Get Asia’s Latest Diving News via the FiNS Blog June 27, 2006
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Finsonline.com has recently announced that they are starting a blog. Fins is a diving magazine based in Singapore and focusses on all of the scuba diving activities in the Asia-Pacific Region. It is still early days but hopefully it will soon be packed with useful information. From the press release;
To help divers, travel agents and media around the world keep track of breaking news, events and destination updates from this region, FiNS Magazine brings you updated stories via the recently launched FiNS Blog and RSS feed.
The FiNS Blog is the first and only news service for the dive industry in Asia, and it provides interested parties with a spam-free, convenient way to keep up-to-date with relevant news.
Diving with Hammerheads in the Galapagos June 27, 2006
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On Yorkshire Divers forum, adrianwd75 has written up a great report on his recent trip to the Galapagos Islands. The great thing about this report is that it not only provides the positives about what is the world’s top diving destination, but also some downsides, meaning that should you ever get the opportunity to go, you can read Adrians report and prepare yourself. As for the diving, here is what Adrian said about diving with hundreds of Hammerhead sharks near Darwin Island;
The buzz on the boat was very good..we had four top dive..the water temp had risen between 26 – 28c…I had bought my 1mm skin..so I took a load of weight off my belt and put my dry suit away..all I needed now was some coke to go with the rum I had..I will tell u now rum and fanta is horrible..ow and then we ran out of fanta..After one day at Wolf we do the 12 mile trip to Darwin…the Arch and Darwin itself are amazing.
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Scuba diving to become tourist attraction in Algarve June 26, 2006
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At the moment there are around 25,000 dives completed each year in the Algarve, and the Portuguese authorities are hoping ot increase this. From the Press Release;
IPIMAR, THE Portuguese institute of investigation of fishing activities and the sea, has announced its desire to promote scuba diving to Algarve tourists, in order to make the activity more sustainable in the region.
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Suunto Dive Computers Recalled; Software Bug ‘A Potential Risk to Divers’ June 23, 2006
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Suunto have announced a recall of some D6 and D9 dive computers following the discovery of a software bug. To help spread this around here is the press release in full, and the actions to take are at the bottom;
Quality and safety are paramount concerns for Suunto. Our testing program for the D9 and D6 product by Suunto employees and independent divers all over the world has been extensive.
Despite this, Suunto Oy has identified a software bug in the D9 and D6 instruments. The software bug may cause the D9 and D6 to incorrectly track dive time on rare occasions, potentially causing a risk to the diver.
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Brits Assured WW II-era Torpedo ‘Chariots’ Will Not Be Salvaged June 23, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : WreckDiving , 1 comment so farTwo World War II British Chariots have been found in waters off Phuket, and there has been a plan by a salvage company, East Marine SBS Co, to raise them. The British Embassy heard about this and concerns were raised about the operation. Subsequently a letter has now been delivered to the Governor, Udomsak Uswarangkura, requesting that they remain on the sea floor. From a report in Underwater Times and via Divester;
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Ambitious project to map Island’s underwater caves June 22, 2006
Posted by Andy Carroll in : CaveDiving , add a commentThe island of Bermuda’s limestone caves date back between one and two million years and have never been mapped..until now. An ambitious project to map the caves using a combination of traditional cave diving techniques and technology which will follow the progress of divers from above ground, is due to start within the next 12 months. During the project the caves are also to be filmed in a documentary by Jill Heinerth, says the Royal Gazette;
One of the world’s top cave diving experts, Jill Heinerth of US-based Karst Productions, has already produced a number of films following “the water paths of the world” including exploring caves created in the ice-shelf of Antarctica.
“This seemed like a natural for an episode of ‘Water’s Journey’,” she said of the upcoming documentary on Bermuda.
“The caves here are magnificent and part of the reason is because they have been so protected. When you go swimming in the caves, it is like going through a church. The formations were formed when they were dry caves and later they became submerged.”
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