Dive Centres in the Red Sea
Dive Centres in the Red Sea
Find an Egyptian diving centre with the newly updated SCUBA Travel directory.
Top 100 Dive Sites
All change in the Top 100 Dives of the World list. New entrants include The Canyons, Honduras; The Point, Layang - Layang and Joel's, Papua New Guinea. The list is compiled from votes of readers of the SCUBA Travel Independent Guide to Diving around the World.
Diving Forum Newsfeed
Posts at the Diving Board are now available as anRSS newsfeed. Add http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/forum/rss.phpto your newsfeed reader.
Pre-Dive Exercise May Protect Against Decompression Sickness
A single bout of aerobic exercise 24 h before a dive significantly reduces the formation of circulating bubbles during decompression. A new study investigated the effect of exercise 2 hours before a dive and found that 45 minute of running decreases bubble formation after diving. This suggests a protective effect of exercise against decompression sickness.
Diving Sipadan
The island of Sipadan is one of the most famous dive sites in the World. However, all diving operators and resorts have had to leave the island on environmental grounds. A good place to base yourself for diving here is Semporna, and we have new recommendations for the dive operator to choose.
Diving St Lucia
Thinking of diving St Lucia? Find what to expect and which dive operators to avoid.
Special Offer - 25% Off Diver Doll
A unique diving soft toy in high quality soft plush. Press her tummy to hear underwater gurgling and watch her torch light up.
Diving And Subaquatic Medicine
New edition of the advanced text on clinical diving medicine. Now in it's fourth edition, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine remains the leading text on diving medicine. This completely revised edition covers the newly described diseases of diving medicine, the modern types of diving and diving equipment, free and indigenous diving, as well as updating the previous edition's coverage of established diving disorders. Each medical disorder is discussed from an historical, aetiological, clinical, pathological, preventative and therapeutic perspective in the accessible but informative style that has made the previous editions so popular.
Exercise during a decompression stop reduces bubbles in blood
Decompression sickness is initiated by the formation of gas bubbles in tissue and blood if the divers return to surface pressure too fast. A new study finds that a mild underwater swimming during a 3-min decompression period reduces postdive gas bubble formation.
Unregulated aquarium fishing worries divers
Marine biologists and divers are growing worried about the unregulated harvesting of fish and other marine creatures in Hawaii. Robert Wintner is the owner of the dive shop Snorkel Bob's. He says Hawaii's reefs are being strip mined by aquarium collectors.