Browsing Month August, 2008
Divers willing to pay more to see good stuff!
By Scuba Herald at August 28, 2008 | 8:21 am | 0 Comment
Oceana released the results of a new study today that finds a strong economic incentive for protecting living ocean resources. Sea the Value: Quantifying the Value of Marine Life to Divers shows that scuba divers are willing to pay more to see healthy corals, sharks and sea turtles. "Divers are personally invested in the oceans and truly understand the importance of more...
Believe it or not: Wreck in the Thames
By Scuba Herald at August 27, 2008 | 8:17 am | 0 Comment
The largest-ever post-war salvage operation on the Thames has discovered seven shipwrecks up to 350 years old. They include a warship that was blown up in 1665, a yacht converted to a Second World War gunboat, and a mystery wreck in which divers found a personalised gin bottle. The vessels, in the Thames Estuary, are just some of about 1,100 ships which went down in more...
Scuba Gnomes: We have rights!
By Scuba Herald at August 14, 2008 | 7:26 pm | 0 Comment
PADI or SSI? Who will fight and who will win this new market: Scuba Gnoming . Yep, welcome to the Scuba-stupid news of this Friday! This time we go to Scotland, the land of William Wallace and ... mmm Celtic Football club, and of course: Scuba Gnoming, the underwater gnomes! Because an Edinburgh architect (with a lot of time off and obviously with not to many real more...
The Bubble Suit !
By Scuba Herald at August 12, 2008 | 11:05 pm | 0 Comment
Wetsuit diving? Drysuit diving? Nah... that is so 90's! Let's try bubble suit diving. Yep. something different, somehting that you will be able to use just to look like an underwater bug. Don't believe me? Read it here: During his post-doctoral research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flynn partnered with his colleague John Bush to study how aquatic insects more...
2 new Scuba Crooks facing Jail !
By Scuba Herald at August 8, 2008 | 8:12 pm | 0 Comment
So we hope you had a good week, and if you want to feel better, you can start thanking god, this 2 crooks don't leave in your town. Divers: Meet the worst crooks and liars in British diving history: A pair of professional divers swindled £250,000 from the Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends! - Yep. you read it right. These 2 amazing nice, gentle guys more...
Curacao Chess Festival UNDERWATER!
By Scuba Herald at August 5, 2008 | 8:16 pm | 0 Comment
In a joined effort of the Curaçao Chess festival, Lion Dive & Beach Resort, Seaquarium and a couple enthusiastic chess players, an underwater chess tournament was organized on August 2nd and 3rd 2008. On Saturday August 2nd, the Dutch international chess masters Robin Swinkels and Hans Böhm played each other and the next day it was this winner against female chess more...
ScubaVision: Getting that perfect, unexpected shot.
By Scuba Herald at August 4, 2008 | 8:26 pm | 1 Comments
Your Business Name: ScubaVision Productions What is your Business about: Video Production What are your diving services and what is the best thing about your scuba diving services/product? Production of underwater video programs, educational programs, dive site tours and other special marine related programs. What is your Dive Business Philosophy: We strive to more...
