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Scouts: Scuba Diving Merit Badge

By Scuba Herald at November 19, 2009 | 2:46 pm | 1 Comments

Scouts: Scuba Diving Merit Badge

Us divers, in the scuba diving industry, we usually complain that we don't do enough to promote scuba diving to the new generations. Well... today good news. Welcome to the Scuba Diving Merit Badge:  Thi merit badge, the first new one in three years, will officially be released on Dec. 1 when it will be available in Scout Shops and online at scoutstuff.org. It's more...

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New cool PADI Toy

By Scuba Herald at September 20, 2008 | 6:24 pm | 0 Comment

New cool PADI Toy

PADI Americas is rolling out the next generation in electronic dive planning - the Electronic Recreational Dive Planner, Multilevel version (eRDPML). Developed by Diving Science and Technology (DSAT) and distributed by PADI, the new product makes planning single depth and multilevel dives easier than ever. The eRDPML is not a dive computer, but an electronic more...

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PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards 2008 Finalists

By Scuba Herald at April 2, 2008 | 8:34 pm | 1 Comments

PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards 2008 Finalists

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) Asia Pacific is proud to announce the finalists of the PADI Asia Pacific Member Awards for 2008. At the end of 2004 PADI Asia Pacific undertook the initiative to build a more rewarding and recognition based benefit program for PADI Members. Continuing the enormous success of the newly revised program, PADI Asia more...

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Second Life : Virtually PADI? Or Virtually Stupid?

By Scuba Herald at September 10, 2007 | 8:38 pm | 7 Comments

Second Life : Virtually PADI? Or Virtually Stupid?

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...

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Surface Marker PADI Specialty

By Scuba Herald at August 7, 2007 | 6:29 am | 0 Comment

Surface Marker PADI Specialty

We’ve all seen them; when conducting courses, most of us carry this type of safety equipment to meet standards and many of us may even have sold some. Surface Marker Buoys (SMB)/safety sausages/delayed SMBs. Surface Marker Buoys serve a wide range of purposes, e.g. allowing shore cover / boat support to identify an ascending diver; alerting boat traffic to the presence more...

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