Archive for the 'Diving News' Category

Feb
6

Low-tech scuba divers of Bangladesh

The divers work in dangerous conditions

The sunken valuables of some of South Asia’s largest rivers are being retrieved by a daring new breed of amateur diver in Bangladesh. Using a pipe connected to a rudimentary oxygen compressor, the divers say they can go as low as 200ft in some of […]

Jan
24

Ultimate Dive Plans for Herbert Nitsch

source : http://www.aquatec-innerspace.com
 
Herbert Nitsch has has announced on his website that he is preparing for the most ambitious freediving project ever. He plans to make a no-limits dive to no less than 250 metres in June 2008. A documentary will follow his dive to 250 metres and he also plans to […]

Jan
7

Horrific picture of drowned diver captured in underwater tourist snap - but was it murder?

When he posed for this underwater holiday snap, the diver in the foreground thought he would merely have a souvenir for the family album.
In fact, it is a key piece of evidence in a deep-sea murder mystery.
Ringed on the right is the body of honeymooner Tina Watson, who police believe was killed while diving by […]

Jan
3

Fatal Coast Guard Dive: What Went Wrong

On a brisk, sunny afternoon last August, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy came to a crunching halt in 4-ft.-thick pack ice, 490 miles north of Barrow, Alaska. The polar icebreaker had just completed the western leg of its summer mission to study the Earth’s crust for the National Science Foundation. Since the ship had […]

Dec
28

Divers Break Record for Longest Cave Passage

Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
December 17, 2007
Completing the longest dive from one cave opening to another, divers on a treacherous 20-hour journey proved that vast underwater networks in Florida are linked.
Jarrod Jablonski and Casey McKinlay dropped into a small cave entrance called Turner Sink on the afternoon of December 15 and dove […]

Dec
17

Naui and DAN joined up to sponsor Nascar driving team to convert Nascar fans into scuba divers

Team Scuba and Diver Down Motor Sports will introduce the first dive-themed NASCAR race car at the DEMA Show, October 31-November 3, at the Orange Country Convention Center in Orlando. The number 19 car is driven by 16 year-old Ray Black Jr., the car will compete in the NASCAR Busch East Series during the 2008 […]

Dec
15

Scuba diver emoticons

I was bored and came up with these.

B-o Diver with mask
8-o Diver with big-eye mask
D-o Diver with single-lens mask
P-o Diver with broken mask
O-o Diver with big round mask
O-O Diver with big round mask and big mouth
-o Diver without mask
_B-o Diver blowing bubbles
B-@ Diver run out of air and screaming
~B-o Diver who stinks because he pissed […]

Dec
14

China army deploys 78 frogmen for underwater security at Beijing 2008 water sports venues

A contingent of 78 naval frogmen will surveil open water areas for Beijing Olympics 2008.
The divers from a search and rescue troop of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy are believed to take the responsibility of clearing underwater security threatsfor Olympic water sports venues, the PLA Daily reported Wednesday.
The divers of the Navy’s East Sea […]

Dec
8

Report: I lived underwater for 14 days

Isabella Moreschi one of the participants in “Abyss Project 2007″ has posted a report of her experience on Scubaportal. Six people, Isabella included, spent 14 days in September living underwater in the Mediterranean Sea. With 24 hour camera monitoring from the surface, Project Abyss is looked upon by the Italian media as a publicity […]

Dec
6

X-ray Mag #20 ready for downloading

Articles in this issue, available here:

Raja Ampat revisited.
White Sea in the Russian North.
Dive lamps - how to choose.
Osmosis explained.
How to save a rebreather diver.
Reports and news from DEMA and Antibes festival.