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First Boys Scouts Earn Scuba Diving Merit Badge
Last October we brought you the story of the PADI/BSA partnership agreement, which paved the way to the new Scuba Diving Merit Badge.Well, last week it appears Boy Scouts hailing from North Bend, Washington were the first to earn the badge.Submerging up to 60 feet underwater, 20 of the 39 troop...
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40 Sites That Will Help You Become A Scuba Diver
Just wanted to say TANKS to the folks over at Online Certificate Programs for listing Neutral Dive Gear not once, but twice on their roll-up of 40 Sites That Will Help You Become A Scuba Diver.Our online scuba diving clothing store is the first site listed under dive gear... Neutral Dive Gear â€"...
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Published 3 days ago

"Don’t kid yourself for one minute..."
"When you’re practically touching the nose of a Great White, you’re thinking two things: how fast can I get back into the cage and will it hurt when she rips my torso off and leaves my legs standing there," said underwater photographer Don Carpenter after this encounter with a great white...
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Published 7 days ago

Scuba Divers Save Shark from Frisbee Ring Off Palm Beach
There are consequences for our garbage; or in this case, our beach toys. Luckily for this shark, two divers took the risk to save it.Two South Florida divers had a close encounter few would believe. They came face to face with a shark that had a plastic ring around its neck.John Dickinson and...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Preview of the New Sculptures Added to Cancun's Underwater Museum
Three new sculptures were submerged as a part of the Cancun and Isla Mujeres Underwater Art Museum.The sculptures - Dream Collector, Man on Fire and The Gardener of Hope â€" were carefully submerged to a variety of different depths throughout the national park.Created by British/Guyanese artist...
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Published 2 weeks ago

Tech Divers Discover Missing Wreck Off Thailand Coast
From Big Blue Tech:In April of 2009 a wooden overnight ferry that would transport passengers and goods from Koh Tao Island to Chumphon City sank in rough waves and strong wind. The boat sank slowly allowing all the occupants to be rescued.In May of 2009 a group of individuals contacted big blue...
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Published 2 weeks ago

10-Year-Old Becomes World's Youngest Scuba Diver
Last year we brought you stories of a 13-year-old rescue diver, and an 11-year-old Master Diver. Now, it's a 10-year-old scuba diver.Mumbai's Parth Sanghvi has become the youngest scuba open water diver when he plunged 40 feet underwater near Grande Island in India's western state of Goa,...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Diving Deep into North Shore History
A friend of ours sent us this video/article from the Winter 2010 issue of St. Thomas Magazine. Some very interesting stuff.(Feed readers click through for video)A Minnesota sight you never forget snaps into view along Interstate 35. Just as the freeway crests Thompson Hill above Duluth, a huge...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Settlement Reached in Catalina Scuba Diving Price Fixing Case
A story from our backyard here in SoCal.The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said Monday that it settled an antitrust and unfair competition case involving scuba diving on Catalina Island.John W. Mello, immediate past owner of Catalina Diver Supply, had been accused of colluding with...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Scuba Diver Snubs Disability in Pursuit of the Underwater World
What's not to love about this story?About 30 feet deep on Molasses Reef off Key Largo, Greg Rodriguez chased a barracuda, temporarily eluding his scuba-diving buddy, Jim Elliott. When Rodriguez and Elliott emerged about 45 minutes later, they were chuckling."You left me in your dust," Elliott...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Navy SEAL Dies During Training Dive
A tragic story out of Florida last week, as news of the death of a Navy SEAL struck the tight-knit operator community.A U.S. Navy SEAL died Tuesday while undergoing dive training in waters off Key West.Special Warfare Operator 2nd Class Ronald Tyler Woodle, 26, of Waynesville, N.C., died around 9...
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Published 4 weeks ago

Talking Scuba Launches First Episode
Our friends over at Talking Scuba recently launched the first episode of their show, which features topics such as ice diving in Michigan, a book review, tip of the week, and scuba adventure stories. (Oh, the show also features a polished ad from us with a promo code for 15% off our scuba diving...
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Published 4 weeks ago