Scuba Divers To Cross English Channel Submerged Using Sea Scooters

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In July this year, four diving members of the Scarborough Sub- Aqua Club (SSAC) will attempt an underwater crossing of the English Channel using Sea scooters. In a never been attempted before feat, the divers if successful, will be entered in to the Guinness Book of World Records as a brand new entry. Scarborough Sub [...]

Underwater Pumpkin Carving- A Scuba Halloween Tradition

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Carving pumpkins into Jack-O-lanterns has been a Halloween tradition for centuries. But you count on Scuba divers who call the Ocean their second home, to turn this simple tradition into something more exciting and take it underwater. Yes, we’re talking about carving pumpkins underwater! Underwater pumpkin carving is not a novelty in the Scuba world, [...]

Can You Identify These Fish Species?

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Take our quiz to find out just how well your fish identification skills are. See how many fish you can name from the pictures below – [QUIZZIN 2] * Photo Credits: photos by M. Christian Selfridge, BlueBeyond, richard ling, alfonsator, loloieg, Boogies with Fish, TGIGreeny, glintle , doug.deep, PacificKlaus and Nataraj Metz on flickr

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[QUIZZIN 1] *Photo credits: photo by jrover on flickr

The Bladefish 5000 Sea Scooter A Must Have Scuba Gadget

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The troubles with traditional DPV’s (Diver Propulsion Vehicles) are that they are too large, heavy and cumbersome to carry with you on your dive holidays. This unfortunate quality is primarily what puts most people off buying a personal DPV unless they happen to live close to where they normally dive. The Bladefish Seajet 5000, underwater [...]

Diver: Deep Water Adventures- A Scuba Simulation Game

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PC Video games on Scuba Diving are a rare find, and when you do chance upon one, they are usually greatly disappointing. However there are some true Scuba Simulation gems out there and one of them is Diver: Deep Water Adventure. The Diver series of Scuba games is created by a Russian software company BiArt, [...]

Scuba Humor: 5 Steps to Avoid A Shark Attack

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1: Swim with fat people- Try to surround yourself with more appetizing companions. If you know them well, you might even try to switch their suntan lotion with A-1 Steak Sauce. This will definitely improve your odds survival. Hell even if you don’t know them, tell them you’ll put some A-1, I mean suntan lotion [...]

Scuba Metal Detectors

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Ever fancy yourself an underwater treasure hunter, searching for lost artifacts and hidden treasures? Well most Scuba treasure hunters will tell you that , though this hobby is not as glamorous as seems and the chances of you uncovering ancient priceless artifacts are slim, it’s still an immensely enjoyable pastime, and can often pay for [...]

Endless Ocean Blue World for the Nintendo Wii

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We recently reviewed Endless Ocean the scuba diving simulation game for the Nintendo Wii released in 2008, which offered us a unique relaxed game play experience which brought us stunning visuals but the lack of focused goals made it rather frustrating for some. In February 2010 ,a new and improved sequel of Endless Ocean from [...]

Scuba Diving Pet Peeves- Part 2

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Here’s a list of  some  of Scuba Diving Pet Peeves as well as some not so intelligent advice from us, on how to overcome them. Know-It-All Divers who think they’re better than the Dive Master Isn’t it annoying when you have that one know-it-all diver in your group that’s probably only got 50 dives under [...]