SCUBA News - #233 - November 2019

SCUBA News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 233 - November 2019 https://www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to SCUBA News. Thanks for very much for subscribing - hope you find it useful. You can download a pdf version here. Contents: What's new at SCUBA Travel? Featured Liveaboards: Black Friday Deals Scuba Bestsellers of 2019 Diving news from around the World What's New at SCUBA Travel? Marine Life Riches in Timor-Leste At the southwest corner of the coral triangle, Timor-Leste has nearly 600 different species of reef-building corals, six of the world's seven marine turtle species and more than 2000 species of reef fish. Read More… Swim with Humpbacks in the Dominican Republic This protected sanctuary sees the entire North Atlantic Humpback Whale population arrive from January to April. Read More… Best Places to Dive in the World We've updated our list of the top ten dives in the world, as voted for by our readers. Choose where to go for your next trip and tell us about your favourite dive sites Read More… Featured Liveaboards - Black Friday Promotions Up to 50% Off Selected Liveaboards Deals on liveaboards to Truk Lagoon, Sudan, Cocos Islands, Socorro Islands, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Bahamas, Indonesia, Palau, French Polynesia and the Maldives. Get Deal… The SCUBA Diving Bestsellers of 2019 Stuck for a gift for a diving friend? What about a diving book? These are the best sellers on SCUBA Travel in 2019. Three are guides to the best diving destination in the world, the Red Sea is a popular location with three entries dedicated to this area and one gives a masterclass in underwater photography. Figures in brackets show the previous year's position. 1. Dive Atlas of the World: An Illustrated Reference to the Best Sites by Jack Jackson 300 pages detailing some of the world's best dive sites. (3) 2. Coral Reef Guide Red Sea by Ewald Lieske, Robert Myers Excellent guide to the fish and invertebrates of the Red Sea. (5) 3. Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations by Chris Santella The fifth in Santella's bestselling "Fifty Places" series. (4) 4. Underwater Guide to the Red Sea by Lawson Wood Covers both the best dive sites and gives a photographic identification guide to the sealife of the Red Sea. A good introduction but if you are serious about identification we recommend Coral Reef Guide Red Sea (1) 5. Red Sea Wrecks - Northern Egypt : Site-by-site Dive Guide and Logbook Combined by Rik Vercoe The loose leaf guide manages to pack loads of information into a small space and covers most of the dives you will do on a week's holiday.(-) 6. Cool Waters, Emerald Seas : Diving Temperate Waters by John Collins Beautiful photographic portrait of our ocean world - the culmination of twenty years of diving the seas around Ireland, Scotland, Canada, South Africa and Tasmania. (-) 7. Scapa Flow : The Definitive Guide to Scapa Flow by Lawson Wood Another by Lawson Wood. This time a comprehensive guide to diving Scapa Flow covering over 75 wrecks and 9 reefs. (-) 8. Dive Sites and Marine Life of the Calf of Man and Neighbouring Area by Bill Sanderson, Bruce McGregor, Andrew Brierley The Isle of Man boasts some excellent diving and this book describes some of the best dive sites in the south of the island. It is written by three marine biologists, based on their extensive personal experience of diving the area. (-) 9. Underwater photography masterclass by Alex Mustard Learn all you need to know to photograph the amazing creatures and landscapes that lie beneath the surface. (8) 10. 100 Dives of a Lifetime: The World's Ultimate Underwater Destinations by Carrie Miller and Brian Skerry From National Geographic, includes some beautiful photograps plus marine life guides, travel tips and expert diving advice from world-famous National Geographic divers and explorers like Brian Skerry, Jessica Cramp and David Doubilet. (7) We've interviewed several of the authors featured in this list, including Jack Jackson and Bill Sanderson. See also our diving book reviews and other interviews with authors. Diving News From Around the World Our round up of the best underwater news stories of the past month. For breaking news see our Twitter page or RSS feed UK lifts restrictions on flights to Sharm El-Sheikh The first flights will resume in February 2020 - good news for many British Divers, and the Egyptian diving industry. Saudi Arabia makes tourist visas available to divers once more For several years international dive tourism ceased in Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom withdrew tourist visas. Now though, a new tourist visa has become available which can be applied for online. 20% off Travel Insurance with SCUBA Diving For diving down to 30 or 40 m. Offer ends 2 December. Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch Leaked document says fishing surge in international waters poses long-term risks. A blue whale's heart beats just twice a minute when it dives for food This is well below the rates the large animals were calculated to have. Previous predictions were that the whales would have a resting heart rate of 15 beats per minute. Plan for three metre sea level rise, warns Institute of Mechanical Engineering Current policies for coastal adaptation to heightened sea levels may not be adequate. Galapagos sea life study highlights importance of biodiversity in the face of climate change Study of wave turbulence suggests that highly mobile species and more diverse ecological communities may be more resilient to the effects of changing environmental conditions. How to save the oceans at home and whilst travelling Top tips to help save the oceans: Underwater robotic gliders measure ocean sound levels Ocean sound can also be measured from a research ship, but they are expensive to operate. They also create a lot of noise themselves, which disturbs marine animals and fish that are sensitive to sound. New underwater glider solves these problems. New danger for sea fans in warming seas: Metal pollution Metals like copper from agricultural runoff and marine paint leaching from boat hulls poses a threat to soft coral sea fans, especially in warming seas. SCUBA News is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. 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