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Decompression Sickness (0)
What is DCS? Decompression Sickness is a term that you, as a diver, will hear mentioned many times throughout your diving career. It is a term used by professionals to describe the two main pressure related sicknesses that commonly afflict divers in an emergency situation: decompression sickness and lung over-expansion injuries. Decompression Sickness Decompression sickness, [...]
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A rare encounter: Sperm whale eating squid (1)
Around 17:30 on July 23, 2010 a young male sperm whale surfaced at latitude N38.39.052; long W28.26.437, about seven nautical miles north east of Ribeininha Point, on the island of Faial in the Azores, with a large squid firmly clamped in its jaws.(fig 1. and 2.) It is rare to see sperm whales with squid [...]
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A Guide To… Dive Watches, Part Two – The Top Contenders. (0)
The Top Contenders As an add-on to illustrate my recent “Guide to…Dive Watches” article I wanted to mention a few all-time modern classics that incorporate at least some of the features I’ve mentioned in the guide. All the watches in this list are available presently, but have been in production in some guise or other [...]
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A Guide to… SCUBA Masks (3)
Masks We go diving to see the underwater world. We want to gaze at a whale shark cruising above our heads, we want to ogle as a manta ray glides below our feet and the chance to glimpse a sea turtle is a big excitement for any diver. What links all these statements is our [...]
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Scuba Diving In September and October (0)
Autumnal Diving For half of the globe September and October are the last hurrahs of summer, fading into autumn. This feeling that the warm days are slipping away (especially in the north of Europe!) can spur even the most lethargic of divers to look to the travel agents for a possible dive spot. The problem [...]





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