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Cedar tree root found 53ft deep in water nine miles off Bermuda; ‘it had grown there’

diver — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:08:20 +0000

Local divers have discovered what appears to be a Bermuda Cedar tree root still planted in its original location – 53 feet deep on North Shore. The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute and the Department of Conservation Services within the Ministry of Public Works has teamed up with the local divers to further study the root and have taken samples for testing to determine the age of the stump. Mr. Conyers discovered what he thought might be a tree root on the ocean floor adjacent to a tall coral reef ledge some nine miles to the north of Bermuda in 53 feet of water. Mr. Conyers explained: “At first I thought it might be a piece of a wooden shipwreck just emerging from the sand and wedged up against the undersea coral cliff. This of course piqued my interest – but upon closer inspection it was clearly recognizable as a piece of a tree – a tree stump and root in fact.

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Cedar tree root found 53ft deep in water nine miles off Bermuda; ‘it had grown there’

Winter Red Sea savers from blueotwo

diver — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:58:19 +0000

Scuba liveaboard specialist blue o two is offering savings of up to 10% off bookings on board its Red Sea vessels for trips departing in January, February, March and April 2012.
The discount offer applies to most scheduled itineraries on board M/Y blue Fin, M/Y blue Horizon, M/Y blue Melody and M/Y blue Voyager.
“With a variety of itineraries to chose from, including Best of Brothers, Deep South, Northern Wrecks & Reefs, Simply The Best, and Strait of Tiran & North, there really is a holiday for everyone,” says blueotwo.

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Winter Red Sea savers from blueotwo

Common dolphin prevalent off South West

diver — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:58:33 +0000

The common dolphin is indeed common in Britain’s Western Approaches, according to seasonal sightings by marine observers.
A series of observation trips, run by Paul Semmens of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust, were made from April to October this year aboard Scillonian III, which plies between Penzance in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

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Common dolphin prevalent off South West

Squirt cull in Wales

diver — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:58:42 +0000

The Countryside Council for Wales has earmarked about a quarter of a million pounds for operations to remove highly invasive sea squirts from Anglesey’s Holyhead Harbour.

The creatures, which originate from Japan, are thought first to have been brought to Western Europe on the hulls of ships, then to have spread further on the hulls of smaller boats.

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Squirt cull in Wales

Camel Dive Club celebrates

diver — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:01:42 +0000

Sharm El Sheikh’s Camel Dive Club is marking its 25th anniversary in December with a double celebration.
Not only has Camel provided outstanding Red Sea diving holidays in the Egyptian resort for the past quarter century, it has also reached a landmark 20 years’ membership of PADI’s retail association for scuba businesses.
The PADI award recognises the company’s long-standing commitment to excellence in diver training, making Camel one of a select few Red Sea dive centres to achieve this milestone.

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Camel Dive Club celebrates

Regaldive offers huge Philippines saving

diver — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:05:28 +0000

Regaldive is offering a massive saving of £675 off its Philippines Siren ‘Southern Visayas’ scuba itinerary, departing on 3 July next year. But bookings must be made before the end of this month. Now costing from £1410 based on two sharing, this includes 10 nights’ full-board accommodation, three to four boat dives a day, and air/nitrox, scuba tanks and weights. Flights are not included but can be arranged through Regaldive. “The itinerary takes in Cabilao Island – home to some of the best diving in the Philippines and particularly noted for sightings of Hammerhead Sharks,” says Regaldive. The successfully managed marine sanctuary dive site of Apo Island is another highlight and manta rays are a common spectacle. Dumaguete on Negros offers possible sightings of frogfish and ornate ghost pipefish, whilst The Pier may reward you with the opportunity to see mandarin fish.”

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Regaldive offers huge Philippines saving

Cousteau Divers May Call Florida City Home; ‘I Woke Up This Morning And Saw Dolphins’

diver — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:09:08 +0000

Pierre-Yves Cousteau, youngest son of legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, is launching Cousteau Divers, and St. Pete may be the organization’s center for the western hemisphere. Pierre-Yves Cousteau speaks at a gathering at The Dali Museum Wednesday. The son of Jacques Cousteau may use St. Petersburg as the home to soon-to-be launched Cousteau Divers USA. Credit Lee Diekemper. ST. PETERSBURG – If local leaders can be persuasive, the home for Cousteau Divers in the western hemisphere will be St. Petersburg.

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Cousteau Divers May Call Florida City Home; ‘I Woke Up This Morning And Saw Dolphins’

What happens when you crack an egg 100 feet underwater? A fish eats it

diver — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:58:26 +0000

Have you ever wondered what would happen to an egg if you cracked it deep underwater? Yeah, we haven’t either. Leave it to a pair of Aussie divers to jump in and try it out to see the results. Two instructors from Go Dive Brisbane dove into 32 meters of water with a half dozen eggs intent on solving the underwater mystery, the results they got were interesting, as well as what happened to the eggs when they were done. For us Americans that don’t use the metric system, 32 meters converts to about 105 feet of water, so these guys were deep. When the divers broke the egg, the result was not a gloppy mess, but rather the egg remained in a ovoid shape until it, well, disappeared!. Divers have reported playing tennis underwater with eggs like this using coffee stirrers, perhaps a new Olympic sport? Hey if trampoline can be an event, why not this?

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What happens when you crack an egg 100 feet underwater? A fish eats it

Eco Divers moves into high-end Manado resort

diver — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:57 +0000

Eco Divers, one of the first scuba operators in the Manado area of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, has moved into the high-end Minahasa Lagoon resort. “By joining these two successful brands, we look forward to providing our guests with a level of service that has not been seen before in North Sulawesi,” says founding partner Jim Yanny. The resort has its own house reef, and is said to offer easy access to the coral and critter dive-sites of southern Bunaken National Park. Eco Divers will run three purpose-built boats and maintain a guest-to-guide ratio of 4:1. The Digital Centre photo/video facility managed by Scubazoo will offer its services from the new location.

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Eco Divers moves into high-end Manado resort

Under the ice: Research diving in Antarctica

diver — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:08:07 +0000

But Antarctica is different. Averaged out, sea ice around the Frozen Continent has grown by a little less than 1% per decade. From place-to-place, season-to-season, and year-to-year, however, the trends in Antarctic sea ice have shown a lot more variability than those in the Arctic. In other words, there’s a lot we don’t know about sea ice in the Antarctic and, right now, the data we have is too noisy to say much about it for sure. At least, in a big picture sort of way.

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Under the ice: Research diving in Antarctica