My name is Tim Blömeke, I’m a technical diving instructor in Taiwan and the Philippines, a cave and rebreather diver, as well as a writer and member of the editorial team for Alert Diver (EU) magazine.
Please see my blog for a collection of articles I wrote for various publications. If you’re interested in the courses I teach, would like me to write about a project you’re working on, or just want to say hi, please get in touch.
LATEST BLOG POSTS
Should there be a Shore Diving specialty class?
Shore diving in Taiwan is pretty special and something that is close to my heart. I’m glad I got to write about it for the Alert Diver blog.
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An Ode to the Double Ender
DAN Europe is giving away a nice double-ended bolt snap to members this year and asked me to write a piece extolling its virtues. Here’s my venture into advertainment writing… https://blog.daneurope.org/en_US/blog/shore-diving-in-taiwan-challenges-and-adaptations-in-a-unique-environment
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Back to the Philippines as pandemic restrictions end
(personal blog post) With travel to and from Taiwan possible again without mandatory quarantine, I was finally able to visit the Philippines for the first time since January 2020. While much has changed in and around my old haunt of Puerto Galera (Mindoro), and quite a few dive shops in the area have closed (in…
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When Easy Doesn’t Do It – a deep dive into bailout rebreathers
The work for my first article for GUE’s InDepth magazine put me in touch with some absolute legends of cave exploration, past and present. This piece is a bit on the technical side, but if you have half as much fun reading it as I had during the research and writing, then I’m happy. I’m…
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Learn how to calculate your RMV/SAC rate
Being able to predict how long your gas supply lasts is an essential prerequisite for dive planning. I wrote a brief explainer for Alert Diver Magazine.
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