http://www.divesouthafrica.co.za/news/scubadiving.php News and articles relating to scuba diving in South Africa and abroad. Features on Great White shark cage diving, tropical reef diving and wreck diving holidays plus diving with sharks, whale sharks, whales, dolphins and turtles en-us http://www.divesouthafrica.co.za/imgs/pics-greatwhitecagediving-sm.jpg http://www.divesouthafrica.co.za/news/scubadiving.php 80 80 News and articles relating to scuba diving, marine and environmental issues in South Africa and abroad. Features on Great White shark cage diving, tropical reef diving and wreck diving holidays plus diving with sharks, whale sharks, whales, dolphins and turtles http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/03/shootout-2006.html The 2006 underwater shootout at Sodwana Bay is provisionally set for Tuesday 9 May to Saturday 13 May 2006. Entry and other administration will take place on the evening of the 9 May. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/03/shootout-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dive-south-africa-to-present-workshop.html From great whites on the West coast to the sardine run on the East coast, South Africa is not to be missed for diving. Dive South Africa will be flying in just for the weekend to give a flavour of what's on offer! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dive-south-africa-to-present-workshop.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/important-new-materials-released-by.html TDI announces all new Advanced Wreck Student Manual and support materials. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/important-new-materials-released-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/egypt-promotes-red-sea-causeway.html Egypt is promoting a $3 billion causeway across the Red Sea linking Sharm el-Sheikh resort with Saudi Arabia's northwestern Duba port in the wake of another ferry tragedy. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/egypt-promotes-red-sea-causeway.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/visit-bsac-world-at-lids-2006.html LIDS 2006 will, for the second year, feature BSAC World. You can find out everything you want about the BSAC and have the total BSAC Experience! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/visit-bsac-world-at-lids-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/landslides-hit-popular-dive.html Torrential rain has triggered floods and landslides around the popular dive destination of Manado in Indonesia. Rescue officials said at least 26 people were killed by falling mud in the North Sulawesi provincial capital on Wednesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/landslides-hit-popular-dive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/visit-ponta-mamoli-in-mozambique-with.html Cross north over the border of South Africa into Mozambique and there is a point where the road ends and the adventure begins. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/visit-ponta-mamoli-in-mozambique-with.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/scuba-diving-in-mauritius.html With its lush vegetation, sandy coastline, and coral-circled lagoons, Mauritius might as well be a purpose-made luxury holiday destination. But does that necessarily make it a divers' holiday of a lifetime? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/scuba-diving-in-mauritius.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/food-for-thought-dont-miss-breakfast.html Is breakfast the most important meal of the day? Well, according to evidence unearthed by doctors in the US, eating breakfast is the secret to staying healthy. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/food-for-thought-dont-miss-breakfast.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/mozambique-new-diving-resort-opened-by.html A Brand new diving resort has been opened in Mozambique. It is situated south of Inhambane, in between Guinjata Bay and Paindane. You just have to follow the bright orange sign with the manta on it! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/mozambique-new-diving-resort-opened-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dan-research-newsletter-february-2006.html DAN releases their Safety Stop for February 2006 http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dan-research-newsletter-february-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/australian-wreck-attracting-record.html THE Sunshine Coast now has another tourism ace up its sleeve with the wreck of the former HMAS Brisbane attracting divers in record numbers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/australian-wreck-attracting-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/7-deadly-sins-of-scuba-diving.html DIVE Magazine asked their specialist writers to consider the conventions of modern diving and come up with a new set of seven deadly sins for 2006. This makes for very interesting reading. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/7-deadly-sins-of-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dive-contributors-report-back-on-best.html What was your best dive of 2005? That was the question we put to DIVE's contributors, and they've reported back on a vintage year. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dive-contributors-report-back-on-best.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-zealand-divers-survival-of-3-days.html While the country celebrates an extraordinary feat of survival, many experts are saying Robert Hewitt has defied all logic by surviving 75 hours adrift in Cook Strait. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/new-zealand-divers-survival-of-3-days.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/for-divers-sinkholes-along-yucatan.html I thought I'd share with you a diver's perspective on diving the sinkholes along the Yucatan peninsula. I have not been there yet, but it sounds like paradise. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/for-divers-sinkholes-along-yucatan.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/two-japanese-divers-rescued-after-30.html Two Japanese divers survived the threat of dehydration, hypothermia, sunburn and sharks while drifting for more than 30 hours in the open waters of Palau earlier this week. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/two-japanese-divers-rescued-after-30.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/uk-diving-incidents-in-2005-highest.html Diving incidents in 2005 were the highest ever recorded, but the number of fatalities was reduced from last year, according to the BSAC's Diving Incidents Report. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/uk-diving-incidents-in-2005-highest.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/shark-diving-in-south-africa.html John Dwyer visits Gansbaai and combats his fear and comes face to face with a Great White shark. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/shark-diving-in-south-africa.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/diver-lost-off-puerto-rico-swims-home.html A lost diver who was the subject of a U.S. Coast Guard search managed to swim 10 miles through heavy seas to safety, authorities said Thursday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/diver-lost-off-puerto-rico-swims-home.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/world-first-diving-instructor-captures.html A diving instructor has recorded what may be the first ever images of killer whales interacting with humans in Argentina. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/world-first-diving-instructor-captures.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/holiday-resort-on-artificial-island.html I realize that this does not really relate to scuba diving, but it is indeed fascinating to know what lengths people will go to, to recreate another piece of paradise. Hopefully a few good dive spots will be made too! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/holiday-resort-on-artificial-island.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/scuba-diver-found-alive-against-odds.html Plucked from the water after being missing for three days, Robert Hewitt had a shock message for his rescuers: "I've been swimming all the time." http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/scuba-diver-found-alive-against-odds.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/project-aware-honors-2005-eco.html Project AWARE Foundation recognizes tireless efforts of outstanding diver retailers and resorts to conserve the underwater environment. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/project-aware-honors-2005-eco.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/greek-diving-opens-up-with-new-law.html The new bill prepared by the Ministry of Mercantile Marine regarding recreational diving in Greece, is the outcome of the Hellenic Government's Strategic Plan for positioning Greece prominently into the world's scuba diving industry, and in addition for boosting the country's alternative tourism. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/greek-diving-opens-up-with-new-law.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dan-will-conduct-dive-safety-seminars.html In 2006, DAN will conduct dive safety workshops at two dive shows, officials of the dive safety organization announced recently. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dan-will-conduct-dive-safety-seminars.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/israeli-inventor-develops-like-fish.html An Israeli inventor, Alon Bodner, has designed and built a system called "Like-a-Fish". http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/israeli-inventor-develops-like-fish.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/australia-bleached-coral-reefs-force.html Bleached coral wastelands could soon become new dive attractions as the Great Barrier Reef teeters on the brink of widespread bleaching. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/australia-bleached-coral-reefs-force.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/disability-doesnt-deter-scottish-dive.html Fraser Bathgate fell from a wall over two decades ago and became confined to a wheelchair as a result of the injury. Despite the disability, Bathgate, now age 43, went on to learn to dive and then in 1994 became the world's first wheelchair-bound fully qualified scuba diving instructor. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/disability-doesnt-deter-scottish-dive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/uk-divers-provide-biological-boost.html British divers are taking an increasing interest in marine life survey, judging by the latest figures from research group Seasearch. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/uk-divers-provide-biological-boost.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/introducing-twin-seat-amfibidiver-not.html What is it? A car? A boat? A submarine? The answer is: all three! Welcome to the twin-seat Amfibidiver. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/introducing-twin-seat-amfibidiver-not.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dan-addresses-concerns-about-insurance.html Dan Orr, DAN President and CEO, issued the following statement, addressing concerns among members about insurance coverage. The statement was issued Tuesday, Jan. 31. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/dan-addresses-concerns-about-insurance.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/us-tourist-scuba-diving-in-jamaica.html The Westmoreland police fear that a missing American visitor who was vacationing at Grand Lido, Negril may have drowned after he went scuba diving with a friend three days ago. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/us-tourist-scuba-diving-in-jamaica.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/florida-divers-adrift-for-hours.html The divers had been floating in the chilling water for hours when they saw the shark fin cut through a wave. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/florida-divers-adrift-for-hours.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/son-recreates-cousteau-documentaries.html Jean-Michel Cousteau, the son of legendary underwater film-maker Jacques, has made a modern version of his father's famed diving film series of the 1960s and '70s. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/son-recreates-cousteau-documentaries.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/deep-dark-and-still-998-unexplored.html Join a team scientists as they explore the cold waters of the Davidson Seamount, 4,100 to 12,000 feet deep (1250 to 3660 meters), off the Central California coastline. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/deep-dark-and-still-998-unexplored.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/divers-need-to-help-earthwatch.html If you've been fortunate enough to dive in Southeast Asia, you know the coral reefs there are the most diverse on Earth. They are also the most threatened, with more than 80 percent at risk from coastal development and overfishing. Earthwatch invites divers to help stop the decline of coral reefs and lend a hand to healthier oceans. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/divers-need-to-help-earthwatch.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/saudi-arabia-only-recompression.html The only publicly accessible recompression chamber which is capable of treating decompression sickness - commonly known as the bends - in western Saudi Arabia is permanently shut. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/02/saudi-arabia-only-recompression.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dema-announces-new-board-of-directors.html The results of DEMA's 2006 Board of Directors Election are in and DEMA Members have spoken. New board members elected to serve and represent the industry in 2006 and beyond. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dema-announces-new-board-of-directors.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/buzz-your-divebuddy-with-scubuzz.html If you're looking for an underwater noisemaker, maybe you want check out the SCUBuzz, an underwater signaling device worn like a wristwatch. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/buzz-your-divebuddy-with-scubuzz.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dice-with-death-diving-pair-claims-new.html A diver from Borehamwood has plunged a death-defying 205 metres underwater to set a new world record. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dice-with-death-diving-pair-claims-new.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/usa-diver-rescued-after-becoming.html A 25-year-old woman was hospitalized Saturday after she became disoriented while scuba diving near a sunken ship off Mission Beach, a lifeguard lieutenant said. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/usa-diver-rescued-after-becoming.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/online-training-program-from-sdi.html 2nd Generation Online Open Water Scuba Course: Scuba Diving International's ground-breaking Online Open Water course has entered the next phase. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/online-training-program-from-sdi.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dive-logs-announces-new-online-program.html Retailers and industry members can make money through the Dive-Logs program. Dive-Logs launched a new on-line affiliate program where each new customer referral that results in an order earns a generous 10% commission! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dive-logs-announces-new-online-program.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/sport-diver-publishes-new.html The World's Best Diving & Resorts provides a one-of-a-kind complete look at all the world's best diving locations. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/sport-diver-publishes-new.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scubaprouwatec-launches-smart-z.html In early 2005, SCUBAPRO UWATEC introduced the highly-sophisticated Smart TEC hoseless dive computer to the global marketplace. It is designed primarily for technical divers as it fully supports 3-gas diving. Now, for sport and traveling divers, SCUBAPRO UWATEC is pleased to introduce the UWATEC Smart Z, a full-featured hoseless computer ideal for recreational use. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scubaprouwatec-launches-smart-z.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/bahamas-recompression-chamber.html Effective immediately, the Bahamas Hyperbaric Centre, LTD will, until further notice, no longer accept the Divers Alert Network (DAN) America insurance for payment of diving related injuries. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/bahamas-recompression-chamber.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/suunto-launches-new-d6-dive-computer.html Suunto dive computers give all divers, from beginners to advanced underwater explorers, the freedom to enjoy their underwater surroundings by providing them with the information they need to maximize their safety. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/suunto-launches-new-d6-dive-computer.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/hawaii-dive-and-snorkel-operators-join.html Dive and snorkel operators on Hawaii's Big Island and Maui have joined local conservation organizations to raise money for marine conservation. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/hawaii-dive-and-snorkel-operators-join.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/autopsy-confirms-body-in-river-was.html Autopsy results have confirmed that the remains of a man found in the St. Lawrence River over the weekend are those of a Rochester man who disappeared while diving in the river nearly 25 years ago. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/autopsy-confirms-body-in-river-was.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scuba-divings-readers-choice-awards.html Divester reports that the Chicago Tribune received some information concerning Scuba Diving's newest Reader's Choice Awards. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scuba-divings-readers-choice-awards.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/lebanese-scuba-diver-rescues-guitar.html Naji Cherabieh is a scuba diver with more than a dozen years of experience in both diving and underwater photography. On a trip diving in Mauritius he noticed a guitar shark (an endangered species) struggling in an agitated way in the sand. Cherabieh moved closer to investigate... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/lebanese-scuba-diver-rescues-guitar.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/usa-body-of-missing-scuba-diver-found.html A Group of scuba divers, diving in the St. Lawrence River, were looking for remains of the Sir Robert Peel wreckage when they found more than they were looking for. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/usa-body-of-missing-scuba-diver-found.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/cozumel-home-to-mexico-underwater-show.html The Cozumel Tourism Promotion Board is pleased to announce that the island will be home to the 2006 "Mexico Underwater Dive Show." http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/cozumel-home-to-mexico-underwater-show.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/padi-and-sport-diver-magazine-announce.html New National Promotion from PADI and Sport Diver Targets New Divers to Go Dive with Your Facility http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/padi-and-sport-diver-magazine-announce.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/uk-diving-incidents-in-2005-highest.html Diving incidents in 2005 were the highest ever recorded, but the number of fatalities was reduced from last year, according to the BSAC's Diving Incidents Report. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/uk-diving-incidents-in-2005-highest.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/mares-introduces-lifetime-service.html Mares Diving announces a new Lifetime Service Parts Policy for all Regulators sold in the U.S. and Canada effective January 1st, 2006. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/mares-introduces-lifetime-service.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/innovative-new-dive-ropes-lighten-up.html New company introduces Glow In the Dark ropes designed for divers and other aquatic applications. New distributors and dealers wanted! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/innovative-new-dive-ropes-lighten-up.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/mares-announces-new-uk-distributor.html Head UK is taking on full responsibility for the sales, marketing and distribution of all Mares diving products in Britain from 15 February this year. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/mares-announces-new-uk-distributor.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/padi-launches-40th-anniversary.html PADI Americas is pleased to announce the commemorative 40th anniversary replacement card series, available for a limited time only. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/padi-launches-40th-anniversary.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/usa-woman-hospitalized-following-scuba.html San Diego - A 25-year-old woman was hospitalized Saturday after she became disoriented while scuba diving near a sunken ship off Mission Beach, a lifeguard lieutenant said http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/usa-woman-hospitalized-following-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-divers-recover-body-of.html Divers on Wednesday afternoon recovered the body of a trainee pilot killed when his helicopter crashed into the sea off Cape Point. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-divers-recover-body-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-scuba-divers-need-new.html Scuba divers who were granted an exemption allowing them to dive in marine protected areas (MPAs) will need to re-apply for such exemption, said the department of environmental affairs on Monday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-scuba-divers-need-new.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-divers-to-recover-body.html Divers will try on Wednesday to recover the body of a Cape businessman and father of two sons from his watery grave along the Peninsula coast after his helicopter crashed into the sea on Tuesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-divers-to-recover-body.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-navy-divers-search-for.html The search for the body of a pilot and wreckage of a helicopter is to continue today after the craft "nose-dived and crashed" into the sea near Buffels Bay at Cape Point, yesterday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-navy-divers-search-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-diamond-diver-crushed-by.html A diamond diver at Alexander Bay in the Northern Cape died an underwater death after a rock with a five metre diameter fell on him. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-diamond-diver-crushed-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dan-sa-members-not-affected-by-dan.html DAN Southern Africa releases a press release on their website to assure members their insurance is fully accepted by the SSS Network. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dan-sa-members-not-affected-by-dan.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/sss-recompression-on-dan-america.html SSS Recompression Chamber Network hereby wishes to state clearly for the record that there is no dispute between SSS and DAN Europe or DAN Southern Africa regarding recompression therapy for their members, that DAN Europe and DAN Southern Africa have consistently paid all insurance claims, and that their insurance is not affected in any way by the lawsuit against DAN America. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/sss-recompression-on-dan-america.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-scuba-diver-found-dead-at.html A scuba diver died near Kommetjie in the Western Cape on Sunday afternoon, reported the National Sea Rescue Institute. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-scuba-diver-found-dead-at.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/australia-man-to-continue-scuba-diving.html A scuba diver injured in a shark attack off Perth says he wrenched his bleeding arm from the predator's jaws and hid in a crevice on the ocean floor until he was rescued. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/australia-man-to-continue-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/what-is-best-scuba-certification.html I found a very interesting post on the DiveSpots.com Captain's Blog. Who do you think is the best SCUBA certification agency and why? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/what-is-best-scuba-certification.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scuba-diver-survives-great-white.html A scuba diver has survived an attack by a great white shark by fighting it off with his speargun and his hands. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scuba-diver-survives-great-white.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-tool-for-divers-sharing-your.html We can't be underwater all the time, we know that. It is a simple fact. Us, the diving species, sometimes we need to do "irrelevant" actions like eating, sleeping, filling the tanks and blogging. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/blogging-tool-for-divers-sharing-your.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-dive-bar-with-ginger-wards-of.html You always knew that your customers craved sport bars as a convenient snack while diving. Now there is a delicious and nutritious sport bar called Dive Bar, made exclusively for underwater enthusiasts. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-dive-bar-with-ginger-wards-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/wales-diver-back-on-his-feet-after.html A MAN who almost lost his life in a notorious North Wales quarry last night told how he is learning to walk again. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/wales-diver-back-on-his-feet-after.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scottish-adventurer-in-freediving.html Darcos Grey, 33, of Perthshire is perhaps most renowned for killing a 5-meter Great White that had attacked him in the waters off Cape Town, South Africa. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/scottish-adventurer-in-freediving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/diver-rescued-45-miles-off-florida.html A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Savannah, Ga., medevaced a recreational diver approximately 45 miles off the coast of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., after he surfaced unconscious. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/diver-rescued-45-miles-off-florida.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-navy-divers-apprehend.html Navy divers hauled 120 suspected perlemoen (abalone) poachers from the sea between Cape Recife and Sardinia Bay near Port Elizabeth on Tuesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-navy-divers-apprehend.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/layang-layang-unexplored-diving.html The Layang-Layang atoll is tucked away in the South China Sea, roughly 340 kilometers northwest off Sabah in Borneo. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/layang-layang-unexplored-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-zealand-underwater-association-to.html New scuba diving safety guidelines are to be introduced in New Zealand to try to reduce the number of deaths. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-zealand-underwater-association-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/regaldive-offer-new-resort-in-egypts.html BSAC Preferred Travel Partner, Regaldive, are now offering holidays to a new resort in Egypt's deep south region - Hamata. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/regaldive-offer-new-resort-in-egypts.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-zealand-diver-turns-down-lift-by.html A stranded New Zealand diver turned down a lift by rescue helicopter - because he was afraid of heights. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-zealand-diver-turns-down-lift-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/padi-seeks-applicants-for-marketing.html Leading diver training organization has started a search for a Marketing Manager. Qualified candidates encouraged to apply. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/padi-seeks-applicants-for-marketing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/deep-gear-unveils-2006-catalog.html Deep Gear Sportswear continues to be "The Hottest Thing Going" - New catalog available to dive retailers wanting to add hot new products for the coming season. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/deep-gear-unveils-2006-catalog.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dan-responds-to-press-release.html The DAN Diver Accident Insurance Program has provided coverage for hundreds of thousands of divers and their families, and DAN America's insurers have paid out more than $20 million dollars in claims to members and treatment facilities around the globe. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/dan-responds-to-press-release.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-dive-show-go-diving-2006.html Diving's newest show returns this year with a whole host of new features, including a major underwater imaging festival. Go Diving! 2006 will run alongside the Ordnance Survey Outdoors show at the Birmingham NEC between 17 and 19 March, with special offers available for DIVE readers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-dive-show-go-diving-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/recompression-chamber-network-to-stop.html In a Press Release made yesterday, the recompression chamber network branded SSS (Sub-aquatic Safety Services), in service in a dozen popular dive destinations worldwide, announced that certain facilities in some destinations will no longer accept the Divers Alert Network (DAN) AMERICA insurance as a payment method for hyperbaric chamber and medical services. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/recompression-chamber-network-to-stop.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/turtle-lady-norine-rouse-female-diving.html Norine Rouse, one of the USA's first female diving instructors and a champion of sea turtle and reef protection off Palm Beach County's shores, died Tuesday. She was 80. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/turtle-lady-norine-rouse-female-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-crayfish-diver-bitten-by.html A 49-year-old Strand man was bitten on Sunday by an "unidentified 1.5m shark", while diving for crayfish about 250m offshore of Soetwater, near Kommetjie, on Sunday, said the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-crayfish-diver-bitten-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/great-white-shark-spotted-off-hawaii.html When Jimmy Hall realized he was within mere feet of a great white shark, he did not swim away. Instead, he left the safety of a shark cage off Hale'iwa and swam with the beast. He even reached out and touched it. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/great-white-shark-spotted-off-hawaii.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-divers-rescued-off.html Two divers were rescued after being swept out to sea off the Robberg Nature Reserve at Plettenberg Bay yesterday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-africa-divers-rescued-off.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-man-spears-himself.html In a freak incident a 33yr old man speared himself with his own speargun. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/south-african-man-spears-himself.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/body-of-leading-rebreather-diver.html The bodies of leading BSAC diver Penny Glover and her buddy, Jacques Filippi, have been found off the French island of Porquerolles. The pair had gone missing during a rebreather trimix dive on 21 November. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/body-of-leading-rebreather-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-diving-computer-watch-from.html Suunto tends to lead the Scuba diving watch market, however it seems that its reign may be over with the new diving watch from Scubapro/Uwatec - the Aladin Prime and Tec. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/new-diving-computer-watch-from.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/british-divers-claim-wreck-dive-record.html British technical divers Leigh Cunningham and Mark Andrews claim to have carried out the world's deepest wreck dive, after descending 205m to the wreck of the Jolande, off Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/british-divers-claim-wreck-dive-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/thailand-paradise-regained-as-koh-phi.html Even as the mourners were placing flowers on the beach in memory of loved ones lost in the tsunami, Koh Phi Phi was welcoming fresh boatloads of its lifeblood - tourists and beer. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/thailand-paradise-regained-as-koh-phi.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/asian-adventurer-breaks-guinness-world.html Singapore adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow broke the Guinness World Record for the longest scuba dive by staying underwater for 220 hours, Channel NewsAsia reported Sunday night. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2006/01/asian-adventurer-breaks-guinness-world.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/belize-discovery-divers-charged-over.html December 17th makes one month since 68 year old American tourist John Dresp went missing while out on a snorkeling tour near Caye Caulker island in Belize with Discovery Divers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/belize-discovery-divers-charged-over.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/belize-deep-sea-detectives-team-to.html A team from the renowned television show, Deep Sea Detectives, are in San Pedro and want to be the first to document a dive to the bottom of the world famous Blue Hole off the coast of Belize. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/belize-deep-sea-detectives-team-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/thailand-dive-tourism-development.html While Koh Samui is well-paved and packed with five-star resorts, and Koh Phangan turns into an international frat party during its full-moon festivities, neighboring Koh Tao is still hanging on to its place slightly off the map - but barely. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/thailand-dive-tourism-development.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/sport-diver-uk-launch-ultimate-dive.html Former BBC newsman John McIntyre has carved himself a niche in the diving market, producing exquisitely filmed DVD's focusing on some of the world's best reef, wall and wreck diving. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/sport-diver-uk-launch-ultimate-dive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/ireland-rescue-divers-body-found.html The body of a diver, lost while searching for the missing crew of a sunken fishing vessel off Ireland, has been found. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/ireland-rescue-divers-body-found.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/ssi-to-launch-master-diver-challenge.html SSI promotes new and different way to get divers involved in continuing education and advancement! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/ssi-to-launch-master-diver-challenge.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/fatal-dive-company-puts-record.html A top professional scuba instructor has died off Fort Lauderdale in the USA - and some reported facts about the incident need correcting, the diver's employer has said. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/fatal-dive-company-puts-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/welsh-dive-site-under-threat.html Divers in Wales believe the demolition of a wooden jetty near Caernarfon is set to destroy an important marine habitat and popular dive site. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/welsh-dive-site-under-threat.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/scubapro-serializes-twin-jet-fins.html SCUBAPRO UWATEC has announced that effective immediately, all new SCUBAPRO Twin Jet Fins will incorporate a dedicated serial number molded into both fins of every pair. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/scubapro-serializes-twin-jet-fins.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/non-fogging-glass-may-have-use-in.html Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a simple process that produces glass that is less smooth. Significantly less smooth. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/non-fogging-glass-may-have-use-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/diveheart-foundation-offers-online.html The Diveheart Foundation is dedicated to building confidence and independence in children and adults with disabilities. They accomplish this goal using the sport of SCUBA diving, snorkeling and other related activities... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/diveheart-foundation-offers-online.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/police-probe-florida-dive-instructors.html Police are investigating the diving death of a professional scuba instructor on Thanksgiving Day off Hallandale Beach. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/police-probe-florida-dive-instructors.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/scuba-divers-rescue-50-ton-humpback.html A group of scuba divers rescued a 50-foot-long humpback whale that had become entangled in crab fishing gear near the Farallon Islands. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/scuba-divers-rescue-50-ton-humpback.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/tensions-rise-as-dive-buddies-banned.html Tensions between the Navy, the Coast Guard and club divers desperate to recover the remains of their missing colleague, Billy O' Connor reached fever point at Kilmore on Sunday night as accusations of engaging in politics were levelled at the state agencies involved in the search. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/tensions-rise-as-dive-buddies-banned.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/investigation-reveals-boat-captain-at.html The boatmen, who took three German scuba divers to the seawaters off Anda peninsula, were blamed for negligence that caused the near fatal accident of the tourists who were billeted in a resort in Anda town. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/investigation-reveals-boat-captain-at.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/professional-dive-instructor-drowns.html On Thanksgiving Day, dive instructor Zak Jones was diving with colleagues on what Fort Lauderdale's Pro Dive International CEO Frank Gernert described as a "staff technical dive." http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/professional-dive-instructor-drowns.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/dive-in-maldives-and-get-guinness.html The Maldives is to attempt a new world record for the greatest number of scuba divers simultaneously diving on a single site. This Dive Maldives event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 25, 2006 at 11:00hrs. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/dive-in-maldives-and-get-guinness.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/snorkeler-presumed-dead-family-to-hold.html The family of a 68-year-old Omaha man lost in a snorkeling incident is holding a memorial service for him on Friday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/snorkeler-presumed-dead-family-to-hold.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/singapore-adventurer-to-challenge.html Singapore adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow plans to challenge the Guinness World Record for the longest scuba dive next week, Channel NewsAsia reported Thursday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/singapore-adventurer-to-challenge.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/saudi-arabia-another-scuba-diver.html Members of the Jeddah scuba diving community are mourning the death of another young Saudi who drowned while scuba diving. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/saudi-arabia-another-scuba-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/ireland-search-resumes-for-missing.html The Irish Coastguard has resumed its search for a diver who went missing while looking for the skipper of a sunken fishing boat. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/ireland-search-resumes-for-missing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/diver-held-sonar-developed-to-help.html A new device has been developed to help divers conduct searches underwater. The engineers at the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory have invented a diver-held sonar with better resolution than any other hand-held sonar used today by the military or civilian sectors. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/diver-held-sonar-developed-to-help.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-zealand-divers-bent-after-running.html Two students are today in Auckland's Devonport Naval Hospital undergoing decompression treatment after a near-fatal diving accident off the Bay of Plenty coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-zealand-divers-bent-after-running.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/cornish-divers-arrested-on-treasure.html A team of Cornish divers could be facing extradition accused of plundering shipwrecks off the Spanish coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/cornish-divers-arrested-on-treasure.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/do-you-panic-when-scuba-diving.html Over half of all divers report feeling panic at one time or another. Divester sheds more light on this issue. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/do-you-panic-when-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/dan-announces-new-president-and-ceo.html Divers Alert Network has named Dan Orr as President and CEO of the dive safety organization. The appointment follows the announcement at DAN of the resignation of Dr. Michael D. Curley. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/dan-announces-new-president-and-ceo.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/dive-gear-review-two-new-hid-lights-by.html OMS has two new dive lights available, just in time for Christmas. The first light is the two-part Phantom 10w HID light, which retails for about $650 and features a redesigned, ultra-compact, anodized head with a new captured O-Ring assembly in the lens area and 4 titanium screws to hold down the bezel. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/dive-gear-review-two-new-hid-lights-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/leave-your-mark-on-padi-history.html Help make PADI history by designing the next great PADI T-shirt. Current stocks are dwindling and the staff needs your help to create a great new eye catching design. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/leave-your-mark-on-padi-history.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/review-five-full-face-masks.html What if you could buy a mask that never fogs, offers a better field of vision, lets you breathe through your nose and--when properly equipped--allows you to talk with your buddy and the dive boat? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/review-five-full-face-masks.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/diver-dan-student-grateful-to-be-alive.html The last thing Kimberly Pratt said she saw was the sun shining through the blue ocean as she swam toward the surface. Then, she swallowed another gulp of salt water and lost consciousness, falling toward the sea floor. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/diver-dan-student-grateful-to-be-alive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/wales-defective-dry-suit-valve-caused.html A SCUBA diver suffocated after air escaped from his tanks, an inquest has heard. A coroner has now called for the diving equipment the father-of-four was using that tragic day to be taken out of use. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/wales-defective-dry-suit-valve-caused.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/white-shark-cage-diving-sharktrust.html The subject of cage diving and the possible increase in shark attacks has been regularly aired over the past 6 months, and in deed featured in the latest edition of the Shark Trust membership magazine Shark Focus. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/white-shark-cage-diving-sharktrust.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/swim-with-sharks-and-live-to-tell-tale.html Britain's first commercial shark diving trips are to start off the coast of the Westcountry next summer. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/12/swim-with-sharks-and-live-to-tell-tale.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/south-africa-cage-diving-craze-raises.html Tourists' close encounters with great whites provoke debate in South Africa. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/south-africa-cage-diving-craze-raises.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/burma-myanmars-underwater-wonderland.html Much of the natural beauty of Southeast Asia has ironically been destroyed by the development and tourism it has attracted. Yet for divers and other enthusiasts of unspoiled nature, Myanmars Mergui Archipelago is a paradise left over from an earlier age. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/burma-myanmars-underwater-wonderland.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/philippine-fishermen-rescue-german.html Three German divers spent the night at sea before they were rescued off the island of Limasawa, Southern Leyte yesterday noon. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/philippine-fishermen-rescue-german.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/la-jolla-scuba-diver-trapped-by-high.html Swimmers rescued a scuba diver who was buffeted by high surf after he became trapped in a depression at the side of a cliff in La Jolla Cove, a lifeguard lieutenant said. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/la-jolla-scuba-diver-trapped-by-high.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/mares-introduces-3-new-buoyancy.html Mares announces the introduction of 3 new BC's: DRAGON AIRTRIM, DRAGON and KAILA. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/mares-introduces-3-new-buoyancy.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/total-immersion-dive-festival-begins.html "What's it like to go to a PADI Diving Society event?" Though the true spirit of a Society event is difficult to describe in words the following offers a peek at the fun and adventure that is the Total Submersion Dive Festival at Sunset House, Grand Caynman Island from April 28 through May 2006... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/total-immersion-dive-festival-begins.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-reef-pest-proving.html Dive companies say they are destroying up to 150 crown of thorns starfish a day on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-reef-pest-proving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/book-of-condolence-for-leading-bsac.html BSAC is to open a book of condolence for national instructor Penny Glover, who went missing from a trimix dive in the South of France on Monday 21 November. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/book-of-condolence-for-leading-bsac.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/search-called-off-for-missing-divers.html The search for BSAC rebreather diver Penny Glover has been called off by the French coastguard. The former BSAC rebreather chief instructor and her buddy, Jacques Filippi, went missing following a rebreather trimix dive in Porquerolles in the South of France on Monday 21 November. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/search-called-off-for-missing-divers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/bsac-expert-lost-on-deep-rebreather.html Penny Glover, one of the British Sub-Aqua Club's most highly qualified instructors and divers, is feared lost together with her diving buddy after failing to surface from a dive in the South of France. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/bsac-expert-lost-on-deep-rebreather.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/maldives-to-attempt-world-dive-record.html Maldives Tourism Promotion Board together with Dhiraagu Maldives is to attempt a new world record for greatest number of scuba divers simultaneously diving on a single site. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/maldives-to-attempt-world-dive-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/divester-reports-on-short-video-of.html The New York Times isn't just about the printed word anymore. I see they have a component to their online service that features short videos, too. Pretty cool. And guess what the first story in their "Science and Times" directory concerns? Fabien Cousteau and his shark subs! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/divester-reports-on-short-video-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/japanese-diver-found-drifting-out-to.html A chance encounter with a police rescue boat saved a young Japanese diver as she drifted out to sea during a weekend scuba trip that went wrong off the coast of the New Zealand capital, Wellington. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/japanese-diver-found-drifting-out-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/archaeological-team-discovers.html An American archaeological team has discovered definitive evidence of underwater ancient harbor remains at two separate locations at Bimini. A hoax begun in 1978 by skeptics has also been uncovered. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/archaeological-team-discovers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/mexican-divers-try-to-fix-coral-reef.html Mexican scuba divers are struggling in surging seas to repair one of the world's biggest coral reefs after it was badly damaged by Hurricane Wilma last month. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/mexican-divers-try-to-fix-coral-reef.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-japanese-tourist-dies-on.html A 67-year-old Japanese tourist has died on a dive trip on the Great Barrier Reef, police say. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-japanese-tourist-dies-on.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-zealand-japanese-diver-adrift-for.html Saturday was going to be Yuki Fujita's day to remember. It was, but for all the wrong reasons. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-zealand-japanese-diver-adrift-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/missing-belize-snorkeler-divester.html Divester provides an update regarding the missing snorkeler in Belize and the circumstances surrounding his disappearance. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/missing-belize-snorkeler-divester.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/epic-shark-cage-swim-to-aid-aids.html Six students will brave the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean in a protective shark cage during an epic 100km relay swim around the Peninsula in aid of Aids orphans. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/epic-shark-cage-swim-to-aid-aids.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/greece-opens-coastline-to-scuba-diving.html Dive operators say that the Greek government's decision to end its draconian restrictions on scuba diving will usher in a golden era of underwater exploration. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/greece-opens-coastline-to-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-diver-admits-conspiring-for.html A FORMER abalone diver pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy charges. Michael Anthony Ingram, 40, of Coles Bay, admitted recording abalone he caught on another diver's paperwork the other diver was not allowed to include. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-diver-admits-conspiring-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/blind-diver-prepares-for-100m-trimix.html Blind diver Mark Threadgold plans to complete a 100m dive using a trimix closed-circuit rebreather, the deepest dive ever attempted by a blind person. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/blind-diver-prepares-for-100m-trimix.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/tourism-and-diving-in-thailand-on-road.html Ten months after the tsunami sent holidaymakers fleeing, Thailand is gearing up for its peak tourist season which promises to restore the industry's fortunes, even in the shadow of bird flu. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/tourism-and-diving-in-thailand-on-road.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/padi-casting-call.html If you're passionate about diving, love to travel and want your 15 minutes of fame, here's your chance. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/padi-casting-call.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/mexico-zone-in-on-your-scuba-diving.html Despite Hurricane Wilma's wrath along the Caribbean coast of Mexico, there's still plenty of diving to be done. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/mexico-zone-in-on-your-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/join-padi-americas-in-aiding-victims.html By now, you've heard and read about the devastating losses and extensive damage Hurricane Katrina caused in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Unfortunately, it appears that the hardships will continue for some time to come as the survivors rebuild their lives. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/join-padi-americas-in-aiding-victims.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/india-scuba-cell-and-reef-research.html The Nagercoil based Institute for Environmental Research and Social Education (IERSE) has started a SCUBA cell and formed a reef research team to study the bio-diversity of seas and oceans using the Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) diving method on south west and south east coasts, from Kanyakumari to Goa, said Dr Lazarus, chairman of the IERSE, and former scientist of CMFRI, Cochin, here. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/india-scuba-cell-and-reef-research.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/scuba-divers-honored-by-cayman-islands.html Four International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame Inductees were honored by their peers and family at the fifth annual dinner held at the Marriott Beach Resort. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/scuba-divers-honored-by-cayman-islands.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/underwater-photography-case-for-sea-dx.html Sea & Sea introduces the DX-8000G housing and Sea and Sea 8000G digital camera with 8.24 million pixels of resolution and a wide-angle-to-telephoto zoom lens to capture crystal-clear images. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/underwater-photography-case-for-sea-dx.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/usa-diver-pulled-by-rip-current-is.html The third scuba diver to die in San Diego waters since June had tried but failed to escape a rip current in La Jolla late Saturday, authorities said yesterday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/usa-diver-pulled-by-rip-current-is.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/usa-la-jolla-scuba-diving-victim.html A scuba driver who died while diving off the coast of La Jolla late Saturday was identified by the medical examiner's office as Richard Hart, 48. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/usa-la-jolla-scuba-diving-victim.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/dubai-drowning-of-sharjah-diver-in.html A Sharjah diver lost his life during a Scuba diving trip to Musandam on Eid day. His family is in a state of deep shock. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/dubai-drowning-of-sharjah-diver-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cape-cod-scuba-diver-drowns-near-mouth.html The body of a scuba diver was pulled from the frigid waters alongside a jetty at the easternmost mouth of the Cape Cod Canal yesterday afternoon. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cape-cod-scuba-diver-drowns-near-mouth.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/scuba-diver-found-dead-off-la-jolla.html A man who decided against scuba diving because of rough conditions off the La Jolla coast was later found unconscious in the water and pronounced dead early Sunday at a hospital, authorities said. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/scuba-diver-found-dead-off-la-jolla.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-divers-claim-grey-nurse.html Divers and conservationists have claimed the grey nurse shark sanctuaries created to help save the threatened species are not working. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/australia-divers-claim-grey-nurse.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-zealand-biosecurity-divers-widens.html Biosecurity New Zealand's extended surveillance for the sea squirt the clubbed tunicate begins this week, with divers searching Northland waters. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/new-zealand-biosecurity-divers-widens.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/south-africa-new-invisible-shark-cage.html A designer perfume, packaged in a see-through dome, set South Africa's shark woman, Kim Maclean, thinking and now she has come up with a virtually invisible shark cage. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/south-africa-new-invisible-shark-cage.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/sdi-releases-new-cd-rom-based-training.html SDI announced that the CD-ROM version of its innovative, second-generation Open Water Diver course, released last month at DEMA, is now shipping. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/sdi-releases-new-cd-rom-based-training.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/launch-of-1st-annual-wetpixelcom-and.html Wetpixel.com and DivePhotoGuide.com have teamed up to celebrate the beauty and delicacy of the marine environment by developing the first instance of a new, annual, international underwater photography competition. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/launch-of-1st-annual-wetpixelcom-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/divernet-top-25-dive-gear-products.html Votes were cast for the all-time favourite items of diving equipment, so that the top 25 could be exhibited at Dive 2005, the UK's biggest annual Dive Show. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/divernet-top-25-dive-gear-products.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/belize-shuts-down-dive-shop-after.html Belize authorities have shut down a dive shop where a diving mishap killed an Indiana woman. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/belize-shuts-down-dive-shop-after.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/roatan-lures-scuba-divers-and.html Many divers would agree that no island in the Caribbean offers more distinctive or easily accessible dive sites than Roatan. Just off the coast of Honduras, the island of Roatan is the largest of the three Bay Islands that draw snorkellers and scuba divers from around the world. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/roatan-lures-scuba-divers-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/usa-body-of-missing-scuba-diver.html Searchers recovered the body of a 54-year-old man who became separated from his partner during a recreational dive offshore from Point Loma Sunday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/usa-body-of-missing-scuba-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/report-hurricane-wilmas-effect-on.html A fuller picture is emerging of damage caused by Hurricane Wilma in relation to the sport diving industry. While some regions have suffered bad flooding and damage, effects have been less serious than was feared as Wilma built up in the South Atlantic. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/report-hurricane-wilmas-effect-on.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/researchers-stunned-by-beauty-of.html This is what a coral reef should look like - and finding another one as pristine and healthy left anywhere on the globe would be hard. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/researchers-stunned-by-beauty-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cousteau-grandson-diving-in-at-shark.html The grandson of the legendary marine explorer Jacques Cousteau is carrying on the family business - with the aid of a submarine inspired by Tintin. Michael Park gets in the swim. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cousteau-grandson-diving-in-at-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/indonesia-divers-unveil-treasure.html In a nondescript warehouse in Jakarta, treasure-hunter Luc Heymans dips into plastic boxes and pulls out jewels and ornaments that lay hidden at the bottom of the Java Sea for 1,000 years. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/indonesia-divers-unveil-treasure.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cozumel-update-17-struggled-for.html When vicious hurricane winds and massive waves pounded Mexico's Caribbean island of Cozumel, 17 people ran from one improvised bunker to another as the Hotel Barracuda collapsed in bits around them. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cozumel-update-17-struggled-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cozumel-update-oregon-divers-in-bind.html When about two dozen Salem-area scuba divers woke up Wednesday morning, days after being stranded by Hurricane Wilma on the Mexican island of Cozumel, they had no food or water. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/11/cozumel-update-oregon-divers-in-bind.html 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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/2005/09/divers-alert-network-joins-with-world.html World Communications Center (WCC), a provider of global satellite voice and data communications, announced today that Divers Alert Network (DAN) has signed an agreement to offer its member divers the ability to rent WCC's Iridium satellite phones when diving in remote locations. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/divers-alert-network-joins-with-world.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/new-zealand-scuba-diving-worth.html Booming Tutukaka diving business Dive! Tutukaka won the Qualmark Tourism Mark of Quality at the New Zealand Tourism Association annual awards, held in Auckland New Zealand this week. Dive! Tutukaka, owned by Aussie Malcolm and Jeroen Jongejans, is now New Zealand's largest dive charter operation. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/new-zealand-scuba-diving-worth.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-coast-guard-rescues-diver-near.html An unconscious 70-year-old man was plucked from the water after a diving accident near the Coronado Islands http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-coast-guard-rescues-diver-near.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-air-search-for-missing.html An air search for missing diver Charles Heyns was called off but two boats continued to look for him late on Friday afternoon. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-air-search-for-missing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/shed-new-light-on-familiar-dive-site.html If you ask a group of divers about their favorite type of diving, chances are they'll tell you they love to go night diving. This might seem strange to a new diver, who might imagine the underwater world at night is dark and scary. But as experienced divers know, night diving can be very relaxing, and people are often surprised at how much there is to see. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/shed-new-light-on-familiar-dive-site.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/japanese-woman-has-died-while-scuba.html A Japanese woman died while scuba diving off Australia's east coast, police said Saturday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/japanese-woman-has-died-while-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-scuba-diver-goes-missing.html An intensive search was launched on Thursday night for a diver who had gone missing in Hout Bay during a night diving course, the National Sea Rescue Institute said. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-scuba-diver-goes-missing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/commercial-diver-sues-firm-for.html A commercial deep-sea diver sued on Wednesday two boat companies over injuries he sustained while performing underwater work off the Apra Harbor on Guam. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/commercial-diver-sues-firm-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/hurricane-rita-misses-bahamas-all.html Thankfully, Hurricane Rita skirted the southern Bahamas, and actually was a tropical storm as it passed just below the island of Andros. All Scuba Diving operations are fully operational, and accepting divers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/hurricane-rita-misses-bahamas-all.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australian-government-may-licence.html THE NSW government is considering establishing an annual licence for scuba divers similar to that required by recreational fishers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australian-government-may-licence.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-gear-rg300-altair-octopus_23.html An innovative product designed for out-of-air emergencies. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-gear-rg300-altair-octopus_23.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australia-dive-firm-confident-of-crews.html A north Queensland diving company says it is confident proper safety procedures were followed when two British tourists went missing at the weekend. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australia-dive-firm-confident-of-crews.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/italian-divers-break-underwater-record.html Two Italian divers have broken the world record for living underwater thanks to a 10-day stint in a 'house' on the seabed off the island of Ponza. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/italian-divers-break-underwater-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/china-diver-sues-aquarium-after-shark.html A 24-year-old man is suing Shanghai Changfeng Park after a shark in its aquarium bit his ear and head while he was scuba diving. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/china-diver-sues-aquarium-after-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/beneath-sea-to-convene-its-30th-annual.html BENEATH THE SEA's 30th annual Ocean Adventure Exposition and Travel Show will convene at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, on the weekend of March 24, 25 and 26, 2006. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/beneath-sea-to-convene-its-30th-annual.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australia-police-to-interview-dive.html Police will today interview the crew of a dive boat after two British tourists survived a six-hour ordeal in shark infested waters on the Great Barrier Reef. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australia-police-to-interview-dive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/2005-dan-on-line-auction-coming-in.html Divers Alert Network will hold its fourth annual auction from Nov. 1 through Dec. 1. All proceeds from winning bids in the 2005 DAN On-Line Auction will support DAN programs. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/2005-dan-on-line-auction-coming-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-schools-international-responds.html To help Hurricane Katrina victims Scuba Schools International is announcing how they will be helping to bring relief to affected SSI Dealers and Dive Leaders. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-schools-international-responds.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-gear-new-mask-provides-5.html If you're dissatisfied with a limited underwater view when diving, then you might be interested to learn about Hydrooptix' Mega-4.5d mask. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-gear-new-mask-provides-5.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/gear-review-mares-quattro-fins.html It can be incredibly frustrating to dive with lousy fins. You kick and kick and get seem to glide through the water like a stone. Not just that, but working so hard to get somewhere can suck all the air out of your tank, leaving you with less precious time underwater. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/gear-review-mares-quattro-fins.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/sleeping-beneath-sea-poseidon-resorts.html Joining in the apparent trend to create cool underwater hotels and hotel boats, Poseidon Resorts is launching a hotel off the Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas that will offer unobstructed views of underwater world at 33-60 feet below the surface. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/sleeping-beneath-sea-poseidon-resorts.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/asia-dive-expo-returns-to-singapore-in.html At April Suntec Singapore, Asia's Dive Expo event will open its doors from April 21 - 23. Asia Dive Expo is Asia's largest and longest running exhibition for the dive industry and related businesses. ADEX brings 11 years of successful marketing for businesses that want to talk to the buyers and consumers that count. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/asia-dive-expo-returns-to-singapore-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australia-tourists-survive-shark.html New dive safety procedures introduced after the disappearance of American couple Tom and Eileen Lonergan have been credited with helping to save the lives of two British tourists lost at sea. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/australia-tourists-survive-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-scuba-divers-to-dive-english.html At the end of September, founder and President of men's cancer charity - the Orchid Cancer Appeal - Colin Osborne, and six other highly experienced scuba divers are aiming to be the first to relay dive the English Channel... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-scuba-divers-to-dive-english.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-divers-even-score-after.html Just a day after they had to put down a stranded whale, police divers "evened the score" with a dramatic rescue of a young Southern Right whale entangled in rock lobster traps at the entrance to False Bay. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-divers-even-score-after.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/padi-versus-sdi-differences-benefits.html We asked Fatimah Renfro, a previous PADI instructor and current SDI instructor, about the differences between the two organisations. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/padi-versus-sdi-differences-benefits.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-and-flying-how-long.html If you paid attention during your beginner diving course, you should know that you are not supposed to fly after diving. The big question is how long must you wait? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-and-flying-how-long.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dan-awards-equipment-to-rescue.html DAN has awarded an oxygen unit and an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) unit through its Oxygen Grant Program and AED Matching Grant Program, respectively. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dan-awards-equipment-to-rescue.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/padi-specialty-of-month-for-september.html The Deep Diver specialty course gives you the knowledge and confidence you need to explore any wreck, wall or canyon that lies within recreational limits. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/padi-specialty-of-month-for-september.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/join-padi-americas-in-aiding-victims.html By now, you've heard and read about the devastating losses and extensive damage Hurricane Katrina caused in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Unfortunately, it appears that the hardships will continue for some time to come as the survivors rebuild their lives. The entire PADI family extends its deepest condolences to those who are affected by this storm and its aftermath. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/join-padi-americas-in-aiding-victims.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/gear-review-mares-nemo-divewatch.html If you want a wrist computer that offers all the bells and whistles with the added bonus of sex appeal then the nemo is for you. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/gear-review-mares-nemo-divewatch.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/aquaseal-bc-life-adds-new-life-to-your.html So you're hanging out in the water and decide to give your bc a little oral inflation, as it were. Little do you know what legions of microbes, mold and fungi are hanging out in your BC bladder, just waiting for you to affix your lips and give a little blow. UGH. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/aquaseal-bc-life-adds-new-life-to-your.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-divers-take-plunge-to-restore-oil.html Capt. Harry D. Hocks and his second in command, Capt. Paul Segura Jr., leaned over a map in the cabin of their 210-foot boat, plotting the route they would take from this port in southeastern Louisiana into the salty waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The map's red, green and blue lines marked the locations of the oil drills and rigs in the gulf - or at least where they should be. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-divers-take-plunge-to-restore-oil.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-cross-channel-teamwork-finds.html Impressive cross-Channel teamwork between British and French coastguard services lay behind the location of one lost British diver this summer. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-cross-channel-teamwork-finds.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-eagles-nest-cave-diver-pulled-to.html Dan Pelland just wanted to take some pretty pictures late Sunday afternoon. But Pelland hadn't realized the spot he chose to shoot photos was next to Eagle's Nest, one of the world's most renowned cave diving systems. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-eagles-nest-cave-diver-pulled-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-florida-diver-killed-by-hit-and.html A man diving off the beach Saturday evening was struck by a motorboat in an apparent accident. The diver died after a boat ran him over just off the beach in Hollywood. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-florida-diver-killed-by-hit-and.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/greece-high-tech-looters-target.html On congested, dusty Alexandras Avenue, the secrets of the sea seem a world away. But in Room 625, on the sixth floor of Greece's gargantuan police headquarters, the watery world of ancient shipwrecks and other archeological riches occupies the attention of Giorgos Gligoris. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/greece-high-tech-looters-target.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/italy-last-week-two-italian-scuba.html Two scuba divers spent last week Thursday underwater off Italy, starting what they hoped would be a record 10 days submerged - aided by a special dry chamber where they can change masks and eat. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/italy-last-week-two-italian-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/hawaii-hot-new-consumer-show-for.html You are invited to participate in the hottest new consumer show, the Hawaii Ocean Sports Expo. It's happening on February 4 and 5, 2006 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, just minutes away from world famous Waikiki Beach. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/hawaii-hot-new-consumer-show-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/italians-dive-in-to-10-day-underwater.html Two Italian scuba divers Wednesday began an unprecedented scientific experiment aimed at determining the effects of living underwater for a prolonged period. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/italians-dive-in-to-10-day-underwater.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-equipment-recall-apalooza.html This is a post by our friends at Divester: Manufacturing recalls happen all the time, some you can ignore, some you can't. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-equipment-recall-apalooza.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/british-photo-group-goes-international.html The British Society of Underwater Photographers has held its first international digital underwater photography competition. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/british-photo-group-goes-international.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/competition-results-from-2005.html A competition organised by Vassilis Zonomesis and Roberto Calich saw 16 athletes competing from Greece, the UK and Italy in a constant weight and static competition as part of the Kalymnos Diving Festival. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/competition-results-from-2005.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/sharktrust-article-abalone-divers-see.html ABALONE divers say they are seeing more great white sharks but are not yet calling for a widespread cull of the species. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/sharktrust-article-abalone-divers-see.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/breathing-heavy-while-scuba-diving.html For some divers, being the first to hit turn pressure means nothing more than a goodnatured jibe from dive buddies once back on the boat. For others, a high rate of gas consumption stands as an obstacle to their full enjoyment of diving. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/breathing-heavy-while-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-decompression-sickness.html Although decompression sickness (DCS), a complex resulting from changed barometric pressure, includes high-altitude-related and aerospace-related events, this article focuses on decompression associated with the sudden decrease in pressures during underwater ascent, usually occurring during free or assisted dives. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/scuba-diving-decompression-sickness.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-dive-team-tells-of.html Commercial divers working on the Mhlathuze Water sea outfall pipeline on Saturday spoke yesterday about their involvement over the weekend in the dramatic search, rescue and recovery of the crew and helicopter wreckage from the National Ports Authority helicopter which crashed into the sea at the entrance to the harbour. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-dive-team-tells-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/fluorescent-animals-surprise-gulf-of.html Fluorescent shrimp, crabs that detect ultraviolet light in the sunless depths, and an unseen creature that tumbled a massive camera have surprised scientists diving in the Gulf of Mexico. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/fluorescent-animals-surprise-gulf-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-recovering-scuba-diver-thanks-club.html A diver who survived being run down by a commercial tug has described what it was like to be hit by 500 tons of steel moving at up to 15 knots - and has paid tribute to the people without whom she "might not be here today". http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-recovering-scuba-diver-thanks-club.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/philippines-divers-discover-19th.html A 19th century Spanish gunboat wreck was discovered last week off the coast of this town when a team of divers assessing the coastal environment here accidentally stumbled on it. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/philippines-divers-discover-19th.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-volunteer-fireman-drowns-during.html A diver with Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Department No. 3 died yesterday as a result of a diving accident in the line of duty Saturday, Fire Chief Mark Marmo said in a release. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/usa-volunteer-fireman-drowns-during.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/reef-industries-worth-6b-to-australian.html The Great Barrier Reef has netted the Australian economy almost $6 billion over the past financial year, according to a new report. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/reef-industries-worth-6b-to-australian.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dive-insurance-who-needs-it.html Your health insurance policy may not cover you, if you have a diving accident. Find out who offers dive insurance and what they offer. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dive-insurance-who-needs-it.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/basics-of-using-dive-compass.html If you always dive with a guide, you might not care about using a dive compass. You follow your guide and end up back where you started. But, at some point, especially once you've gained experience, you'll want to explore dive sites on your own. That's when you'll need a compass and know how to use it. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/basics-of-using-dive-compass.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/health-article-exercise-before-scuba.html A single bout of aerobic exercise 24 hours before a dive significantly reduces the formation of circulating venous gas emboli (VGE) on decompression. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/health-article-exercise-before-scuba.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/bsac-promotes-their-come-and-dive-2005.html The Come and Dive campaign is gathering speed and at this stage we're delighted to have registered over 150 Branches! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/bsac-promotes-their-come-and-dive-2005.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-police-divers-search-dorset-wreck.html A police search of the wreck of the Kyarra in Dorset has failed to find any trace of two divers who went missing on separate diving trips in August. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/uk-police-divers-search-dorset-wreck.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/carlos-coste-sets-new-freediving-world.html Carlos Coste, from Venezuela, has set a new FreeDiving Constant Ballast World Record during the World FreeDiving Championships in Nice, France yesterday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/carlos-coste-sets-new-freediving-world.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/tips-for-new-scuba-diver.html This article from Divester is used by permission. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/tips-for-new-scuba-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dozen-new-regulators-reviewed.html Scuba Diving recently tested a dozen new regs. Ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to one that costs $1400, Scuba Diving claims this year's batch of regs is the most user-friendly ever. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dozen-new-regulators-reviewed.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/blackwave-scuba-diving-software.html Blackwave makes software to help scuba divers manage and plan their dives. Their product range includes applications for either a desktop or a PDA. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/blackwave-scuba-diving-software.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dan-announces-itw-training-for-2006.html Find out more about the two different course packages that are available as well as course schedules. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/dan-announces-itw-training-for-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-shark-cage-diving.html IT MAY not be everybody's idea of fun, but the chance of lingering in a reinforced steel cage in front of a great white shark has thousands of British tourists reaching for their travellers cheques. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/09/south-africa-shark-cage-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/stretching-for-scuba-divers-to-relieve.html A very interesting article from Divester on fitness and excercises for divers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/stretching-for-scuba-divers-to-relieve.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/whistles-for-scuba-diving.html The Storm Whistle claims to be the world's loudest whistle. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/whistles-for-scuba-diving.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/glo-toob-for-scuba-divers.html Originally developed for scuba divers, the GLO-TOOB is an LED light that is waterproof to more than 11,000 feet, measures less than 3 inches in length, and weighs just 0.075 pounds. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/glo-toob-for-scuba-divers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diving-solo-vs-diving-with-buddy.html Is it more fun? Is it safer? - what do you think? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diving-solo-vs-diving-with-buddy.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/performance-freediving-cover.html Our friends over at Performance FreeDiving International (PFI) are on-location in Nice, France for the AIDA Individual Constant Weight World Championships. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/performance-freediving-cover.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/divers-aid-tsunami-recovery.html The Tsunami Relief Fund, run by PADI's Project AWARE, closed in August - having raised GBP39,165 to help alleviate suffering in areas hit by last December's Asian tsunami. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/divers-aid-tsunami-recovery.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-dives-called-off-after-shark.html UP to 40 scuba divers were still prepared to venture into the waters where shark attack victim Jarrod Stehbens was taken only days ago, but had their dives cancelled this weekend. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-dives-called-off-after-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-us-national-freediving-record-for.html After a disappointing heat in which she failed to qualify for the finals, Tanya Streeter of Team USA has set a National Record (pending review and ratification) for Dynamic Apnea without Fins : 113 meters. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-us-national-freediving-record-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/leading-dive-companies-target-china.html Leaders in dive industries Bare Wetsuits, Beuchat, Divers Alert Network, Mares, NAUI, PADI, Suunto, lead the charge into the China market with their participation in China Dive Expo. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/leading-dive-companies-target-china.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-father-not-taking-revenge-on.html A young marine biologist killed by a shark off Australia's southern coast loved the sea and would not want vengeance taken on the shark, his father said on Thursday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-father-not-taking-revenge-on.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cmas-announces-plans-for-latest.html The Confereration Mondiale des Activities Subaquatiques (CMAS), also known as the World Underwater Federation, is pleased to announce the formation of its newest Federation -- CMAS AMERICAS. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cmas-announces-plans-for-latest.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/suunto-d9-wrist-mounted-watches-new.html Whether you're a guppy or a seasoned diver, you're sure to appreciate the certainty and confidence that comes from boosting your sub-aquatic information. With a dive computer that gives you an accurate readout of your directional heading and vital air supply data, you can finally get the edge that you need. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/suunto-d9-wrist-mounted-watches-new.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-scuba-diver-killed-by-great.html A BRILLIANT young marine biologist has been attacked and killed by a shark while scuba diving off Adelaide's Glenelg beach as university colleagues watched from their boat. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-scuba-diver-killed-by-great.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cousteau-ocean-futures-begin-odyssey.html Nearly 250 feet below the waves, oceanauts with Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society have begun exploring and filming the wreck of the Civil War warship U.S.S. Monitor off this North Carolina coast in the first chapter of their saga of America's national marine sanctuaries as part of a new PBS series to debut in 2006... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cousteau-ocean-futures-begin-odyssey.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/us-scuba-diving-under-oil-rig-reveals.html As our chartered boat approached Eureka, an 80-foot-high oil rig about 15 miles off the Southern California coast, I zipped up my wet suit, adjusted my hood and gloves and slipped on my mask to prepare for the most unusual dive of my life. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/us-scuba-diving-under-oil-rig-reveals.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diver-lucky-to-be-alive-after-vessel.html A diver is injured but miraculously alive after being bundled down the hull of a fast-moving tug which ran through a wreck-diving shotline off Kent. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diver-lucky-to-be-alive-after-vessel.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/another-diver-goes-missing-off-dorset.html A young diver went missing off the Dorset coast on 22 August after a dive on the 32m-deep Kyarra wreck. It is the second disappearance this month to have occurred at the site, a mile off Anvil Point. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/another-diver-goes-missing-off-dorset.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/mozambique-village-draws-divers.html Warm waters, colourful corals and unspoilt beaches as far as the eye can see: the allure of Mozambique's Ponta d'Ouro is obvious. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/mozambique-village-draws-divers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/whale-of-time-for-diving-group.html A GROUP of divers had the experience of a lifetime last week when they swam with whales off Townsville. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/whale-of-time-for-diving-group.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/us-scuba-diving-opens-new-worlds-to.html On the surface, these scuba students look the same as any divers. But they enter the water differently because all the students are disabled. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/us-scuba-diving-opens-new-worlds-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/mariana-islands-call-for-tighter.html Amid recent tragedies in the sea involving tourists doing marine sports, the Marianas Visitors Authority is pushing for the adoption of rules and regulations regarding the marine industry. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/mariana-islands-call-for-tighter.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/uk-divers-rescued-after-losing-cover.html Two divers were picked up safe and well today after becoming separated from their dive boat ten miles off St Albans Head, on the South Coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/uk-divers-rescued-after-losing-cover.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-thrill-seeking-cage-divers.html A Gold Coast environmental scientist has warned cage diving - in which massive maneaters are lured by stinking berley bait - is teaching the sharks to associate humans with food. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australia-thrill-seeking-cage-divers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/us-department-of-labor-probes-deaths.html The U.S. Department of Labor has stepped into the investigation of the diving accident that resulted in the death of a diving instructor and a tourist last month. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/us-department-of-labor-probes-deaths.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/project-aware-international-cleanup.html Divers and water enthusiasts around the world celebrate the 20th Anniversary of International Cleanup Day on Saturday, 17 September. This cleanup event, with volunteers helping clean shoreline and underwater environments, is the largest single-day event of its kind. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/project-aware-international-cleanup.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-diving-spring-special-for.html KwaMnandi Lodge, in Umkomaas, is the premier destination for scuba diving at Aliwal Shoal and offer accommodation ideal for outdoor adventure enthusiasts visiting South Africa. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-diving-spring-special-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/ssi-develops-partnership-with-online.html Scuba Schools International (SSI), the premier education and business support organization, announces the launch of a new partnership with Caradonna Caribbean Tours. Through this new relationship SSI can provide SSI Club Aquarius Members access to a full service online travel network. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/ssi-develops-partnership-with-online.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cochran-undersea-technology-introduces.html Cochran Undersea Technology, manufacturer and marketer of the industry's most sophisticated dive computers, has announced a complete line of dive data recorders, intended for use by sport, scientific and commercial divers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cochran-undersea-technology-introduces.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/danang-new-diving-destination-in-asia.html Scuba diving enthusiasts can now enjoy some of the best diving in Vietnam during Danang's diving season from February-October. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/danang-new-diving-destination-in-asia.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dont-miss-underwater-intervention-2006.html Underwater Intervention (UI) is the combined annual conference of the Association of Diving Contractors International and the ROV Committee of the Marine Technology Society. It will be held January 30, 2006 - February 1, 2006 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dont-miss-underwater-intervention-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/birmingham-dive-show-2005-promises-to.html Divers will converge on Birmingham, England's National Exhibition Centre (NEC) from all corners of the globe during the weekend of October 29-30. The annual Dive Show at the National Exhibition Centre just seems to go on expanding year after year. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/birmingham-dive-show-2005-promises-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/national-geographic-divers-discover.html The underwater world is filled with amazing creatures, fascinating plant life and rock and coral formations that are virtually prehistoric. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/national-geographic-divers-discover.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/celebrity-shark-bait-tv-sharks-playing.html SHARKS are the apex predators of our marine environment - they are only ever threatened by other sharks and, rarely, by dolphins or killer whales. They instil fear in us, because we, like them, are animals, and so we naturally fear those more powerful than ourselves. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/celebrity-shark-bait-tv-sharks-playing.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dive-ireland-2006.html Dive Ireland 2006 is the first ever all-Ireland Dive conference. It will be held on 24th and 25th February 2006 in the Ramada Hotel in Belfast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dive-ireland-2006.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/how-jaws-swam-out-of-perfect-storm.html Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking film was released 30 years ago this summer. Marc Lee talks to producer Richard Zanuck about its genesis. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/how-jaws-swam-out-of-perfect-storm.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diver-faces-40000-bill-for-treatment.html A holidaying Briton could face a medical treatment bill of some 40,000 Pound after suffering decompression illness off Marsa Alam, in the Egyptian Red Sea. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diver-faces-40000-bill-for-treatment.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/technical-diving-international-tdi.html Once again TDI is on the cutting edge of the Technical market. New educational program and materials are now available for the Classic KISS Rebreather and the Sport KISS Rebreather. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/technical-diving-international-tdi.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/padi-family-mourns-loss-of-john-nesbit.html PADI and the entire dive industry mourn John Nesbit, a respected and highly admired dive retailing advocate. His passing is a major loss to friends who loved him and business associates who worked with him. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/padi-family-mourns-loss-of-john-nesbit.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-ferry-route-opens-up-south.html The honeymoon paradise island of Langkawi in Malaysia is recognized by travel insiders as one of the world's great nature destinations with million year old rainforest, spectacular ancient mountains, and stunning wildlife including hornbills, monitor lizards, monkeys and rare species including the colugo. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/new-ferry-route-opens-up-south.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/shark-trust-celebrity-shark-bait.html The Shark Trust has received many enquiries about its position on the forthcoming reality TV programme "Celebrity Shark Bait". Our official position statement can be found here. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/shark-trust-celebrity-shark-bait.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diver-breaks-world-record-without.html A scuba diver from Borehamwood has broken the world record for the longest ever open water dive, by staying underwater for more than 24 hours. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/diver-breaks-world-record-without.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/british-national-freediving-records.html Three British freediving records set by Paul Whincup, in Egypt this June, have now been ratified by AIDA. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/british-national-freediving-records.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/pemba-island-zanzibar-second-press.html We have heard and received many conflicting stories regarding the missing divers off Pemba Island in Zanzibar. Here is the SECOND official PRESS RELEASE from Swahili Divers sent out on 22 July 2005. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/pemba-island-zanzibar-second-press.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/pemba-island-zanzibar-official-press.html We have heard and received many conflicting stories regarding the missing divers off Pemba Island in Zanzibar. Here is the official PRESS RELEASE from Swahili Divers sent out on 19 July 2005. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/pemba-island-zanzibar-official-press.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/padi-dives-into-blue-with-columbia.html The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is diving into the blue with Columbia Pictures' release of MGM Pictures' action adventure Into the Blue in an exclusive and exciting outreach campaign designed to attract more consumers to diving... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/padi-dives-into-blue-with-columbia.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/costa-rica-says-no-to-dips-with.html Costa Rican officials are prohibiting people from swimming with dolphins or whales, shutting down a growing tourism industry that has been criticised, an environmental group said on Thursday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/costa-rica-says-no-to-dips-with.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/maresdacor-diving-announces-dacor.html DACOR Regulator produced in the U.S. prior to the Year 2000 may be eligible for an upgrade program, see your participating authorized MARES/DACOR dealer for details. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/maresdacor-diving-announces-dacor.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dema-rival-axed.html The launch of a new dive show in the US has been cancelled, it has been announced. DiveBizExpo 2006 gave way after rival show DEMA acceeded to the US dive industry's demands and agreed not to stage its event in Houston. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dema-rival-axed.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/reality-bites-as-celebrities-are.html Reality television has sunk to new depths by dangling celebrities in front of the world's most fearsome predator, marine campaigners say. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/reality-bites-as-celebrities-are.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/reality-tv-embraces-great-white-sharks.html ITV has sent four celebrities cage diving with great white sharks to mark the 30th anniversary of the film Jaws. But will the programme portray the sharks as murderous villains or persecuted innocents? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/reality-tv-embraces-great-white-sharks.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/falcon-amongst-sharks.html This August 2005, UK's National Marine Aquarium will be testing the very latest in underwater Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) as it plays host for one day only to Falcon, a true 'boys-toys' of underwater technology... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/falcon-amongst-sharks.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/british-naval-crew-embrace-warm-water.html A staggering 20 per cent of a British destroyer's crew have learned to dive in their time off during an overseas tour of duty. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/british-naval-crew-embrace-warm-water.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-instructor-blamed-for-diver.html A Royal Navy petty officer caused the death of a junior officer by letting him dive on a full stomach in breach of safety rules, a court has heard. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-instructor-blamed-for-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cayman-islands-dive-program-teaches.html For the second consecutive year the Cayman Islands world renowned dive sites are the setting for Stay-Focused, the unique not-for-profit organization that offers mobility-challenged teenagers the opportunity to become certified SCUBA divers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/cayman-islands-dive-program-teaches.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/mar-vel-international-awarded-contract.html MAR-VEL International of Pennsauken, NJ offers a complete selection of diving equipment for all needs...the military, commercial operator, salvage and scuba diver, marine scientist and recreational diver and has for over fifty years. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/mar-vel-international-awarded-contract.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/beneath-sea-2006-sets-worldwide.html Beneath the Sea 2006 invites photographers and videographers to enter its annual Worldwide Underwater photo/video competition. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/beneath-sea-2006-sets-worldwide.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/uk-bomb-detonated-after-discovery-by.html Royal Navy divers carried out a controlled explosion on a wreck off West Wales, after a diver came across a World War II bomb at the site. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/uk-bomb-detonated-after-discovery-by.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dive-expo-2005-south-africa-9-11.html Dive Expo 2005 at The Star Getaway Show, Northgate Dome from 9-11 September. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dive-expo-2005-south-africa-9-11.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dan-will-conduct-diver-medical.html Through a joint effort of Divers Alert Network and the Duke University Medical Center, DAN will host its fifth Diver Medical Technician (DMT) course in November. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/dan-will-conduct-diver-medical.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australian-warship-sent-to-watery.html An Australian destroyer that served in Vietnam and the first Gulf War was sent to the bottom of the sea in an elaborate ceremony on Sunday to become a diving attraction off Queensland state's Sunshine Coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/australian-warship-sent-to-watery.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-diver-happy-to-play-role-in.html In a death-defying act of heroism at sea, a Cape Town police diver saved a southern right whale from a long and lingering death by cutting away about 60kg of rope and buoys entangled around the mammal. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-diver-happy-to-play-role-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scientists-recommends-individual-diver.html A recently published report recommends individual diver mouthpieces. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scientists-recommends-individual-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-diving-continues-after-horror-of.html Some days after the devastating bombings in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh, a picture is emerging of the attack's effects in relation to holiday diving. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/scuba-diving-continues-after-horror-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/israeli-study-calls-for-registry-of.html The growing popularity of diving sport has resulted in more diving accidents. Our objective was to characterize Red Sea divers requiring recompression treatment in Eilat, to recognize 23-year trends of diving accidents, and to facilitate appropriate administrative and treatment tools for diving accident in this area. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/08/israeli-study-calls-for-registry-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/coral-queen-under-refit.html Coral Queen, the popular Red Sea diving liveaboard sunk in early July, has been refloated and has returned to port for repairs. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/coral-queen-under-refit.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/scuba-instructor-and-tourist-diver.html Police believe that the diving student who drowned at the Grotto, a popular cavern dive site on Saturday 16th got low on air while she was several meters underwater, causing her to panic and to attempt ascending fast to the surface. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/scuba-instructor-and-tourist-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/dema-drops-houston.html DEMA - the American trade show for the diving industry - has announced that for the next six years it will be alternating its venue between Las Vegas and Orlando, Florida. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/dema-drops-houston.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/maldivian-divers-concerned-about.html Diving instructors are complaining that the over-fishing of sharks has led to a serious reduction in their numbers, which is having a detrimental impact on tourism. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/maldivian-divers-concerned-about.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/raising-dead-incredible-story-behind.html At the bottom of the biggest underwater cave in the world, diving deeper than almost anyone had ever gone, Dave Shaw found the body of a young man who had disappeared ten years earlier. What happened after Shaw promised to go back is nearly unbelievable - unless you believe in ghosts. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/raising-dead-incredible-story-behind.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/shark-shields-electrical-and-chemical.html Recent shark attacks in Florida have sparked the now customary feeding frenzy in the media. Before Florida it was South Africa, where last month a medical student was eaten by a 16-foot (5-meter) great white near Cape Town. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/shark-shields-electrical-and-chemical.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/pemba-island-zanzibar-missing-divers.html Rescue workers searched by air and water yesterday for four Danish divers and their British-Canadian instructor who disappeared off Zanzibar. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/pemba-island-zanzibar-missing-divers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/bull-shark-threat-they-swim-where-we.html Bull sharks are chewing up the headlines this summer. The predators have been linked to two highly publicized attacks that left one teen dead and another seriously injured in the Florida Panhandle last month. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/bull-shark-threat-they-swim-where-we.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/freediver-shifts-goalposts-with.html Patrick Musimu, from Belgium, has become by far the deepest freediver in the world by plunging to a staggering 209.6m in the sport's No Limits category, descending on a weighted sled and shooting back to the surface behind a lift-bag. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/freediver-shifts-goalposts-with.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/history-channel-documentary-remembers.html The July 18 episode of the History Channel's "Deep Sea Detectives" delves into the fate of the USS Perry, the World War II minesweeper that struck a mine and sank off of Palau in 1942. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/history-channel-documentary-remembers.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/tagged-great-white-shark-swims-7000-km.html A GREAT white shark tagged in the Neptune Islands has swum 7000 kilometres to Rockhampton in Queensland and back to the Neptune Islands in less than a year. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/tagged-great-white-shark-swims-7000-km.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/frenchman-stretches-deep-diving-record.html Pascal Bernabe, a 41-year-old Frenchman, has claimed a new world record depth of 330m on open circuit scuba. The record was previously claimed by South African Numo Gomes - whose 318m mark stood for just three weeks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/frenchman-stretches-deep-diving-record.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/uk-scuba-diver-goes-missing-off-south.html An evening training dive off the Devon coast on 12 July ended in disaster, with the loss of a diver after a 28m wreck dive. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/uk-scuba-diver-goes-missing-off-south.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/south-florida-scientists-create-shark.html Several shark attacks in Florida waters are bringing the ocean's top predator front and center again. Is there a solution? Some South Florida scientists think they have found an effective shark repellent that could save humans and sharks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/south-florida-scientists-create-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/florida-divers-seek-out-sharks-after.html With the recent shark attacks in Florida, you would think people would be doing everything they can to stay away from the animals, but lots of Florida divers are actually going out with the sole purpose of running into sharks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/florida-divers-seek-out-sharks-after.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/hurricane-dennis-creates-artificial.html Mother Nature tidied up a man-made mess off the coast of the Florida Keys when the force of Hurricane Dennis flipped a sunken US Navy ship into the perfect position to help form an artificial reef. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/hurricane-dennis-creates-artificial.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/artificial-gill-may-revolutionise.html An artificial gill that mimics the way fish breathe could allow divers to dispense with bulky oxygen tanks, it was claimed yesterday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/artificial-gill-may-revolutionise.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/scuba-diving-skills-equalizing-your.html As you descend, pressure increases on the dead air spaces in your body, especially the ears and sinuses. It also increases in the dead air space in your mask. This is because the air is being compressed. To equalize the air space, you need to add more air to these areas. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/scuba-diving-skills-equalizing-your.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/dan-safety-stop-for-june-2005.html The DAN Safety Stop edition for June 2005 has been published on the DAN website. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/dan-safety-stop-for-june-2005.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/dan-trip-insurance-reaches-first.html On June 1, 2004, the DAN Trip Insurance website went live, offering travelers easy, around-the-clock access to trip insurance coverage. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/dan-trip-insurance-reaches-first.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/red-sea-liveaboard-sinks-after-hitting.html My Coral Queen, one of the best-known Red Sea liveaboards, sank at the Sha'ab Sataya dive site at Fury Shoals, after hitting the reef in the early hours of Tuesday morning. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/red-sea-liveaboard-sinks-after-hitting.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/science-of-shark-attacks.html Despite two highly publicized shark attacks last month along the U.S. coast, at least one scientist says it's safe to go back in the water. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/science-of-shark-attacks.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/sharks-myth-vs-fact.html With two major attacks off Florida beaches the last month, sharks are back in the spotlight - unfortunately once again, as a menace to the public. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/sharks-myth-vs-fact.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/about-scuba-diving-10-things-you.html 10 things you should know about scuba diving before taking the plunge. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/about-scuba-diving-10-things-you.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/autopsy-reveals-scuba-instructor-died.html Autopsy results show that a scuba instructor who died while exploring a sunken battleship over the weekend drowned while inside a boiler room compartment that was sealed off to divers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/autopsy-reveals-scuba-instructor-died.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/taggers-stare-down-sharks-to-save-them.html A riot of activity erupts on the Eugenie Clark, a 50-foot research boat plying the emerald waters 15 miles off this barrier island near Sarasota. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/taggers-stare-down-sharks-to-save-them.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa-rocky.html Rocky Bay is one of South Africa's best kept scuba diving secrets. This group of reefs lies between two and four kilometers offshore and at a depth of twenty to forty meters it is for advanced divers only. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa-rocky.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/experienced-diver-says-sharks-are.html After hearing about the recent shark attacks, any fear you had of sharks probably jumped about tenfold. But there's one guy in Central Florida who has a different theory. He thinks sharks are misunderstood. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/experienced-diver-says-sharks-are.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/big-grouper-grabs-diver-on-florida.html No doubt, sharks are the most notorious for latching onto underwater divers. On occasions, barracudas have been known to do the same. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/big-grouper-grabs-diver-on-florida.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/forget-alligators-this-expert-wrestles.html Great white sharks may be the poster child of marine predators. Yet scientists know surprisingly little about Carcharodon carcharias. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/07/forget-alligators-this-expert-wrestles.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/durban-gripped-by-sardine-fever.html The phenomenal sardine run is awaited by fishermen, commuters and tourists every year and it's been dubbed the Greatest Shoal on Earth. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/durban-gripped-by-sardine-fever.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/seven-scuba-diving-deaths-recorded-in.html Officials with CoCo View resort announce the deaths of two divers Tuesday near Pirates Point. One was a guest on a guided tour, the other was Divemaster Tulio Gomez. Both occurred minutes into the excursion. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/seven-scuba-diving-deaths-recorded-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-jaws-eraa-chance-for-divers-to.html Based on the successful 1975 film of the same name, Playstation's new game, Jaws lets you play as a great white shark who must defend his territory from underwater drillers. The game features locations from the movie and destructible underwater environments. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-jaws-eraa-chance-for-divers-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/bull-sharks-blamed-for-attacks-in.html The past 10 days have seen three extraordinary incidents involving sharks in the waters of Florida. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/bull-sharks-blamed-for-attacks-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/florida-attacks-spotlights-real-but.html Two shark attacks in three days off the Florida Panhandle have left one teen dead and a second seriously injured. The tragedies spotlight the real, though rare, danger of shark attacks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/florida-attacks-spotlights-real-but.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/meet-newly-appointed-bsac-council.html Following the BSAC Annual General Meeting in May of this year, the BSAC has some newly elected Council members. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/meet-newly-appointed-bsac-council.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/shark-attacks-in-perspective-article.html Say the word "shark" and the first image most people conjure up is a Jaws-inspired white shark devouring unsuspecting bathers while well-meaning authorities and scientists helplessly stand by. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/shark-attacks-in-perspective-article.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/master-zen-of-diving-with-peak.html What's the quickest way to tell the difference between a novice diver and an experienced diver underwater? The answer is easy - just observe their buoyancy skills. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/master-zen-of-diving-with-peak.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/australian-fishing-group-attacks-shark.html There has been a mixed reaction to a NSW Government plan to introduce a fee to dive with grey nurse sharks in marine parks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/australian-fishing-group-attacks-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-and-international-atmo-offer.html The DAN America Recompression Chamber Assistance Program (RCAP) and International ATMO, a leader in hyperbaric medical education, have joined together to offer scholarships to send candidates to the International ATMO Hyperbaric Safety Director Course in San Antonio, Texas. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-and-international-atmo-offer.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/national-parks-opposes-diving-fee-plan.html The National Parks Association of New South Wales has come out in opposition to a proposed fee for diving in critical habitats along the state's coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/national-parks-opposes-diving-fee-plan.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/scuba-diving-fee-of-20-to-swim-with.html SCUBA divers could be forced to swallow a fee as high as $20 each time they plunge into the ocean to watch grey nurse sharks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/scuba-diving-fee-of-20-to-swim-with.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/taking-master-scuba-diver-challenge.html Want to join the best of the best in recreational diving? Explore the underwater world like never before? Live the dive lifestyle? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you'll want to visit your local PADI Dive Center or Resort to accept the Master Scuba Diver Challenge. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/taking-master-scuba-diver-challenge.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/underwater-enthusiasts-congregate-to.html The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Asia Pacific were again proud supporters of the growing underwater photography and film festival - Celebrate the Sea held over 3 full days (3-5 June 2005) Suntec, Singapore. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/underwater-enthusiasts-congregate-to.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/padi-diving-society-welcomes-members.html The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Asia Pacific were very excited to co-host the first PADI Diving Society Asia Pacific launch event and welcome members and partners on Friday 3rd June 2005. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/padi-diving-society-welcomes-members.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/well-known-british-diver-has-gone.html Keith Morris, one of Britain's best-known technical divers, went missing on a dive in the English Channel on 17 June. The boat from which he was diving has returned to the scene with a diving search party. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/well-known-british-diver-has-gone.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/sardines-run-heads-for-durban.html The sardines reached Amanzimtoti on Monday and was expected to beach in Durban on Tuesday, or Wednesday at the latest. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/sardines-run-heads-for-durban.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-cutting-edge-buoyancy-compensator.html Poseidon, world reknowned for their extremely durable and easy breathing regulators, has announced the release of their series of innovative and cutting edge Buoyancy Compensators. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/new-cutting-edge-buoyancy-compensator.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/tanya-streeter-launches-charity.html World champion freediver Tanya Streeter launched Mencap's first 24 hour sponsored scuba diving event, Dive:24 on Saturday 18 June at the 30 metre Submarine Escape Training Tank in Gosport, Portsmouth during a DeeperBlue.net FreeDiving Course. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/tanya-streeter-launches-charity.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/south-african-shark-tourism-booms-amid.html South African medical student Henri Murray was spear fishing off the coast of Cape Town, the country's main tourism center, when a 5-meter (16-foot) great white shark seized him from below and dragged him away. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/south-african-shark-tourism-booms-amid.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/sharks-tale-who-is-afraid-of-who.html Thirty years after Jaws first bared his teeth, sharks are still seen as man's deadliest predator. But, really, it's them who should be afraid of us, says Michael McCarthy http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/sharks-tale-who-is-afraid-of-who.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/great-white-shark-reputation-still.html Thirty years ago, in the summer of 1975, Jaws had moviegoers paralyzed by fear. The story, about a giant great white shark that terrorizes a seaside community, tapped into the most primal of human fears: What unseen creature lurks below the ocean surface? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/great-white-shark-reputation-still.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/calls-for-ban-on-chumming-as-shark.html The Shark Concern Group has called on the government to ban chumming and the use of bait in the shark tourism industry because of the increase in shark attacks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/calls-for-ban-on-chumming-as-shark.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/sardine-fever-has-hit-kwazulu-natal.html The sardines have arrived! Holidaymakers and locals enjoyed themselves on Monday catching the slippery silver fish when they beached at Hibberdene on the South Coast. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/sardine-fever-has-hit-kwazulu-natal.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-offers-new-training-program-in.html As part of its Mission to help divers through education and rapid access to treatment, DAN (Divers Alert Network) recently provided customized training to diver instructors in Cozumel. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-offers-new-training-program-in.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/south-african-scuba-diver-sets-new.html South African scuba supremo Nuno Gomes is the deepest diver in the world. On Friday, after 12 hours and 20 minutes of Red Sea time, Gomes surfaced with a new world record under his belt. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/south-african-scuba-diver-sets-new.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/great-white-shark-not-to-blame-for.html While the death of Henri Murray is indeed tragic, people and particularly the young man's father, need to realise that spearfishing is to blame and not the shark. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/great-white-shark-not-to-blame-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-associate-pro-level-recognizes.html One of the single most important determining factors for most divers to become DAN Members is the advice and recommendation of their dive instructor. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-associate-pro-level-recognizes.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/book-review-currents-of-contrast-life.html THE ocean currents peculiar to southern Africa create four distinct marine provinces with richly varied habitats -- the cool temperate west coast of the Benguela region, and the warm temperate south coast, subtropical east coast and tropical east coast of the Agulhas-Mozambique region. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/book-review-currents-of-contrast-life.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/ragged-tooth-sharks-arrive-early-at.html Every year the Ragged Tooth sharks make there way up from the colder Cape waters to the east coast of KwaZulu Natal as part of their breeding cycle. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/ragged-tooth-sharks-arrive-early-at.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/no-great-white-sharks-will-be-killed.html "There will be no attempt to hunt, remove, or kill that shark or any other shark." http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/no-great-white-sharks-will-be-killed.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/bsac-launches-new-look-come-and-dive.html The BSAC's annual Come and Dive event has had a re-vamp for its tenth anniversary in time for the biggest campaign yet. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/bsac-launches-new-look-come-and-dive.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/enter-world-of-shark-at-your-peril.html Should man-eating sharks be hunted and destroyed? http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/enter-world-of-shark-at-your-peril.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/only-fond-memories-of-shark-attack.html Family and friends will be sharing their memories at a memorial service on Thursday for shark attack victim Henri Murray, who was taken by a Great White near Miller's Point. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/only-fond-memories-of-shark-attack.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/scientists-oppose-shark-culling.html Civilisation has outgrown animal bounties, an oceanographic scientist said on Monday following calls to hunt down sharks after an attack on a Cape spear fisherman. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/scientists-oppose-shark-culling.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/shark-defenders-rally-to-jagged.html The aptly named "Jagged-Toothed One" will have strong scientific support at a meeting of the Shark Working Group on Tuesday, despite some knee-jerk reactions to Saturday's tragic death of a young spearfisherman at Miller's Point. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/shark-defenders-rally-to-jagged.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/south-african-deep-diver-nuno-gomes.html With 21 large bags of diving gear, South Africa's scuba supremo, Nuno Gomes, has made his way to the Red Sea to claim the title as the world's deepest sea diver. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/south-african-deep-diver-nuno-gomes.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/underwater-exploration-along-coast-of.html Following the phenomenal success of "Operation Zembe" Monty Halls, a full time dive journalist and expedition leader will once again collaborate with maritime archaeologist, Dr Bruno Werz of the South African Institute of Marine Archaeology (SAIMA), to lead a second expedition from 2-22 October 2005 to Cape Town to further the story behind one of the most exciting archaeological discoveries in decades. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/underwater-exploration-along-coast-of.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/shark-attacks-scuba-diver.html A Durbanville scuba diver has apparently become the latest victim of a shark attack in False Bay, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) said on Saturday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/shark-attacks-scuba-diver.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/delayed-treatment-of-bubble-related.html The basic treatment of a diver with bubble related illness consists of recompression in a medical hyperbaric facility. However transportation of such a injured diver to the hyperbaric chamber can last for several hours. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/delayed-treatment-of-bubble-related.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/are-shark-attacks-on-increase.html The shark attack off Miller's Point over the weekend has again raised the questions whether shark attacks are more common nowadays and why they happen. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/are-shark-attacks-on-increase.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/israeli-inventor-develops.html An Israeli Inventor has developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of oxygen tanks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/israeli-inventor-develops.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/list-of-top-100-dive-sites-of-world.html SCUBA Travel: The Independent Guide to Diving around the World have updated their list of top 100 dive sites from around the world. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/list-of-top-100-dive-sites-of-world.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-research-safety-stop-for-may.html Eight interns are at DAN Headquarters for summer training. This includes being instructed in the main task of collecting dive data for Project Dive Exploration, but there's more this year http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/dan-research-safety-stop-for-may.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa-ponta.html Ponta Malongane is situated in southern Mozambique just north of the South African border. Dive any of the hardly known coral reefs, 10m to 30m deep, with caves and gullies, giant turtles, scorpion fish and whale sharks, a colourful variety of tropical fish, dolphins and sharks. Visibility is generally around 40m. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa-ponta.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/undersea-diving-found-safe-for-older.html Recreational divers who continue to dive into their later years should be able to continue their hobby without worrying about being held back solely because of their age, say Duke University Medical Center researchers. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/undersea-diving-found-safe-for-older.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/massive-sardine-shoal-headed-for.html A massive sardine shoal has been spotted off East London, headed for the KwaZulu-Natal coast, the province's tourism MEC, Narend Singh, said on Tuesday. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/06/massive-sardine-shoal-headed-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/05/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa_30.html Protea Banks is rated as one of the world's best shark diving spots. All dives are boat dives. Divers are taken to the reefs in semi rigid boats that are launched directly from the beach and through the surf. The launches have been likened to white water rafting in wet suits. All dives are drift dives and are lead by local dive masters who know the reef intimately. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/05/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa_30.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/05/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa.html Summary of the best dive sites of South Africa - Aliwal Shoal: Selected as one of the top ten dives sites of the world by the Diver Magazine the Shoal offers almost anything a diver can wish for. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/05/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/05/scuba-diving-history-time-line.html Men and women have practiced breath-hold diving for thousands of years. We know this because scientists found undersea artifacts on land and there are depictions of divers in ancient drawings. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/05/scuba-diving-history-time-line.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/scuba-diving-what-types-of-diving-is.html As a scuba diver, you have many kinds of diving that you can participate in. Most divers choose diving "open water" which includes an ocean, sea or lake. Find out what other types of diving can be done... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/scuba-diving-what-types-of-diving-is.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/scuba-diving-underwater-hand-signals.html Hand signals remain the most widespread method of underwater communication despite fancy devices that allow you to actually talk with and listen to other divers, providing they have compatible equipment. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/scuba-diving-underwater-hand-signals.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-to-take-care-of-your-wetsuit-after.html Your wetsuit takes a great deal of abuse during the scuba diving season and all divers know that a good wetsuit costs money. You can protect your investment by sticking to the manufacturer's guidelines and by taking a few extra steps. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/how-to-take-care-of-your-wetsuit-after.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/diving-and-breast-feeding.html There is some concern among divers who are nursing that their infants might be harmed by 'nitrogen bubbles' in breast milk. This of no concern as nitrogen does not seem to form bubbles in the milk located in the breast glands. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/04/diving-and-breast-feeding.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/20-shark-facts.html The history of sharks dates back millions of years. Mankind's fascination with sharks is a mix of myth and reality, fact and superstition, and it is punctuated with fear of the unknown. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/20-shark-facts.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-choose-right-scuba-fins.html When it comes to investing in your own pair of scuba fins, you have a plethora of choices from a number of manufacturers who continue to advance the engineering they use to produce the most durable, efficient fins possible. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/how-to-choose-right-scuba-fins.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/underwater-photography-wonders-under.html The world of photography is an amazing one. It's been with us for quite a while now but it is constantly changing. Cameras are changing and improving. Methods of developing are changing and improving as well. We have digital cameras that allow people to take a view of their pictures immediately without traditional developing. Another change in the world of photography is underwater photography. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/underwater-photography-wonders-under.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-diving-in-south-africa-what-is.html South Africa is probably best known for breathtaking safaris and game parks, but the diving and snorkeling is excellent and varied with fish and other marine life that isn't found anywhere else in the world. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-diving-in-south-africa-what-is.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/zambezi-sharks-under-threat-at-protea.html Sharklife.co.za has been fighting an ongoing for the protection of the Zambezi shark on Protea Banks but has been informed that a fishing charter is still trophy fishing for these sharks. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/zambezi-sharks-under-threat-at-protea.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-diving-in-south-africa.html This truly beautiful country at the southern tip of dark and mysterious Africa offers diving and wildlife experiences beyond your wildest dreams... http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-diving-in-south-africa.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/boat-diving-tips.html Important tips to remember when diving from a boat. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/boat-diving-tips.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-gear-checklist-for-your-next.html One of the best ways to avoid forgetting important items for a dive trip is to keep a scuba gear checklist. In fact, if you are about to make a trip, make sure to have your scuba dive gear serviced. To enjoy your trip, you need to divide your scuba gear checklist into two groups, the first group pertains to the actual dive, the other is for your time in the boat. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-gear-checklist-for-your-next.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/protection-of-diving-wetsuit.html Wetsuits are meant to keep divers warm by giving them thermal protection. There are some important guidelines which a diver should learn regarding the wetsuit he might acquire and use. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/protection-of-diving-wetsuit.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-certification-questions-you-need.html Learning how to scuba dive is your ticket to the ultimate underwater adventure. The scuba certification that you earn is internationally recognized, never expires, and allows you to rent or purchase your own diving equipment. You?ll soon discover, however, that there is no shortage of dive companies out there competing for your hard earned dollars. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-certification-questions-you-need.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa.html It is widely accepted that Sodwana Bay is the Mecca of diving in South Africa. The bay is situated in a marine reserve that now forms part of the World Heritage classified Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park, and makes for safe and relaxed diving. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/03/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa_28.html The Mediterranean style seaside town of Mossel Bay is situated on a sun washed peninsula embraced by the Indian Ocean. Mossel Bay is a very rich area with its abundant sea life of diverse fish, seals, whales, penguins and other sea birds, dolphins, the occasional Orcas and of course a plentiful supply of the Great White shark. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa_28.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/solo-diving-forbidden-fruit.html It's a cardinal sin. I know it, you know it, your buddy knows it. Your instructor in your open water class (as close to clergy as we get in the SCUBA industry) told you so in just about every class session. NEVER EVER DIVE ALONE! http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/solo-diving-forbidden-fruit.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/tips-for-controlled-buoyancy.html Many factors in diving effect buoyancy control in the water. Divers need to be aware of them and the various means of control. The principal means of buoyancy control are: the amount of weight you wear, the amount of air in your BC, and the amount of air in your lungs. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/tips-for-controlled-buoyancy.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/how-to-equalize-your-ears.html Because of the pressure that water causes on the eardrums, you need to be able to equalize when diving. It's similar to "popping" your ears while flying. Here are a few easy steps to equalise your ears. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/how-to-equalize-your-ears.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa_15.html Gansbaai is little holiday and fishing village situated a 160km from Cape Town. The area has several attractions for the nature lover with whale watching and great white shark cage diving being the most popular. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/scuba-dive-sites-in-south-africa_15.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/tips-for-using-point-and-shoot.html Operating a point and shoot underwater camera is pretty simple, but taking quality pictures is a little harder, especially if your subject is a person. To avoid disappointing pictures, try some of the following tips. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/tips-for-using-point-and-shoot.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/causes-preventions-and-treatments-for.html Diving headaches have spoiled many a scuba diver?s vacation or dive trip. There are several different causes associated with headaches and diving. It can be as simple as your mask strap being overly tight or as complicated as a symptom of DCS. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/causes-preventions-and-treatments-for.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/scuba-diving-improve-you-air.html Breathing gas is consumed to supply oxygen to the body and to remove carbon dioxide. The consumption of oxygen is directly related to the intensity of physical activity. When workload increases, oxygen consumption increases and the ventilation rate (the amount of air moved in and out of the lungs each minute) increases. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/scuba-diving-improve-you-air.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/tips-and-tricks-to-remember-about.html Helpful tips and tricks to remember about scuba dive training. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/tips-and-tricks-to-remember-about.html http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/choosing-scuba-diving-centre-10-things.html 10 things you should know when choosing a scuba diving centre. http://divesouthafrica.blogspot.com/2005/02/choosing-scuba-diving-centre-10-things.html