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Diving, Resort and Travel Expo coming to Hong Kong in July 2010
Thanks to Wing, who has just forwarded me some information about the Diving, Resort and Travel 2010 Expo, which will be held on 16th – 18th July 2010. It is being supported by the Hong Kong Underwater Association and the … Continue reading
Scuba STAR Network’s air quality survey
Scuba STAR Network’s air quality survey must be coming to an end soon as it’s for July / August. So here’s a last minute chance to contribute. You can fill in the online survey from their website.
30 Aug: The Dollos again
Last Sunday Rita and I went out with Hong Kong Underwater Club for a couple of dives at the dollos. The dollos are bizarrely shaped concrete blocks which are used to protect the shoreline in front of High Island reservoir … Continue reading
NZ Diver recovers his wedding ring from Wellington harbour
Last year, after 3 months of marriage, Aleki Taumoepeau was working in Wellington harbour when he dropped his wedding ring. He quickly threw an anchor in to try and mark the site. Three months later he did a dive but … Continue reading
Tsim Chau and the Dollos
Due to the unfortunate demise of SCDC‘s scheduled boat in a recent typhoon, it looked as though the weekend’s diving was going to be scrapped. But the Hong Kong Underwater Club (HKUC) very kindly invited us out on their boat … Continue reading
New Scuba STAR Network Safety Survey
The Scuba STAR Network have a new survey out. This one on air quality. Please go and fill it in at http://www.scubastarnet.com/11801.html.
Talk by International Association of Hand-in-Hand Divers
Last week I was fortunate enough to be at a talk by Dr. Wilson Li of the International Association of Hand-in-Hand Divers. It was given at South China Diving Club’s weekly meeting and was a Medical Seminar on Adaptive Diving … Continue reading
UK diver presumed lost off France
A British diver in his 60′s has been reported missing while diving the Empire Javelin, a D-Day landing vessel. The wreck is in 60 metres of water 22 miles north of Cherbourg. He was part of a group of divers … Continue reading
Diving NE corner of Beaufort Island, Hong Kong.
With a forecast of heavy rain and squally thunderstorms following on from a week of heavy rain, I wasn’t expecting a great deal from Saturday’s dive. In fact the Underwater Club had cancelled their Sunday dive because of the weather … Continue reading
WWII ship sunk as artificial reef off Florida Keys
The USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg was originally named the USS General Harry Taylor. It saw service ferrying American troops to the Pacific in 1944. After the war it brought troops and holocaust survivors out of Europe. In the 1960′s … Continue reading
Vietnamese fishermen kill a diver
Many of us have seen first hand how damaging dynamite fishing can be to the marine environment. I once dived Pedro Blanco, in Chinese waters east of Hong Kong, just after some dynamite fishermen had left. The seabed was carpeted … Continue reading
Auckland diving accident
A 50 year old man has died off the coast of Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. He was diving with family and friends when he failed to surface as expected. He was later found on the sea bed, … Continue reading