The following is an additional extract – an appendix – taken from the manual, ‘Diving & The Media: A Survival Guide’, that I completed in 1999 and whose purpose was to help dive industry professionals deal more effectively with negative… Read More ›
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“For Safety’s Sake …Oh!”
Back in the not-too-distant past, a good dive watch was much more than just a functional piece of bling. It was also a status symbol that marked the wearer as a serious – and experienced? – diver. On occasions, it… Read More ›
The Deep Scattering Layer
First noticed during the latter stages of the Second World War when hydro-graphic survey ships equipped with echo sounders showed a ‘phantom seabed’ appearing on the graphs, the Deep Scattering Layer (DSL) often appeared many hundreds of fathoms above that… Read More ›
Face To Face: Up Close With Mother Nature – by Al Hornsby
I first met Al Hornsby in July 1993 when, as a key-note speaker at Sydney’s Scuba Expo event, he combined his poetry, music and photographic images into a memorable audio-visual presentation, ‘Indigo Dreams’; a production that highlighted the need for… Read More ›
Scuba Fundamental: Start Diving the Right Way – By Simon Pridmore
The third volume in a trilogy that, collectively, spans the spectrum of diving proficiency, author and respected dive industry professional, Simon Pridmore’s latest offering, ‘Scuba Fundamental: Start Diving the Right Way’, goes back to basics with a book aimed at… Read More ›
Ghosts Of The Deep: Diving the Shipwrecks of Sri Lanka – By Dharshana Jayawardena
“Where there are ships, there will be wrecks.” Rebuilding itself after the rigours of a lengthy civil war, the island nation of Sri Lanka is rapidly becoming recognised as an emerging tourism hot-spot and a major drawcard in the global… Read More ›
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