| Diver's death sparks calls for reform ''We believe the industry is greed-driven, putting money ahead of safety,'' said the mother of a 24-year-old diver who died in 2007... More >> Oxygen poisoning killed diverAuthorities in Israel said a 19-year-old cadet killed in a diver training accident for the elite Shayetet 13 unit died from oxygen poisoning... More >> Thailand scuba accident leaves one tourist missing, another cut in halfOne 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 >> Scuba diving death triggers warningRescue officials warned scuba divers not to dive alone after father of three, Johannes Nicolaas Van Der Walt, 33, died while diving solo... More >> Diving accident kills Philippines Coast Guard diverA 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 >> Spiegel Grove scuba diving accident victim praying for a miracleCollege tennis star, Matthew DeVlieger, 21, was paralyzed from the chest down after a rapid ascent from the deadly Spiegel Grove, an old ship scuttled by local dive industry promoters as part of an "artificial reef" scheme aimed at proping up struggling dive shops in the Florida Keys... More >> Florida diver bitten by shark expected to liveThe shark attack victim was rushed to Matheson Hammock Marina where paramedics were standing by... More >> Honduras diving accident kills renowned college professorLongtime Mendocino College professor and a founder of the Ukiah Community Center, Susan C. Bell, died while diving with her husband in Honduras... More >> Florida Keys scuba accident leaves popular college athelete paralyzedThe young scuba diving accident victim was rushed to a Florida hospital where he remains paralyzed from the chest down due to decompression sickness (the bends)... More >> Cebu scuba diving accident kills PADI dive instructorA Norwegian tourist died while scuba diving in Cebu with Malapascua Exotic Dive and Beach Resort... More >> | | |
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| 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 >> Scuba diving accident critically injures Aussie diverA diver was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after nearly drowning near Portarlington on Monday... More >> Aussie diver wanted to die after suffering deadly irukandji sting"It was lucky there was not the option of euthanasia because I would have used it," said experienced Far Northern diver Dugald Gray describing how he reacted to the intense pain of an irukandji jellyfish sting... More >> | 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 >> Trip report: Hawaii's economic ruinsFor 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 >> Staying alive: 'Best Job in World' winner survives deadly jellyfish stingAs 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 >> |
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| The Trouble at Twin Wrecks A deadly puzzle in paradise: What really happened on that fateful Carribean dive when Shelley Tyre died while scuba diving with her husband, David Swain, a PADI dive shop owner... More >> Divers confirm blast sank U-533 subA new deep-sea mission to the U-boat's final resting place has confirmed a fatal blast hole was ripped into her rear port side, dooming the twin-screwed 76.8-metre-long vessel... More >> Test drive in the Super FalconThe Super Falcon has a 29-mile range and can run 5 hours between battery charges. Its top speed is 12 mph—not fast by land-speed standards, but positively sports-car-like for submersibles... More >> | 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 feederDivers 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 >> 'Take a Bite out of Fish Feeding' urges divers to stop feeding fishWhile the eco-unfriendly, profit-driven dive industry sells "interactive" fish feeding dives that harm sharks and other marine wildlife, top retailers in Hawaii have joined the Fish-Friendly Business Alliance through the "Take a Bite out of Fish Feeding" campaign, which urges divers to stop feeding fish... More >> |
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| 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 >> Research divers probe Mayan ruins in Guatemala LakeArchaeologists 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 >> | 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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| Scuba diving accident critically injures Edmonds diver A scuba diver was pulled unconscious from the water near the Edmonds Ferry Dock... More >> Florida's grouper fishing ban aims to protect speciesWhile many fishing captains oppose the ban, many restaurants and seafood markets accept the restriction as necessary to protect a commercially vital group of fish... More >> Scuba accident kills diver off La JollaLiveguards said they were opening the La Jolla Shores tower when they spotted a pair of scuba divers struggling to reach shore... More >> | Phuket's dive industry takes a dive According to local media reports, the dive industry is headed for a shakeout with too many dive shops and too many liveaboards chasing fewer tourists willing to pay the high cost of scuba diving in Phuket... More >> Diving accident kills Phuket touristThe bloated corpse of a foreign woman wearing a wetsuit, weight belt and fins was found four meters offshore near the Merlin Beach Resort... 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 >> |
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| Scuba accident kills diver near Perth Searchers have recovered the body of a 33-year-old man who disappeared while scuba diving with friends off Canal Rocks south of Perth... More >> Helicopter rescues trapped diverRescuers said the 32-year-old diver managed to free himself and climb onto a rocky outcrop, where a helicopter winched him to safety... More >> Boat operator, divers rescued off KaikouraA team of seven divers ended up stranded in the water near Kaikoura after an inexperienced boat operator failed to restart their dive boat's engine... More >> | 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 touristPolice said the scuba diving accident victim was a soccer coach from California... More >> Minimum 25 years for PADI dive shop owner convicted of murderDavid Swain, convicted of killing his wife on a Caribbean scuba outing in 1999, was sentenced Tuesday to a minimum of 25 years in prison for what prosecutors in the British Virgin Islands called a near-perfect crime motivated by his desire to pursue another woman... More >> |
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| Man injured, woman missing after Black Sea diving accident The 26-year-old male diver was rushed to hospital as authorities searched for the 24-year-old female diver... More >> Divers find illegal explosive deviceAn illegal and potentially deadly explosive device used by outlaw fishermen has been removed from the wreck of the Um El Faroud in Malta... More >> Missing Cyprus diver rescued, charged with illegal fishingThe rescue operation went on all of Monday night and included two police helicopters, two launches from the coastguard, a team of divers and members of the Paphos police district.... 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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| 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 >> | Escape from Dubai On the eve of his escape, former French spy, combat diver and submarine pilot, Herve Jaubert, checked into a hotel near the beach, put on his scuba diving equipment and donned a long abaya, the body-covering cloak worn by strictly observant Muslim women... More >> Father of convicted scuba instructor to sue South Africa consulateThe 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 >> 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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| 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 hazardDivers 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 recallDivers 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 >> | Action Divers extends cheap Puerto Galera 'dive & stay' rates Due to popular demand, Action Divers has extended its Puerto Galera special $49 per day rate, originally for dive travel through October and now through December 20, 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 >> 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 >> |
