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The Women Divers Hall of Fame is now accepting applications for their 2023 scholarship and grant programs. Deadline for application is October 31, 2022. Find out more at wdhof/scholarships. There is a new show coming to the Discovery Channel on diving. It is called Destination Dive. Their first episode aired earlier this month. It was about the Florida Keys. New episodes however won't be aired unt...

SEE Turtle, a non-profit protecting sea turtles has developed an app - SEE Shell to detect illegal trade of tortoise shell. Moon jelly fish are invading Alaskan waters. Why? The Coral Restoration Foundation in Key Largo has announced four Dive and Snorkel program dates for September 2022. The Historical Diving Society, USA has announced their 2022 HDS USA Pioneer Awards. This awardees are Sheck Ex...

The Rosalia Project has teamed up with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative to remove debris from the Gulf of Maine. The Ocean Conservancy blog provided an update. The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) was instrumental in convincing the American Medical Association (AMA) to advise against unsafe mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy in mild hyperbaric treatment facilities. If you like deep shipw...

Stream2Sea has been named the number one reef-safe eco-friendly sunscreen by Rolling Stone Magazine for the second year in a row. Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute's president Peter de Monocal recently penned an op-ed piece in the Boston Globe title "Turning the Tide Against Climate Change." The NOAA Administrator - Dr. Richard Spinrad has affirmed the ban on swimming with dolphins in Hawaii. Th...

Congratulations Tec Clark on the release of his Risk Management for Dive Professionals course. If you are a dive professional, you should seriously consider this class on scubaguruacademy.com Listen for an update on the recently completed shark fishing tournament that took place in Florida in early July. A group of Chinese scientist have come up with a tiny fish robot that eats plastic. More innov...

Plastic Free July is a global initiative started in Western Australia in 2011. It is easy to participate. Just pick one plastic item to avoid in July and beyond. REEF is conducting a Fishinar titled Adventures under the Blue Heron Bridge. This is an absolutely amazing shore dive and you can find many unique species at the bridge. Did you know that you can buy a wallet or sneakers made from lionfis...

Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is sponsoring a diving scholarship - the NextGen Scholarship. The deadline for this program is July 1. Listen for more information on the specifics of the entry requirements and the benefits offered by this scholarship. The Crown of Thorns starfish can cause havoc on the reef. Now there is a simple solution for controlling the predator - kitchen vinegar. Seems it...

Congratulations Leslie Leaney on receiving the 2022 California Scuba Service Award. There is a new bill making its way through Congress. House Resolution 7431, titled the Don Young Veterans Advancing Conservation Act or VACA if passed will be a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA grant program providing funding to non-profit groups who hire, retrain, and redeploy veterans to co...

May 23, 2022 is World Turtle Day, now in its 22nd year. A day to "shellebrate" and take a "shelfie". The second quarter Journal of Diving History is now available. As always, it is packed with some great information. Get yours delivered to your home by joining the Historical Diving Society, USA. If you are into Ikelite gear, you can tag your gear with their new stickers. You can get a three-pack f...

DEMA has released the results of their survey related to opening up the DEMA Show to consumers. The survey results indicated that 62% of respondents were opposed so the board has decided that the show will remain exclusively a trade show. Some Hawaii business have brought a lawsuit against the US government on their regulation that bans swimming with spinner dolphins. Lake Mead is at a record low....

Are you a dive watch junkie - check out the new book on vintage dive watches. Want to visit a private island resort - Scuba Diving Magazine lists some really cool places to visit. The Bonaire Bond is a pledge you can take to protect the reefs in Bonaire and help them plant more corals. Stream2Sea is stepping up again - they are making a donation for every tube of mineral safe sunscreen they sell t...

Will DEMA Show open to consumers? Find out more. Green Fins is offering an environmental e-course for dive professionals. NOAA finds the wreck of a whaling ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge go diving in Belize. Great news for humpback whales. Global population is now tops 80,000. The first edition of the NOAA Complete Underwater Diving Manual was released in 1977. It wa...

REEF has announce their 2023 REEF Survey Trips - they have 16 planned trips on the calendar. Divers Alert Network (DAN) is now offering two levels of memberships starting in 2022. You can choose either Regular or Enhanced Membership. Listen for more details. California Diving News is back in publication. After a 2 year hiatus due to Covid-19, it is back. Great news as we recover from the pandemic....

The Florida Fish and Wildlife commission has approved a highly regulated goliath grouper harvest for the Spring of 2023. The Cayman Islands continues to battle Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Progress is slow but the Caymans are leading the way. Dive RAID International recently announced a new diver certification - The Indoor Diver. Aggressor Adventure is launching a new liveaboard on April 9, 20...

Hawaii has recently banned shark fishing in Hawaiian waters. More protection for these apex predators. Sea turtles on the verge of extinction in the Maldives? Ghost Divers removing fishing nets from deep wrecks. Hear more about their latest effort. The Nautilus Lifeline Marine Rescue GPS. Should you be carrying one on your next dive? In addition to their new Rec Fins - Fourth Element is also relea...

The Dive Medical Screening Committee has updated the Diver Medical Questionnaire by taking out all references to Covid-19. Progress. The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) has a virtual book club. The Into the Blue Book Club is a virtual club that meets quarterly to discuss different books and normally have the author participate. www. Reef.org/bookclub. Climate change with warmer wate...

PADI has announced a partnership with National Geographic Pristine Seas Initiative to protect 30% of the oceans by 2030. SUUNTO is being sold to Leashing - they will however remain in Finland for now. Shearwater has also announced a special edition Teric - Journeys Edition Teric. Coral Restoration Foundation had a remarkable 2021 and plans to do even more in 2022. There are signs that we are getti...

The New England Wreck Symposium has been rescheduled to March 26, 2022 due to the current Covid-19 spike. Gray Quarry in Gray, TN used an aerating system to make it into a diving destination. Dutch Springs in Bethlehem, PA may be open to reservation-only diving in 2022. Beware of stolen Shearwater computers. Seems like a number of these high-end dive computers were stolen from dive shops using bad...

Virtual Divers International has released a virtual dive program that touts training divers at all levels. Available for both iOS and Android operating systems. The Maldives Manta Research Expedition explored the northern part of the Maldives where they studied the manta population back in October. The first two episodes detailing the results are on YouTube. The SECONN Skin Divers and UCONN Avery...

Divers Alert Network has released a special edition of Alert Diver Magazine. This year-end special edition is a compilation of some of their best articles. This is a great reference. According to the Alaska Daily News, there has been a successful clean up effort in Dutch Harbor where they have removed over 1 million pounds of old fishing net and line. Divers Alert Network has funded a study with D...

The 3rd and 4th quarter issues of Alert Diver from DAN is on the streets. It is packed with great articles. One article in particular is from Becky Kagan Schott regarding her work on creating 3-D print outs of Great Lake shipwrecks. Sunset House on Grand Cayman is getting ready to open in January 2022. Great news from a great dive resort. Why are there two different dive flags? Scuba News recently...

Is there a blood test on the way to detect DCS? Research is ongoing but how close is it? Shearwater has now indicated that production has been halted on the Perdix dive computers along with the Peregrine (they use the same screen). According to Simon Morris from Shearwater it may be March 2022 before they are again shipping the computers. Stream2Sea will be offering a new sunscreen in 2022. It is...

Dan and Betty Orr have a new ebook titled "101 Tips for Scuba Divers". You can get it online at Apple Book Store, Amazon or wisediver.com for $9.99. The Shearwater Peregrine computer is currently on back order. The delays may last until early January 2022. Alert Diver from Divers Alert Network is combining their third and fourth quarter edition. It should be hitting the streets in mid-November. 4O...

Andy Leisner is PADI's Chief Consumer Officer and is responsible for Scuba Diving Magazine, Sport Diver and PADI Club along with other areas of accountability. Andy tells us a little more about his background, this new role at PADI, PADI Club, the benefits and some new and exciting ideas in the pipeline for PADI Club as we move into 2022. It looks like the "highly regulated harvest" of goliath gro...

If you want to get some great discounts you might consider joining PADI Club. You can get a 20% discount on the SeaLife SportDiver Smartphone housing, plus 20% off 17 different electronic learning courses from PADI. A great deal for the $50 membership fee. You can get a 45-day free membership at https://www.scubadiving.com/padiclub45 If you are on the fence in buying the Shearwater Peregrine becau...