Browsing Month January, 2008
Review Zeagle Ranger BCD
By Scuba Herald at January 28, 2008 | 5:02 am | 0 Comment
When I was young I wanted to own a Porche Carrera (A red one, please!). With the years, my love for the Porche grew, but as a diving instructor my financial options of purchasing a car like that, decreased fast. I find that Porche is one of that brands, it doesn't matter where you are, or who you are, they are simply a classic. At least once in a lifetime, you have to more...
Endless Ocean – Scuba Diving for Wii
By Scuba Herald at January 23, 2008 | 5:28 pm | 1 Comments
BRINGING NEW MEANING TO the term 'immersive gameplay' is Nintendo's latest adventure title. Endless Ocean is not Arika's first foray into the world of scuba diving; both of their previous PS2 titles Everblue and Everblue2 followed a similar vein so it wasn't such a stretch for them to produce a next-gen version for the Wii. Endless Ocean sets you up with a boat, a more...
Mr Potato Head makes octopus pal
By Scuba Herald at January 12, 2008 | 6:07 am | 0 Comment
A giant Pacific octopus living in a Cornish aquarium has formed an unlikely bond with a child's plastic toy. Louis regularly plays with the Mr Potato Head figure which was given to him as part of an enrichment project at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium. He says Louis gets very excited when sees the toy, which he plays with for an hour at a time. "Its bright colours, more...
Scuba Dive in Kyrgyzstan… are you for real????
By Scuba Herald at January 4, 2008 | 1:26 pm | 0 Comment
Many westerners have not even heard of the central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, let alone considered it as a holiday destination. The Republic, which shook off its Soviet shackles in the 1990s, is keen to welcome visitors to the “Switzerland of Central Asia”. In Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia lies one of the largest navigable lakes on the planet, Lake Issyk-Kul. Issyk-Kul more...
Amy Winehouse: PADI Scuba Drunk Rock Diver?
By Scuba Herald at January 4, 2008 | 4:13 am | 0 Comment
Amy Winehouse has taken up scuba diving and is enjoying her new hobby with Bryan Adams, according to reports. The embattled diva looks to have escaped the full glare of the media with her new aquatic hobby, holidaying off the island of Mustique. She is said to be staying as the Canadian rocker's holiday home and has found "the beauty of nature" a great distraction to more...
Underwater Digital Camera Mask To Launch
By Scuba Herald at January 2, 2008 | 5:29 am | 0 Comment
A Sacramento, California-based company is releasing a new underwater mask that lets you take pictures while you explore. Costing around the $100, the mask mask lets you record both video and still images thanks to the upto 5-megapixel camera that's just above the goggle lenses. To take a photo or a video, the user lines up the crosshair marks on the mask with the more...
