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Take Your I-Phone Diving

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:06:51 EDT

Scuba divers who own an I-Phone and have I-Tunes on their home computer can now download dive tables for their phones.

Flower Gardens Mooring Project to Protect Reefs

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:01:14 EDT

The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is funding a mooring project aimed to protect the fragile coral reefs of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.

Deep Discounts at Kids Sea Camp Fiji

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:10:48 EDT

How about an exotic family vacation this fall? Join Kids Sea Camp, PADI Diving Society and their families in Fiji for an American Thanksgiving to remember. Not only do kids fly free from LAX with Air Pacific, but mention DIVER Magazine and get an additional 5% discount!

Government of Canada to Search for Shipwrecks

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:49:18 EDT

Environment Minister John Baird has announced that Ottawa will fund a six-week expedition aboard the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir
Wilfrid Laurier to look for the former British warships lost during the mid 19th century.

Poseidon Issues Product Safety Notice - Recall

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:01:46 EDT

A potentially serious defect has been detected in a certain production run of the Poseidon W50 Bladder used in conjunction with both the platform and BeSea model BCDs.

11% of North Americans want to go diving

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:35:14 EDT

TripAdvisor, a popular Internet website, recently released the results of its annual summer travel survey of more than 4,000 travelers worldwide.

Whale of a show for Argentina's undersea rocker

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:39:54 EDT

In a show transmitted over the Internet and satellite television, Argentine rocker Javier Calamaro went to 7m (23 ft) in a special capsule to play "underwater music" to mark the arrival of migrating southern right whales. Calamaro performed May 31st in Golfo Nuevo off the coast of the Valdes penninsula in Chubut province, where the huge marine mammals are known to be seen as they shift northwards to winter in warmer waters.

WWII Shipwrecks in Thai Waters at Risk

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:04:11 EDT

A Canadian marine archaeologist has asked the Government of Thailand to crack down on scuba divers who loot important historical shipwrecks in the Kingdom. In a letter to Consul General Kosit Chatpaiboon, of the Royal Thai Consulate General in Vancouver, Rob Rondeau asked that Thailand declare several archaeologically important shipwreck sites in the Gulf of Thailand off-limits to recreational divers. He also wants a charter boat company, based from the resort island of Koh Tao, investigated for looting and violating international maritime law.

Diving From Your Desktop

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:35:09 EDT

Stuck at your computer and itching to get out diving??

We recently found a bunch of cool stuff on YouTube. Our current favourite: what our friends at Force Fin are up to - take a look!

Shark Attack in Bahamas

no@spam.com (Diver Magazine) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:34:09 EST

Eric Cheng from Wetpixel.com has published a press release from 'the Shark Angels' explaining the details of a fatal shark attack which happened in Bahamas yesterday (02/25/08). The scuba diver involved, Markus Groh, was fatally wounded while diving from the M/V Shearwater. Some news outlets incorrectly reported the attack to be off Fort Lauderdale.