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SCUBA Divers hands after 10 days underwater

SCUBA diver hands after 10 days underwater In 2002, scuba diver Tim Yarrow set a record for the longest time spent underwater after spending 10 days submerged in a tank in Johannesburg shopping center. The especially numerous dead keratin [...]
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3 Abalone Divers Die over Weekend California

3 Ab Divers Die over weekend in California Three abalone divers died in less than 24 hours this weekend, two in northern Sonoma County and one near Fort Bragg, Sonoma County sheriff’s officials reported. A 66-year-old retired Pacifica [...]
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Fisherman Catches SCUBA Diver

Fisherman Catches SCUBA Diver A fisherman who thought he was reeling in the catch of a life-time had, in fact, been trawling in a scuba diver – by his tackle! Life-long fisherman John Goldfinch, 61, was fishing with his mates at a beach [...]
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2 Scuba Divers Rescued off Hawaii Coast

2 Scuba Divers Rescued off Hawaii Coast An off-duty firefighter on the Makapuu hiking trail spotted the divers in distress and calling for help. The firefighter called 911 and directed lifeguards to the divers. – City lifeguards rescued [...]
University of Toledo

University of Toledo SCUBA Divers attempt Record

  SCUBA Divers Attempt Record at University of Toledo UPDATE 4/11/2013 TOLEDO, OH, USA — A team of about 25 certified divers that included the University of Toledo student scuba diving club spent April 1 through 9 taking turns underwater [...]
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Day 2 Search of Missing SCUBA Diver

Day 2 of Search for Missing SCUBA Diver Miami Were still remaining hopeful, keeping out fingers crossed, still praying that the fact that the current may have taken him and that were able to find him,” said Miami-Dade police Detective [...]
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Stingray stabs scuba diver out of the blue

GISBORNE fireman Tim Lister was stabbed in the stomach by a stingray yesterday while diving for crayfish near the entrance to the harbour. The 36-year-old was scuba diving with a mate at about 2pm when he spotted a couple of crayfish in a [...]
Sean McGahern is helped into the water at the beginning of his record attempt.

Diver looking to break world record hospitalized

” Sean doesn’t even remember how he was pulled out “   One diver’s bid to break his own world record by spending 15 hours  underwater was prematurely terminated after he went into hypothermic   shock. Sean McGahern, 38, [...]
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Singapore divers head to Sabah despite warning

Monitor Travel Advisories before heading to any foreign local.e… Travel safe, dive safe and have fun! ~Mary Alice By Law Zhi Tian The New Paper Saturday, Mar 16, 2013 SINGAPORE – The fighting in the Malaysian state of Sabah has [...]
Five-masted schooner GEORGE E. BILLINGS at anchor

Wreckage of Historic Schooner Discovered Near Los Angeles

 A search 70 years in the making – and a new site for us wreck-junkies to explore!  Happy Diving! ~Mary Alice Archaeologists discovered the wrecked remains of a 109-year-old schooner near Los Angeles last year, National Oceanic and [...]
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More professional local divers needed in Komodo National Park

Calling all PADI Instructors – looking for a new place to hang your fins? Maybe this is your next big adventure??? This is where I earned my OW & AOW …. and I am not sure “epic” even begins to describe the diving!! [...]
Lance Cpl. Anastasia “Staci” Jackson

US Marine dies scuba diving on Yukon wreck – Mission Beach, CA

SAN DIEGO — A Camp Pendleton Marine who died while scuba diving on the Yukon ship accidentally drowned due to blunt-force head injury, the Medical Examiner’s Office said. Lance Cpl. Anastasia “Staci” Jackson, 26, died on Dec. 1. The [...]
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Point Lobos SCUBA Diver Taken to Hospital

SCUBA diver pulled from Whales Cove Point Lobos Cypress Fire Protection District paramedics attempted to resuscitate a diver who was pulled from the water Sunday afternoon at Whalers Cove in Point Lobos State Reserve. Firefighters received [...]
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Navy divers carry out upgrades at Oahe Dam – Capital Journal

They had the water to themselves, and no wonder – no one else goes swimming at Lake Oahe in February. But it’s all part of the job for a group of Navy divers who visited Pierre this past week – braving frigid underwater temperatures by [...]
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Why Rebreathers CCR for Recreational SCUBA Diving

CCR Rebreathers for Recreational Diving Great Video presentation fro the Rebreather Fourm on Rebreathers.  Good info for CCR research
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Eel Bites off SCUBA Divers Thumb

EEL Bites off SCUBA Divers Thumb How Stupid do you have to be. Some divers are really stupid and touch/provoke the underwater life. In the following clip you can see a moray eel biting off a thumb from an unfortunate diver who provoked the [...]
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Woman SCUBA Diver Dies Miami

Woman SCUBA Diver Dies off Miami UPDATE 2_26_21013 A “disturbing” accident Sunday left one scuba diver dead and others with many questions about how that could have happened. Forty-year-old Hua Liu was part of an expedition off Key Biscayne, [...]
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2 SCUBA Divers Die at Point Lobos

2 SCUBA Divers Die at Point Lobos near Monterey   UPDATE 2/26/2013 SAN JOSE — Two scuba divers who died in the waters off Monterey County on Friday have been identified as Volodymyr and Marina Butsky, a husband and wife who lived [...]
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Wet Suit that lets you Fly Underwater

Flying Wet Suit Lets you Fly Underwater It is unclear if the product, called ‘Oceanwings’ is planned for production. The wetsuit, called ‘Oceanwings’ is designed to allow the wearer to have an underwater ‘flight’ [...]
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Download a Free Issue of Advanced Diver with SS Tahoe

Download a Free issue of Advanced Diver Magazine.  In this issue is a great article on a Dive Conducted in Lake Tahoe to the SS Tahoe.
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Florida Police Divers Find Training Bomb

Florida Police Divers Find a Training Bomb in Low Vis Conditions South Florida police divers and bomb squad members train in searching for underwater bombs. A small group of South Florida police divers and bomb squad technicians spent most [...]