Scuba diving is a sport for those obsessed with gear, but I ask you!
Below is an image for the Scuba Diving Mask Fog Wiper
"This fog wiper is a manual device that allows the user to slide a magnet on the outside of the glass, causing an inside magnet to move in unison and wipe off fog. SIMPLE! This product works even with prescription lens masks," reads the sales description.
Or....you could just try the spit and rinse approach.
News from AFP wire posted late on Sunday. Egyptian rescue boats searched with fading hope for a British tourist on Sunday who was lost while scuba diving in the Red Sea, one of the rescuers said. The three boats focused their search in an area 13 kilometres (eight miles) south of the Red Sea port town of Safaga, where the 45-year-old tourist was last seen on Saturday. He was among a group of 12 British scuba divers. The rest of the group made it safely to shore. Essam Mahran, in charge of rescue operations with the Red Sea Association for Diving and Marine Activities, said the tourist was an expert diver, but hopes of rescuing him were dimming.
Top10list has come up with the ten most beautiful reefs in the world. What do you think?
1. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
The largest on the planet, this has inner and outer reefs, exotic fishes and corals that are not found elsewhere. The Great Barrier Reef has a vast coral diversity and species sprawl in abundance. This natural wonder is best visited in dry months when the weather is cool and the water is much clearer. There are other reefs in Townsville and to name a few are the Wheeler’s Reef, Davis Reef, Broad Hurst Reef and Bowden Reef.
2. The Palancar Reef, San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico More of a garden than a reef, this is also known as a coral. The colors of the corals here are amazing and make you wonder if there was such a profusion of color anywhere else. It is bound to take your breadth away with exotic selections of lobsters, crabs, sting rays and barracudas; a delightful holiday if you are one who wants to witness the Garden of Eden underwater.
3. Raja Ampats, Indonesia
This has an abundant assortment of coral species with large and different schools of fishes, lots of molluscs and other marine life. It has a staggering amount of coral with 600 varieties of hard coral and 1200 varieties of fishes. There is a huge population of the damsel fish here and this reef is located in a part called the coral triangle. The reefs are still in pristine condition with very little explorations and you can still find corals in the same way they were formed.
4. Grand Central Station and Chimneys, Fiji
This is also called the “Soft Coral Capital of the World” and is indeed very aptly named so. The Namina Marine Reserve has it all from mangroves and sea grass beds, with vertical walls – you have dominance of sea fans, sponges and crinoids. It is home to more than 1000 varieties of invertebrates, 400 discovered corals and 445 marine plants that have been documented. This is the migratory place for cetaceans like bottlenose dolphins, spinner dolphins, minke whales, pilot whales, sperm whales and several turtle species that are otherwise endangered.
5. Belize Barrier Reef, Belize This is the second largest barrier reef system and there are huge varieties of corals and marine life with over 300 different varieties of fishes and 65 different corals and new ones getting discovered with every passing year. You also have turtles, manatees and sea birds; you are bound to be overwhelmed with shapes and sizes of corals found here.
Details of the remaining five outlined below on Top10List
6. Magic Passage and Planet Rock, Papua New Guinea 7. Andaman Sea Reefs, India 8. Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles 9. Diving the S.S. Yongala, Queensland, Australia This is called the best dive in and the best wreck in the world. It is home to Flying Manta Rays, Eagle Rays, Jacks, Wrasse, Barracudas, Turtles, Bull Sharks, Octopuses and Sea Snakes. 10. Tubbataha Reef, Philippines
SHIPWORMS, God love 'em. Because the authorities in the Baltic don't. For these pesky wood boring marine molluscs are munching shipwrecks at an increasing rate.
Now a new project has been set up to tackle the little blighters.
Shipworms require a relatively high level of salt for their activity, and the Baltic Sea with its low salinity, has provide natural protection of the underwater cultural heritage for centuries.
Now scientists say have recorded them spreading into the area, probably as a result of climatic changes. And with an estimated 100,000 well-preserved shipwrecks and other maritime related constructions at the bottom of the Baltic able to provide archaeological info it is feared the shipworms could destroy significant finds.
Wreck Protect, which is funded by the European Commission, will now examine the growing spread of Shipworm into the Baltic Sea, and develop guidelines for protection of the submerged cultural heritage.
The very aggressive marine borers can normally destroy wooden material exposed to seawater within a very short period of time; years or even months.
According to research, the coastal waters of eastern Denmark has seen increased activity of shipworm and a study has shown they are active in the coastal waters of northern Germany.
The main objective of WreckProtect is to secure the preservation of two important objects of cultural heritage in marine environments, shipwrecks and submerged archaeological settlements
Website Aquaviews have come up with a list of things which will let you know whether you are addicted to scuba diving or not. Here are ten of my faves.....
You Know you’re Addicted to Scuba Diving When.. 1. You physics at schools but you can amazingly calculate the partial pressure of a gas in equilibrium and its solubility and absorption rate by the body during a dive using Henry’s Law
2. Every morning the sound of shaving foam (psshhhht) makes you want to go diving.
3. You have more Cert cards than credit cards in your wallet.
4. You’re more worried about your divers insurance payments than your health insurance.
5. You see a perfectly good ship and think that would make a nice wreck to dive in.
6. You spend most of your time picking apart the unrealities in the latest Hollywood diving flick rather than watching the movie. 7. You answer “Suunto” when asked what kind of computer you use. 8. You spit on your car windshield to prevent it from fogging up. 9. When you think your neighbors’ vacation to Belize was a waste of money cos they didn’t do any Scuba Diving.
10. You can’t remember your wedding anniversary but always know when Discovery Channels “Shark Week” is on.
