Nekton’s Rorqual and Pilot, former scuba lieaboards to become artificial reefs off Destin-Fort Walton Beach
Okaloosa County was approached in early April 2024 with the donation of two former scuba dive liveaboards, measuring 80ft and 75ft. The vessels, known as NEKTON PILOT and NEKTON RORQUAL, were built in 1992 and 2001 respectively. Read the article HERE … Read entire article »
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Laser Engraving, Marking and Cleaning of High-Pressure Vessels
Thunderbird Metals East received several inquiries regarding the use of lasers to engrave, mark, and clean high-pressure vessels. Thunderbird Metals East does not use laser engraving, marking or cleaning in its manufacturing process as the use of these processes has the potential to damage the integrity of the high-pressure vessels. Click Here to Read More … Read entire article »
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Loggerhead Holdings, Inc Joint Law Suit
Filed September 2, 2022Loggerhead Holdings, Inc. began operating a scuba diving cruisebusiness in 1986. The business relied on two special-purpose vessels namedthe Nekton Pilot and Nekton Rorqual that facilitated scuba expeditions. Loggerhead Holdings, Inc., a holding company that owned a scubadiving cruise business, was one of many plaintiffs who brought suit against anoil company because of the explosion of an offshore drilling rig and the resulting discharge of a massive quantity of oil into the Gulf … Read entire article »
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AQUALUNG Recalls Buoyancy Compensator Devices Due to Injury and Drowning Hazards
Name of Product: Apeks Exotec SCUBA Diving Buoyancy Compensator Devices (BCDs) Hazard: The dump valve knob can get stuck when the recalled BCD is inflated, opening the dump valve which stops the BCD from fully inflating. This can result in a loss of buoyancy control and poses injury (decompression sickness) and drowning hazards. Read More … Read entire article »
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Marine conservation with interactive games
Click on Image As students return to the classroom for the new school year, educators and parents can encourage continued learning with Gone Fishin’ games. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), in partnership with … … Read entire article »
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Travel Rights
The past few years we have read and perhaps experienced travel challenges. The Governments around the world have created new laws regarding travelers rights. The European Union, EU, the United States, US for example have created laws favoring the passenger. Divetalking has just added a new category under the Travel Dashboard -> General Travel Resources.Scroll towards the bottom to find a topic titled: Travel Rights. We recommend you become familiar with them as well as … Read entire article »
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Zookeeper
Lionfish, The most dangerous and beautiful fish living in the ocean. Lionfish are categorized as one of the most invasive species to hit the eastern shores of the United States, Bahamas, Caribbean, Central and South America. Their native habitat is the Indo-West Pacific region, but there are now known to be established populations off the coast of Florida, and in the Indian River Lagoon. Because they consume so much prey in their native habitats, lionfish aren’t … Read entire article »
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SeaSide Chats
Seaside Chats provide an interested party to attend annual speaker series related to ocean topics related to the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and the Gulf of Mexico. The presentations are on Wednesday evenings in February, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Central Time) Presentations are free and last for one hour. Speakers include sanctuary staff and guests from partner organizations.Anyone is welcome to attend, but presentation style is most suited to those in middle school and above. … Read entire article »
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Decompression based on your bubble measurements
The first connected Doppler computer with custom decompression Customized decompression model assisted by Azoth Quality Index and bubble monitoring Due to be released in January 2022 Odyssey Technical Odyssey Technical dive computer addresses particularly to technical divers diving with trimix or heliox to 125 meters depth (in open circuit or with a rebreather), as well as with air or nitrox. Odyssey Advanced Odyssey Advanced dive computer addresses to experimented divers – or accompanied divers – diving with air or … Read entire article »
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RAID Eliminates Professional Fees
RAID will shake the dive industry to its roots today by announcing Zero FEe-Membership* to all its professional members and dive centers. The industry norm is to charge instructors and dive centres an annual fee to do business with them. RAID has torn up the status quo and once again offered something new and unique in the diving marketplace. At a time when the diving world is still reeling from the ravages of COVID and … Read entire article »
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Flying After Diving
https://dan.org/research-reports/research-studies/flying-after-diving?fbclid=IwAR1FZFTxxD4Zg8z0tNLXixVXrNh-dsifZRqkkhwWoLKUEheBhJ3nyHAXksk … Read entire article »
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Hawaii’s Shark Bill
A bill in the Hawaii State Legislature to protect sharks is moving toward final passage. The bill would protect sharks while not criminalizing their accidental capture and release. Fishermen are protected as long as the sharks are captured while individuals are fishing for other species, as permitted. … Read entire article »
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Are Sharks Truly Protected in Costa Rica?
Costa Rica recently announced the Hammerhead, Silky and Fox Shark were officially included as protected species by the Costa Rican Wildlife Conservation Law. The environment ministry has sanctioned this decree. Previously they were fished like any commercial species, with practically no restrictions. … Read entire article »
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Does your Dive Insurance cover Corona
A Public Service Announcement regarding all those entering into the United States… Health Alert – Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs (January 15, 2021) Location: Worldwide:The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director has signed an order requiring all airline passengers traveling to the United States, including U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs), to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 viral test or recovery from COVID-19. Event: Effective January 26, all airline passengers … Read entire article »
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The Recreational Dive Planner – Instruction for use
So you’re new to diving and you’re not learning the recreational dive planner. Perhaps you are learning but want to know more before you take a closures or as a refresher. There is a new article out on Divetalking that will walk you through the RDP. It also has links to many other articles out at Divetalking on the subject. … Read entire article »
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RDP Plus – Properly Calculate Total Bottom Time on repetitive dives
One of the most common errors I witness as an Instructor is calculating the correct Total Bottom Time on the Recreational Dive Planner. The failure to add Residual Nitrogen Times to the Actual Bottom Time leaves the diver with an increasing accumulation of nitrogen in the body. Why is this a problem? It exposes the diver to the possibilities of Decompression Illness which could lead to serious harm to the diver. Why is calculating Total Bottom … Read entire article »
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