Cave Diving S Korea

[Raptor]

Well I am on my way to S Korea for a year and just wanted to know what there is for all kinds if diving.

[Jim Wyatt]

Daehag Kim knows South Korea...anyone know how to contact Day Hog? NOT Night Hog

PS Thanks for your service & GOOD Job this week in your cave classes....

[a64pilot]

I only did one tour 99-2000 and I'm unaware of any kind of diving in the ROK. What's your MOS? Any clue as to where you will be stationed?

[Raptor]

Osan AFB I do training and logistics.

[FW]

You can try Daehag's webpage. There is a place to leave messages. http://daehagkim.com/
He also checks messages here every so often. His last login was April 17th.

[a64pilot]

Osan AFB I do training and logistics.

Osan is a good assignment, great shopping right out the gate. If you don't mind when you get over there I'd love to be able to get some more "mink" blankets. My mission was to fly over the yellow sea, and it's shallow and water quality vis wise was real bad.
Way down south on the other coast it was much better. Osan of course is right on the yellow sea.
Good luck on diving, I wish you luck

[txapacheguy]

I don't know that there are any caves to dive in Korea, but the OW diving is decent in Jeju Island. Sogweipo(sp), at the southern end of Jeju Island, has quite a few dive shops. One is owned by a German guy named Ralph. http://www.bigblue33.co.kr/ I had a better time diving with the Koreans though. Lots of little fish and stuff to look at. The water in Jeju was much colder in July than in September. They also have a submarine down there that takes people out for tours, but we did not try it.

There is an aquarium in Pusan that does a shark dive, if you want to call it a dive. They don't give you fins, and the entire dive is spent walking around at the bottom of the aquarium.

Enjoy Korea. I might end up back over that way in the next year or so...

[sskasser]

It's not diving, but do check out the amethyst mines tours. I was able to at least get my overhead fix there Take a light or two. They don't mind you going "off path" at all, over the entire property.

[tj]

Daehag Kim is the man! But if you need another contact, contact Poby Han at [email protected] . He is currently running a dive shop out of the country, but goes home often. Great cave diver, hates Pizza Hut Supreme Pizzas; just loves rice...

[kuster500]

1) Prep your liver 2)get ready for ocean diving, my friends say watch out for the tides and vis can be great...or horrible. Haven't heard anything about caves...info was from army lt col that did my padi idc if you want his info