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Every breath you take
12:28:00
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Really interesting take on the snorkelling angle, good for those that hate having anything in their mouth, maybe not so good for those suffering from claustrophobia. But at $55, it's a pretty neat piece of kit at a very affordable price.Link: HERE"The main obstacle to snorkelling is the difficulty in breathing underwater with a snorkel. Indeed, breathing through your mouth is unnatural, and the snorkel mouthpiece is sometimes considered too intrusive, uncomfortable and unhygienic. That's why Tribord invented the Easybreath mask, the first full-face snorkelling mask, for breathing underwater as easily and naturally as you would on land with...
Tragedy
07:43:00
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The weekend brought a triple dose of tragedy to the islands, beginning with the first dive fatality of the year."Fears were growing Monday for a missing scuba diver after his tank, dive vest and an article of clothing were found near the site where he was last seen Sunday morning. Volunteer divers joined a police air and sea search Monday for David Byles, 57, from North Carolina, who disappeared after surfacing following a dive at around 10:20 a.m. Sunday. He had not been found by Monday afternoon, though investigators said his tank, buoyancy control device and some clothing had been recovered close to Barracuda Reef, where...
When the sun goes down
10:39:00
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Well the weather has made the sea as lumpy as a bag of spanners and as milky as a herd of cows but it did give us an awesome sunset last night on the way home from work.Hopefully normal dive services will be resumed next weeke...
Moon Glow
05:14:00
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As divers, we've all seen bioluminescence (or lingulodinium polyedrum to give it it's posh name) but this is still pretty nice to see it whilst taking a walk along the beach at night.You could almost imagine yourself in Jame Cameron's Avatar film with all the lighting going on here."While vacationing on the Maldives Islands, Taiwanese photographer Will Ho stumbled onto an incredible stretch of beach covered in millions of bioluminescent phytoplankton. These tiny organisms glow similarly to fireflies and tend to emit light when stressed, such as when waves crash or when they are otherwise agitated. While the phenomenon and its chemical mechanisms...
Sunset red & pale moonlight
11:38:00
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Sunsets, slugs and shrimps was the theme this evening. With a corking sunset and a macro lens we went off on the un hunt for the elusive small stuff.I'm not going to waffle on in this post (hoorah! I hear you cry), just enjoy the pictur...
Let's start the New Year right
09:50:00
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A good way to start 2014 with a New Years day dive making the pages of the the local papers. Roll on the rest of the year and safe diving to all and sund...
The Emperors New Clothes
16:43:00
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A lovely new Sony A7r full frame compact camera in the new Nauticam housing basking in the sun at our beloved Lighthouse Point dive site. Have you got yours y...
Auld Lang Syne
12:10:00
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Well we started with good intentions this morning with the first dives of 2014. However the despite the dive centre advertising they'd be open today (just like last year) they decided not open, which was a bit of a waste of a morning.However undaunted, we came up with plan B and with a wink and a nod and a funny handshake we got access to another dive site that wasn't open to the public today but seeing as the lads knew us, they let us sneak in for a few hours, which was nice of them.Masses of fusiliers and some very large and frisky snappers surrounded us as soon as we got in the water. I think they missed us. There were also some epic sized...
