Browsing Month April, 2009
British Actor new role: Panic diver.
By Scuba Herald at April 24, 2009 | 3:38 am | 0 Comment
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 of my life - I knew I had to try more...
Cayman Islands Tourists disturbing the Sting Rays
By Scuba Herald at April 14, 2009 | 5:25 am | 0 Comment
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 in stingrays. Biology professor Bradley Wetherbee has more...
Best underwater British Photo
By Scuba Herald at April 12, 2009 | 3:39 pm | 0 Comment
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 striking orange and turquoise colouring, more...
Juana Marian Gilnett: New Scuba Diving Fatality
By Scuba Herald at April 8, 2009 | 5:23 pm | 0 Comment
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 attempted to resurface with a deficient air more...
Scuba Diving Watch … this one is simply AMAZING
By Scuba Herald at April 7, 2009 | 9:44 pm | 0 Comment
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 own one of this: The Ulysse Nardin Diver Perpetual Limited Edition watch introduced at Baselworld more...
Sharks? Is all in your body language…
By Scuba Herald at April 7, 2009 | 9:34 pm | 0 Comment
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 previously unimagined level. He does it not for fun, to win bets or for the adrenaline more...
Indian Ocean Explorer live-aboard : Hijacked !
By Scuba Herald at April 3, 2009 | 11:19 pm | 4 Comments
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, according to more...
