SCUBA News - #152 - January 2013

SCUBA News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 152 - January 2013 http://www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Welcome to the first SCUBA News of 2013. We recently highlighted how plastic granules in toiletries were harming marine life (issue 150 of SCUBA News). Today we are delighted to report that at least two manufacturers, Unilever and Lush, are to phase out plastic microbeads from facial scrubs and glittery bath products. I hope you enjoy this SCUBA News but should you wish to cancel your subscription you can do so at http://wwww.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html. You can also download a pdf version of this newsletter. SCUBA News is published by SCUBA Travel Ltd. Contents: - What's new at SCUBA Travel? - Letters - Europe's Top 10 Dives - Diving News from Around the World What's New at SCUBA Travel? Diving Cuba Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean with some 5 star dives. We've now more on diving Cuba at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/americas/cuba-diving.html Dive Sites of Dahab Is the Blue Hole the best dive site in Dahab? More write-ups and reviews of this Red Sea diving destination. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/dahabdive.html Diving the Philippines Diving highlights of the Philippines include the World Heritage site of Tubbataha, thresher sharks at Malapascua and big pelagics at Panagatan. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/philippines/ For regular announcements of what's new at the SCUBA Travel site see our Twitter feed and our Facebook page. Letters Hi Scuba Travel, I'm looking to find a cheap getaway. The key point is to find the cheapest flights, accommodation and something at the other end since I'll be going it alone... I have a PAID OW cert from 6 years ago that remains unused and I want to get back into the swing. Any help, tips or advice would be great. Thanks in advance! John Suffolk Any advice for John, post at http://www.facebook.com/SCUBANews or email news@scubatravel.co.uk. Europe's Top 10 Dives Europe boasts some world class dive sites, with great visibility and masses of underwater life. According to our readers, these are the best dive sites in Europe. Disagree? Then cast your vote at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/topdiveseurope.html. The Zenobia, Cyprus The pristine wreck of a huge ferry. Lying on its port side, the wreck starts at about 15 m and descends to 42 m. Fabulous dive. One of the best wreck dives in the world in recreational depths. 20 m plus visibility and some great swim-throughs. Needs several dives to see anything like all of it.   Cirkewwa, Malta Features the wreck of the Rozi MV as well as stunning underwater topography. Visibility is very good and there is a mass of sea life: barracuda, morays, octopus, cuttlefish and even dolphins.   Booroo, Isle of Man The Burroo, with its extremely diverse and plentiful marine life offers a truly magnificent dive. In fact, in areas exposed to the fast flowing current, it is something of a challenge to find a single square centimetre of bare bedrock, so abundant is the life here.   Blockship Tabarka, Scapa Flow, Scotland This shallow 18 m dive is a real beauty. One of the block ships scuttled to prevent submarine attack during WW2. Covered in life, a beautiful place. Worth the trip and the one of surprises of Scapa.   Blue Hole, Gozo A beautiful sharp drop off into the blue hole with what seems like limitless visibility and feels like you are on the very edge of the world. A most extraordinary dive.   Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, Ireland Claimed to be on a par with the famous Yongala. It is a cold water dive off Ireland's west coast. The bay is fairly sheltered and is teaming with life. The terrain is full of rocks and gullies and the water is really clear.   Eddystone Reef, England 12 miles off Plymouth, England. The reef is from 8 to 60 m. Encrusted with jewel anemones and with the remains of ancient wrecks, including a large 17th century anchor. Stunning.   Fanore, Ireland Shore dive in crystal clear Atlantic water with abundant fish.   Chios island, Greece Small undersea caves and paths between impressive rocks, colourful reefs and vertical walls.   Chickens Rock, Isle of Man Very exposed: there is only a very limited window to dive Chickens. Mind-blowing variety with so much to see. Strong current.   Diving News From Around the World You can display this news, in real-time, on your web site - for more details see http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/newsfeed.html or grab http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/scuba.xml Lush Latest Company to Phase Out Harmful Plastic Granules Lush is to phase out deadly micro-plastic granules from its products. But why was a company like Lush, who trumpets its Green credentials, using unnecessary plastic granules in the first place? 'Extinction threat' for UK orcas The UK's only known resident population of killer whales is at risk of becoming extinct, experts fear. UK seas to gain just 31 marine conservation zones Campaigners dismayed that ministers rejected advice to create 127 zones, which are intended to protect the ocean. Brits can sign a petition in favour of all 127 at http://www.mcsuk.org/mpa/england/consultation. Fisheries ministers following scientific advice only 1 out of 10 times An analysis launched today by WWF shows that over the past nine years fisheries ministers have only followed scientific advice in 13 per cent of their decisions; and set fishing quotas on average 45 per cent higher than the recommended scientific advice. Great Barrier Reef could be stripped of heritage status The Great Barrier Reef could be stripped of heritage status and placed on a UN list of world treasures in danger due to proposed developments on Queensland's coast, green groups have warned. China and Australia top list of 'carbon bomb' projects Greenpeace analysis shows 14 planned giant fossil fuel projects will increase global emissions by 20%. Four British warships could become artificial reef Four Royal Navy frigates will soon be put up for sale following decommissioning. They could be used for "non-military purposes which include sinking for use as an artificial reef, or for recycling," the Ministry of Defence said. Embryonic Sharks Freeze to Avoid Detection Although shark pups are born with all the equipment they'll ever need to defend themselves and hunt down food, developing embryos still stuck in their egg cases are vulnerable to predators. But a new study finds that even these baby sharks can detect a potential predator, and play possum to avoid being eaten. Russian seas finally protected by parliamentary law The Russian parliament has passed a long-awaited law to protect the country's seas from oil pollution, after the voices of 120,000 Russians were presented to the government during Earth Hour's I WILL IF YOU WILL campaign in 2012. Trawling ban in Hong Kong waters to increase fish numbers Trawling in Hong Kong waters was banned on 1st January. The fishing practice of trawling has resulted in catching different marine species at random and damaging the seabed over the past few decades. It is also believed to be one of the main reasons leading to the almost collapsed status of the marine ecosystem in Hong Kong. Scientists predict that populations of larger fish, such as groupers, will surge by 30 to 45 per cent. Marine Robots detect Endangered Whales Underwater robots detect nine endangered North Atlantic right whales Robots find Barrier Reef coral at extreme depths, amazing ocean scientists Robots have found living coral on the Great Barrier Reef at 125 m, far beyond the depth at which scientists expected to find them. 3D Sonar Map Shows Sunken US Civil War Ship "Most shipwreck survey maps are two-dimensional and based on observations made by sight, photographs or by feeling around in murky water while stretching a measuring tape," said James Delgado, director of maritime heritage for NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. "Thanks to the high-resolution sonar, we have a three-dimensional map that not only provides measurements and observations, but the ability for researchers and the public to virtually swim through the wreck's exposed remains and even look below the surface at structure buried in loose silt." Are marine protected areas in hot water? While some like it hot, plankton do not. Warmer oceans around North America are forcing plankton to move to cooler waters, and like a moveable feast, fish are following; some going north and some heading further out to sea. People, whales and birds that depend on these fish are forced to adapt their habits to find them - with mixed success. * Copyright SCUBA Travel - http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/ * Reprinting permitted with this footer included. We are happy for you to copy and distribute this newsletter, and use parts of it on your own web site, providing the above copyright notice is included and a link back to our web site is in place. Previous editions of SCUBA News are archived at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING Visit this link and add or remove your e-mail address. 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Scuba diving in Galapagos Live Aboards based island Diving-diving for all skill levels

The waters encompassing the Galapagos Islands is one of the largest marine reserves on the earth, and Rodale's Scuba Diving Magazine regularly names it as a top scuba diving destinations in the world, anyone who has been diving there knows why.Many consider the Galapagos Islands to modern day Garden of Eden renown for the up-close encounters with wildlife. Here on the equator where the cold Humboldt Current flowing north from Antarctica meets with the warm tropical waters of the Panama Current creating an unparalleled environment. Going ashore you will find Galapagos Penguins existing in the same places as tropical pink flamingos.

However going by putting on your dive gear you'll discover just how incredible the Galapagos is. Volcanic in origin, the waters surrounding the Galapagos profit from equatorial upwelling creating it an awe inspiring marine environment. You'll discover waters rich with nutrients. Porous lava rocks offering small fish with the shelter in other locations they would gain from a reef. The combination of these factors produces an awesome dive experience. In Galapagos and diving with whale sharks, hammerheads, giant mantas, turtles, dolphins, tuna, Galapagos sharks, almaco jacks, bacalo, leather bass and sea lions not a dream but a daily experience.The Galapagos offers several dive experiences for divers at every level. The week long live aboard cruises caters to advanced divers.

These cruises travel northern most part of the islands to spend several days diving at Wolf and Darwin-and see why the area has been voted "Best Fish Life," "Best Big Animal Dive," "Best Advanced Diving," and scored among the top as the "Healthiest Marine Environment" and "Best Value". In one word-FABULOUS! Home to schools of hammerheads, silky and black tip sharks and during peak season June through November it's where to come to dive with whale sharks. For intermediate level divers Island Based diving offers diving with hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, giant manta rays, golden rays, morays, schools of moorish idols, parrotfish and tuna.

Mixed with excursions to see some of the islands other highlights including giant tortoises, penguins, blue footed boobies and much more.Even beginning divers can explore the Galapagos Waters. At one of the local dive schools beginners can get certified or complete open-water training in the protected waters surrounding Santa Cruz and San Cristobal Islands. Divers of all skill levels can discover the Galapagos Islands---one of the world's finest marine environments with unbelievable diving experiences for divers of all abilities.

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Scuba diving in the red sea

Think of scuba diving and images of James Bond wearing fins and sneaking up on the villain come to mind. Or, maybe your first thought is of Jacques Cousteau investigating the creatures of a coral reef. Both scenarios have entered popular culture for good reason - both reflect the adventure and wonder that characterize scuba diving. Over the last ten years awareness in scuba diving has grown in leaps and bounds, red sea diving is becoming the Mecca for many European travellers.Though many regard Jules Verne's description of underwater diving as pure science fiction, equipment-assisted diving had been around for more than 100 years earlier. But it wasn't until the WWII years when Emile Gagnan, with some help from a then-obscure French navel lieutenant - Jacques Cousteau - invented the first scuba gear, the Aqualung.

To anyone standing on its shore and gazing out across its heavenly waters, the Red Sea may seem to be a mislabelling. Its blueness is eternal and anything less red cannot be fantasized. The Red Sea, where the desert meets the ocean, is truly one of the planet's most exotic and fascinating natural seascape environments. The Red Sea is located between Asia and Africa. At its most northerly point forms the Sinai Peninsula and stretches over 1000 miles south to join the Indian Ocean, between Ethiopia and Yemen. In the north and west are desert plains, while in the south a mountainous region (2642 meters high), which is part of the mountain range stretching from deep in Saudi Arabia, across the Sinai and then into Nubia of the African continent. Red sea diving holds an oasis of living creatures, reefs, and coral formation. Its use as a highway between East and West has attracted man since the beginning of time. Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (SCUBA) developed rapidly after the war and sport diving arose in tandem. From the 1960s to the present, buoyancy compensators, wetsuits and dry suits, along with a host of supplemental gear was born or advanced. Red sea diving requires a lot more than just selecting good equipment, basic physiology and physics, safety practices, venomous sea creatures are just a few of the essential topics of study. Anyone who 'just wants to get down there' won't be stopped by anyone... but the deep. The sea will claim them quickly enough. Young children can be taught the basics, using SASY (Supplied Air Snorkelling for Youth) and other child-oriented gear. Teens to the mature can participate in diving and see all that the fascinating coral reefs and ocean depths have to show whilst red sea diving.

Even elderly novices, with proper precautions, can safely enjoy shallow dives and see sights found nowhere else on Earth. Certification isn't required, but is highly recommended. A good scuba diving class can teach anyone willing to learn in a few hours how to prepare gear, to breath properly, descend and ascend safely and avoid common dangers. You'll learn to clear your mask, use your regulator properly, life-saving tips and much more. http://www.activediving.co.uk offer red sea diving holidays where people of all ages and experience the wonders of the sea.A 20-hour course from a PADI red sea dive club (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) whom are a recognized school can teach you skills useful your entire life.

The cost is a few hundred pounds, but certification - once gained - is good for life. From there you can discover dive sites all over the world, some of the most diverse being located in south Africa and Lanzarote.As a bonus, you'll learn to select dive gear. A mask, regulator, buoyancy compensator (BC), dive watch or computer, air supply (snorkel or tank) and fins are essential. But you'll also learn to judge wetsuits and dry suits, knives or guns, and you can even pick up a lot of tips about underwater photography. Instructors are always experienced divers, from experience with travelling with Active Diving I have found that always use the more experienced and established dive centres to ensure their customers have local guides with thorough knowledge of the area.Because of movement of the in the Earth's surface about 30 million years ago red sea diving is now possible. In that time, the Arab peninsula started to part from Africa along a thin break line which was filled by the ocean's water.

However, "Mother Nature" did not stop there. Twenty million years ago another geological movement started. The Arab peninsula which parted from Africa, started to move to the north. That movement struck resistance in Turkey and swung to the east, and another break line was formed. This one stretching all the way from the northern part of Israel, through the Jordan valley to the Dead Sea, and finally through the Gulf of Eilat to Ras Mohamad at the southern point of the Sinai. The young age of the Gulf of Eilat is what makes it so deep, 100 meters in Dahab and 1800 meters north of the Straits of Tiran. On the other hand, the old Gulf of Suez is relatively shallow, with a 85 meters maximum depth. The Red Sea is still widening at about one-half inch per year, the rift is the youngest region of continental breakup on the planet, allowing geologists to learn about processes that occurred in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans hundreds of millions of years earlier. Water temperatures for Red Sea diving remain unusually constant year round, averaging 22C in the summer. Low pressure systems develop in the Sahara Desert and draw hot dry east winds from Asia which cause the temperature to rise frequently along with sand storms.

At the same time, lows develop over the Red Sea, bringing moist cold air from the south and creating clouds, haze, and more often rain. The northern land mass is the primary influence over temperature in the gulf, but this decreases to the south the closer you get to open sea. The open sea's cooling effect creates an interesting temperature pattern: maximum summer temperatures are lower in the south while minimum temperatures are higher in the north with the opposite occurring during the winter. In any case, the coldest moth of the year is January and the warmest months are July and August. Red Sea diving is notorious among seafarers for its high speed surface winds and aggressively short irregular motion.

It may be calm on the inward shore, but journeys to exposed sites like The Brothers islands, a remote off-shore site east of El Quseir, can be perilous and boats have been seen literally to fall apart under the force of the journey. Cargo vessels, oil tankers, fishing boats, and passenger liners all move their trade across this great waterway, but for many, the true enchantment of the Red Sea is hidden just below its surface. Red sea diving opens your eyes to over 1000 species of invertebrates and around 200 recorded coral types to be found. Moreover, the Red Sea boasts over a thousand species of fish, more species than any other proportional body of water. Not surprisingly, therefore, Red Sea diving is considered by many to offer the very best of the marine world.

The Red Sea diving attracts photographers, marine scientists, and leisure seekers from all over the world, hoping to experience and explore the incalculable wonders of the colourful, abounding marine life and the Red Sea's lavish coral reefs. In places, the exceptional living reef stretches way out to sea, forming a elaborate system of caves, lagoons, gardens, and plateaus. Some of these coral summits plunge dramatically thousands of feet to the ocean floor. Red Sea diving is not all a delight however, as it has its troubles which you will have to stay away from. There is minimal danger from marine animals in the Red Sea, and with a little common sense, even these dangers can be eliminated. Some of the marine animals are dangerous to touch, others dangerous to eat, and some are dangerous to come face to face with.

There are fire corals and stinging hydroids which can be extremely painful if accidentally touched as well. Snorkelling is a popular way to view the edge of the reef, especially for those with limited confidence in their swimming ability. Sharks, manta rays, turtles, and eels will take pieces of bread from your hand, and brilliantly coloured schools of fish team all around in bewildering colour. However, most divers will tell you that there is nothing to beat the thrill of experiencing the depth of the reef and the abounding marine life to be found Red Sea diving. The lure of the reef is such that many novice divers become totally "hooked" and cannot imagine why they have never joined in the fun before. Furthermore, when asked to compare their local diving conditions with those in the Red Sea, they find it a "paradise" with clear visibility, little wave action, and warm temperatures all year long. Red sea diving relies on the water as does the rest of Egypt, Surrounding cities are totally dependent on it for household and industrial supplies, and tremendous desalination plants are in operation.

These supply drinking water which has been purified to a high standard, as well as non-potable domestic water. Sea water is also used in large quantities by oil refineries and cement works situated along the coastline. The danger of pollution is always present in the Red Sea, particularly from oil spillage. A Royal Decree forbids the discharge of any pollutant substances, including oil, within 100 miles of the Saudi Arabian coastline. Currently, the areas of the Eastern Desert and around the Red Sea have received a great deal of overdue attention. A joint expedition from the University of Delaware and Leiden University and Leiden University has been working at the ancient Red Sea port of Berinike. The past season the Delaware-Leiden team excavated in two areas, opened a total of seven trenches, and found four public buildings. One of the sites contained offering tables, an incense burner, a stela stand and an almost life-size bronze figure of a cloaked woman clasping a snake.

Scraps of colourful textile from the Fourth and Fifth centuries A.D. have also been found. In addition, evidence of trade appears in the form of imported coconuts, pepper, and rice. So, while the edges of the Red Sea are being explored, the sea itself is being plunged in a survey of sunken wrecks. The Institute for Nautical Archaeology in Egypt, is continuing the underwater survey started last season, plotting the locations of shipwrecks along the Red Sea coast. Red sea divers understand first hand that it cannot be compared to anywhere else in the world. Even the leisured gazer, speculating the inaccessible blue/red abnormality, can be said to have been given something to think about. The underwater amazement of the Red Sea remains a living tapestry of resounding corals and exotic fish, waiting for you to discover its secrets. To find out more about diving holidays across The Red Sea, Lanzarote and South Africa visit http://www.ActiveDiving.co.uk and quote: ARTAuthor: Emma Parker (04/08/08)That's all for now on Red Sea Diving

Men's dive watches how to compare

There are tons of men's watches in the market, but those who are deserving of you your hard earned money? And what exactly is a diver's watch anyway?A diver's watch is simply a wristwatch designed for diving. The key roles are to measure the time you spend underwater and to guide you safely at sea level with the help of decompression tables (if an analog clock). Also many diving watches look terrible and can be worn as a fashion accessory when not worn as a critical tool.A clock built for diving must be able to withstand water pressure of at least 100 m and tough enough to hold up to corrosive environments. Must be strong enough to shake off a knock or two too. A true diver's watch will have to meet a series of measures defined in ISO 6425, a worldwide standard that grants permission to print the words DIVER s watch conforming case maker.The characteristics of a WatchDiving Dive Watches have a nominal level of functionality that must be met to comply with the ISO standard and many watchmakers offer superior to this. Conventional analog watches were, but the emergence of diver's watches computer has seen a variety of underwater digital clock find more prominence.So exactly how does a dive Watch differ from a standard sports watch? There are a number of criteria that can be compared: divers ' watches water resistance corrosion & CaseBecause dive watches require some level of resistance to corrosion and water pressure, happens to be constructed from materials such as titanium, ceramic, plastic or stainless steel and synthetic resins. Diving watches can also tolerate a moderate level of magnetic perturbation extrinsic and shock. Integrated movement of most prestigious dive watches are shock protection smart.Rotating bezel (elapsed time Controller), keeping track of cumulative time of immersion is a vital function of a diver's watch. Analog watches feature a rotating bezel that addresses this. The purpose of the bezel is to allow easy adjustment of total dive time. The bezel is twisted to align the zero on the bezel with one of the clock's hands, saving the diver need to remember the position of the starting hand and to perform mental arithmetic to derive the total dive time. The bezel is unidirectional and can only be shifted counterclockwise to increase the apparent elapsed time (do not reduce it). Some models also have a dive bezel with lock, which reduces the risk of accidental alteration under water. Diver's watches digital, of course only show the length of the dive in numeric format.Crystal CaseDue for high strength a watch is subjected to underwater due to pressure, diving watches tend to a Crystal case-ultra thick sport. Some standard materials used include synthetic sapphire glass, acrylic and tempered glass. Each have their own pros and consumption of acrylic glass is resistant to shattering, but scratch easliyHardened zero is more tolerant than the acrylic glass but less brittle than Sapphire.Sapphire is very tolerant to scratches, but will break more easily than tempered glass and acrylic glass.Many watchmakers use combinations of these standard materials.CrownVirtually all analog watches feature a screw, Crown water tolerant. The Crown must normally be unscrewed to set or adjust the time or date and screwed to restore water resistance.Helium exhaust ValveMost dive watches are created for diving "shallow", not the deepest of 200 metres below sea level. Others are designed to run thousands of feet beneath the waves. Diving in these depths is known as saturation diving "or" immersion technique ". A problem in saturation diving ultra-deep that run in environmental chambers, helium is the accumulation of Helium-induced pressure infiltrate the watch case. Often as a diver returned to the surface the Crystal Dial cover would be shot due to the accumulation of excess helium ... Saturation divers watch manufacturers compensated for this by installing release valve to vent excess gas.Strap/BraceletThe majority of watches have a polyurethane rubber strap or silicone or a metal bracelet with excess length to allow you to wear the watch on the sleeve of a wetsuit. straps are often a deployment buckle concealed extension to extend the total length of the band.ReadabilityDive watches must be readable in low light conditions experienced deep beneath the ocean's surface. ISO 6425 requires that a diver's watch must feature operation indicator that can be viewed even in complete darkness. Most diving watches have high contrast, non-cluttered dials with numbers clearly marked, minute markers and hands that are sewn with a light coat of paint.Power Reserve IndicatorIf a dive watch uses a battery, ISO 6425 requires showing an indicator of the end of life (EOL) to warn of an energy-efficient power supply. This happens commonly with two or four second jump to second hand or a warning message on a digital clock.While a decent dive watch may seem expensive, it is important to note that this type of watch has been subjected to a series of stringent tests compared with a standard sports watch. Diving watches are designed to take a beating and a good lasting close to a life. Of course if you're a hard-core diver, I really can't live without one.

scuba diving course

Sfuggire a un mondo diverso. Un corso di immersioni subacquee vi porta in un mondo diverso con nuovi colori, forme, consistenze e creature. Prendere parte a un corso di immersioni subacquee e la fuga in un posto tranquillo per rinnovare la vostra energia ed eccitare i tuoi sensi. Esplorare nuovi posti. Le immersioni si libera per esplorare il mondo subacqueo - da storici relitti e barriere coralline vergini ai misteri della tua cava locale. Prenota un corso di immersioni subacquee ed esplorare che cosa sei stato mancante.Sperimentare una connessione con la natura; una sensazione di libertà e una trasformazione. Immersioni si collega con la natura. Si immerge in esperienze e sensazioni nuove. Trasforma la tua percezione della vita per sempre. Imparare a fare immersioni e trasformazione yourselfYou hai sempre voluto prendere l'immersione subacquea, gli amici sono sempre parlando e il tuo migliore compagno mantiene entusiasti suo incredibile viaggio di immersione per il Mar Rosso. Ma, come si fa a iniziare questa avventura? Chi è là fuori a battezzare si in questo sport? Attivo Diving offrono una gamma di lezioni per iniziare il tuo corso di immersioni subacquee.L'abilità di essere in grado di immergersi, sopravvivere ed effettivamente godere l'esperienza subacquea può essere una curva di apprendimento permanente, prendendo parte ad un corso di immersioni subacquee, si sarà in grado di imparare le basi di questo sport mentre in mani sicure di un istruttore qualificato. All'inizio del processo è un'esperienza incredibilmente gratificante dalla tua prima immersione.Per consentire un assaggio di questo sport, agenzie di subacquea hanno progettato la prova di immersione, Dive Resort o Discover Scuba Dive. Questi corsi sono solitamente sopra uno o due giorni e ti insegnano alcune immersioni competenze necessarie per introdurre in modo sicuro al mondo subacqueo. Durante questi primi giorni di immersioni saranno conservati ad una profondità limitata. La tua prima avventura sotto la superficie come parte del vostro corso di immersioni subacquee è uno che non dimenticherete mai. Il tuo corpo sommerge come un sottomarino in missione; le bolle di aria e acqua disorientare voi come l'intensità della luce diminuisce. Tutto quello che si sente è "respiro, rallenta, rilassarsi". Vieni presto a rendersi conto che queste non sono cose facili da raggiungere. C'è così tanto a guardare! Sarete stupiti a quanto il ronzio di spotting il primo Murena sporgere la testa di serpente-come aguzza fuori una fessura di roccia rimarrà un ricordo del tempo di vita.Per godere le vostre esperienze di corso di immersioni subacquee e assicurarsi che voi rimanere al sicuro, si consiglia di che completare il corso di immersioni subacquee con una scuola di immersioni certificata. Questi corsi sono progettati per insegnare a sopravvivere mentre respirare sott'acqua, capire e sapere come usare il tuo materiale di immersione e proteggere e rispettare l'ambiente marino. Il generale ordine gerarchico di formazione dive ottiene andando con il corso di 3-4 giorni Open water; Specialità, Advanced Diver, Rescue Diver, Dive Master, assistente istruttore, istruttore di immersioni e corsi Master Scuba Trainer seguono questo. Formazione di immersione è organizzata da un certo numero di agenzie di certificazione internazionale, il più popolare è PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors), BSAC (British Sub Aqua Club) e SSI (Scuba Schools International).Questi corsi di immersione non solo forniscono le competenze necessarie per sopravvivere sott'acqua, ma vi sono anche premiato con una certificazione o C-Card. La C-card è importante prova della vostra qualifica e rinomati centri immersioni sarà necessario questo vista prima di firmare sulla loro immersioni. Per saperne di più su come può imparare a scuba dive attraverso il Mar Rosso, visitare Lanzarote e Sud Africa http://www.activediving.co.uk e preventivo: ARTAuthor: Dean Thomas (15/08/08) che è tutto per ora su come può imparare a fare immersioni

Cozumel, Mexico, Scuba Diving Trip

NIce video. Very last time I is at Cozumel I did not have my camera. I hope to look there again soon to dive The actual Wall.

How to Get a Underwater Images Printed in Scuba Scuba diving Magazine

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1. My biggest pet-peeve: In the event you post your photos all over the internet, INCLUDE YOUR Current email address! I have observed a few of you use your current email address as your water line and if I could, I would offer you saint status.

2. If you have a website, make the site name your title. Obscure names like www.epicdiveruniverseextremeanimals.org (not real BTW) are great if you’re trying to become unique, but not too great for getting your name out there.

3. Sites similar to Flicker and Fb are fantastic regarding three reasons: one) THEY’RE Free of charge! 2) They incorporate internal messaging capabilities so if I will’t find the email I can get in contact along with you regardless, and three) Most of time, I have a specific region/animal I am searching for and also Flicker allows us to do a load search, so possibilities are less time picking and transferring photos to me. The actual photographers I work with most are the ones who update their Sparkle accounts regularly along with properly tag their own images with any naming convention so that they are searchable; marking with the location and species identify are the best way to have the images found by simply people like me personally. Proper naming will save you me the step of having to make contact with you direct more resources for your image.

4.Photoshelter is certainly one of my all-moment favorite sites — if you can afford it — given it has the replacement for enable HRES data of your images. (Relax — it’ersus an invite-simply service.) I may require your RAW file too, but if you’re traveling i need your picture asap, this surpasses no image whatsoever.

My last phrases of advice will almost always be, always have your business listed somewhere around the image — in the particular tag, in the particular metadata, or in the file name. If you do nothing else, this will likely at least deliver a place to begin so I looks for your title and hope My partner and i find your email address somewhere on the world wide web.

Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands

It is shipwreck heaven. I am not a large fan of damage diving but I'd personally still put Swimwear Atoll very near the very best of my wishlist. Halfway involving Australia and Honolulu, the Marshal Islands involve some in the least explored going sites on this planet. Bikini Atoll, famously used just as one atomic test website within the 1950s is the resting place of several warships like the USS Saratoga – a plane carrier longer compared to Titanic. Considering that the island is uninhabited (contaminated by radiation), Bikini lagoon is becoming an unofficial marine reserve the location where the fish every day life is stunning. For 10 years only a few scuba divers are permitted to dive on the sunken war ships – including a Japan submarine and some US Navy destroyers. It's the style of place divers think of – for a price.

Bikini Atoll enjoys its wonderful damage diving. Before every single dive the divemasters give you a full briefing regarding the vessel's history, exclusive characteristics along with a comprehensive dive strategy. The dive fishing boat has enough for professional along with amateur underwater photography lovers and their products. Hot and cold levels the following is balmy 83єFarreneheit all year long, and visibility amounts between 80 along with 150 feet. The seas will be the calmest between Goal and November, even though it can rain in March and The spring. Bikini is advised only reserved for advanced divers together with previous wreck scuba diving experience.

The sea life have been virtually untouched for more than 4 decades, and you may visit a great profusion regarding sharks, tunas, marlins, rays, turtles and many more. You will have a minimum of two deep dives every day to research the wrecks, and ocean diving inside the afternoon. No night time dives are arranged because the waters remain quite definitely uncharted. The primary wrecks in the region will be the huge 888-base USS Saratoga laying upright at one hundred and eighty feet, having its deck at hundred feet. Oahu is the only divable Oughout.S. aircraft carrier on this planet. It occurred in 1946 with four aircrafts on-ship, including a numbfish bomber still in the hanger.

The Japanese battleship HIJMS Nagato was once regarded as the flagship of Imperial Japanese Dark blue. The 708-foot ship was the view of the surrender with the Japanese in 1945, now rests at one hundred sixty feet. The USS Arkansas ended up being literally smashed to the seabed while using Baker blast in 1946. Today the actual seriously damaged ship has many open passageways, interesting details and plenty of armaments. The USS Pilotfish, any 311-foot Ough.S. Navy submarine is sort of completely intact with all the only open hatch out being the avoid trunk, though the submarine is considered to be flooded.

Surin and Similan Islands, Thailand

Close to the actual border between British and Burmese oceans lie a stringed of islands inside Andaman Sea. It has an element of “backwoods diving” hereabouts and also a huge choice regarding little visited throw themselves sites. At Koh Bon, the particular pinnacle rises in the ocean depths and attracts groups of feeding game-sea food as well because whale sharks, mantas and leopard sharks. Richelieu Rock is a similarly rich site, celebrated among experienced scuba divers for the variety of macro-lifestyle inhabiting its coral encrusted slopes.

Mu Ko Similan National Car park A group regarding 9 small islands, 50 kms. off of the west coast regarding Phang-nga inside Andaman Sea. The nation's Park covers a region of 80,500 rai. Skin Snorkeling Magazine rated all of them among the five loveliest places that is known, because of the truly amazing natural beauty found on the islands themselves the extensive surrounding coral gardens beneath your waves.

The countries are undeveloped and unspoiled; numerous types of fish, crustaceans, and also other forms of marine-life abound; h2o clarity and diving are excellent. Similan is dangerous from the Malay Sembilan along with means nine. Through north to southern in order the islands are : Koh Bon, Koh Ba Ngu, Koh Similan, Koh Pahyoo, Koh Miang (two islands), Koh Pahyan, Koh Payahng and Koh Hu Yong.

Similan IslandSimilan Island The most important island in your Similan archipelago includes a large granite rock outcrop shaped like the horseshoe with the panoramic view with the Andaman and encircling islands from their crest.

Koh Similan is an excellent location for hiking and snorkeling. That encompasses a extended curving bay together with powdery sand beaches and wonderful marine scenery. Beneath your shallow, clear waters, coral reefs along with colorful fish are plentiful. Spiny lobsters within rock crevices, ocean fans and preen worms can become found in a small bay on your west of this tropical isle.

Sipadan Island, Malaysian Borneo

Malaysia’s only oceanic island is a tiny dot in the South China Sea. Upside down it is the magnet for fish: schools of barracuda, trevally and also horse-eye knucklebones swarm over the particular reefs, which will also be home to lots of breeding hawksbill and green turtles. The turtles are acquainted with divers and I have not found a much better place to get out of bed close to these types of gentlest of reptiles. Shark encounters tend to be reliably good here, though the currents can be strong and I wouldn't recommend Sipadan with regard to inexperienced divers. Near by, the reefs associated with Mabul and Kapalai are wonderful for spotting unusual mandarin fish (We saw them pairing at dusk), seashore wasps and lots of nudibranchs.

Blessed with a few of the wealthiest waters in the world, Malaysia scuba diving in Borneo supplies a variety of experiences depending on where you stand: being surrounded simply by hammerheads at the pristine coral atoll of Layang Layang, cavorting with turtles and whirling tornadoes of barracudas in Sipadan Island, as well as discovering the unusual and wonderful whole world of Malaysia's incredible macro instruction dive sites. Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) is the basis of Malaysia's claim as being a home to first class diving. The finest dive resorts are on the beautiful islands of Sabah that happen to be fringed with white sand beaches and coconut trees - a beautiful setting to accentuate the excellent scuba diving.

If you're looking for a memorable break about beautiful equatorial islands near Sipadan, Layang Layang or even Lankayan, where British is very extensively spoken and using white sand beaches coupled with spectacular underwater marine elegance and diversity, after that scuba diving within Malaysia is bound to have something for you personally. Just budget a good amount of spare time - there are numerous outstanding opportunities on offer for diving inside Borneo! Highlights Sipadan, the small island off your east coast regarding Borneo is the top reason why scuba divers come to Malaysia. Formed above thousands of many years by living coral reefs growing on surface of an extinct vent, it lies in one of the richest marine habitats in the world.

Deep water voltages well up against the walls of our planet famous oceanic isle bringing in your nutrients which help an incredible ecosystem where the utter abundance of ocean life can be astounding. Its large numbers of turtles, grey and also whitetip reef sharks, and enormous schools of bumphead parrotfish, barracuda and trevally are renowned the world more than. Sipadan Island is the first word upon everyone's lips while discussing diving in Borneo and it happens to be one of the finest dive spots on earth but there is a bit more, such as Layang Layang - somewhat speck of a great atoll off its northern border coast of Sabah which is actually fringed by the best coral fields you are likely to see. However it really is for the huge schools of scalloped hammerhead sharks that will patrol around the region that Laying Layang has produced the reputation as a 'must see' Malaysia diving desired destination.

Lankayan Island is often a frontier diving location in the Sulu Sea, it's rich in bio-diversity and boasts an array of marine life. Large healthy corals dominate the pristine reefs and an abundance of colourful schooling fish can be noticed on every plunge. There are also several interesting wrecks. The macro illustrates include frogfish and also ghostpipefish as nicely as numerous nudibranchs. Larger varieties such as blacktip reef sharks, marble sun light, bamboo sharks and leopard sharks aren't uncommon sights. On the right time of the year you might actually spot a migrating whale shark cruise previous.

The Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

I happen to like coral and sponges and ocean slugs and all the weirdly shaped micro-creatures that crawl, slither and hop along the reefs. That's the reason I love your “fertile triangle” of the Philippines, Indonesia along with Papua New Numida meleagris (PNG), where underwater biodiversity is the greatest on the globe. Getting to PNG from The european union is a prolonged slog, and as soon as in Port Moresby you have to fly on for you to New Britain Island, but the scuba diving makes up because of it. Night diving for the offshore sea mounts rising from your abyss in the actual Bismarck Sea relieved me of my own fear of being in the sea at night. Apart from the important stuff, you will see squat lobsters along with sponge crabs, dwarf scorpion fish and pygmy seahorses. Among the best shore diving on the planet is accessible in the Walindi Plantation Vacation resort in Kimbe These kinds of, where biologists possess identified more when compared with 800 marine varieties. Nautilus Minerals has identified a next potential development project in the Bismarck Sea to follow along with its groundbreaking Solwara 1 project, which is inside final stages associated with planning.

A deepwater exploration exploration campaign at the Solwara 12 prospective client, just 25km northwest of Solwara one, discovered intersections associated with mineralization at almost all five drill sites. The drilling included six holes with regards to 1900 metres beneath sea-level along with extending to any maximum depth of 35 metres below the seafloor. one particular Preliminary results according to hand held X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysis involving drill core involved a 7.thirty-three metre intersect averaging 13.2% copper and 6.one particular% zinc, a 6.50 metre cross averaging 9.three% copper and half a dozen% zinc, and the 5.29 time intersect averaging 12.4% copper and also 1.4% Zn. Nautilus' CEO David Rogers says the prosperity of the initial positioning at Solwara a dozen is a significant step in your implementation of their strategy of developing a pipeline of tasks in the Bismarck Sea. “Previous grab-sampling provides identified 16 seafloor massive sulphide (SMS) systems inside the Bismarck Sea. Through the current drilling campaign, Nautilus has now brought the Solwara 12 potential customer into the prospective project pipeline to follow Solwara 1. This can be a key step inside implementation of each of our business model allowing us to aggregate resources at effective locations with minimum incremental capital outlay,” he said.

About the completion in the initial drilling system at Solwara a dozen earlier this calendar year, the drilling charter yacht REM Etive has moved to Solwara 5, after which you can is scheduled revisit Solwara 1 to execute additional exploration and geotechnical drilling. Just before demobilizing, REM Etive will travel back to Solwara 12 to conduct follow-way up drilling with the aim of establishing a resource. Solwara 12 continues to be open in just about all directions. In addition to the original drilling results for Solwara 12, Pearly nautilus has received qualified assay results for drilling carried out there at Solwara 1 earlier this yr.

The results carry on and highlight significant mineralization, including any 7.85 meter intercept averaging ten.2% copper as well as 3.4 gr/tonne gold, any 5.48 metre intercept averaging 18.9% copper as well as 6.5 grms/tonne gold, plus a 7.63 meter intercept averaging 8.9% copper as well as 5.3 grams/tonne gold. Personal samples reported platinum grades of approximately 21.6 grams/tonne and copper grades up for you to 24.3%.