| Florida-based Scuba Clean faces fines of $200,000 for safety violations OSHA has cited Scuba Clean Inc. in St. Petersburg for alleged safety and health violations... More >> Oil spill bad guys: BP, Obama, NOAAScientists were stunned that NOAA appeared to have been co-opted by the White House spin machine. "NOAA has actively pushed back on every fact that has ever come out," says one ocean scientist who works with the agency. "They're denying until the facts are so overwhelming, they finally come out and issue an admittance." Others are furious at the agency for criticizing the work of scientists studying the oil plumes rather than leading them. "Why they didn't have vessels there right then and start to gather the scientific data on oil and what the impacts are to different organisms is inexcusable," says a former government marine biologist. "They should have been right on top of that." Only six weeks into the disaster did the agency finally deploy its own research vessel to investigate the plumes... More >> BP oil disaster reaches Florida KeysSouth Florida scientists working in conjunction with the government's oceanic science agency reported that they had discovered a 20-mile oil slick in the area of the Dry Tortugas National Park and the Florida Keys... More >> Nationalist threats expose Japan's failure to protect freedom of speechHarassment and intimidation by Japanese ultra-nationalists against cinemas planning to screen "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about the annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, has provoked a debate over free speech in Japan... More >> Diving accident kills Hawaii manThe search for a missing diver has ended tragically for a Kalihi family. The body of Junior Aneo was found this morning at Kahala Beach... More >> Scuba diving accident kills physicianThe scuba diving accident victim was a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology who practiced at the College Hill Women's Health Center... More >> Van der Sloot confesses to murder, could be out of prison by age 30Aruba murder suspect, Joran Van der Sloot, 22, who confessed to the brutal killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores on May 30 in a Lima hotel room, could actually be out of prison before he turns 30 if sentenced on second-degree murder charges... More >> Body of missing scuba diver found in Vietnam's Nha Trang BayAuthorities have recovered the body of a 27-year-old Russian man who disappeared during a scuba diving tour promoted and sold by Rua Lan Dai Duong Company... More >> British mass murderer tried to kill fellow BSAC dive club memberA BSAC scuba instructor who fell out with fellow Solway Sub-Aqua Club member Derrick Bird is believed to have been the gunman's intended 13th target, but escaped because he was too slow getting to the door... More >> | | |
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| Another UK scuba diver injured A 23-year-old scuba diver suffering from potentially fatal decompression sickness was airlifted to the Derrisford Hyperbaric Unit in Plymouth... More >> Scuba diving accident severely injures Predator II customerA scuba diver suffering from potentially fatal decompression sickness was airlifted to hospital... More >> Missing Valley Divers customer rescued off PembrokeshireA 49-year-old diver who disappeared while scuba diving off the Valley Divers dive boat has been rescued... More >> | Aruba murder suspect charged with killing woman in Lima hotel room Joran Van der Sloot, 22, who dodged murder charges in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba, has been arrested and charged with the brutal killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores last weekend in a Lima hotel room... More >> BP oil spill: Florida Keys now under state of emergencyGovernor Charlie Crist has extended a state of emergency to four southern Florida counties... More >> Reservations down 70 percent as BP oil spill threatens Florida KeysRobert Baldari and his four brothers had chosen Key West for a week of scuba diving for their annual vacation, but they postponed their trip this week fearing oil that has moved into the loop current would ruin their dive trip... More >> |
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| California court tosses waiver, family can sue Catalina Scuba Luv A California appellate court ruled that the family of a scuba diver who ran out of air and died off Catalina Island can move forward with its wrongful death case against Catalina Scuba Luv, a dive shop previously involved in price-fixing scams... More >> Nekton Cruises goes belly upCiting "increasing cost of operations, decreased discretionary income of consumers, and overall economic difficulty", Nekton Cruises announced it has terminated its liveaboard dive tour operations effective immediately. The company advises customers who have pre-paid reservations with Nekton Pilot and Nekton Rorqual to contact their travel insurance agents for compensation... More >> Lack of customers forces dive shop to shut down after 33 yearsThe owners of Scuba WV attributed the sharp decline in new customers to America's ailing economy... More >> | The Cove screenings axed after Japanese protests Cinemart theatres in Tokyo and Osaka have cancelled their planned theatrical releases of the film later this month, citing angry phone calls and threats of picketing outside the cinemas... More >> Florida braces for worst as oil hits beachesFloridians found Frisbee-sized oil clumps along Pensacola Beach today, as the state braced for damage to its tourism and fishing industries from the BP oil spill. Business is already down about 80 percent at Scuba Shack, the oldest and largest dive operator in the area... More >> Florida Keys: 'No one's going to go diving when there's oil in the water'As the BP oil gusher continues to spread, the risk increases that it will be carried by ocean currents closer to Florida's coastline... More >> |
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| Why, where, when sharks attack off Florida's Volusia County Shark attacks are most likely to occur on Sunday, in less than 6 feet of water, during a new moon and involve surfers wearing black and white bathing suits, according to a new study from the University of Florida... More >> Scientists stunned as grey whale sighted off IsraelIt's the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years... More >> World's deepest known undersea volcanic vents discoveredA British scientific expedition has discovered the world's deepest undersea volcanic vents, known as 'black smokers', 3.1 miles (5000 metres) deep in the Cayman Trough in the Caribbean... More >> | 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 prosecutionProsecutors 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 customerJohn 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 >> |
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| Gloucester scuba diving accident kills 42-year-old man CDNN previously reported the victim was pulled unconscious from the water and rushed to hospital... More >> Friends, family mourn Michigan scuba diving accident victimDaniel M. Kleinert had a lot to live for: the birth of his second grandchild in two weeks and his 26th wedding anniversary in June. Kleinert, 46, died yesterday while scuba diving... More >> BP oil rig disaster eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US spillTwo teams of scientists calculated the well has been spewing between 504,000 and more than a million gallons a day. Even using the most conservative estimate, that means about 18 million gallons have spilled so far. In the worst-case scenario, 39 million gallons have leaked, which would be nearly four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster... More >> | Philippines tourism up 7.9 percent The Philippine tourism department reported a 7.89 percent growth in foreign tourist arrivals in the first quarter as Puerto Galera, Cebu, Bohol and Boracay continue to attract more visitors... More >> Malaysia diving accident kills mother and daughterPolice are investigating a diving accident that killed a 58-year-old woman and her 31-year-old daughter off Pulau Sipadan in Malaysia... More >> Alleged scuba looter faces jailPolice said they were tracking Michael Hatcher on suspicion of illegally removing Chinese Ming porcelain from a wreck off Blanakan, off the north coast of Java... More >> |
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| Hawaii diving accident kills man Authorities are investigating the death of a man who apparently drowned while diving off Oahu's North Shore... More >> Oahu diving accident victim ID'dPolice have released the name of the 21-year-old man who apparently drowned while diving off Ka'ena Point... More >> Inquest: Bad planning killed Leigh Bishop dive trip participantWith 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 >> | Jamaica's bloody democracy The violence tearing apart Jamaica, a democratic state, raises serious questions not only about its government's capacity to provide basic security but, more broadly and disturbingly, the link between violence and democracy itself... More >> Bahamas dive ops fear BP oil spillOne dive operator said he experienced some cancellations, which he believed were due in part to concerns about the oil spill. "I would absolutely expect that any visitors to the island will think twice about coming here if there's a giant oil spill coming this way," another dive operator said... More >> Violence damages Jamaica tourismOngoing street violence in Jamaica could keep tourists away and damage the country's recovering economy... More >> |
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| Farne Discovery customer airlifted to hospital after scuba diving accident A woman who was seriously injured while scuba diving off the Farne Discovery dive charter boat was airlifted to hospital for emergency hyperbaric medical treatment... More >> Another Calve Island scuba diving accident kills manA scuba diver died off Calve Island near Tobermory a month after CDNN reported that Maurice Bell died in the same area while scuba diving off the Gaelic Rose dive boat... More >> How to protect £5m shipwreck treasures from scuba lootersCroatian authorities are so concerned about scuba looters plundering the valuable artefacts they have now protected the site with a metal cage... More >> | 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 listAfter 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 assetsThe 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 >> |
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| 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 SudanFriends 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 siteThe 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 >> | Scuba diving accident kills woman in Red Sea A 40-year-old woman died near Dahab as she was resurfacing from a depth of 200 meters (656 feet)... More >> Commercial fishing endangers dolphin populationsThe 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 British diverFive 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 >> |
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| 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!!!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 ControlThe 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 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 puppetsThe 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 dolphinIn 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 >> |
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| OMS recalls 20,000 defective buoyancy compensators Divers should immediately stop using Ocean Management Systems buoyancy compensators manufactured in America... More >> Mares recalls defective dive computersOwners of Mares Nemo Air dive computers affected by the recall should stop using the defective equipment IMMEDIATELY... More >> Tabata recalls defective regulatorsDivers should immediately stop using TUSA RS-670 regulators due to defective first stage balance chamber plugs... More >> | 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 >> Scubacraft: The dive boat that divesScubacraft 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 >> Add Scuba Search™ to your siteNow you can add Scuba Search™ to your site and promote your company on the world's first scuba-only search engine... More >> |
