Scuba Diving

SCUBA DIVING NEWS   ::   SCUBALINX   ::   SCUBA FORUM   ::   SCUBA POLL   ::   CYBER DIVER

Scuba Diving NewsScuba Diving CDNNScuba NewsScuba Diving Travel NewsScuba Diving Safety NewsEco NewsScuba Industry NewsScience

Dive News :: CDNNScuba Diving NewslettersCDNN Act NowCDNN Scuba Diving News PhotosScuba Diver AlertCDNN Scuba InterviewCDNN Scuba Diving Special ReportCDNN Scuba EditorialsCDNN Scuba Diving ArticlesScuba Diving Destinations

CDNN Breaking News ::

Scientific sleuths track illegal whale meat back to Japan

Scientific sleuths track illegal whale meat back to Japan

The scientists identified several different whale species in sashimi at restaurants in Santa Monica and Seoul, South Korea, including fin whale, sei whale and Antarctic minke whale. All of these are listed with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which prohibits the international trade of endangered species... More >>

BC island residents vow to fight artificial reef scuba park

Angry BC island residents vow to fight artificial reef tourism scheme

Determined residents of sleepy Gambier Island who oppose a local dive industry scheme to sink the HMCS Annapolis in Halkett Bay as a scuba attraction in order to boost local dive operator profits are threatening to file a lawsuit that could reshape laws related to ocean dumping across Canada... More >>

Tabata recalls defective regulators

Tabata recalls defective regulators

Divers should immediately stop using TUSA RS-670 regulators due to defective first stage balance chamber plugs that can loosen from the scuba regulator causing a high-pressure leak and unstable pressure which poses a drowning hazard to divers... More >>

Blue Springs: Florida’s million-dollar cave diving system?

Blue Springs: Florida's million-dollar cave diving system?

According to a couple of academics at two small colleges in Florida and North Carolina, cave diving at Blue Springs could be developed into a million dollar industry... More >>

Inquest: Open verdict in death of PADI scuba diving course participant

Inquest: Open verdict in death of PADI dive course participant

Although the Health and Safety Executive fined Jurassic Coast Diving after its investigation found that the PADI 5-star instructor development center failed to properly assemble and maintain its scuba diving life support equipment, an inquest returned an open verdict in the death of 24-year-old Thomas Young, a customer of the dive shop who died while participating in a PADI advanced open water scuba diving course... More >>

UK dive accident victim out of coma

UK dive accident victim out of coma

A diver was recovering at Hull Royal Infirmary after almost drowning in an accident at the Forest Pines Hotel and Golf Resort... More >>

 

Thorfinn

Scuba Search: today's Top 10

1

2

3

4

5

scuba diving news

best scuba equipment

Thorfinn

Red Sea

diver death

6

7

8

9

10

Action Divers

scuba diving accidents

decompression sickness

dive Puerto Galera

scuba diving articles

Action Divers

CDNN Syndicated News

  • Add valuable news content to your site from CDNN, the only scuba news source NOT controlled by dive industry insiders...
  • Safety News  >>

    Travel News  >>

    Scuba diving accident kills Maui tourist

    Diving accident kills Maui tourist

    Authorities told CDNN that Daniel Barney, 54, of Spokane, Washington, apparently drowned while diving off Black Rock... More >>

    Missing Fiji diver believed to be victim of shark attack

    Missing Fiji diver believed to be victim of shark attack

    Witnesses said they watched helplessly as a 19-year diver struggled and fought off an unseen creature before he was dragged beneath the waves... More >>

    Scuba diving accident kills Canadian

    Scuba diving accident kills Canadian

    Authorities have not yet released the identity of the scuba diving accident victim who died while participating in a dive trip promoted and sold by a commercial dive operator...  More >>

    Scuba diving tourist murdered in Dominican Republic

    Scuba diving tourist murdered in Dominican Republic

    A trip to the Dominican Republic by two friends turned into a nightmare when 41-year-old John Gagne was murdered in his bed in a small private villa...  More >>

    Touring Hawaii’s economic ruins

    Trip report: Hawaii's economic ruins

    For the last two years, vacationers and conventioneers alike have abandoned Hawaii in favor of less exotic destinations closer to home. The result is an unprecedented slowdown in the industry and some cavernous cracks in the state's budget...  More >>

    ‘Best Job in World’ winner survives deadly Irukandji jellyfish sting

    Staying alive: 'Best Job in World' winner survives deadly jellyfish sting

    As if to add a punctuation mark to the abject failure of Australia's "Best Job in the World" marketing scheme, Ben Southall described the horror of being stung by a deadly jellyfish... More >>

    Industry News  >>

    Eco News  >>

    UK dive industry conman jailed

    Scuba company owner accused of price-fixing scam to pay fine

    Prosecutors said John Mello, the former owner of Catalina Diver Supply in Avalon, will pay $11,000 to end a lawsuit in which he was accused of colluding with Robert Kennedy, owner of Scuba Luv, to scam dive consumers by fixing prices for scuba diving tours at Catalina Island...  More >>

    Found in the Philippines: USS Flier

    Lost and found: USS Flier

    The USS Flier was a Gato-class submarine that struck a mine in the Balabac Strait and quickly sank on Aug. 13, 1944...  More >>

    Key West sued after failing to pay $1 million for Vandenberg project

    Key West sued after failing to pay
    $1 million for Vandenberg project

    The dive industry calls it "wrecks to reefs" and it's all about money but for at least one company, it's been "riches to rags" thanks to Key West, Florida, the troubled tourist town that simply won't pay its bills... More >>

    Thrill-seeking tourists threaten dolphins

    Thrill-seeking tourists threaten dolphins

    Tourists wanting to watch and swim with dolphins are being urged to keep their distance in a bid to protect the animals from dive industry-endorsed "interactive" wildlife tourism...  More >>

    Japanese whalers give Sea Shepherd eco-entertainers a serious spanking

    Sea Shepherd's painful spanking

    The two million dollar Ady Gil "bat-boat", which was enlisted by Sea Shepherd to harass Japan's whaling fleet, received "catastrophic damage" and was sinking after it was rammed by the Shonan Maru 2, the no-nonsense "take no prisoners" Japanese whaler... More >>

    NZ divers oppose local shark feeder

    NZ divers oppose local shark feeder

    Divers in New Zealand claim the Great White Southern Dive Company drops minced tuna into the sea to attract the sharks – a practice known as chumming – and are concerned this may modify the great whites' behaviour and endanger their lives...  More >>

    Science News  >>

    Articles >>

    'Evil Twin' threatens world's seas

    'Evil Twin' threatens world's seas

    The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving fundamental and dangerous changes in the oceans' chemistry and ecosystems...  More >>

    New research rejects 80-year theory of 'primordial soup' as origin of life

    New research rejects 80-year theory of 'primordial soup' as origin of life

    In rejecting the soup theory the researchers turned to the Earth's chemistry to identify the energy source which could power the first primitive predecessors of living organisms: geochemical gradients across a honeycomb of microscopic natural caverns at hydrothermal vents... More >>

    A breed apart: Six-gilled sharks

    A breed apart: Six-gilled sharks

    There's a mysterious creature living in Puget Sound. It's no ghost; rather, it's the six-gilled shark — an awe-inspiring monstrosity whose lineage predates dinosaurs... More >>

    Ecotourism, dive travelers threaten Andaman tribes

    Ecotourism, dive travelers threaten Andaman tribes

    "Tourism can be a useful source of income, but most people would say it's pretty bad news for the local people," says anthropologist David Turton... More >>

    Scuba looter escapes prosecution

    Scuba looter escapes prosecution

    Prosecutors decided to drop criminal charges against scuba looter, Steve Shaffer, who faced a prison sentence of one to five years for allegedly stealing the Portsmouth Indian Head Rock...  More >>

    Scuba diving accident kills Tilden’s Scuba Center customer

    Scuba diving accident kills Tilden's Scuba Center customer

    John Taylor of Clearwater, Florida, died just two days after another Florida Keys diver died while scuba diving with It's A Dive off the Sea Star dive boat... More >>

    North America News >>

    Asia News  >>

    Edmonds scuba diving accident victim rushed to hospital

    Edmonds scuba diving accident victim rushed to hospital

    A man who was injured while scuba diving north of Edmonds ferry dock was taken to Stevens Hospital...  More >>

    Opening day scuba park accident kills Missouri man

    Opening day scuba park accident kills Missouri man

    A man died Saturday while scuba diving at Captain John's Sports and Scuba Park in Oronogo... More >>

    Cozumel scuba diving accident kills renowned community leader

    Cozumel scuba diving accident kills renowned community leader

    Attorney Gene P. Johnson, a passionate supporter of the poor and the disadvantaged, died of injuries sustained while scuba diving off Cozumel, Mexico...  More >>

    UN: Japan violated human rights of Japanese anti-whaling activists

    UN: Japan violated human rights of Japanese anti-whaling activists

    The United Nations has ruled that the Japanese Government breached international human rights law by detaining two Japanese anti-whaling activists who uncovered major corruption in Japan's "scientific" whaling programme... More >>

    Thailand scuba accident leaves one tourist missing, another cut in half

    Thailand scuba accident leaves one tourist missing, another cut in half

    One scuba diver was cut in half and another is missing after a speedboat ferrying tourists to Pattaya Beach's Hard Rock Cafe plaza ran over them... More >>

    Diving accident kills Philippines Coast Guard diver

    Diving accident kills Philippines Coast Guard diver

    A seasoned diver of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) sacrificed his life yesterday afternoon while helping in the retrieval of bodies from the sunken ferry M/V Catalyn B... More >>

    Oceania News >>

    Caribbean News >>

    Inquest: Bad planning killed Leigh Bishop dive trip participant

    Inquest: Bad planning killed Leigh Bishop dive trip participant

    With a critically ill dive trip customer in need of immediate emergency medical care, dive trip leaders Leigh Bishop and Jeff Keep made fatal mistakes -- stemming from their failure to thoroughly research the dive trip destination -- that delayed treatment for nearly an hour and a half... More >>

    Search fails to find missing diver

    Search fails to find missing diver

    Helicopters and police divers are continuing to search for a 39-year-old man who disappeared while diving off Melbourne...  More >>

    Gabe Watson innocent says family

    Gabe Watson innocent says family

    Gabe's parents are outraged and terrified their son may stand trial in Alabama despite a guilty plea in Australia to manslaughter charges for failing to render aid to his wife as her dive buddy...  More >>

    Police ID dead Cayman Islands diver

    Police ID dead Cayman Islands diver

    Police have released the identity of the American woman who died while scuba diving with Resort Sports on the Cayman Islands...  More >>

    Resort Sports scuba diving accident kills another Cayman Islands tourist

    Resort Sports scuba diving accident kills another Cayman Islands tourist

    Just two weeks after a popular California soccer coach died while scuba diving in the Cayman Islands, another fatal diving accident there killed an experienced female scuba diver from Utah who was visiting with her family... More >>

    Another Cayman Islands scuba diving accident kills tourist

    Another Cayman Islands scuba diving accident kills tourist

    Police said the scuba diving accident victim was a soccer coach from California...  More >>

    Europe News  >>

    Central America News >>

    Residents oppose UK scuba park

    Residents oppose UK scuba park

    A business scheme aimed at building a scuba diving park on a local farm have come under fire from Hambrook villagers... More >>

    UK dive industry conman jailed

    UK dive industry conman jailed

    A Plymouth conman who helped swindle the NHS out of £250,000 has begun his 27-month jail sentence – 18 months late... More >>

    Recovered body could be missing Scapa Flow diver

    Recovered body could be missing Scapa Flow diver

    The body of a diver recovered from a wreck in Scapa Flow in Orkney may be that of Martin Voordouw who disappeared while scuba diving there in 2007...  More >>

    Diving accident kills college professor

    Honduras diving accident kills renowned college professor

    Longtime Mendocino College professor and a founder of the Ukiah Community Center, Susan C. Bell, died while diving with her husband in Honduras... More >>

    Tourism development, damage puts Belize on UNESCO endangered list

    Tourism development, damage puts Belize on UNESCO endangered list

    After more than a decade of political corruption and government mismanagement that failed to protect the Belize Barrier Reef World Heritage Site from tourism developers, UNESCO relisted the site as endangered...  More >>

    Tourism threatens Costa Rica’s natural assets

    Tourism threatens Costa Rica's natural assets

    The issue is a familiar one in developing countries as they weigh the benefits of tourist dollars that come with high-rise hotels against loss of pristine natural habitat... More >>

    Africa News  >>

    Middle East News >>

    Body of missing paraplegic diver recovered off Sudan

    Body of missing paraplegic diver recovered off Sudan

    A CDNN source in the region says searchers have recovered the body of a missing paraplegic diver...  More >>

    Paraplegic diver missing off Sudan

    Paraplegic diver missing off Sudan

    Friends and family are complaining that authorities have done nothing to help locate Dimitris Matsas, a Cypriot paraplegic who disappeared while scuba diving off the coast of Sudan... More >>

    Shark attacks, kills surfer near South Africa shark baiting site

    Shark attacks, kills surfer near South Africa shark baiting site

    The fatal attack came days after South Africa's Dept. of Environmental Affairs announced that shark cage diving in the area would be allowed even closer to shore...  More >>

    Dolphin

    Commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations

    The study, which examined the competition between the two top predators along the Mediterranean coast of Israel: the Common Bottlenose Dolphin and bottom trawlers... More >>

    Another Orca Dive Club accident kills Red Sea tourist

    Another Orca Dive Club accident kills British diver

    Five days after a PADI divemaster died while scuba diving with Orca Dive Club, another member of the same UK-based dive tour group was fatally injured while diving with the same company, which owns a chain of dive shops in Egypt...  More >>

    Orca Dive Club scuba diving accident kills PADI divemaster

    Orca Dive Club scuba diving accident kills PADI divemaster

    Police are investigating the death of PADI divemaster, Robert Fox, who disappeared while scuba diving with Orca Dive Club on the wreck of the El Arish El Tor...  More >>

    Opinion >>

    Act Now >>

    Unsafe at any Depth: PADI Scuba Diver

    Unsafe at any Depth: PADI Scuba Diver

    The PADI Open Water course can be completed in two days. The notion that divers should be certified who are unwilling to make even that minimal commitment...  More >>

    Hey Stupid!  It's Time for the Nigel Marven and Erich Ritter Show!!!

    Hey Stupid!  It's Time for the Nigel Marven and Erich Ritter Show!!!

    Prior to Anatomy of a Shark Bite we had to endure 'scientist' Erich's telepathic ability to intuit shark behaviour - his ability to read sharks' intentions just by glancing at them and of course his world-famous Yogic Heartbeat Control Theory...  More >>

    Drowning in Open Water, DEMA Spins Out of Control

    Drowning in Open Water, DEMA Spins Out of Control

    The business of promoting diving can be almost as dangerous as diving with sloppy dive boat operators who can't count. DEMA spin doctors who lie and deliberately misinform the public may sign up another contributor or two, but lose touch with reality and irreparably damage their credibility...  More >>

    ACT NOW: Boycott Palau

    ACT NOW: Boycott Palau

    While Palau pretends to be an eco-friendly dive destination committed to the protection of marine wildlife including dugongs, dolphins and whales, it is colluding with Japan to resume commercial whaling... More >>

    ACT NOW: Boycott Japan’s Caribbean puppets

    ACT NOW: Boycott Japan's Caribbean puppets

    The governments of Antigua, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts, St. Lucia and St. Vincent all vote with Japan at annual International Whaling Commission meetings to block conservation measures.  Ironically, these same six Caribbean nations are largely dependent on tourism driven by eco-friendly promises of pristine reefs, whale watching and dolphin encounters...  More >>

    ACT NOW: Save the Maui dolphin

    ACT NOW: Save the Maui dolphin

    In January 2003, New Zealand's Minister of Fisheries wisely banned commercial and recreational set netting in Manukau Harbor, however, to give full and effective protection to the Maui dolphin, trawler fishing must be banned...  More >>

    Recalls  >>

    CDNN NewsWire  >>

    Cressi-sub regulators recalled due to drowning hazard

    Cressi-sub regulators recalled due to drowning hazard

    Divers should immediately stop using Cressi Ellipse Black MC5 Regulator due to inaccurate pressure readings that pose a drowning hazard to divers... More >>

    Dive Rite Wings recalled due to drowning hazard

    Dive Rite Wings recalled due to drowning hazard

    Divers should immediately stop using Dive Rite Wings (Travel, Venture, Rec, Trek, Classic, Nomad and Super Wings) due to defective over pressure valve springs that could rust and fail posing a drowning hazard to divers... More >>

    Diver death prompts Si Tech recall

    Diver death prompts Si Tech recall

    Divers should immediately stop using dry suit hoses manufactured by Sitech due to defective inserts that can dislodge during diving and restrict airflow to the diver, posing a drowning hazard... More >>

    Floating underwater: The Gyre

    Floating deep: The Gyre

    Powered completely by renewable energy, the Gyre would offer a zero emissions stay for both tourists and researchers hoping to gain a better understanding of the ocean's ecosystem...  More >>

    WWII flier's remains finally return home thanks to BentProp team

    Scubacraft: The dive boat that dives

    Scubacraft uses an internal-combustion engine to whisk divers at a speed of 50 mph to dive sites where it can submerge and descend to a maximum depth of about 30 meters...  More >>

    Scuba Search

    Add Scuba Search™ to your site

    Now you can add Scuba Search™ to your site and promote your company on the world's first scuba-only search engine... More >>

       ADVANCED SEARCH

    site map         ::         notice         ::         privacy         ::         about us         ::         faq         ::         my news         ::         advertise         ::         contact

    © 1995 - 2011  CYBER DIVER DIGITAL MEDIA NETWORK