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A
look at the work of
Reefwatch Worldwide in Krabi
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What
is the state of the nearest coral reef to your home? Is it thriving
suffering great swathes of bleaching and anchoring damage? Chances
are most divers could give you an idea of a reefs health but how
accurate would that data be?
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Being
a night dive enthusiast (much to my husband's dismay), I have
come across a variety of crabs. Besides being a gastronomical
delight, divers are always amused by the antics of these underwater
creatures. While you dream about crab soufflé or curry,
let me bore you with a lesson in taxonomy. The largest group of
marine anthropods is the class Crustacea and that is where our
10-legged side-walking animal belongs in the subclass Malacostraca
in the order of Decapoda. Enough Latin, lets get back to crabs.
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Crabby
Delights |
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Parties
to the Convention on Interna |
WildAid Whale Shark
Wins International
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ARTIFICIAL
REEFS
The difference between dumping and manmade reef activities |
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Since
the early 1990s, Project AWARE has helped turn several ships into
artificial reefs off the Canadian, Mexican, US, UK and most recently
Kenyan coasts. Organisers thoroughly clean the ships and open
many passageways to make them appealing habitats to marine life
as well as safer for visiting divers. Project AWARE has also continuously
provided support to reefball projects worldwide. These initiatives
help take pressure off the natural reefs which are in decline.
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Thanks
to its all-new design and innovative tech |
Unrestricted
Field of Vision |
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Most
sports today benefit from physical training; this is especially
applicable to technical diving. You don't have to be a Mr. Universe
or a Mr. Olympia, but being in better condition does help you
to be a more efficient technical diver. When recreational diving
a diver uses one tank but on some of the dives performed technically
up to six could be required; different tanks with different gases.
A much more cumbersome weight to carry whilst on the boat, particularly
when it's time to attempt standing up!. Once a technical diver
enters the water they will normally add a couple more tanks for
decompression.
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TECHNICAL
DIVING AND PHYSICAL FITNESS |
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Mergui THE ISLANDS THAT TIME FORGOT |
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Picture
a turquoise sea studded with more than 800 rocky isles, and you
have one of the most scenic and charming island groups in the whole
of South East Asia-the Mergui Archipelago. Although they have a
footprint of 25,380 square kilometres, only a handful are actually
large enough to be inhabited; a frontier that begs exploration and
that's just what is happening with countless visitors returning
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I've
always held the word 'No' in high re
gard. Apart from its structural simplicity it's always stood by me like a good friend when I've considered myself at risk in the face of questions like, "Was it you who put live frogs in the lavatory bowl?" or, "Would you care for a second helping of boiled broccoli and burned liver?" But despite this status as the most important term that folks can ever learn as far as their personal safety is concerned, a simple 'No!' often appears to be the most feared and least used word in diving. more |
Counter
Strike
Fit for nothing! |
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