Diver News Archives

The on-line archives of past news items. Scroll below to see what's been happening in the world of diving.
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Will the power of the Internet be able to attract over a 1,000 people to an Ohio quarry next July?  A group of Great Lakes divers wanting to set a Guinness World record hope so. They are contacting dive related websites and Blogs to publicize their attempt to break the current record for 'the Most Divers Submerged at One Time'.

Cayman's 365 Project

Cayman Island has announced its new 365 Project: a different dive site every day of the year.

Participate in a World's Record

A group of British divers is looking for worldwide help setting a world’s record in January.
A decommissioned Indian Navy ship has become the country’s newest artificial reef.   A 162-tonne patrol boat was sunk earlier this year off the Karnataka coast in the Arabian Sea.

Manta Ray at Georgia Aquarium

Last month Diver Magazine featured a story about how the Georgia Aquarium was allowing divers to swim in their giant Whale Shark tank. This month the Atlanta facility announced the addition of a manta ray to that 6.3 million gallon gallery.
Campter and Nicholsons Marina is expanding and moderinzing the Port Louis Marina on the island of Grenada.  In getting the site ready, the company has removed two abandoned boats and donated them to the Grenada Scuba Diving Assocation, which has used them to create two new dive and snorkel sites.
Length swimmers will have noticed a new trend at the pool … people listening to waterproof mp3 players while doing lengths.  Now, a US-based company has brought to market a new set of waterproof earphones that dramatically improve a swimmer’s musical experience!
A 63-year old decommissioned US Naval vessel will soon be acquired by the government of the Cayman Islands and is slated to become Grand Cayman’s newest dive attraction.   At a recent press briefing held in Toronto, Tourism, Environment, Investment and Commerce Minister Charles Clifford told Diver Magazine that he expects the USS Kittiwake to be sunk off the popular Seven Mile Beach in June, 2009.
An American artist who has painted murals about whales across Canada and the world unveiled his 100th and final work in Washington, DC. The artist, simply known as Wyland, has been creating building sized murals for 28 years.

Take Your I-Phone Diving

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