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BSAC Incident Report for 2010 Available Online
BSAC’s Incident Report for 2010 is now available online. It contains details of incidents in the UK, or involving BSAC members overseas, and was presented at their Diving Conference in mid-February. 364 UK incidents were reported, which is inline with … Continue reading
Truk. Dive 17 – Kansho Maru
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the Kansho is one of my favourite dives, but on our previous dive, we didn’t have enough time to explore the cavernous engine room properly. So we had a word with the dive … Continue reading
Russian Tourist Dies Diving Marlborough Sounds
There are reports that a 58 year old Russian woman who was travelling as part of a group to do a dive on the wreck of the Mikhail Lermontov has died. It appears that she collapsed on the dive boat … Continue reading
Dive Trip to the Canterbury
After a couple of shore dives in November that Jacqui kept telling me were not representative of New Zealand diving, Rita and I were ready to find out more about what proper New Zealand diving was all about. So it … Continue reading
Truk. Dive 16 – Nippo Maru
This is a wreck I’ve been looking forward to diving for many years. It’s one that up until now, I had always missed out on. Today that changed. The Nippo Maru was built in 1936 as a passenger and cargo … Continue reading
Truk. Dive 15 – Fujikawa Maru
Well it wasn’t long before we were back at the Fujikawa Maru. About 2 hours actually, this time for a night dive. This time we started at the stern gun, before heading into the steerage compartment. Holds #5 and #6 … Continue reading
20 Fantastic Underwater Photographs
If you like underwater photographs, you’ll love these. Here are 20 of the best, as chosen by judges in 2 competitions: the Our World Under Water competition, and the Deep Indonesia International underwater competition. They are on the Telegraph’s website.
Truk. Dive 14 – Fujikawa Maru
This was our first dive this trip on the Fujikawa Maru, many people’s favourite wreck, and it’s certainly one of my favourites. She was built in 1938 as a passenger / cargo carrier, and was originally used to carry raw … Continue reading
Truk. Dive 13 – Hoyo Maru
We were anchored very close to the Hoyo Maru, and from the Thorfinn could see the shallow water that lies above her. She was a large tanker which was being repaired for torpedo damage, when she was sunk by bombs. … Continue reading
Subic Bay, May 2010
After the Truk trip in April, were we all-wrecked-out? Not entirely. So given the opportunity to go to Subic Bay with Trevor over a Bank Holiday weekend in May, Rita and I jumped at it. We flew out of Hong … Continue reading
EUROTEK.2010 Tickets are now on sale
EUROTEK is an advanced and technical diving conference and exhibition that is happening on the 16th and 17th October at the ICC, Birmingham, UK. It was originally conceived by Leigh Bishop, Roz Lunn and Carl Spencer. Carl tragically died on … Continue reading
Truk. Dive 11 – Kansho Maru
The Kansho is one of my favourite dives, primarily because of her engine room. She was built in 1938 as a passenger / cargo ferry, but was taken over by the Japanese navy and a 3 inch bow gun was … Continue reading