WSNZ issues warning after spate of diving accidents

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 30, 2007 Recent diving incidents in New Zealand have caused a great deal of concern. Water Safety New Zealand is now urging people to take more care while diving during this holiday season.Deeperblue has reported of the recent deaths in the Bay of Plenty. A man ...

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Durban Harbour pollution causing a stink

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 29, 2007 The Durban Harbour has been filled with hundreds of dead fish floating to the surface, alongside the smell of hydrogen sulphide in the air. The Kwazulu-Natal Department of Water Affairs and Forestry said that it may be due to "organic waste", ho...

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Track the Whalers with the BBC

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 29, 2007 Jonah Fisher from the BBC will be will be tracking in the infamous Japanese whaling ship in the Southern Ocean, from a post on the Greenpeace ship. The BBC has set up a travel diary from where you can read his reports over the next two months.The cu...

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Bay of Plenty diving incident

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 29, 2007 NewstalkZB Another incident in New Zealand reports of a man has died in a diving incident at Cape Runaway, the eastern side of the Bay of Plenty.Te Kaha police say the 49-year-old, from Opotiki, had been diving with family at a spot below the Cape Runaw...

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Diver missing off Bay of Plenty coast, New Zealand

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 28, 2007 From www.stuff.co.nz: Search and rescue teams are looking for a woman who went missing while on a diving trip near Tauranga. The woman was out with a group of divers near Motiti Island, about 30km east of Mt Maunganui, when she failed to surface abou...

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Karol Meyer holds freediving workshop for underprivileged children

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 28, 2007 International AIDA Judge and Freediver Instructor Trainer Karol Meyer of Brazil ( voted Best Female Freediver by ICARE TROPHIE 2007) initiated a Freediving Workshop for the underprivileged young people of the south of the Florianopolis Island (Pantano...

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International Marine Contractors Association Abu Dhabi 2008

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 28, 2007 Middle East Ocean and Science Technology Expo is meeting for the First Time in the Middle EastMEOST 2008 is the first industry led marine exhibition in the vibrant Middle East market to showcase new technology, products, services and solutions from the se...

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William Trubridge launches Vertical Blue

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 25, 2007 William Trubridge, who set a World Record on April 11, 2007 in Unassisted Freedivingby descending to a depth of 82m on one breath of air, without fins, weights or any other form of assistance, has launched his own website. In this purest form of freedivin...

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Diving Marine Mammals Resist Brain Damage

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 23, 2007 The Science Daily has released an interesting article on why diving marine mammals resist brain damage.Freedivers know that humans can only stay underwater for a few minutes until those required gulps of air are needed. Human brains need a constant suppl...

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Cousteau’s new film – Dolphins and Whales

Posted by DeeperBlue.net - News on December 23, 2007 Jean-Michel Cousteau and the Mantello Brothers Join Forces To Protect Cetaceans with New IMAX (R) 3D Theatre Documentary Film DOLPHINS AND WHALES 3D: Tribes of the OceanSanta Barbara (CA) and London (UK), December 18, 2007 /PRNEWSWIRE/ - Filmmakers and en...