Now one of favourite fish, and call me strange if you will because of this, is the ToadFish. I have very strong reasoning behind this so hear me out. Firstly, they are in all truths pretty bloody hard to find. After spending a couple of years diving in thecarribean and listening to them "singing" I managed to find them only on 2 occasions.
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New Scuba Jedi for Scuba Diving in Canada
Welcome to the Scuba Diving in Canada and the PADI System Scuba Jedi. My name is Darrell O’Donnell. I’m an Assistant Instructor with PADI and I’ve been a certified diver for 10 glorious years. I live up here in the ...
Read More »Hitler Dives with SSI… and he is not an AOW
Is not easy to be The Fuhre, specially when you want to go diving and you are just an open water diver. So the big question is: Should dive operators alowed Hitler to dive without his Advanced Open water certification? ...
Read More »Drysuit or BC for Buoyancy? BC of course!
When using a drysuit divers will need to add air to their suit on descent to avoid the accompanying, potentially painful, squeeze that is explained by Boyle’s law and the associated increase in pressure. Since drysuits themselves provide little or ...
Read More »PADI IDC: Choosing the Best PADI Course Director
As technology and dive business has advanced, so has diving instruction. Just as there are many choices of Regulators, BCD’s, computers, and dive trip options, there are just as many choices of instructors. There are also a lot of Course ...
Read More »Scubacraft the convertible Scuba Vehicle
There are 2 type of people that will buy the scubacraft… divers with a lot of money …. and divers with a sick amount of money…. . Regardless on which group are, this could be the most difficult “scuba product” ...
Read More »Whales, Dodging Those Deadly Harpoons!
Whales, Dodging Those Deadly Harpoons! The title for this month’s conservation article was inspired by a line from a Jimmy Buffett tune, Treat Her Like A Lady, about respecting the ocean. Whales worldwide will head for the deep, like this ...
Read More »The biggest threat to coral reefs: Prices on Underwater cameras.
It’s been said that every photo taken of you shortens your life with one day. I’m not sure that this is intierly true since people like Brittney Speers is still around. However, Anna Nicole Smith might be of a different ...
Read More »Scuba Swat dies after 3meter dive… in Israel.
Israel Navy commander Adm. Eliezer Marom has convened a panel to investigate how a soldier in the advanced stages of training as a naval commando drowned early yesterday in a routine three-meter training dive at Ashdod Port. Sgt. Gal Azoulay, ...
Read More »A Line in the Sand as a Call to Action
Among divers and conservationists, it’s hardly controversial to speak up against the killing of sharks for shark fin soup. Inspiring people like Rob Stewart and the team associated with his acclaimed documentary are among the most visible. New groups like ...
Read More »Ex-HMAS Canberra: Ready for Australian Divers
So after more than 3 years in the planning the Ex-HMAS Canberra becomes the new Wreck for Divers in Australia. Not only this wreck becomes a new playground for Aussie divers, but it is a well needed injection to the ...
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