Two New Jersey divers sent waves throughout the wreck-diving community with the discovery of what is believed to the “bridge bell” from the historic shipwreck of the Andrea Doria, the luxury Italian ocean liner that sunk in 1956 off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Ernest Rookey, of Jackson, and Carl Bayer, of Hillsborough, [...]

Safety, while extremely important underwater, is just as important to a diver above water. Many of the accidents with which divers come in contact occur either before or after the actual dive. Let’s categorize the prevention of these accidents as either mechanical or behavioral, and deal with each in turn.
Mechanical Maintenance
Cylinders
1. Have all diving [...]

In my family, vacations are often a choice between a land adventure, a cruise or an island where I can dive.  My wife does not dive and is not very comfortable in the water.  Cruising allows me to do a 2 -tank dive 2 or 3 times a week, while my wife can do a land [...]

One of the most popular dive off North Carolina’s coast is the sunken U-352.  You should be an advanced open water diver before making this dive.  Penetration is not recommended.  There is a link to a really good U-352 video at the bottom of this article.  Enjoy.
DIVING NOTES:
Diving Depths: 100-115 ft.
Visibility: Generally very good; range [...]

 
Divers believe that they have discovered the 300-year-old remains of a ship once skippered by the notorious British pirate Captain Kidd.  Complete with cannon and anchors, the wreckage of the 400-ton Quedagh Merchant has lain untouched off the coast of Catalina Island in the Dominican Republic.
The ship, sought by treasure hunters for hundreds of years, [...]

Roddenberry Jr. Hosts Independence Day Diving Trip
Here is a Trek letter from Eugene W. “Rod” Roddenberry, the son of Star Trek’s creator, who runs Roddenberry Productions:
Dear Friends of Roddenberry,
I have been an avid Scuba Diver for almost 15 years. I have found the world beneath the sea to be one of the most exotic and [...]

This is short but did it ever happen to you?
http://www.whoisthemonkey.com/videos/01/scuba-diver-gets-hung-up
 

 In 1998 an injured Green Sea Turtle was sighted in the Flordia Gulf.  She was injured due to a boating accident and near death.   The turtle was retrived and in 2003 was given to the Shedd Aquarium.  During the vets examination the turtle was found to have a nickel lodged in her esophagus which was removed and [...]

New Scientist Environment recently reported about the discovery on new species while exploring the collapse of the Larsen ice-sheet in northeast Antarctica. Among the potential new species found during the trip were:

15 new shrimp-like amphipod species, including one that was 10 centimeters long, make it one of the largest ever seen in Antarctica
Four new species of [...]

 
Ok you here in warm Caribbean and it time to dive.  The dive boat is leaving at 8AM and I am at the dive shop at 7:30 filling out the paper work.  As I board the boat it’s important to me to have good boat etiquette.  I always look around to see the wide variety of experienced divers and what [...]