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Amazing Underwater video from Ted Confernce [Video]
April 15, 2008 – 3:32 pm | No Comment
Amazing Underwater video from Ted Confernce [Video]

David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair of fighting squid, and a mesmerizing gallery of bioluminescent fish that light up the blackest depths of the ocean. He …

Half a century after being subjected to more than 20 nuclear tests, Bikini Atoll boasts a flourishing coral reef – but the coconuts are radioactive
April 15, 2008 – 11:25 am | No Comment
Half a century after being subjected to more than 20 nuclear tests, Bikini Atoll boasts a flourishing coral reef – but the coconuts are radioactive

Bikini Atoll the sight of the famous US hydrogen bomb tests should be some of the more radioactive places on earth. One would expect a vast waste land both above or below the water.

However, this …

Miss Scuba – New Website Dedicated to Female Divers
April 14, 2008 – 1:02 pm | No Comment
Miss Scuba – New Website Dedicated to Female Divers

This website/blog is written by and for woman scuba divers. It features trip reports, photos, tips and gear reviews that focus on women who scuba dive.
Pretty cool idea as most of the dive industry is …

Wounded 22-year-old Marine uses special prosthetic leg to scuba dive
April 10, 2008 – 2:43 pm | One Comment

This is very cool. A Iraq war veteran loses a leg while sweeping for IEDs but learns to scuba dive in spite of it.
…part of a group of 14 soldiers with war-related injuries participating in …

KISS Rebreather [Video]
April 8, 2008 – 9:02 am | No Comment
KISS Rebreather [Video]

This is from a couple of years ago and the video quality isn’t great but it gives a quick introduction to the KISS rebreather.
The KISS rebreathers are like the rEvo in many regards some highlights:

Easier …

Scripps Institution of Oceanography selling naming rights of new marine species to the highest bidder.
April 7, 2008 – 12:50 pm | One Comment
Scripps Institution of Oceanography selling naming rights of new marine species to the highest bidder.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be selling the scientific naming rights for newly described marine species to the highest bidder.
Scientific names for species are the generally two-word Greek/Latin names that are used to identify a …

Woman Diving At Sunken Ship Rescued
April 7, 2008 – 9:36 am | No Comment
Woman Diving At Sunken Ship Rescued

From what I’ve heard unofficially, this woman was finishing her Advanced Open Water course and during her second dive on the Yukon, something went wrong and she was unconscious on the surface. The life guards …

Salvo comes out with LED-based dive lights
April 4, 2008 – 10:45 am | No Comment
Salvo comes out with LED-based dive lights

Salvo Diving Equipment (Salvo) has come out with a new line of LED-based diving lights. LED lights sip power and are incredibly durable. but that usually came at the cost of being difficult to focus. …

rEvo Manual Closed Circuit Rebreather
April 2, 2008 – 7:52 pm | 4 Comments
rEvo Manual Closed Circuit Rebreather

Rebreather Pro has a nice video review of the rEvo rebreather. It’s a manual closed circuit rebreather that has been on the market for a year or two and has been getting pretty good reviews …