Sea Quest has once again pushed the envelope in BC design with the creation of the Fusion BC. This innovative design (patent pending) captures the best qualities of a traditional jacket style BC and back inflation BC to create a new category of buoyancy compensator - The Fusion!

Cressi-sub Recalls BC
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Cressi-sub, announced on February 23 a voluntary recall of Cressi Sub buoyancy compensators sold between January 2003 and September 2004 with model numbers J107, J113, J115, and J119. The numbers appear on the top right-hand corner of the unit (on the shoulder).

Manufactured by Cressi-sub S.p.A., of Genoa, Italy, the BC's have been found to have a slow leak from the shoulder exhaust caused by expansion of an internal cable housing that could result in slow deflation. No injuries have been reported as result of this flaw.

Customers can return the product to a Cressi-sub-authorised dive shop to have the product retro-fitted with a free replacement internal cable housing. Buoyancy compensator devices with a black retaining ring around the yellow inflate button on the inflation mechanism, and an adjoining grey cover assembly (bypass case), which screws onto the inflator, are subject to this recall and must be retro-fitted. Devices which have yellow retaining rings and black cover assemblies have been retro-fitted.

Moalboal, Philippines
Whale sharks ahoy!
Divers at this dive resort town on Cebu Island have reported lots of sightings of whale sharks recently.

Seems that almost everyone that enters the water has caught sight of these gentle giants, and the beach is awash in photos and videos of encounters.

Non-divers have had to be content with seeing giant fins breaking the surface. Occasional thresher sharks sightings have also been reported.