November 2018

Taking the Seabob for a Spin

The SEABOB is a luxury seatoy designed for “fun in the sun.” Corporate divers or technical divers are not invited to this party—unless they are vacationing, of course. No, this is a unit for scuba divers, free-divers or snorkelers, and meant to be purely recreational.

Mark Caney from PADI and the RTC

RESA and RTC are in concord over training standards

Prior to this meeting the Rebreather Education and Safety Association (RESA) and the Rebreather Training Council (RTC) had been having a robust active discussion about industry-wide rebreather training standards. It seemed sensible therefore to take the opportunity for the two organisations to find a common path forward.

Mark Caney from PADI and the RTC stated "The key item to come out of this meeting was an agreement for a joint committee to look at standards issued by both organisations, and work objectively towards harmonisation of standards.

Introducing Costa Rica Blue - The Underwater Guide

That’s just what Undersea Hunter Group’s Avi Klapfer has done with his spectacular photo archive from Cocos Island, Costa Rica – the UNESCO World Heritage Site and top scuba dive destination on the planet. Costa Rica Blue: the underwater guide to marine life, scuba diving/snorkeling & Cocos Island covers all of Costa Rica, from coast to coast, with a heavy focus on the crème de la crème that is Cocos Island.

SeaLife Introduces Sea Dragon 3000 Lumen Auto Underwater Photo-Video Light

The latest generation Bridgelux COB LED array emits a warm 5000K color temperature and 80 CRI (color rendering index) adding vibrant colors and brightness to your underwater pictures and videos. The warm color and lumen performance is especially important when shooting underwater with today’s sophisticated digital cameras that by design function best in natural sunlight.

2019 is being designated as the Year to ReDiscover Diving

If we can get some of these divers back into the water, imagine the benefit it will have to our entire industry? But in order for this to happen, we as diving professionals need get behind it & promote it, any way we can. INITIALLY, TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK, THERE ARE 2 CRITICAL KEY COMPONENTS: Magazines, Internet Contacts and Other Sources of Media Advertising: To get the word out about this industry wide effort to help get the "rusty" divers safely back into the water. This is a grass roots program. If you're looking for somebody to purchase ad space, the money isn't there.