Jump like a Sting Ray mate!

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Sometimes we thing: I have seen everything already. But once again, we find amazing photos, amazing moments, that make us go : OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE THAT? this time this unique moment coments from New Zealand.
The encounter was captured in calm waters just off St. Heliers beach in Auckland, New Zealand, yesterday.
Five [...]

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I want to Kill my wife, while Scuba diving….

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Well, why not? At the end of the day, you can only get 1 year in Jail if you decided to kill your wife in a Scuba Diving Honeymoon. Gosh… because that’s what any NORMAL Killer will plan. mmm… let me get married with this wanna-be-scuba-chick and then let’s take her to a medium-difficulty wreck [...]

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Scuba Diving in India: new Industry ready to Take off?

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Scuba Herald

If PADI wants to get in a market…. well, India could be a very nice $$$$ option. don’t you think? Millions and millions of future Indian divers interested in learning that Diving is Fun and that after diving, we need to Meet People, go Places, And Spend Money in PADI. Anyway… seriously the exotic water [...]

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Stuart Cove and Good Morning America.

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Shark Wrangler, Stuart Cove, was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America Weekend Adventure segment aired 5/17/09. Stuart Cove was interviewed and spoke about his famous Shark Dive Adventure at his Nassau, Bahamas operation. Stuart Cove’s Dive Bahamas is one of the few places in the world where divers and snorkelers can interact in a safe [...]

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Date with destiny: Vandenberg To Sink Between May 26 And June 1

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Project organizers, coordinating the conversion of a retired missile-tracking ship into an artificial reef off Key West, have narrowed the timeframe for the scuttling of the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg.
We are now looking at a scheduled sink date between Tuesday, May 26, and Monday, June 1,” said Jim Scholl, Key West’s city manager and project [...]

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Dive shops in Florida - Sales are sinking !

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Scuba Herald

South Florida scuba operators say the economy and poor weather have dealt them a double blow this year. Many shops have struggled as people cut discretionary spending, and boats are idled at shore due to strong winds.
“It’s been tough,” said Jeff Torode of South Florida Diving Headquarters in Pompano Beach. In April, business was down [...]

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British Actor new role: Panic diver.

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Martin Clunes has revealed he had to be rescued while diving off the Scottish coast for a new documentary.
The Men Behaving Badly star is an experienced diver and was filming scenes for Clunes: Islands Of Britain when he had a panic attack and suffered breathing difficulties.
Martin told The Daily Record: “Those were the worst moments [...]

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Cayman Islands Tourists disturbing the Sting Rays

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Scuba Herald

The same story as always… too many tourists playing with wild life. so here we go again: Based on the research of a University of Rhode Island professor, tourist activity in the waters off the Grand Cayman Islands is responsible for the disruption of behaviors and an increase in the size of the female population [...]

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Best underwater British Photo

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Scuba Herald

An image of a fabulous father has won the top prize in The Wildlife Trusts’ category of the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) / DIVER Print Competition 2009. Robert Bailey scooped first prize this year, with a shot of a male corkwing wrasse building a nest among a backdrop of powder puff-like corals.
With its [...]

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Juana Marian Gilnett: New Scuba Diving Fatality

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Eagle Creek  - USA resident Juana Marian Gilnett, 42, died as a result of a scuba diving accident in Hood Canal east of Seattle in northwestern Washington.
Gilnett had been diving with a 44-year-old Portland resident Bryan Southard on the afternoon of Sunday, March 22, near Sund Rock, when the two lost track of time and [...]

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Scuba Diving Watch … this one is simply AMAZING

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Scuba Herald

We all know that all companies try to sell us scuba diving watches… but what if your scuba watch is just a master piece. Ok… I know what you are thinking, oh god.. he is trying to sell us a watch of an advertiser… well… no really, but I bet it will be lovely to [...]

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Sharks? Is all in your body language…

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Scuba Herald

So it seems like with dogs, Sharks bite and eat (you) depending of your body language based on Mike Rutzen a top diver (and a pretty brave guy) that dives with great white sharks without a cage. How cool is that?  While he isn’t the first to do it, he’s taken shark diving to a [...]

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Indian Ocean Explorer live-aboard : Hijacked !

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Scuba Herald

The Indian Ocean Explorer live-aboard scuba diving tourist boat popular with British diving enthusiasts carrying a crew of seven has been boarded by Somali pirates near the Seychelles, hundreds of miles from the hijackers’ lair on the East African coast.
The Indian Ocean Explorer had just dropped her passengers on Assumption Island when she was attacked, [...]

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Another weird Japanese Scuba Stunt…

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Scuba Herald

Tokyo offers its residents many pleasures, but scuba diving hasn’t been one of them, until this week. To launch their latest luxury resorts in Okinawa, InterContinental Hotels Group and its partner in Japan, ANA Hotels, suspended a pair of scuba divers off the Sony Building in Ginza, Tokyo’s premier commercial district.
The stunt, orchestrated by McCann [...]

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Stupid Diver of the Day: Scuba Casino guy

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Scuba Herald

A man who faked his own death in an alleged scuba diving accident has been arrested by police in Vegas for trying to cheat money out of a casino.
John Sung Park, 29, from Buena Park, CA, was detained earlier this week by Nevada Gaming Board officers after being spotted by staff at MGM Grand Casino [...]

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