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1 LUCKY SCUBA DIVER SEARCHING FOR SPIDGE AT LONDON INTERNATIONAL DIVE SHOW WILL WIN £400 OF NIKNAKNOTES March 30, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : News , add a comment

This is another plug. The London Dive Show is drawing closer and looks to be the best one ever. If you are attending look out for the guy in the Spidge T-shirt. If you are not attending then don’t worry, you can still keep up to date as I aim to blog about all the latest stuff on show. Look out on here and Spidge.com for the latest news.

As most Scuba divers know, ‘spidge’ is dive-slang for treasure, and at this years London International Dive Show (LIDS) on 1st & 2nd April, one lucky diver will win £400 worth of vouchers from spidge.com!

That’s because of an unusual teaming up between one of the most respected on-line SCUBA suppliers: www.DivingNikNaks.com of Tyseley, Birmingham, and a spanking new internet service: www.spidge.com.

Phill Hopkins of divingniknaks.com has generously donated £400 in ‘niknaknotes’ to support the launch of spidge.com.

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Olympus E-330 Underwater Photography Pro kit March 29, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Photography , 1 comment so far

Olympus have specifically targetted scuba divers underwater photographers with this latest announcement. I like Olympus cameras and use the 7070 myself, but this looks like an ideal package.

Olympus E-330 Underwater Pro kit : Olympus will introduce the Olympus E-330 Underwater Pro kit to accompany the sales start of the Olympus E-330, and thereby provide customised, professional solutions. Key element in the kit is, of course, the Olympus E330 DSLR body, a remarkable feat of technology. It is the world’s first digital SLR to provide continuous live previews. Now, instead of being forced to frame compositions by looking through the viewfinder, photographers have the freedom of framing while looking at the live preview on the camera’s large 6.4cm HyperCrystal LCD. Extending usability even further, the screen can be tilted up 90° and down 45° to provide unparalleled shooting and framing ease.

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Scuba divers get a free blogsite as thedeepstop.com makes virtual debut at the london international dive show 2006 March 29, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Uncategorized, general , add a comment

This is a bit of a plug as the Deep Stop is a site I setup to help other divers easily setup their own scuba diving blog like mine. This coming weekend is the London Dive Show and I will be there telling people about the Deep Stop. here is the first press release.

http://www.TheDeepStop.com, a new on-line service, promises a free website for anyone in the underwater community and will be ‘virtually launched’ at LIDS by the founder Andy Carroll.

In the real world “The Deep Stop” is well known to SCUBA divers as a resting place on ascent, typically being the first decompression stop. On-line it is a resting place for SCUBA divers and underwater enthusiasts to rest from their web surfing and share their stories and adventures.

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Foreigners arrested for scuba diving in marine sanctuary March 27, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : News, Travel, Uncategorized , add a comment

In a story by the visayandailystar, two German nationals and their filipino guide where arrested and fined for diving in a marine sanctuary off the coast of Brgy.

Arrested were Breiten Huber Michael, 39, Tetzlaff Norbert, 45, and Filipino guide Ronald Tan.

Their arrest came after Mayor Rodrigo Alanano ordered the Dauin police through a telephone call to confirm reports that, a group of foreigners had been seen scuba-diving within the marine sanctuary. Alanano has been vocal in his position against violations of municipal ordinances, particularly those related to his program to sustain the coastal resource management gains of the municipality.

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Four scuba divers rescued between Bohol and Camiguin islands. March 23, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Accidents, Travel, Uncategorized , add a comment

The Bohol Chronicle report on four scuba divers who had a bit of a worrying time after becoming stranded on a boat near Camiguin. Apparently they were heading from Panglao to stay overnight at Camiguin, but the rough seas were too much for the boat and they couldn’t reach the shore. Eventually the boat ran out of fuel and they started making distress signals.

They were drifting for more than 48 hours and many passig vessels did not respond, said Elmer Loreno, boat captain, from Sunrise, Tawala, Panglao during an exclusive interview

He identified the scuba divers as Ian Willies, Ali Swandel, Mr. Fritchen and a certain Ruby Hora, from Panglao town. They left Panglao Island at 7 a.m. last Sunday to bring the drivers for an overnight stay in Camiguin.

“Big waves prevented us from reaching the shorelines of Camiguin,” Loreno narrated until they ran out of fuel and the pumpboat’s battery discharged.

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Similan Liveaboard scuba diving trip lives up to it’s reputation March 22, 2006

Posted by Andy Carroll in : Travel, Uncategorized , add a comment

I have been following a great set of reports covering a trip made on a Similan liveaboard by a writer on Travel-Dive, Mark Milburn. The Similan Islands, located about one hundred kilometers northwest of Phuket, are composed of nine granite islands covered in tropical jungle. They have been designated as a national park and there are no resorts on the islands. Mark’s liveaboard trip also included the islands of Koh Bon, Koh Tachai and Richelieu Rock, and it looks like there is some great diving in this area.