August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

November 26 2008 AustraliaDivers support breast cancer dayWhen one of the members of Pro Dive Nelson Bay’s Narki Gnome Dive Club was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, the group wanted to support her and raise awareness for the Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA).   Diving was what brought them together, so they held an event with their own underwater twist. For the past eight years Mini-Fields of Women have been held in communities across Australia during October as part of Australia's breast cancer month, an initiative from The Breast Cancer Network of Australia (BCNA). The Mini-Fields of Women campaign places hundreds of hot pink lady silhouettes in prominent positions throughout Australia to represent women affected by breast cancer.  Full story...

August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

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Coron Goes Tech

Text by Gunter Bernert

Over the last few years, Coron has become renowned for its excellent wreck diving. With more then 12 WWII wrecks around Coron & Busuanga Island, most of them from one to two hours from Coron, every day is a special day amidst the beautiful scenery of Coron and Busuanga Island.

Most of the wrecks are lying in diveable depths. The average depth is between 25 and 30 meters.

Wreck site: Type:
Approx. Length:
Max. depth/average:
MOROZAN MARU
OLYMPIA MARU
KOGYO MARU
IRAKO
AKITSUSHIMA
TAEE MARU
NANSHIN MARU
KYOKUZAN MARU 		Freighter
Freighter
Freighter
Refrigeration/provision
Flying boat tender
Tanker
Aux. oiler
Freighter
120 m
100 m
140 m
160 m
180 m
200 m
40 m
160 m
32 / 24 m
26 / 18 m
34 / 26 m
42 / 30 m
37 / 28 m
26 / 18 m
32 / 25 m
43 / 27 m

(For more detailed information on the wrecks, see Internet web-page: http://www.vasia.com/ddivers)

Now, with the introduction of Nitrox & Technical Diving, Coron attracts more and more divers wanting experience Nitrox diving on the wrecks. Nitrox allows divers to enjoy extended bottom times. If you are interested in Nitrox or Technical Diving, Coron is an amazing place to learn.Alex Santos, Head of PHILTECH (Philippine Technical Divers) IANTD Philippines, and Paul Neilson, IANTD Instructor of Mandarin Divers in Hong Kong, recently chose Coron as one of the prime technical diving training areas.

Discovery Divers in Coron offers now NITROX filling & training. Gunter Bernert, the founder of Discovery Divers and an expert on the wrecks of Coron, is now offering IANTD Courses from Basic Nitrox to Advanced & Technical Wreck Diver as well as PADI enriched air course.For more information contact: Alex Santos, Philippine Technical Divers, (63) 7338648 or email: philtech@ tridel.com.ph; Paul Neilson, Mandarin Divers, (85) 2 5547110 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or Gunter Bernert, Discovery Divers, (63) 2 922 3233 ext. 2526 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 
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