A new bylaw which will prohibit scuba diving from the dock between May 15th and October 15th except by permit for special events or training activities. The new bylaw will come in to force next year. Raymond Krob, the president of the Ontario Underwater Council, attended the meeting to oppose the new regulation which will force divers to obtain permits to use the town docks…  Read More →

The head of the U.S. Government’s response effort to mitigate the Transocean/BP oil spill said that with the oil leak capped there is now little chance of oil remnants reaching the Florida Keys and the South Florida mainland. Read more…  Read More →

Palles Dolphin by Pete Di Pino Camera: SONY DSC-W290 , Location: Rangiroa, Tahiti Take good photos? Enter your best scuba pictures in our photo contest for chances to win a $50 Scuba.com gift certificate.  Read More →

Underwater diving expert, Stuart Bacon, estimates that here are possibly thousands of unexploded mines surrounding the beautiful Sussex coastline. A suspected UXB was discovered at Southwold on Tuesday, but this is not the first. Most of the UXB’s go back to WWII when they were used to fortify the coastline against German invasion…  Read More →

Bowhead whale brains have a fully developed olfactory system, questioning assumptions that the largest animals on Earth have a lousy sense of smell  Read More →

Rating: Oceanic Power Inflator The Power Inflator is another grest product by Oceanic. It easily attached to the inflator hose. The product was delivered in a very timely fashion.  Read More →

No, it’s not the crazy sport of underwater cycling but a prototype pedal submarine developed by a team of French entrepreneurs. The French team are hoping to participate in the 2011 International Submarine race, featuring human-powered “wet” submarines, subs that do not provide it’s occupants a dry environment so the use of SCUBA equipment is a must…  Read More →

A snorkel is used by placing one end in your mouth, threading it through a snorkel mask and letting the open end stay above the surface of the water. Use a snorkel to investigate a variety of sea life with helpful advice from the owner of a Miami dive store in this free video on snorkeling. Expert: Valerie Kevorkian Contact: Bio: Valerie Kevorkian (NAUI 12041) opened the…  Read More →

Deltron, Inc. (OTCBB: DTRO) is pleased to report on the product development efforts of its Blu Vu Deep Oil and Gas Exploration division, a developer of highly innovative breathing technology for use in extreme environments. Blu Vu has designed and developed a critical component of closed-circuit rebreather equipment for commercial and recreational divers. Deltron expects to launch its proprietary bailout valve products in October 2010, and is in  Read More →

Rating: tank banger very easy to use. so far works great !  Read More →

Powerful full HD underwater dual camera – The Sanyo Xacti CA100 is waterproof and shoots both HD footage and high resolution stills. Sanyo has today launched its highest specification waterproof Dual Camera in the UK. The pocket size Xacti VPC-CA100 is waterproof up to three metres (10 feet) and shoots both full 1080i high definition footage and 14 mega-pixel high-resolution still images. The Xacti’s signature slim-line, pistol-grip chassis... 

Rating: Spring Straps Best things since sliced bread/peanut butter/ and roman noodles. Awesome is the only way to describe them…If only everything worked as well!  Read More →

Several landmark studies have, over the past 20 years, highlighted the problem of mislabelled fish. One-third of fish on sale in the US is not the species it is sold as, and one-quarter of cod and haddock sold in Ireland is neither of these. Now an exercise in eco-forensics has found that the certification scheme run by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), a global not-for-profit organisation, offers a way of ensuring you get what you think you’re... 

Rating: clear it works, does what it says, dont need any more  Read More →

Cape Breton Island’s coastal area has held secrets for hundreds of years. Migrants looking to start a new life in the New World, military powers looking to stabalise their colonies, many charting a course which would result in their lives ending prematurely on the rocky and dangerous Atlantic Shore of Nova Scotia…  Read More →