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Scuba diving news from South Africa and Worldwide destinations - Archive January 2006
News and articles relating to scuba diving in South Africa and abroad. Topics include diving equipment, dive sites, diver training, dive specials, wreck diving, reef diving and shark diving news.

• US tourist scuba diving in Jamaica missing, feared drowned
  The Westmoreland police fear that a missing American visitor who was vacationing at Grand Lido, Negril may have drowned after he went scuba diving with a friend three days ago.
• Florida divers, adrift for hours, survive scare
  The divers had been floating in the chilling water for hours when they saw the shark fin cut through a wave.
• Son recreates Cousteau documentaries
  Jean-Michel Cousteau, the son of legendary underwater film-maker Jacques, has made a modern version of his father's famed diving film series of the 1960s and '70s.
• Egypt awarded Shark Guardian of the Year
  Due to the campaign, led by HEPCA and supported by the Red Sea Governate, The National Parks of Egypt, the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, to secure a decree banning shark fishing in the whole of the Egyptian Red Sea, in order to protect the shark population and environment of Egypt, the Shark Project has named Egypt as the Shark Guardian of the Year 2006.
• Gulf of Mexico: Reefs damaged by Hurricane Rita and warmer temperatures
  Hurricane Rita's pounding waves and a hotter-than-usual Gulf of Mexico took a toll on the Gulf of Mexico's only government-protected coral reefs about 100 miles off the Louisiana and Texas coasts.
• Australia: Northern reefs next in line for bleaching
  Scientists say north Queensland reefs are next in line to be hit by coral bleaching.
• Satellite tags to solve hammerhead mating, migration mysteries?
  How far would you go to save a species? When it comes to great hammerhead sharks, Wes Pratt shows more mettle than most.
• Deep, dark and still 99.8% unexplored
  Join a team scientists as they explore the cold waters of the Davidson Seamount, 4,100 to 12,000 feet deep (1250 to 3660 meters), off the Central California coastline.
• Rare megamouth shark netted in the Philippines
  Hundreds of residents of Bayawan City in southern Oriental Negros woke up yesterday to the sight of the biggest fish they ever saw following the accidental capture by fishermen of a rare five-meter megamouth shark.
• Australian oil spill 'tragedy for marine life'
  A oil spill in the Australian state of Queensland is being described as a tragedy for the area's marine life.
• DEMA announces new Board of Directors for 2006
  The results of DEMA's 2006 Board of Directors Election are in and DEMA Members have spoken. New board members elected to serve and represent the industry in 2006 and beyond.
• Buzz your divebuddy with a SCUBuzz
  If you're looking for an underwater noisemaker, maybe you want check out the SCUBuzz, an underwater signaling device worn like a wristwatch.
• Dice with Death: Diving pair claims new world record
  A diver from Borehamwood has plunged a death-defying 205 metres underwater to set a new world record.
• USA: Diver rescued after becoming disoriented on San Diego wreck
  A 25-year-old woman was hospitalized Saturday after she became disoriented while scuba diving near a sunken ship off Mission Beach, a lifeguard lieutenant said.
• South Africa: Shark victim's long wait for rescue
  Mauled and bleeding after a shark attack on the Wild Coast, a Scottburgh man watched his emergency air ambulance circling vainly above Mthatha Airport for more than an hour, unable to rescue him because no one was around to switch on the runway landing lights.
• Scientists fear calamity for marine life
  Worried about the future of some marine species or other? Well, noble though your concerns are, there could be a much more emphatic disaster looming.
• South Africa: Anti-whaling ship detained by authorities
  The anti-whaling ship Farley Mowat, which has spent six weeks harassing Japanese whalers in the Antarctic, has been detained in Cape Town harbour by South African authorities.
• Online training program from SDI enters second phase
  2nd Generation Online Open Water Scuba Course: Scuba Diving International's ground-breaking Online Open Water course has entered the next phase.
• Sea level rise 'is accelerating'
  Global sea levels could rise by about 30cm during this century if current trends continue, a study warns.
• Australia: Fears that oil spill may threaten Great Barrier Reef
  A fisheries conservationist has raised concerns about the possibility of an oil spill in the Gladstone Harbour in central Queensland reaching the Great Barrier Reef.
• Deep-sea fish species decimated in a generation
  At least five species of deepwater exotic fish - only caught since the 1970s - are now on the critically endangered list, according to Canadian scientists. The researchers say many other species are likely to be similarly endangered and, worse, there seems little hope of saving them.
• Dive-Logs announces new online program for retailers
  Retailers and industry members can make money through the Dive-Logs program. Dive-Logs launched a new on-line affiliate program where each new customer referral that results in an order earns a generous 10% commission!
• Sport Diver publishes new comprehensive Diving Resource Guide
  The World's Best Diving & Resorts provides a one-of-a-kind complete look at all the world's best diving locations.
• Australia: Gladstone oil spill a tragedy for marine life
  As the multi-million dollar clean-up of Queensland's worst oil spill in more than 30 years moves into its second day, the focus is turning to the environmental impact.
• SCUBAPRO/UWATEC launches Smart Z Hoseless Computer
  In early 2005, SCUBAPRO UWATEC introduced the highly-sophisticated Smart TEC hoseless dive computer to the global marketplace. It is designed primarily for technical divers as it fully supports 3-gas diving. Now, for sport and traveling divers, SCUBAPRO UWATEC is pleased to introduce the UWATEC Smart Z, a full-featured hoseless computer ideal for recreational use.
• Bahamas Recompression Chamber Announcement
  Effective immediately, the Bahamas Hyperbaric Centre, LTD will, until further notice, no longer accept the Divers Alert Network (DAN) America insurance for payment of diving related injuries.
• Suunto launches NEW D6 Dive Computer
  Suunto dive computers give all divers, from beginners to advanced underwater explorers, the freedom to enjoy their underwater