I don’t have anything profound to say about Jacques Cousteau, since most likely, anyone who stumbles across this already has been touched by the man…
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JoeScuba Website
I finally got around to recoding the main JoeScuba website. It’s still not an artistic marvel, but I’ll admit I was a little ashamed of…
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I just got back from the PADI Annual Forum. It was very interesting and I won a hat. One thing that came up is the…
View More Help End Shark FinningSCUBA Tank Licensing DOT Exemptions – E9791
You learn something new every day. Prior to last Tuesday, I had no idea that there was such a thing as a DOT licensing exemption.…
View More SCUBA Tank Licensing DOT Exemptions – E9791Rare 1823 Wreck Found—Capt. Linked to “Moby-Dick”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news//2011/02/110211-two-brothers-whaling-ship-pollard-science-nantucket-noaa/ I can’t imagine how many shipwrecks there must be throughout the world, but certain ones excite me a lot. Queen Anne’s Revenge, The Nuestra…
View More Rare 1823 Wreck Found—Capt. Linked to “Moby-Dick”308 Meters
http://www.tech-dive-academy.com/journey.html Over the last several months, I have grown increasingly intense about my diving. Stories like this are both inspiring and humbling. John Bennett was…
View More 308 MetersThis Bums Me Out
http://www.citrusdaily.com/crystal-river/crystal-river-naturalist-reported-lost-sea/2009/01/24/1885.html Joe Strykowski is a name that’s been glued to the back of my mind since the 1970’s. At the time I first heard of…
View More This Bums Me OutPADI CCR Rebreather Course 2011
http://www.padi.com/scuba/news-events/default.aspx?id=16722 It’s not a huge surprise considering the rising popularity of closed circuit rebreathers, but it is nevertheless momentous that PADI will begin providing instructional…
View More PADI CCR Rebreather Course 2011Seahorses in California??!!
http://www.prlog.org/10565379-first-seahorse-photographs-taken-underwater-in-california-published-rare-marine-life.html This is kind of old news, but I had no idea seahorses are alive and well in California! Awesome!! Here’s another article… http://greenoc.freedomblogging.com/2010/03/09/seahorse-off-california-a-photo-first/20853/
View More Seahorses in California??!!Undercurrent.org: Scientists Debunk Fin Claims
http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2004/ScientistsDebunk200401.html For years now, I have been suspicious about claims of being rocketed along effortlessly at incredible velocity by miraculous and relatively new split fins.…
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