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I guess you have noticed, but I have not been making my normal blog posts over the past several weeks. After lots of cat-scans and several MRI’s, I have learned the the severe pain in my left arm and shoulder is the result of spine and disc problems...

(UPDATE: Wednesday March 11, 2009) The sunken wreckage of the scuba diving liveaboard vessel that recently sank near Phuket has been located by divers from the diving company that owned the vessel...

Thanks to my friends over at Neutral Dive Gear, I was alerted to a story breaking in numerous online publications today...

News is just in that a dive live-aboard boat sank late Sunday night in the Andaman Sea near Phuket in Indonesia. The boat, the MV Dive Asia 1, sank in an apparent storm that swamped the vessel, throwing all 30 passengers and crew into the sea...

Everywhere I look, there are news stories about octopi. We had a lot of calls and comments about our recent video post titled Shark vs Octopus. It seems that everyone is intrigued at the exploits and capabilities of these beautiful, but misunderstood sea creatures...

The Global Pet Expo is one of the premier pet and aquarium supply industry shows in the world. Each year, the expo draws pet industry insiders by the thousands. Such was the case last month for the annual show in Orlando, Florida...

The oceans of the world are inhabited by a diverse variety of plants and animals. Of course, the corals are among the most beautiful and provide a stunning landscape for divers and explorers...

Our retail store offers dive-theme t-shirts from three of the major dive clothing manufacturer...

In January of this year, we made a blog post about the selection process for the Best Job in the World…..a unique marketing scheme to promote tourism in Queensland, Australia...

Since writing my post about the psychedelic bouncing fishseveral days ago, I have been watching YouTube for a video that had proper embedding permissions. Late this afternoon, I found this short video from ITN News...

Several new sources are reporting the identification of a new species of fish, first discovered by a scuba diver in Indonesia over a year ago...

Many folks of a certain age grew up with fears that a giant octopus would snatch them from the edges of the beach. This was likely fueled by the many episodes of Sea Hunt, many which involved a giant octopus and a fight for life...

There are many things that could be considered “over the top” at The Palm Resort Atlantis Hotel in Dubai. The gazillion dollar resort is built on a completely man-made group of islands knows a the Palm Islands...

An article published by the Savannah Morning News reports that divers from the Georgia Aquarium are undertaking a study of the rapid expansion of lionfish in U.S. coastal waters. The recent collection dive, on a naval tower 20 miles of the shore of South Carolina, was more fruitful than anticipated...

Howard Hall, renowned underwater filmmaker and oceanographer, has released a follow-up documentary to this famous 2006 “Deep Sea 3D” effort, which grossed over 37 million dollars at IMAX theaters all over the country...

Scuba divers live for the opportunity to see large sea animals, and among the most desired encounters is the manta ray...

“Your Scuba Training Starts Today” with DiveSports. With warmer weather right around the corner, now is the perfect time to get started on the adventure of a lifetime, Scuba Diving. In just two weekends, youcan become a certified scuba diver…for life...

Artificial reefs certainly play a gigantic role for those of us who enjoy scuba diving in the Florida panhandle...

The National Geographic Channel will debut a new reality series dealing with the dangerous salvage of shipwrecks around the world...

For several years, the State of New Jersey debated the idea of using obsolete stainless steel New York City subway cars as fish habitat materials for their active artificial reef program...

Officials of the Discovery Bay at the Minnesota Zoo are getting increasingly excited about the arrival of a new baby dolphin. The mother-to-be, Allie, will be the first to deliver a newborn calf since the death of three dolphins in 2006...

The exploits of scuba divers Joseph Hartranft and Yessic Spencer offer some valuable learning opportunities for anyone who is willing to benefit from their diving story. Unfortunately, neither of these two men will know about any valuable lessons that result from such study...

The working relationshipbetween recreational boaters and scuba divers can often be tense. In the busy recreational waters off of the south Florida coast, a scuba diver’s biggest threat can be the danger posed by fast recreational boats as they dart about in the congested coastal waters...

I have written several posts here on our blog about the dangers of the invasive spread of lionfish in the waters near the United States and Caribbean islands. The feeding habits and aggressive nature of this fish is a serious threat to our reefs...

A growing legal battle has been brewing since early 2008 between the states of Ohio and Kentucky…all over a rock. It appears that local historian Steve Shaffer, a life long resident of Portsmouth, Ohio had heard about Indian’s Head rock, a popular river landmark, most of his young life...

Diving in the southeast during the winter and spring months presents unique problems. Though we seldom experience the conditions that our northern friends would see during the winter, we still have our need to stay warm while diving...

The Gulf of Mexico at the northern panhandle of Florida offers those of us in the southeastern United States some absolutely great diving. The water is warm, the shipwrecks are numerous, and the fish are plentiful...

Like many of my posts, my January 20 post on the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean, Keys, and the Atlantic coast got me more interested in this species. I was particularly intrigued when reading an article where an observer noticed a single lionfish eating as many as 20-30 fish in a single hour...

I recently got a phone call from Ronda Moniz, a member of the old and famous Boston Sea Rovers dive club. For 55 years, they have sponsored an annual Underwater Clinic and Film Festival. This event is very popular with divers from all over the country...