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Scuba Scooter goes beyond the Border
By Scuba Herald at February 20, 2011 | 3:02 pm | 0 Comment
Smart Mexicans? You bet. Smart scuba Mexican Aliens? Lol... you bet... well it seems a wetsuit-clad man and a teenager were arrested in Imperial Beach Feb. 3 after allegedly swimming around the U.S./Mexico international border with the aid of scuba diver propulsion devices, commonly called “scuba scooters.” The men became the object of Customs and Border more...
Scuba Father Dies
By Scuba Herald at February 20, 2011 | 2:55 pm | 0 Comment
You can claim many things in the scuba diving world... but only one person it's the one responsible of coin the word SCUBA. Well...Christian J. Lambertsen died at his home in Newton Square Feb. 11 of renal failure at the age of 93, The Washington Post reported. He invented the Lambertsen Amphibious Respirator Unit in 1939. In 1952 Lambertsen and a colleague wrote a more...
Jason deCaires Taylor: The Greatest Scuba Artist in the World
By Scuba Herald at January 6, 2011 | 4:57 pm | 0 Comment
A few months (mmm may be years) I ahd the pleasure to interview via email one of the most talented guys I have ever seen: Jason deCaires Taylor ... well... it seems his talent is now official and the gang of National Geographic has featured him and his unique work... This is thanks to his new work in Mexico. More than 400 of the permanent sculptures have been more...
Sharm El-Sheikh’s Shark Problem
By Scuba Herald at January 6, 2011 | 4:44 pm | 0 Comment
So if you are in the diving industry you know there are a few things you want to avoid in your area. A oil spill... Killing one of your student-divers And Sharks killing tourists .... The 3 of them kind of suck.... That's why local diving operators are a BIT concern with the latest shark problem in Sharm El-Sheikh's one of the busiest diving ports in the more...
Cayman Islands just go much much Scuba-Sexy
By Scuba Herald at January 6, 2011 | 4:25 pm | 0 Comment
If you didn't have enough reasons to go to the Cayman Islands... wait a few months and you will have a new sexy-scuba reason Contractors began flooding a decommissioned U.S. Navy ship Wednesday to sink it in the clear waters off the Cayman Islands, where officials hope the vessel will attract tourists and fish. Plans called for the USS Kittiwake, a 1945-vintage more...
Interview with Jonathan Cross from the Best Diving Job in the world.
By Scuba Herald at November 16, 2010 | 5:16 am | 2 Comments
Scubaherald had a chat with Jonathan Cross regarding the Best Dive job in the world... a new idea in the scuba industry that is taking the whole scuba diving career world by storm. SH: Hi Jonathan, we just read about the Best Diving Job in the world. Amazing news and a very unique idea. How did you come up with this idea? JC: You'll probably be a bit surprised by more...
Steven Irwin … all over again? No this time
By Scuba Herald at November 16, 2010 | 12:56 am | 0 Comment
How many times we read that a diver has been attacked by a sting ray? Not every day, well, in this case, we have a lucky kiwi diver A man pierced by a stingray barb in the Hauraki Gulf has been helicoptered to Auckland Hospital. The man was scuba diving near Pakatoa Island when he was attacked by the stingray at about 1:30pm. Westpac Rescue Helicopter advanced more...
