In my inbox today was this video of a remarkable bit of animal behaviour captured on video. It shows the famous manta night dive in Hawai’i interrupted by a dolphin, which seems to solicit help from a diver for a case of fishing line entanglement. The dolphin holds patiently still while the diver carefully removes . . . → Read More: Extraordinary dolphin footage
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By para_sight, on  April 13th, 2013  11 comments  Biology, Mammals, Pictures and Movies, Weird  Behavior, behaviour, dolphin behavior, dolphins, hawaii, scuba, scuba diving Source: Wikimedia Commons There is an ancient nautical proverb commonly passed down from generation to generation amongst members of the diving community. I do believe it goes a little something like this… “There are those that pee in their wetsuits and there are those that lie about it.” (I would actually even add a third . . . → Read More: A Pee Shanty
By Dr Bik, on February 15th, 2013 Leave a comment Conservation & Environment, Pictures and Movies, Reviews China, coral reef, ink painting, marine habitat, modern art, scuba diving, tgif I was going to give you a post about sea snakes to commemorate Chinese New Year, but I decided they’re just too creepy. Go check out some YouTube videos and see how long you last (I can only take about 10 seconds of footage). Instead, I figured I’d highlight something more soothing–Modern Art in China. . . . → Read More: TGIF: “Journey to the Deep and Within”, modern Chinese ink paintings of the underwater realm
By Dr. M, on February 12th, 2013 4 comments Gadgets & Gear Aqualung, flying, Guillaume Binard, Oceanwings, Pierre Frolla, scuba diving, wetsuit No word if or when these will go into production. Probably held in consumer testing to check how much other divers will laugh at you. Intent on bringing the experience of flight to the underwater realm, French designer Guillaume Binard partnered with Aqua Lung to create Oceanwings, a wetsuit inspired by skydiving wingsuits. Free-diver . . . → Read More: Oceanwings, A Wingsuit for Flying Underwater
By para_sight, on November 30th, 2012 2 comments Pictures and Movies Baja, Mexico, scuba diving, whale sharks There’s a video been doing the rounds this week showing a remarkable bit of quick work with a knife, wherein a diver near Baja Mexico removed ropes that had entangled a large female whale shark. Don’t try this at home, kids… By Dr. M, on December 29th, 2011 3 comments Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, Organisms aircraft, Invasive Species, Lionfish, scuba diving, Wreck Diving Randy Jordan, owner of Emerald Charters in Jupiter, Florida, discovered quite a treasure on a recent dive. “We get down to the bottom and I see some fish that are swimming over to the right and I followed them,” said Jordan. “They swam right up to this airplane. It was the most amazing thing.” . . . → Read More: Scuba Diver Discovers Airplane and Haven for Lionfish
By Miriam Goldstein, on November 9th, 2011 3 comments Scientist! Georgia Aquarium, manta rays, Ocean Voyager, scuba diving, whale sharks Dr. Al aka para_sight: “Hey, while you’re visiting Georgia Aquarium for the Deep Sea News retreat, I can offer you the opportunity to dive in the Ocean Voyager exhibit, which is our (and the world’s) biggest tank, featuring 4 whale sharks, 4 manta rays and about 8,000 other sharks and fishes.” Dr. M & I: . . . → Read More: Dr. M and Miriam swim with manta rays & whale sharks in world’s biggest tank
By Dr. M, on May 31st, 2011 3 comments Vessels and Equipment Aqualung, Jacques Cousteau, regulator, scuba diving Last Saturday, I spend the day diving at Fantasy Lake. I enjoyed two dives at 40-50 feet in the old quarry exploring a rock crusher, a metrobus, an airplane, and a glassbottom boat. I also spent the second dive observing several green sunfish and striped bass. The real treat was diving with a vintage early . . . → Read More: Diving With A Vintage Aqualung
By Dr. M, on May 3rd, 2011 One comment Biology, Gadgets & Gear, New Research cardiovascular, decompression sickness, Diver Alert Network, Health, medicine, nitrox, scuba diving You may remember a week ago I spoke of a recent study indicating a link between repeated scuba diving, especially with mixed gases, and damage to blood vessels. I asked the great folds at the Divers Alert Network (DAN) for some more information. I received a response back from John U. Lee a DAN medical . . . → Read More: Scuba Diving = Crappy Vessels? Pt. 2
By Dr. M, on April 25th, 2011 6 comments Biology, New Research, Vessels and Equipment decompression sickness, Health, medicine, nitrox, scuba diving If you scuba dive, you may already have heard of Nitrox. To breath underwater, most divers use a normal atmospheric air mixture (21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, 1% trace gases) under pressure. One the issues every diver faces is decompression sickness. Decompression sickness happens when the dissolved gases in your blood come out of solution . . . → Read More: Scuba Diving = Crappy Vessels?
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