http://www.divesouthafrica.co.za/news/archive-october2005.php News and articles relating to scuba diving in South Africa and abroad. Topics include diving equipment, dive sites, diver training, dive specials, wreck diving, reef diving and shark diving news. en-us http://www.divesouthafrica.co.za/imgs/pics-greatwhitecagediving-sm.jpg http://www.divesouthafrica.co.za/news/archive-october2005.php 80 80 News and articles relating to scuba diving in South Africa and abroad. Topics include diving equipment, dive sites, diver training, dive specials, wreck diving, reef diving and shark diving news. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/medical-considerations-for-child-and.html Worldwide, more than 1000 scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) diving injuries per year requiring hyperbaric recompression are documented. Approximately 80 to 90 fatalities per year are reported in North America. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/medical-considerations-for-child-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/mares-introduces-she-dives-inspired-by.html Mares announces the introduction of a new collection of diving products specifically designed for women. SHE DIVES offers a complete range of products for the women's segment of the market. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/mares-introduces-she-dives-inspired-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-from-padi-encyclopedia-of.html PADI's Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving has just been revised and updated for release this month. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-from-padi-encyclopedia-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/peter-hughes-diving-extends-to.html Peter Hughes Diving has just completed Ocean Dancer, a luxury cruiser which will be cruising the Maldives Islands. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/peter-hughes-diving-extends-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/become-wreck-diver-this-november-and.html Whether you dive on the Wreck of the '64 Impala or in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, a PADI Wreck Diver certification gives you the knowledge and skills to explore your favorite wreck with safety and ease. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/become-wreck-diver-this-november-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/usa-dive-for-dreams-event-to-include.html Scuba Friends, a local dive club located in Johnson County, Kansas, will host Dive for Dreams at 8 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 at Roeland Park Aquatic Center, 4843 Rosewood Drive. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/usa-dive-for-dreams-event-to-include.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/belize-divemaster-deflects-blame-for.html The survivors of a disaster at sea off the coast of southern Belize continue to recuperate from the traumatic experience. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/belize-divemaster-deflects-blame-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/scuba-club-cozumel-to-reopen-nov-15.html Despite being buffeted by Hurricane Wilma's winds for over 50 hours, Scuba Club Cozumel sustained minimal damage and expects to reopen Nov. 15. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/scuba-club-cozumel-to-reopen-nov-15.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/belize-diving-accident-that-killed-us.html An American woman died and three companions spent three days floating in stormy Caribbean off Belize after their weekend diving trip went awry, officials said Wednesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/belize-diving-accident-that-killed-us.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/florida-keys-to-reopen-to-visitors-on.html The Florida Keys are slated to reopen to visitors Friday, after tourists were evacuated more than a week ago due to Hurricane Wilma. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/florida-keys-to-reopen-to-visitors-on.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/disorientation-seen-in-mass-australia.html The death of about 110 stranded whales in the southern Australian state of Tasmania was probably caused by the animals becoming disoriented in confusing coastal waters, officials said on Thursday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/disorientation-seen-in-mass-australia.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-salmon-farm-threatens.html In a twist of fate a new threat to the unique marine ecosystem of Dyer Island and Gansbaai has been approved by Marine and Coastal Management authorities. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-salmon-farm-threatens.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-lovers-unite-with-project-aware.html Project AWARE Foundation understands your fascination with sharks and introduces the first great white shark certification card. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-lovers-unite-with-project-aware.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australias-marine-park-initiative.html The Federal Government has received both praise and a caution today for its role in managing the Great Barrier Reef. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australias-marine-park-initiative.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/bahamas-scuba-diving-operations-not.html The Bahamas Diving Association is pleased to announce that Hurricane Wilma Missed The Bahamas: All Operations up and running at 100%. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/bahamas-scuba-diving-operations-not.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/salem-scuba-club-stranded-in-mexico.html Members of a Salem scuba club are stranded in Mexico after Hurricane Wilma struck during their annual diving trip. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/salem-scuba-club-stranded-in-mexico.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/woman-dies-during-carribean-scuba.html An Indiana woman died on a scuba diving trip off the coast of Belize in Central America. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/woman-dies-during-carribean-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/more-than-130-whales-die-on-tasmanian.html A third pod of whales stranded themselves on a remote Tasmanian beach on Wednesday even as wildlife officials and about 100 volunteers struggled to keep the earlier survivors afloat. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/more-than-130-whales-die-on-tasmanian.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/green-group-warns-of-threat-to-coral.html Up to half of the world's coral reefs may disappear by 2045 unless urgent measures are taken to protect them against environmental hazards, particularly climate change, the World Conservation Union said. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/green-group-warns-of-threat-to-coral.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-surfer-says-chumming.html Shark victim Stiaan van Zyl believes shark cage-diving boats, which throw out bait to attract the predators, are partly to blame for his attack. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-surfer-says-chumming.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tasmania-dozens-more-whales-have.html Scores of pilot whales have died in the second mass stranding of the huge marine mammals in 24 hours on the Australian island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tasmania-dozens-more-whales-have.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-researchers-hope-to-lure.html Shark researchers will use a tuna tail as bait in shallow water in Fish Hoek in Cape Town to get close enough to a Great White shark to tag it. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-researchers-hope-to-lure.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tasmania-mass-whale-and-dolphin.html Up to 60 whales and dolphins have been reported stranded on a remote beach in southern Australia, a wildlife official said on Tuesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tasmania-mass-whale-and-dolphin.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hurricane-wilma-250-pulled-to-safety.html Scuba diving teams in inflatable rafts pulled nearly 250 people from their flooded homes early on Monday after massive waves churned by Hurricane Wilma flooded the capital's Malecon coastal highway and adjacent neighbourhoods of old, crumbling buildings. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hurricane-wilma-250-pulled-to-safety.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-no-limits-freediving-world-record.html On Sunday, October 2th Austrian Herbert Nitsch (35), in the Croatian town of Sibenik, set a new absolute world record in freediving to 172m in the discipline of No Limits. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-no-limits-freediving-world-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-wins-award-for-barrier-reef.html Australia, a frequent target of criticism from environmentalists for refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, received the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) top accolade on Monday for its efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-wins-award-for-barrier-reef.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/marine-conservation-organizations.html Three leading marine conservation organizations will complete an extensive survey next week along the west coast of Aceh Province, Indonesia, to determine the impact of last year's devastating earthquake and tsunami on the region's coral reefs... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/marine-conservation-organizations.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/surfer-fights-off-great-white-shark.html Surfer Christiaan "Stiaan" van Zyl, 20, of Brackenfell, was flown to Groote Schuur Hospital by helicopter on Saturday after being attacked by a shark in chest-deep water near Gansbaai. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/surfer-fights-off-great-white-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-attack-victim-twice-bitten-but.html It is said that one of the most exclusive clubs in the world is reserved for survivors of shark attacks. If that's the case, Gabriel "Gabie" Botha must belong to the most exclusive club in the world - he has survived two shark attacks. And it is believed he is the only person alive to have done so. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-attack-victim-twice-bitten-but.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-attack-near-gansbaai.html A swimmer was attacked by a shark near Gansbaai on Saturday, close to waters popular among shark cage diving operators. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-attack-near-gansbaai.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/scuba-diving-for-individuals-with.html Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA) diving has become an increasingly popular recreational activity, enjoyed by millions of individuals. There has also been a growing interest in scuba diving in the disabled population for rehabilitation and recreation. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/scuba-diving-for-individuals-with.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/ocean-fest-dive-adventure-sports-expo.html Ocean Fest 2006, scheduled for April 21, 22 and 23, 2006 will take place in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. This event is sponsored by the Greater Ft. Lauderdale-Chamber of Commerce, Inc. and produced by Neal Watson Productions, Inc. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/ocean-fest-dive-adventure-sports-expo.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-fee-plan-angers-scuba-divers.html BYron Bay scuba divers are unhappy they may have to pay a government fee for the right to pursue their sport. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-fee-plan-angers-scuba-divers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-shark-alert-at-popular-beach.html Lifeguards closed two beaches early today after a 3m shark approached a boat training just off-shore. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-shark-alert-at-popular-beach.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/are-sharks-switching-prey-to-humans.html A prominent South Australian marine biologist says a rise in the number of shark attacks on humans over the past 80 years could indicate sharks are starting to see humans as a food source. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/are-sharks-switching-prey-to-humans.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/whodunit-who-created-neoprene-wetsuit.html Who created the neoprene wetsuit? That's long been a sore point among the two entrepreneurs and a professor who each claim to be the inventor. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/whodunit-who-created-neoprene-wetsuit.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-scuba-divers-find-150-year.html Deep sea divers have found what they believe to be one of Australia's oldest colonial era shipwrecks off the south-east Queensland coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-scuba-divers-find-150-year.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/usa-scuba-divers-say-sewage-is-killing.html State environmental regulators are investigating a pump that's dumping treated sewage into the Atlantic Ocean after recreational scuba divers said it was killing a coral reef. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/usa-scuba-divers-say-sewage-is-killing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hawaii-surfer-fights-off-tiger-shark.html The man is uninjured in an incident off Maui that officials believe involved a tiger shark. The shark punched out of the water, its nose hitting Clayton Sado's knee, its teeth driving into the 22-year-old's surfboard. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hawaii-surfer-fights-off-tiger-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/italian-divers-chase-sunken-treasure.html A legendary treasure of jewels, gold and silver coins believed to have sunk more than 160 years ago might emerge from the waters off the island of Elba in Tuscany, according to Italian divers who this week descended to the sea floor in a pressurized chamber. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/italian-divers-chase-sunken-treasure.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/east-african-coral-reefs-at-risk-as.html Global warming is taking a toll on coral reefs off east Africa, which will likely be killed off in a few decades if sea surface temperatures continue to rise, a leading researcher warned on Tuesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/east-african-coral-reefs-at-risk-as.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/company-strives-to-develop-shark.html Protecting, not killing them, is focus, founder says... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/company-strives-to-develop-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-irish-footage-shows-titanic.html AMAZING new footage of the sunken Titanic taken during an Irishman's poignant dive to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, has uncovered how the ship is rusting away. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/new-irish-footage-shows-titanic.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hirricane-rita-cancelled-october.html Hurricane Rita passed south of the Keys before roaring into the Gulf. Although "only" a category 1 storm at the time, wave heights reached nearly 30 feet off Key Largo. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hirricane-rita-cancelled-october.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-plans-to-count-great-whites.html A PROGRAM to count white pointer sharks that was launched in Port Lincoln this week could protect the community from shark attacks by identifying shark "hotspots". http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-plans-to-count-great-whites.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/cruelty-of-man-dogs-used-as-shark-bait.html If only the story about live dogs being used as shark bait on a remote French island could have been a hoax. Sadly, it isn't. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/cruelty-of-man-dogs-used-as-shark-bait.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/usa-scientists-to-study-bull-sharks.html Scientists have tagged four young bull sharks to monitor their travel and try to determine how the sharks decide where to live. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/usa-scientists-to-study-bull-sharks.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-body-of-missing-diver.html The decomposed body found on Kommetjie beach this week is believed to be that of a diver who went missing three weeks ago. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-body-of-missing-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/divers-click-results-2005.html The Winners of the first and only online voting system for Dive Centres World Wide has been announced. The team at Diversclick 2005 Award recently released the best 222 Dive Centres as voted by Divers Click visitors during the last 12 months. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/divers-click-results-2005.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-hunts-on-for-diver-and.html Searches are to resume on Friday morning for a Strand scuba diver reported missing off Miller's Point near Simon's Town and two men last seen in a small boat between Llandudno and Hout Bay. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-hunts-on-for-diver-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/take-plunge-learn-how-to-scuba-dive.html For most of us, achieving such a state of grace is a stretch. But perhaps the late Jacques Cousteau wasn't so far off. After all, scuba diving brings humans as close to weightlessness as anybody but astronauts in space and angels ever gets. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/take-plunge-learn-how-to-scuba-dive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/review-your-skills-check-gear-plan.html It's very easy to assume we're diving safely, however, the possibility of something going wrong is very good. Willy at Divester has this to say... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/review-your-skills-check-gear-plan.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/guiness-book-of-world-record-attempt.html Thanks to the help from OTS by providing their Interspiro divator-MKII full-face mask and underwater communication system, the attempt to the underwater biggest press conference was a success. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/guiness-book-of-world-record-attempt.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tour-operator-angered-over-shark-hunt.html The tenuous balance between the travel industry, conservation authorities and native fisherman in the Galapagos Islands was rocked when photographs of Celebrity Xpeditions employees displaying freshly killed sharks became public and the Naturalist Guides Association of Galapagos sent a letter to the Galapagos National Park urging strong action. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tour-operator-angered-over-shark-hunt.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-hunt-goes-on-for-missing.html The 25-year-old diver who went missing off Castle Rock near Simon's Town on Thursday still has not been found, said the National Sea Rescue Institute. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-hunt-goes-on-for-missing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hidden-sponges-influence-coral-reef.html Marine organisms hidden in caves, such as sponges, play an important role in the nutrient cycle of coral reefs. In his recent research findings, Dutch biologist Sander Scheffers contends that they may, in fact, play the most important role in sustaining and feeding coral reefs. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/hidden-sponges-influence-coral-reef.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/us-fairfield-woman-dies-after-scuba.html A Fairfield woman collapsed and died Sunday after scuba diving off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/us-fairfield-woman-dies-after-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/bahamas-diver-attacked-by-large-shark.html A resident of Grand Cay, Abaco is presently detained at the Rand Memorial Hospital, after sustaining serious injuries to his face following a shark attack over the weekend. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/bahamas-diver-attacked-by-large-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/why-whale-sharks-spots-could-help-save.html Why a whale shark's spots could help save its skin Computer software developed by astrophysicists to locate stars and galaxies in the night sky could help save the whale shark - whose spotted skin is like a starry sky - from extinction, according to new research published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied Ecology. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/why-whale-sharks-spots-could-help-save.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/envisat-to-help-save-coral-reefs.html Australian researchers have discovered that Envisat's MERIS sensor can detect coral bleaching as far as ten meters deep. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/envisat-to-help-save-coral-reefs.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/uk-misadventure-in-dive-death-case.html A former head teacher died after wrongly believing he had run out of oxygen while diving in a flooded quarry, an inquest has heard. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/uk-misadventure-in-dive-death-case.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-search-for-missing-scuba.html A search for a missing scuba diver at Castle Rock near Simonstown was called off at last light. The National Sea Rescue Institute and more than 40 members of the police, navy and metro rescue diving units took part in the search. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-search-for-missing-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/requirements-for-sditdi-facilities-to.html During the SDI/TDI/ERDI Instructor Update held at DEMA2005, International Training's Paul Montgomery announced that the Facility Requirements for SDI/TDI affiliation would be changing. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/requirements-for-sditdi-facilities-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/scuba-fuel-drink-deep.html "The original sportdrink specifically for scuba divers" http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/scuba-fuel-drink-deep.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tech-diving-limited-proudly-launches.html The Nautilus Dive Planner is an advanced tool for decompression planning featuring the Hamilton-Kenyon decompression model. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/tech-diving-limited-proudly-launches.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/henderson-usa-introducing-insta-dry-at.html Insta dry is Henderson most highly advanced, Patent pending wetsuit material, it is designed for the divers who demands the best. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/henderson-usa-introducing-insta-dry-at.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/save-mantas-at-dema.html Manta rays, with 22-foot wingspans, are the world's largest and most majestic winged creatures. They hold no threat to humans but are killed throughout much of their range. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/save-mantas-at-dema.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/zeagle-unveils-rapid-diver-at-dema.html RAPID DIVER is a lightweight, all-inclusive scuba system that mates a tank, regulator and buoyancy module to a uniform-fit, load-bearing harness. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/zeagle-unveils-rapid-diver-at-dema.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/excercise-and-scuba-diving-during.html Although exercise is promoted to the general population for its well-recognized benefits, it is still not adequately accepted or recommended during pregnancy. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/excercise-and-scuba-diving-during.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/diving-restrictions-lifted-in-greece.html Greek MP''s have passed in principle new laws to lift restrictions on SCUBA diving. They hope to help make Greece one of the most popular worldwide destinations for scuba-diving holidays. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/diving-restrictions-lifted-in-greece.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/calling-all-divers-help-stop-marine.html Marine pests are spreading around the world, hitching a ride on your boat, trailer or dive gear. But, you can help stop them before they establish in healthy waters causing permanent damage to marine life. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/calling-all-divers-help-stop-marine.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/great-white-shark-travels-11-000-km.html A female Great White shark has been recorded doing the long haul South Africa-to-Australia round trip in 99 days, the department of environmental affairs and tourism (DEAT) said on Thursday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/great-white-shark-travels-11-000-km.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/making-ocean-safer-for-humans-and.html In October 2003, two marine biologists watched transfixed as a huge Great White shark cruised past their boat towards a "picture-postcard beach packed with playing children, fussing mothers and bouncing beach balls". http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/making-ocean-safer-for-humans-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-great-white-sharks-move.html Shark watchers along the False Bay coast say several Great Whites were seen among the breakers less than 60m from the shore during the peak December holiday period. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/south-africa-great-white-sharks-move.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/cousteaus-contraption-to-get-close-to.html With its fearsome jaws and teeth, the perfect predator of the deep is complete in every respect, including a diver which the "great white" has apparently swallowed whole. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/cousteaus-contraption-to-get-close-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-five-fold-rise-in-shark.html Jake Heron was preparing to catch the last wave of the day when the ocean's most feared predator struck. Erupting from the water beside him, the great white shark bit deep into his right arm and leg. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/australia-five-fold-rise-in-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-finning-banned-in-north-west.html WWF, together with Defenders of Wildlife and the Ocean Conservancy, have welcomed a decision adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) to ban shark finning. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/10/shark-finning-banned-in-north-west.html