Comments on: Another stupid scuba world record? Not again…

By: Marita Zuar

Marita Zuar — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:52:25 +0000

The record has zero validity, in fact his record was done by the Indonesian Navy…. so that means the divers had the ORDERS of doing so … again another stunt to improve indonesia image. May be they should put that soldiers to find Extremist Terrorists , instead of trying to “do underwater stunts”
Cheers

Marita

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:58:56 +0000

May be they should spend more money in Police and anti-terrorist groups, instead of silly scuba stunts…

By: toto the clown

toto the clown — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:51:47 +0000

I forgot to mention. Kudos for the website. I love the fact ScubaHerald makes diver REALLY think about what is going on around the world. Well done guys!

toto

By: Scuba Herald

Scuba Herald — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:43:14 +0000

by the way I was in the world record a few years ago in Koh Tao…. that one was also… pretty stupid

By: Scuba Herald

Scuba Herald — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:42:49 +0000

Of fair point. I still don’t know how 2500 divers in a sandy patch is going to make me go and dive in Indonesia….

By: CD

CD — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:14:15 +0000

I was there! As a foreigner accompanying 18 Indonesian children, who were proud as hell to be able to participate. Although originally sharing the opinion of the writer of this comment, I changed my mind gradually seeing how extremely well the event was organized. Very little damage was done to the underwater environment (the event took place on an absolutely empty sand flat) and has been a great promotion for the dive industry in Indonesia in general. Lots of local people earn their daily income in the tourism industry, not in the least the dive tourism. For them this is a great incentive to increase this sector and thus create more jobs. You must have been there to really know what you are talking about.

By: Bayu Maharam

Bayu Maharam — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:02:05 +0000

YES I AGREE, THIS IS REALLY STUPID..!!!
Can’t believe it people joined this stupid action….

By: Jeremy H Barnes

Jeremy H Barnes — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:58:45 +0000

Just a footnote; I am one of the foreighners that participated, my wife who is Indonesian , and and our two kids 12, & 14 joined in as well – we did the dive and you know, that as much as I started out against it, I changed my opinion two or three months before – and in the end I am glad that I participated – Indonesians kept running up to us and thanking us for participating, it was genuine , it was real – so unless you were there to feel the spirit let Indonesia have their record- we had great fun and it turned out to be a safe and fun filled day- PS I live here as well

By: harijadi witaria

harijadi witaria — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:55:32 +0000

I thinks its less damage than bhp or rio tinto digging iron ore
mine in australia

By: Scuba Herald

Scuba Herald — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:00:58 +0000

Well good for you. I wonder what 2500 divers in the same reef/coral do for the ecosystem ?