Browsing Month August, 2007
Yoga and Scuba Diving: New in Phuket
By Scuba Herald at August 28, 2007 | 2:06 am | 0 Comment
The average diver sightseeing at 10 meters in warm, calm seas can expect an average tank of air to last about an hour. But as any diver can tell you, scuba diving is anything but average. Deeper dives, stronger currents and chilly water can drastically reduce bottom time. New divers, a little panicky and prone to "panting" rather than easy breathing, have been known to more...
Scuba diving Vietnam – Interview
By Scuba Herald at August 24, 2007 | 2:22 am | 0 Comment
ChoosingIDC.com team had an interview with Jeremy Stein about diving in Vietnam. Jeremy Stein is an English PADI Course Director and has pioneered diving throughout Vietnam since the mid 90's. Rainbow Divers now have centres throughout Vietnam at Nha Trang, Whale Island, Hoi An, Phu Quoc & Con Dao. All PADI Courses are taught at each centre by an International team of more...
Uwatec Galileo Sol Review
By Scuba Herald at August 12, 2007 | 11:56 pm | 2 Comments
Recently, I have been trialling the new Uwatec Galileo Sol hose-less dive computer. The Galileo boasts a whole lot of features which make it, without a doubt, the most advanced recreational dive computer on the market. The Uwatec promotional text reads: Heart rate monitor for additional physiological tailored- decompression - Digital compass with bearing memory & more...
DiveShopManager: Review.
By Scuba Herald at August 10, 2007 | 11:53 pm | 0 Comment
Before joining the diving industry I used to work for key IT companies in the world, Yahoo, HP/Compaq and Oracle, part of my job was to evaluate software application, test them and advice potential purchase and implementation of the tools in working environments. Well, today I will be doing the same with DiveShopManager (DSM). For the last 4 to 5 weeks, I have been more...
Surface Marker PADI Specialty
By Scuba Herald at August 7, 2007 | 6:29 am | 0 Comment
We’ve all seen them; when conducting courses, most of us carry this type of safety equipment to meet standards and many of us may even have sold some. Surface Marker Buoys (SMB)/safety sausages/delayed SMBs. Surface Marker Buoys serve a wide range of purposes, e.g. allowing shore cover / boat support to identify an ascending diver; alerting boat traffic to the presence more...
Do you want to become a Scuba Diving Instructor?
By Scuba Herald at August 6, 2007 | 6:45 am | 0 Comment
Scuba Divers are made of many people that are tired of the usual tedious workday, followed by the nerve-racking task of driving; add all the noise pollution it instigates. That's before everything else scuba divers encounter in these fast paced times outside of scuba diving. Some scuba divers go even further by finding a career in scuba diving. Some become diving more...
Scuba diving in Cuba
By Scuba Herald at August 5, 2007 | 3:16 am | 0 Comment
Scuba diving, a good reason to travel to Cuba in your vacations Diving has become one of the most important choices for leisure in Cuba, according to experts. With a annual rate of 100 thousand immersions of about 25 thousand divers from all over the world, Cuba intends to increase this kind of destinations. Diving has become one of the most important choices for leisure more...
