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Happy Whale Shark Day!
La Paz BCS | August 30th 2008 by Baja Infotheque N.W.
August 30th is Whale Shark Day (Día del Tiburon Ballena) in Mexico, as declared by CONANP, Mexico’s National Commission of Natural Protected Areas. During the International Conference on Whale Sharks that was held in July on the Yucatan Penins read more
A New Dive Center Manager
Diving in Phuket, and Beyond | August 28th 2008 by Francois
Several years ago, well over a decade and last century, a backpacker walked into the dive center where I used to work on Koh Phi Phi. "G'day mate! I want to become a diver" he said with a thick Swedish accent. I can tell you, it was hard work but in read more
Swim at Your Own Risk-Shark Attack Map
Underwater Thrills: Swimming With Sharks | August 27th 2008 by Shark Diver-Worldwide Shark Diving Adventures
There's a great website that keeps us coming back month after month-it's called Swim at Your Own Risk. For those who keep track of the darker side of sharks and shark attacks this is your one stop shop for shark attack facts and real-time data:Get th read more
Isla Guadalupe Trip Report 8.26.2008
Underwater Thrills: Swimming With Sharks | August 27th 2008 by Shark Diver-Worldwide Shark Diving Adventures
Another stellar week at Isla Guadalupe although our seasonal record was broken this week:Hi All,We didn't have the beautiful sunrises that we are accustomed to at Guadalupe the fog bank at the top of the 4000' island peak saw to that, but we had amaz read more
Scuba Dive
A Lust for Life | August 26th 2008 by MikeC
Why? Because seeing the water life is in its natural habitat sounds pretty damn cool. Don't it? Except for sharks. read more
Presidente Intercontintental
TwoTank | August 24th 2008 by TwoTank
Quick post about this fantastic hotel. Naturally, it's amazing that there's a dive shop and dock steps from the room - that goes without saying. But there are plenty of dive-friendly hotels that focus entirely on the diving and don't bother with th read more
Divelog: Palancar Gardens / Chankanaab Reef
TwoTank | August 24th 2008 by TwoTank
Today was a SCUBA dream! Our first dive day in Cozumel, and it was fantastic! Palancar Caves, followed by Chankanaab Reef. A great way to begin over a week of diving one of the world's best locations.I have to back up a bit and explain that after read more
Underwater Looking Up
Bibledonate.org | August 24th 2008 by Ross Willingham
If you enjoy swimming then you have undoubtedly jumped into a swimming pool and spent a few moments gazing up at the surface. It’s a beautiful view with every imaginable shade of blue dancing across the surface of the water. Water is clea read more
Can’t wait to go underwater
The Wandering Waterman | August 23rd 2008
Back home from NYC, got in at 9pm last night, the rest of the trip was uneventful, hence no writing after I posted the photos…well, except for two things. First, I finally got to meet my friend Nancy Schwartzman, after 8 years of emails, phone read more
The Fortress, Galle, Sri Lanka
HOLIDAYS IN PARADISE | August 23rd 2008 by longoff
LUXURY RESORT | 2 RESIDENCES | 6 LOFTS | 41 ROOMS The Fortress located on Sri Lanka’s southern coast just south of the historic city of Galle, sets the standard in luxury and quality on this island that already offers a diverse a read more
Welcome to the Kona Hawaii squid blog...
A Kona Hawaii Scuba Diver Blabbers On | August 22nd 2008
Ok, so it's not a squid blog... but I did get a bunch of photos on the manta ray night dive last night. I'll be able to keep showing squid from time to time 'til I get more regular stuff in.These shots were taken with my Canon G9 in a Canon WP-DC21 read more
Today's picture says a lot for how the day's diving was....
A Kona Hawaii Scuba Diver Blabbers On | August 22nd 2008
It was a very good day!!!! More later... Been busy for several days now and pulled a double today, it's after midnight and I have to get up at 6 for tomorrow's charter.This critter is a Bigfin Squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana). It's the first one I'v read more
5 Things Scuba Diving Taught Me About Living Life To The Fullest
My Super-Charged Life | August 21st 2008 by Jeff@MySuperChargedLife
My wife recently bought me scuba diving lessons for my birthday. I am studying the material to obtain my open water recreational diver certification. As I’ve been going through the book and videos, it occurred to me that there are a read more
taking the plunge
my secret realm | August 20th 2008 by agnes
Okay,I will try my best to patiently post stuff here at my site via the web(and not via Windows Live Writer, which I really miss, to be honest) as Linux doesn’t read .exe files. So here goes: I mentioned previously that I took my scuba license read more
Crete Water Sports
Crete Delights | August 19th 2008 by Reward Rebel
Your visit to Crete, whether you are on holiday or business, wouldn’t be complete without a taste of the island’s beaches and warm clear waters, which are ideally suited to water sports activities. Windsurfing Windsurfing has become popul read more
Seven-Eleven Crab.... Hawaii....
A Kona Hawaii Scuba Diver Blabbers On | August 16th 2008
I was looking back through some photos I've taken in the last several months and realized I've never posted a picture of a Seven-Eleven Crab (Carpilius maculatus). These guys can get to a pretty good size. People don't generally harvest these critt read more
High Speed Tracking Techniques Help U.S. Swim Team
Impact Lab | August 15th 2008
Special device built to analyze a swimmer’s thrust (triangular structure, right) can help swimmer’s stroke. Around the time that the swimwear company Speedo was calling on NASA scientists to help create the now famous LZR Racer sui read more
Fiji Adventure Part I (pretend your reading a novel and this is c…
The Wandering Waterman | August 14th 2008
Fiji 2008 “I’m not him, really, my name is Reuben.” “Right, REUBEN… so what’s it like being a movie star?”…. Ok, I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s start at the beginning of the trip. I h read more
Mortality in My Mind
my secret realm | August 13th 2008 by agnes
No, I wasn’t in any life or death situation. I just had time to think about mortality because I have about 1 1/2 weeks of free time ahead of me, before I start in my new job. And while on break, apparently, without me knowing, I am about to cr read more
This last week was shark week for Wanna Dive in Kona I guess...
A Kona Hawaii Scuba Diver Blabbers On | August 9th 2008
Aloha,I wasn't actually on any of these dives as Bob was leading them at the time and I was Captain up topside, but this week Bob and his divers saw a tiger shark in the distance on one dive outside the harbor, a smallish whaleshark overhead on anoth read more
Optician
The Weblog of Melissa Manske | August 8th 2008 by Melissa
I worked, worked, worked today. In between all the working, I met Michael and the kids at an optician where Michael was picking out new glasses. He said he wanted my opinion, as I’d be looking at the glasses all the time. I’m glad he aske read more
Liquid Image aquatic camera records your underwater adventures
Machines that go Bing! | August 8th 2008 by Steve
SCUBA diving can be among the most amazing experiences in a person’s life but the experience is all the better if you can record using an aquatic camera. If your digital camera doesn’t allow underwater photography there are other altern read more
"You Caught Me Kissing"
TwoTank | August 6th 2008 by TwoTank
For those of you that think Scuba adds romance to your life, you're not alone! I just found a sweet review of a book I'd love to get my hands on and settle down for a good read. Doesn't this look like the perfect beach read?Click on the link to rea read more
Whew, busy, here's a quick underwater photo to tide you over whil…
A Kona Hawaii Scuba Diver Blabbers On | August 5th 2008
Here's an adult male Spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris). I've got a lull coming up in a few days, I'll put in an extra post or two then. Aloha, Steve read more
Poseidon’s Crete
Crete Delights | August 3rd 2008 by Reward Rebel
One of my fondests memories of the last trip to Crete is snorkelling and scuba diving. I’m not a strong swimmer, having learnt as a mature adult, I’m still building skill and confidence. One day when my partner and I had enjoyed a relaxed lunch, read more
Leaving on a jet plane
The Wandering Waterman | August 2nd 2008
I leave to Fiji tonight, scheduled to arrive on Monday… it’s the whole “International Time Line” thing i.e. you leave here on a Monday, cross the line and you get to your destination on Wednesday of last week… or somethi read more
The Island of Dominica - Episode 146
Amateur Traveler - travel for the love of it | August 2nd 2008 by Chris Christensen
The Amateur Traveler talks to Eddie about the island of Dominica. Dominica was discovered by Columbus and he might still recognize this lush tropical mountainous island with some of the best scuba diving in the world. News Travel Carnival - July 28t read more
Sea Lions? Not Seals, but SEA LIONS!?!
The Wandering Waterman | July 31st 2008
Alright, so time for one more post! As those of you that know me, besides being obsessed with the Ocean, I’m also obsessed with Sea Lions… those that don’t know me will soon learn about this obsession as you get to know me! HereR read more
Yoshi and the Sea Lions
The Wandering Waterman | July 31st 2008
I’m getting ready for my Fiji trip, so don’t really have time to write anything, double and triple checking to make sure I have everything for the trip. So with that in mind I figured I’d post another underwater video. I shot this o read more
Oceanic Datamask Review
The Wandering Waterman | July 30th 2008
So I’ve been diving with the new Oceanic Datamask since May now, and I have to say, I love this thing, especially as an underwater shooter. Not having to take your hands off your camera to check your stats just rocks and makes diving, and worki read more
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