Scuba Diving News

SCUBA News #101 Now Online

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:29:23 +0000

Issue 101 of SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) is now available online at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scubanews101.html.

With articles, marine facts, your letters and the diving news from around the world.

Original post by scubadooby and software by Elliott Back

Online Scuba Diving Lessons
So you want to take some scuba diving lessons before you go for a diving vacation...Original post by SCUBA News... and software by Elliott Back
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Call for protection of UK seahorse

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:42:00 +0000

Conservationists have called for urgent action to protect important seahorse habitats throughout the UK, which they say are seriously under threat.

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

Rare seahorse appeal
Renowned marine life guide author Helmut Debilus is searching for underwater photographs of an extremely rare seahorse found in the Red Sea.Original p...
Call for Coral Sea protection
Marine conservation groups are calling on the Australian government to establish the world's largest no-take marine reserve in the Coral Sea. Original...
Seahorse is Creature of the Month
The seahorse is remarkable as the male becomes pregnant. The female seahorse deposits her eggs into the male's pouch where they are fertilised. The e...
Great British Seahorse
It's not just tropical climes that play host to seahorses. You can find them all around the UK - if you know where to look.Original post by DIVE and...

Do you remember your first time?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:41:00 +0000

We were all scuba virgins once. There was even a time when the world’s most experienced divers put on their first regulators and said to themselves: ‘Do they really expect me to breathe from this thing?’

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

Appeal to divers visiting Wales
Can you remember how much money you spent the last time you went diving in Wales? Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back
Time for a try dive
BSAC branches throughout the country still have time to sign up for this year's national Try Dive week, which takes place from 24 to 30 September. Ori...
Survivor type - a special report by Alan James
Life has a way of springing the unexpected on all of us from time to time, My day started off with a perfectly normal early morning dive trip to Babba...
UK C8 eLED Plus
Eight C cells give this twin 5W LED torch a burn time of up to ten hours (if using the low power setting).Original post by DIVE and software by Elliot...

Call for Coral Sea protection

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:59:00 +0000

Marine conservation groups are calling on the Australian government to establish the world’s largest no-take marine reserve in the Coral Sea.

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

Call for protection of UK seahorse
Conservationists have called for urgent action to protect important seahorse habitats throughout the UK, which they say are seriously under threat.Ori...
Coral Reefs are Disappearing faster than Rainforests
The rate and extent of coral loss are greater than expected, American researchers have found. And the reduction of coral rapidly causes a decline in t...
Sunscreen Killing Coral
Four commonly found sunscreen ingredients can awaken dormant viruses in the symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae that live inside reef-building coral ...
Coral Reef Alliance urges Americans to lobby for reefs
The US House of Representatives has reauthorised the Coral Reef Conservation Act. The Act extends NOAA funds for additional monitoring and assessment...

Strategy to Reduce Ship Strikes to North Atlantic Right Whales

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:17:56 +0000

NOAA officials today issued a regulation that will implement new measures to protect
endangered North Atlantic right whales.
The regulation will, for the first time, require large ships to reduce speeds to ten knots in
areas where the whales feed and reproduce, as well as along migratory routes in between. The
goal of the regulation is to reduce the risk of ship collisions with the whales.

Original post by scubadooby and software by Elliott Back

Pilot whales are the sprinters of the deep
Pilot whales are the cheetahs of the oceans, focusing their hunting effort on short, intense chases after a few rich food items. They are the first de...
Fickle ocean current foils climate modellers
The North Atlantic is stirring fitfully. A new monitoring system has shown that the ocean's currents change rapidly, surging or slowing from one week ...
Carpathia surveyed
A British-led team of technical divers has successfully completed a survey of the Titanic's rescue ship, the Carpathia, which lies at 160m in the nort...
Solar Powered Ship Reduces CO2 Emissions
As part of corporate efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels, Nippon Yusen KK and Nippon Oil are developing a system to partially use...

Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:46:39 +0000

Compiled from the favourite destinations of diving “experts” - includes Raja Ampat (West Guinea), Lembognan (Indonesia), Maine (USA) and Myanmar.

Original post by scubadooby and software by Elliott Back

Your dive memories needed for global shark census
A Canadian researcher is asking divers to contribute to a global shark census. "We believe that scuba divers/snorkellers possess valuable information ...
Revillagigedos archipelago, Mexico
Like Simon, I have had the pleasure of manta encounters in the Maldives and in many places around the world.Original post by DIVE and software by Ell...
Sea Lochs of Scotland
The sea lochs of Scotland are strange places.Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back
The Farne Islands
The classic places for seal diving in the UK are the Farne Islands off Northumbria, Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel and the Western Rocks in the I...

Shark conservation charity ball

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:09:00 +0000

UK shark conservation organisation Bite Back is holding a charity ball on Friday 10 October at the Richmond Hill Hotel in Surrey.

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

Shark conservation group slams natural food store
A shark conservation charity has slammed high-street natural food chain Holland & Barrett for continuing to sell shark cartilage capsules at its s...
Shark Trust trip, shark trust ball
The Shark Trust has teamed up with legendary shark scientist Samuel 'Doc' Gruber to organise a shark trip in the Bahamas in March 2008.Original post b...
Charity marine photography competition
The Plymouth local group of the Marine Conservation Society has launched a coastal-themed photography competition to help raise money for the conserva...
Marine conservation charity slams wind farm plans
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) has condemned government plans to construct up to 7,000 new wind turbines along the UK coastline. Or...

John Langford

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:46:00 +0000

John Langford, 60, has logged more than 8,000 dives in the past 30 years.

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

The one that got away
An unusual experience during a dive at North Sulawesi in Indonesia meant that seasoned diver John Langford could truly empathise with the local marine...
John Wallis
Photojournalist John Wallis explores the Hera wreck off Cornwall for this month's GB DivesOriginal post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back
Best of both
If one coast lets you down, the chances are the other will come up trumps. John Wallis dives two of Cornwall's choicest dive spotsOriginal post by DIV...
The Hera
A colourful wreck in good visibility, covered with marine life and just off the coast of Falmouth - the Hera is a true Cornish delight. John Wallis re...

Andy Murch

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:47:00 +0000

The porbeagle shark is one of the species of elasmobranchs most threatened by extinction, and as a result is rarely seen by divers

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

A shark on the edge
A close relative of the great white, the porbeagle is one of Britain's most elusive creatures. So elusive, in fact, that shark fanatic Andy Murch wen...
Andy Moll
Would you learn how to use a closed-circuit rebreather on your first cave-diving course? BSAC first-class diver Andy Moll reports on one of his toughe...
Call to stand
Andy Moll, the BSAC honorary secretary, is accepting nominations for BSAC council and officer positions which will be vacant from the 2008 AGM in May....
In at the sharp end
Learning how to use a closed-circuit rebreather can be a challenge for any diver, but combine it with beginner cave-diving and you have a dictionary d...

MONTY: Seal Encounters

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:38:00 +0000

The chance of a seal encounter leads DIVE’s adventurer to unpack his books for a spot of research

Original post by DIVE and software by Elliott Back

MAUI MONK SEAL
The Hawaiian Monk Seal is the most endangered mammal in the world. Only 1500 left in population. Their are Endemic to Hawaii, ...
Monty goes native in the Scottish Highlands
I am, at least for the next six months, Monty of the North. Through some judicious pitching of ideas for a new television series, I find myself perche...
MONTY: facing the prospect of advancing years
Great Ocean Adventures star Monty Halls faces the prospect of advancing years and seeks solace in the acquisition of more diving equipment Original p...
MONTY: This summer’s great white lies
Big fish fanatic and Great Ocean Adventures star Monty Halls is hot under the collar after this summer's great white liesOriginal post by DIVE and sof...