: http://www.google.com/search?hl=fi&q=fins+heel+spring

Särmäneula, Hanko

Särmäneula "Deepnosed pipefish", Hanko

Dive date: 28.10.2008
Water: 6m 9c
Rig: drysuit, singles and UDG

Read more in finnish: http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A4rm%C3%A4neula

Ojamo

Finnish diving. Ojamo, Lohja.

Dive date: 3.2.2008
Water: 40m zero degrees C
Rig: drysuit, double 7x300 and UDG

Read more: http://www.sukellus.info/ojamo/

Guitar Shark

Somewhat rare "Guitar Shark", Raya Yai, Thailand

Dive date: 10.5.2007
Water: 22m +28c
Rig: short 3mm wetsuit, singles and UDG

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark

Lighting underwater

Nice natural lighting sometimes helps the beginner photographer...

Dive date: 5.12.2007
Water: 10-29m +20c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 32

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_photography

Moray Eel

Lots of Moray eels in the Ras Muhammad national park, Red Sea

Dive date: 10.3.2008
Water: 20m +20c
Rig: drysuit, singles and EANx 32

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras_Muhammad

Zenobia, Larnaka, Cyprus

The rather large propeller of Zenobia and me.

Dive date: 29.9.2007
Water: 40m +25c
Rig: 3mm wetsuit, singles and EANx 28

Read more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia_wreck

Test mailblog entry

Testing

And here we have an url: http://www.divemaster.fi
And look, another one www.poseidon.se

and a pic aswell