New DiveBuddy Feature (Related Content, Dive Log Summary Enhancements)
Greg - 5 days 12 hours ago.
Hey DiveBuddy Members! There are a few new features that I’ve added to DiveBuddy over the last several weeks. You can now view Related Content. For example, if you’re looking at a photo of "sharks in cozumel", the new Related Content section will show articles, other photos, dive sites, forum topics, etc. that are similar to "sharks in cozumel". You can currently see the Related Content section when viewing a photo, article or forum topic...it is towards the bottom of the page. I also updat...
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The Southern Swell is here! (California)
Have you noticed the warmer temperatures and different surf activity lately ? During the stormy winter months Southern California is hit by northern swell generated from storm activity originating in places like Siberia. During the Spring and Summer months Southern California receives more southerly swell generated by storm activity in and around Antarctica / New Zealand. This change from northern to southern swell brings warmer water temperatures and typically marks the start of warmer wea...
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Top Scuba Diving Groups on Facebook
Greg - 15 days 21 hours ago.
Did you know DiveBuddy also has one of the largest scuba diving groups on Facebook? We have much more diving related content on DiveBuddy.com, so you should check our website regularly during surface intervals. But for keeping in touch with friends and other scuba divers, our Facebook group is another great place to be. Join our Facebook group here. DiveBuddy is one of the largest scuba social networks anywhere. There are thousands of scuba divers just like you using DiveBuddy.com and our F...
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Guide to tropical species
New guide to tropical species with over 4000 high res pictures in their right taxonomi families. http://www.tropicalfavourites.com...
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Volunteers needed to "Dive The Coast" for ocean organizations
Divers along the 1000 miles of California coastline are gearing up for the largest mass scuba dive in the history of diving. Test dives are being done to gauge dive distance, depth and air, all of which will be formulated for diving longer distances during Dive the Coast scheduled for June 2013. Dive teams will first perform calibration dives to determine distance. Additional dives are relay dives where one team dives a distance then hands a flag to another team and so forth. Volunteer divers a...
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Shipwreck found off coast of Cape Cod Ma.
A Portland, Maine-based company is hoping to retrieve at least one box of platinum ingots from a World War II shipwreck off Cape Cod — and thereby salvage its own operation.Greg Brooks, co-founder and principal of Sub Sea Research LLC, believes that 1.7 million ounces of platinum ingots worth an estimated $3 billion is still with the Port Nicholson, a steam-powered 481-foot British freighter that reportedly sank 50 miles northeast of Provincetown after being torpedoed June 16, 1942.Research of p...
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TA & VA Beginner to Instructor Dive Programs now under way
Open Water Student to Divemaster Program When was the last time you said, "I love my job! "? Go PRO and you’ll be saying it all the time. Military Tuition Assistance Available This course is designed to meet the needs of those pursuing a career in diving. Dept: SEF Course Number: 3001 Start Dates: Ongoing – see below or contact Discovery Diving Co., Inc. at 252-728-2265 for upcoming dates. Cost for Military Personnel: This program is now covered by Tuition Assistance. Cost for Non-Milita...
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Scuba Divers Share Vision of Fitness
SAN DIEGO - Local scuba divers, Gary Hawkins, Founder of Ride FitTM and underwater videographer, and Gretchen M. Ashton, CFT, NBFE, owner of ScubaFit® and FitDiver®, have joined forces. Committed to the health and wellness of scuba divers, both have personal fitness stories, are inspired by adventures in scuba diving, and empowered by the influence of the sport to motivate divers to fitness. Hawkins transferred his underwater film success to Ride FitTM; an exciting new series of v...
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Preparations Continue for 1000-Mile Scuba Dive
Test dives scheduled beginning this month. CALIFORNIA - Dive the Coast, Santa Cruz Chapter is conducting test dives aboard the Silver Prince in Monterey, California, beginning January 21st, 2012, and continuing the third Saturday of every month throughout the year. The outings are open to all divers novice to advanced throughout the state. How much distance covered largely depends on how many divers sign up. The cost is $50.00 with divers providing their own tanks. Call (831) 204-0539 or e-ma...
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Pros Team Up to Bring Fitness to Divers
PADI approves brand new ScubaFit® Diver Distinctive Specialty Course. Dive and fitness instructors alike can now become certified to teach fitness to divers. The Padi ScubaFit® course was developed by Gretchen M. Ashton, a certified fitness trainer and Stephen Mendel, a multi agency scuba instructor. The PADI ScubaFit® Diver Distinctive Specialty Course offers new opportunities for instructors and dive shop owners to improve the health, performance and safety of their diving clients and in...
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New Marine Protected Area’s Going into effect January 1st, 2012 (California)
3….2….1…. Put down your spears. Starting Sunday, January 1st, 2012 eleven new areas including Laguna will become completely off limits to fishing commercial or otherwise. The controversial fishing restrictions have been pushed back several times but now will officially become implemented. These new, expanded, and enhanced areas are established with the hope for marine life rejuvenation. Marine protected areas have proved successful throughout the world. In one example Cabo Pulmo National ...
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DiveBuddy.com Reveals New Website
Greg - 12/29/2011 10:57 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DiveBuddy.com Reveals New Website December 29, 2011 - The online social community for scuba divers, DiveBuddy.com, has been redesigned with an easy-to-use interface and new features. Based on feedback from members, all of which are scuba divers or diving professionals, we’ve made the following enhancements: - Scuba Earth: an interactive map that displays the location of dive sites, divers, dive centers, scuba events and dive clubs.- Dive Log: record and print your dive...
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Redondo Beach Lobster Poachers Get Pinched
California Game Wardens made several poaching cases in Redondo Beach recently, including one with suspects in possession of 132 lobsters. “We are focusing our patrols on the worst abusers of our lobster resource to protect it for responsible users,” said Assistant Chief Paul Hamdorf of the California Department of Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division. “We are successfully using a team patrol concept and will continue to seek out those who intentionally violate fishing and hu...
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The First 130 Feet
The First 130 Feet: True Stories from the Dive Deck is NOW AVAILABLE at iuniverse.com, amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. OR CALL To order, call 443-604-1247. We accept payment by credit card. You may also mail a request to: KB Diver Services, PO Box 24814, Middle River MD 21220. ...
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DEMA show - Johan’s Dive Resort
I have been working with several wreck diving shops in the Philippines to get them represented at the DEMA dive shows in the US. We finally got Johan’s at Subic Bay registered with the Philippines Dept. of Tourism booth and I will be going to Orlando, Florida in Nov. to man Johan’s table!! Looking forward to it...... http://subicdive.com/...
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Ocean Art Photo Competition - Call for entries!
Ocean Art Photo Competition 2011 Over $82,000 in prizes Winners choose their own prizes 3 Categories dedicated to Compact Camera users, 12 categories total Deadline: November 20th, 2011 Submit underwater photos taken anywhere, anytime Judges include world-renowned underwater photographers Martin Edge, Marty Snyderman, Tony Wu, and Bonnie Pelnar New Category for 2011! ’Cold/ Temperate Wate...
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Pass Me The Rat-Hat Carlo
brixn - 8/20/2011 1:36 AM
The book "Pass me the Rat-Hat Carlo" is about the authors adventurous entry into the world of commercial deep sea diving in the 1960’ies during a time when the industry had no civilian training facilities, and where learning was based on trial and error and good luck. Experiencing the introduction and pioneering saturation diving as a matter of course in deep diving work in the North Sea. Early days and fun times diving for a living in Australia, and enjoying the times wh...
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Great Resource for Underwater Photography
Hello fellow divers, For those of you who like to carry a camera on your dives from time to time, the Underwater Photography Guide is now on DiveBuddy -> www.divebuddy.com/UnderwaterPhotoGuide It’s a great way to stay in touch with exciting new tutorial articles, dive destination reviews, and more. Best of all...it’s free. Enjoy! Cheers, Michael Editor, Underwater Photography Guide...
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