| Dive shop owners warned to be safe or be shut down Officials blamed careless dive shop owners for tourist fatalities and warned them to improve safety procedures or be shut down. The stern warning followed a police investigation that revealed Blue World Collection failed to deploy dive flags and buoys where their customer was hit by a boat and killed... More >> Divers survive 'underwater tornado'If not for their experience, a group of a half dozen seasoned scuba divers might not have lived to tell the tale of an "underwater tornado"... More >> Boat hits, injures diver off MaltaThe Armed Forces of Malta scrambled an Alouette III helicopter to rescue a 26-year-old diver seriously injured after he was hit by a boat... More >> Wight Diver dive boat customers rescued off Isle of WightThe Bembridge lifeboat rescued a group of scuba divers yesterday after the Wight Diver dive boat fouled its propeller and drifted away... More >> Diving accident kills man in TenerifeLocal police and coastguard rescuers found the body of the 33-year-old diver floating in the sea off Arona... More >> Poseidon recalls defective wingsDivers should immediately stop using Poseidon Besea W50 wings due to defective inner bladders that pose a drowning hazard... More >> Travelers warned to avoid HondurasDive travelers planning holidays in troubled Honduras should change their plans and select an alternative destination... More >> Dive operators demand regulations after scuba accident kills touristCiting multiple accidents including the recent death of a German tourist, dive operators in Gibraltar are demanding government regulations aimed at enhancing diver safety... More >> Widow of drowned diver gets $7,250The widow of a 41-year-old SAR diver who drowned in Kenjir Lake on June 16 received RM25,603 in compensation... More >> Scuba accident kills Washington manThe scuba diving accident victim died at Redondo Beach in Des Moines... More >> | | |
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| Scuba accident kills Illinois man Authorities told CDNN that 48-year-old Phil. J. Patz died while scuba diving in Lake Michigan at a depth of about 91.5 meters (300 feet)... More >> Missing rebreather diver presumed dead after Channel Diver accidentThe Coastguard officially ended its search for a diver who disappeared while scuba diving with a rebreather off the Channel Diver dive boat at the Empire Javelin wreck... More >> Boat propeller kills Cebu tourist diverA 52-year-old female tourist from Japan who was scuba diving off Lapu Lapu died from head injuries after she was hit by a boat propeller... More >> | Palau dive shop owner terrified of Chinese Uighurs From politicians to pastors, wise and compassionate natives are trying to help the cowardly American, Sam Scott of Sam's Tours, to overcome his fear and loathing of Chinese Uighurs... More >> Bodies reveal Air France Flight 447 broke up in mid-airMedical experts said multiple fractures they found on the victims' legs, hips and arms indicate the plane broke up in mid-air... More >> Cave diving in NamibiaMany legends surround Lake Otjikoto among them the myth that it contains a safe filled with millions of gold coins... More >> |
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| Rebreather death troubles techies Paul Blanchette's scuba diving death has many tech divers, especially aging boomers, wondering how such an experienced diver lost his life during a routine, tune-up dive... More >> Found: Argentine 'golden' shipwreckA ship carrying $18m in gold and silver ingots that sank in mysterious circumstances last January has been found in the Magellan Straits... More >> Massive fines expected in diver death caseTwo companies face massive fines after admitting failings in the run up to a diver's death near Tewkesbury... More >> | Electrified reef gets green light A proposal to install an electrified artificial reef on the ocean floor off a Florida town has won approval from a key federal agency... More >> Island of the DamnedThere are no words or pictures that can adequately capture what mining has wrought in Nauru. The small atoll has essentially been tonsured. One would be hard-pressed to find a place that has been more wasted by the global economy... More >> Why coral reefs are collapsingAn explosion of knowledge has been made in the last few years about the basic biology of corals, researchers say in a new report, helping to explain why coral reefs around the world are collapsing... More >> |
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| NAS archaeologist divers unlock secrets of Holland V sub The Holland V submarine sank six miles southeast of the Royal Sovereign Lighthouse in 1912 and lay uncovered until 1995 when Kent diver, Jerry Dowd, found it by chance... More >> Air France Flight 447: What happens to dead bodies in the ocean?On the open ocean, flies and other insects are largely absent, however, crabs and small fish may feed on the soft parts of the face like the eyes and lips. Then there are sharks, another opportunistic feeder that eats humans... More >> Basking sharks winter in the tropicsWhen winter comes, many people vacation in the Caribbean. A new report suggests basking sharks have the same idea... More >> | 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 >> 'Raising the Dead'Less than half a minute after the emergency began, Don Shirley was stabilised. His descent was arrested and he was breathing safely... More >> History worth saving: 'Moonlight'Archaeologists describe it as a "time capsule" and praise the high ethical standards of the divers who found the century-old schooner.. More >> |
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| Golf ball diver dies in Texas OSHA officials are investigating the death of a man who died while diving for golf balls at the Las Colinas Country Club golf course... More >> Scuba accident kills Captain ZeroJoseph Terzuoli, 46, known as Captain Zero, was solo diving at the wreck of the sunken freighter, Texel, when he died... More >> Scuba diving accident kills solo diverPolice told CDNN an unconscious scuba diver pulled from the ocean off New Bedford in Massachusetts died later in hospital... More >> | Headless corpse could be missing Diveevolution scuba instructor Police suspect a body that washed up on the beach near Pattaya could be the Diveevolution scuba instructor that CDNN reported went missing in May... More >> Small town whalers celebrate first killJapanese whalers in Wada have celebrated their first kill of the season just ahead of this year's IWC meeting... More >> Bali, Gili Trawangan tourists warned after 'arak' kills 25Police said the victims included a British national, an Irish woman, a Dutch man and a American woman who died of alcohol poisoning after drinking contaminated arak... More >> |
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| Hawaii lawmaker launches task force to shut down shark feeders Alarmed because state and federal laws prohibiting feeding sharks within 200 miles of shore are not being enforced, Rep. Gene Ward has launched a task force to shut down Hawaii's defiant shark feeders... More >> Honeymoon scuba killer faces more jail timeAmerican bubble-wrap salesman, Gabe Watson, convicted over his wife's honeymoon scuba diving death is facing a harsher punishment after getting a "manifestly inadequate" one-year jail sentence... More >> Transcript of police interrogation sheds light on scuba killer caseA transcript of the police interview of convicted scuba killer, Gabe Watson, substantiates accusations that he gave conflicting and implausible statements... More >> | Caribbean coral reefs flattened Coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been comprehensively 'flattened' over the last 40 years, according to a disturbing new study... More >> Trinidad & Tobago now murder capital of the CaribbeanWith a 38 percent increase in murders including a tourist couple chopped to death in their villa, Trinidad and Tobago has overtaken "murder capital of the world" Jamaica as the most violent country in the Caribbean... More >> Scuba diving accident kills Puerto Rico touristA CDNN source in Puerto Rico said the 48-year-old victim collapsed on the dive boat and died... More >> |
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| Coastguard helicopter rescues diver caught in rip-tide A 36-year-old Taunton man was rescued after he was swept out to sea by a rip-tide... More >> Scuba accident severely injures boyA 12-year-old boy suffering from potentially fatal decompression sickness was rushed to hospital after a scuba diving course accident... More >> Channel Diver dive boat customer missing in English ChannelCoastguard officials and Sussex Police officers were preparing to interview the skipper of the Channel Diver dive boat and the remaining group members late last night after the boat returned to Brighton without one of its customers... 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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| Dive instructor on trial for statutory rape Rory 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 >> Tiger shark killed surfer near tiger shark baiting siteThe Natal Sharks Board believes that a tiger shark killed a young surfer in Port St Johns, raising concerns that local scuba diving operators who condition tiger sharks with bait to associate humans with food may be partly responsible for the fatal attack near a shark baiting site promoted on YouTube... More >> Shark kills teen surfer near South Africa shark baiting siteA shark that may have been manipulated by local scuba diving operators to associate humans with food attacked and killed a surfer in Port St Johns, South Africa... More >> | Shark kills diver at illegal Red Sea shark feeding site A 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 >> GUILTY: Dive shop owner, scuba instructor jailed for having sexDive instructor Roxanne Hillier, 22, and a UAE dive shop owner who employed her were sentenced to jail terms after they were found guily of having sex... More >> Young dive doctor dies scuba divingA courageous 32-year-old doctor who died trying to rescue a friend while scuba diving off the coast of Egypt has been hailed as a hero... 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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| SiTech recalls inflator hoses Divers should immediately stop using low pressure inflator hoses manufactured by Sitech of Lysekil, Sweden... More >> Ambient Pressure Diving recalls rebreather hosesDivers should immediately stop using rebreather hoses manufactured by Ambient Pressure Diving Ltd. in the UK and distributed by Silent Diving Systems in America... More >> Aqua Lung recalls Apeks regulatorsThe U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Aqua Lung USA announced a voluntary recall of about 25,000 Apeks TX, ATX, and XTX second stage regulators... 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 >> |
