Browsing Month September, 2007
Nikki Cuomo: Still searching…
By Scuba Herald at September 27, 2007 | 1:36 am | 0 Comment
Even after the Coast Guard suspended its search for missing Rockledge diver Nikki Cuomo, her family, friends and fellow divers refuse to give up. They spearheaded a search that included five private planes and several boats, and elicited hundreds of offers of help. The support -- coordinated through an online message board, Spearboard.com -- yielded what could be a more...
Aquanauts Begin Undersea Mission In The Keys
By Scuba Herald at September 20, 2007 | 6:22 am | 0 Comment
Six scientists have begun a nine-day mission in the world's only permanent working undersea laboratory to study changes to corals and marine life off the Florida Keys. The scientists will live underwater and broadcast their activities over the Web to students and the general public. Six "aquanauts" will work, sleep and eat in the Aquarius Reef Base. Aquarius lies 60 more...
Studying stress while diving with Sharks
By Scuba Herald at September 12, 2007 | 6:13 am | 0 Comment
The professor who investigates the psychobiology of stress is getting unwanted attention from the hungry leopard shark. The professor hovers under 20 feet of water. She clutches a container of delightfully stinky goodies -- chopped shrimp, squid, krill -- and is clearly the most popular gal in the 142,000-gallon tank. This food is meant for the yellowtail and the sea more...
BuddyCall: Meet the next great thing
By Scuba Herald at September 12, 2007 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Scientific divers of New Zealand are proud to introduce Buddycall®- a device that will revolutionize personal underwater signaling and emergency response. It brings a new dimension to diver safety and communication. It is not only smart. It is practical, and very, very important to consider for any diver serious about improving safety while diving. Buddycall® is a more...
Second Life : Virtually PADI? Or Virtually Stupid?
By Scuba Herald at September 10, 2007 | 8:38 pm | 7 Comments
So we get the whole idea of E-learning. You connect your PC, you get information about how to dive, you do your little knowledge reviews and then you arrive to the dive center ready to dive.... right? Yep, bye bye the personal contact with an experienced instructor... who needs that? No one. We are too busy... we want things fast and we want them now! At ScubaHerald more...
Biologists amazed as manta rays spotted off California coast
By Scuba Herald at September 7, 2007 | 6:02 am | 0 Comment
An unusual sighting occurred on the coast this week when three large manta rays were spotted about eight miles off Dana Point. Brian Woolley, captain of the Sum Fun boat out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing, at first thought the ripples on the water's surface were caused by a school of large fish, possibly yellowtail. Instead, he spotted three manta rays cruising more...
