| Hawaii diver's death spurs new push to improve maritime safety Keahihoku Lum and his friends had taken safety precautions while free-diving in Maunalua Bay last month, but officials are now turning to the community to see what more can be done after a boat struck and killed Lum... More >> Lanyu's storm-battered coral reefs may take 100 years to recoverIt may take at least a century for the coral reefs in waters surrounding the outlying island of Lanyu, also known as Orchid Island, to recover from the damage wrought by Typhoon Morakot... 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 >> Diving accident kills Thailand touristPolice are investigating the death of a 40-year-old Russian tourist who apparently drowned while snorkel diving near Pattaya... More >> Helmet diving accident kills touristAn American cruise ship tourist who was helmet diving in Bermuda with Peppercorn Diving collapsed immediately after resurfacing and died despite attempts by the dive boat crew to revive him... More >> 'Jacques Cousteau: The Sea King'Cousteau's TV ratings winners (sharks, sunken treasures) were often followed by pessimistic programs about lead poisoning, nuclear waste and Japanese fishermen slaughtering dolphins. By the end of his life, he no longer believed that the planet was salvageable... More >> PADI scuba course accident kills woman off Catalina IslandThe scuba diving accident victim was participating in a PADI Advanced Open Water course when she panicked and ascended too rapidly from a depth of 19.8 meters... More >> Giant jellyfish sink Japanese trawlerThe crew of the fishing boat was thrown into the sea when the vessel capsized, but the three men were rescued by another trawler... More >> Action Divers extends cheap Puerto Galera 'dive & stay' ratesDue to popular demand, Action Divers has extended its Puerto Galera special $49 per day rate, originally for dive travel through October and now through November 30, 2009... 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 >> | | |
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| Body of missing NZ diver ID'd Friends mourned the death of a Dunedin carpenter whose body was recovered from Jackson Bay where he disappeared while scuba diving... More >> Rebreather accident kills renowned 37-year-old opthamologistDr Marcus Lim, 37, of the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), drowned while scuba diving with a rebreather off Pulau Aur in Malaysia... More >> Guam diving accident kills manAt about 3am Saturday morning, a Navy rescue helicopter equipped with high-powered search lights spotted the missing 40-year-old diver... More >> | Phuket murder, missing Brit cases puzzle police Two mysterious cases involving Britons on Phuket remain unsolved. One is a clear-cut murder, the other a case of a missing tourist who may still be alive... More >> Canadian woman stabbed to death off CancunCancun police found the murder victim with multiple stab wounds and her throat cut... More >> New Caledonia airline dispute injures 27 policePolice in New Caledonia say 27 officers were injured in violent clashes... More >> |
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| WWII flier's remains finally return home thanks to BentProp team The BentProp team dived the Palau site in 2004 and instantly hit a jackpot: a B-24 propeller at 30 feet and then the plane, broken in three parts around a coral head where it had sat for more than 60 years... More >> Convicted PADI dive shop owner faces life in prisonIn 1999 during a holiday dive trip to the British Virgin Islands, PADI dive shop owner, David Swain, described by prosecutors as "arrogant", believed he had got away with the murder of his wife, Shelley Tyre, who was found floating in the water near a local shipwreck... More >> GUILTY: PADI dive shop owner convicted of murdering wifeA jury convicted PADI 5-star Ocean State Scuba owner David Swain of murdering his wife while the couple was scuba diving in the British Virgin Islands in 1999... More >> | Death in Hong Kong: Polluted seas warn of looming tragedy The live fish facing death in the glass tanks in Hong Kong's famous seafood restaurants tell a strange and haunting tale of a looming global tragedy... More >> What are coral reefs worth?Economic research shows a single hectare of coral reef provides annual services to humans valued at US $130,000 on average, rising to as much as $1.2 million... More >> Whale wars: Japan, Netherlands agree on maritime safety issueStatng that "We disagree about whaling... but we do not disagree on the importance of safety at sea" Dutch premier Jan Peter Balkenende agreed to take action against the Dutch-registered flagship of the Sea Shepherd eco group over its attacks on Japanese whalers in the Antarctic... More >> |
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| Research divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala Lake Archaeologists are exploring the depths of Lake Atitlan to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims worshipped before it was submerged... More >> Deep mysteries off BermudaUsing cutting edge technology, researchers are surveying rugged underwater cliff faces that once formed a spectacular Bermuda coastline... More >> Barcoding endangered sea turtlesConservation geneticists who study sea turtles have a new tool to help track this highly migratory and endangered group of marine animals: DNA barcodes... 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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| Remembering rebreather accident victim Andy Letourneau Andy was 46 and a lifetime Oregonian. He and his wife, Meegan, had just bought their dream home in Colton. He died last week while scuba diving in British Columbia... More >> Florida scuba accident kills manThe scuba diving accident victim was found floating unconscious in the water near the Benwood Wreck dive site off Key West... More >> Diver missing off California coastAfter finding diving equipment and abalone on the beach near Sea Ranch, authorities launched a missing diver search... More >> | Two expat women attacked in Phuket One expat woman was raped and a second bashed in a sex attack while she was out jogging around the tranquil tourist area... More >> Accident kills PADI dive shop ownerRescuers recovered the badly decomposed body of a 21-year-old PADI scuba diving instructor and Singapore-based dive shop owner who died after a failed shared-air emergency ascent... More >> An inconvenient sleuthIn many countries, anti-whaling activist Toru Suzuki is considered a hero, but in Japan, he faces 10 years in prison for exposing corruption... More >> |
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| NOAA, The Nature Conservancy address coral reef threats NOAA and The Nature Conservancy have entered into an agreement to protect the health of the nation's valuable but increasingly vulnerable coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean, Florida, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands... More >> Fiji's coup and the politics of ethnicityThose who attempt to justify Fiji's December 2006 coup argue that the military's action was necessary to move the country's political arena away from control by ethnically based politicians and parties... More >> Don't dumb down Cairns into Gold Coast theme park say localsTourism operators in Queensland's far north are rallying against the proposed $3 billion Tropical Paradise Resort project, a Gold Coast-like themed entertainment and tourist precinct near Cairns... More >> | How a 'perfect' scuba diving murder became a murder conviction It was only by chance that lawyer J. Renn Olenn, who drew the blueprint that Tortola prosecutors followed over the last three weeks to convict PADI dive shop owner, David Swain, ever entered the case... More >> Former PADI dive shop owner spent inheritance courting another womanDavid Swain, accused of killing his wife during a 1999 scuba diving trip, testified that he spent part of her inheritance on courting another woman and taking her on a cruise... More >> Murder trial: Woman details 'fling' with suspected scuba killerFormer PADI dive shop owner, David Swain, accused of killing his wife while scuba diving, told another woman several months before the death that she was his soulmate and that he was ready to leave his wife "for good"... More >> |
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| Body ID'd as missing Isle of Mull diver A body found last week has been identified as a diver who disappeared nearly three weeks ago while diving off the Isle of Mull... More >> UK scuba diver with burst eardrum airlifted to hospitalThe scuba diving accident victim apparently descended too rapidly and failed to clear his ears... More >> Scuba diving accident injures British tourist in TurkeyA 27-year-old British female diver suffering from potentially fatal decompression sickness was airlifted to hospital for hyperbaric medical treatment... More >> | 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 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 >> Roatan shark feeder charged with attempted murderWaihuka Adventure Divers owner Maurilio Mirabella has been charged with attempted murder after he attacked a competitor underwater at a Roatan shark feeding site... More >> |
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| 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 >> Diving accident kills 25-year-old manNSRI officials told CDNN the diving accident victim was spearfishing with his father and brother off Empani Point... More >> Dive instructor on trial for statutory rapeRory McKenna, a 50-year-old self-employed scuba instructor and boat salesman, has denied charges that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl... More >> | Father of convicted scuba instructor to sue South Africa consulate The father of convicted dive instructor Roxanne Hillier aims to sue the South African consulate in Dubai for failing to offer a full retraction of accusations his daughter was guilty of having sex with her boss, despite evidence to the contrary... More >> Blood moneyA Ukrainian marine engineer convicted of manslaughter for the death of a Kenyan diver is appealing for help to raise blood money... More >> Shark kills diver at illegal Red Sea shark feeding siteA shark atttacked and killed a woman who was snorkel diving off a liveaboard at a Red Sea dive site where dive operators have been illegally feeding sharks... 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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| 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 >> Ocean Technology Systems recalls Guardian full-face masksDivers should immediately stop using Guardian full-face masks manufactured by Ocean Technology Systems... More >> Halcyon recalls defective scuba diving equipmentDivers should immediately stop using all Halcyon BCDs and diver lift inflatable devices due to defective over pressure valves that pose a drowning hazard... More >> | Mexico travel warnings lifted as resorts roll out Flu Free Guarantee Canada, the UK and the U.S. are among countries that have lifted their travel warnings as resorts located in Cancun, Riviera Maya and Playa del Carmen offered a Flu Free Guarantee: if you get the flu, they'll give you three free trips... More >> Action Divers bails out dive travelers with super cheap ratesWhere else can you get one-week dive and stay combos that include seaside accommodation, breakfasts and a private dive boat set up for five divers for only $305... More >> 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 >> |
