tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133537052011-12-14T21:47:35.325-05:00Aquatic challenges, journeys and adventures of a wandering soulJen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1164824302330222952006-11-29T13:04:00.000-05:002006-11-29T13:29:55.413-05:00

The armor-plated Dunkleosteus jagged jaws might have put primitive sharks to shame back in prehistoric days. Scientists tested the fish's jaw strength at the Field Museum in Chicago and the University of Chicago using a biomechanical model to simulate it's jaws.The thirty three feet long, four-ton monster terrorized other marine life in the Devonian Period spanning 415 million to 360 million

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1162534501061471992006-11-03T00:58:00.000-05:002006-11-03T21:07:22.860-05:00

I was browsing Flickr for my Photo of the Day over on Shutter Gypsy and I found Kayla's site. This kid is only 18 and has some fabulous underwater work. According to Kayla, "anything related to water" catches her interest and she enjoys using her photography to express herself. Divester needs to get this girl on their "This Is Why We Dive" photo pool (I didn't see it in her list already.) Maybe I

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1162515615627430542006-11-02T19:08:00.000-05:002006-11-02T20:44:56.256-05:00

Thanks to Bill Frist and his Illegal Internet Gambling Enforcement Act our President signed last week, I am not headed off to South Africa for PartyPoker.com this week. Instead I am sitting in chilly Dallas watching the Travel Channel who is featuring the construction of the aquarium in Valencia, Spain. It's pretty amazing watching how engineers, botanist, zoologists, and architects created a

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1160445865307659342006-10-09T21:52:00.000-04:002006-10-09T22:08:08.143-04:00

If you don't read Divester, well....um duh...you should. Willy Volk and his gang do an awesome job keeping us updated in the diving world. One of my favorite things is Divester's Flickr pool "This is Why We Dive."Today Divester had a post featuring Happy Fish photos with, my favorite--a porcupinefish, grinning. You gotta love those big eyes...but be careful this one is probably a big flirt.Be

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1160444950450226352006-10-09T21:34:00.000-04:002006-10-09T21:49:11.193-04:00

The decrease in tourists visiting Stingray City is probably bad for the Caymanian tour operators, but I can't imagine this is bad for the stingrays. Poor guys are probably ready for a break from all the hoopla. My Cayman dives have never included Stingray City, I figure it can't be much better than diving Christ of the Abyss off Key Largo...which was NOT fun...Stingray City just guarantees divers

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1159912128878502192006-10-03T17:28:00.000-04:002006-10-10T01:41:08.373-04:00

I THANK GOD my recent gig allows me to travel. I have been stuck here in Dallas way too long, and if me and my passport weren't given freedom soon, I might have just shriveled up and died. My next journey is to take me to South Africa...where? I really have no idea yet (part of the fun of freelance is staying in the dark). I am assuming Johannesburg, but it could be Cape Town...despite my lack of

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1159594706068182072006-09-30T00:58:00.000-04:002006-09-30T01:38:26.216-04:00

Feeling a little land-locked with the rug rats at Disney World? Grab your C-card and head over to Epcot for DiveQuest. For $140 scuba divers can take a behind the scenes tour of The Living Seas facility during two time slots at 4:30 and 5:30. Twelve divers per slot are permitted so reservations are not only recommended but required. After the tour, divers suit up for a 40 minute dive in the

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1153629206511534412006-07-23T00:05:00.000-04:002006-09-13T16:17:34.206-04:00

My favorite part of E.T. was when Elliot set all the frogs free in his Biology class. "Set them free! Set them free!" While I don't protest classroom dissection, I am not big on containing living animals/organisms in a tank. However, Steve Lowes web-based coral business thriving in his basement interests me.Coral farmers like Lowes, propagate their coral by breaking off millimeter-sized fragments

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1134932798312485032005-12-18T13:43:00.000-05:002005-12-18T14:06:38.326-05:00

Adelaide's metro beaches are calling for steel mesh nets in order to protect their aquatic revellers from shark attacks. So protect us from the sharks. Let us swim without fear...but without fear are we swimming without a conscience? Shark nets tend to not only trap and kill sharks but thousands of sea turtles, dolphins, whales and other marine life important to the ocean's ecosystem.Sure we want

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1133464655061876382005-12-01T13:47:00.000-05:002005-12-01T14:17:35.093-05:00

While the Caribbean Poker Classic began earlier this week in St. Kitts, poker pros, Juha Helppi and Rob Varkonyi donned wet suits and oxygen tanks in order to play a little heads up game below the surface. The players sat around a specially weighted table, played with weighted chips, and waterproof cards.According to Poker777, Helppi and Varkonyi had to do a little mental multitasking making sure

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1133462758322919982005-12-01T13:11:00.000-05:002005-12-01T13:45:58.353-05:00

According to Cathy Church, Cayman island reefs are in danger.Coral damage stems from recent hurricanes, rising temperatures from global warming as well as coral diseases brought on by pollution.Varieties of fish among the Cayman reefs are in decline as well. Church said that while fishing is prohibited along the coral walls, fishing line is found on any dive site around the island. While Marine

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1132176255795830282005-11-16T16:17:00.000-05:002006-08-11T09:49:03.686-04:00

For my Dallas readers, if you ever wondered what TEC diving involves, Blue Dolphin Scuba is offering an introductory 'TEC' seminar this evening at 6:30 at their Plano location. The seminar will cover information about mixed gases, cave diving, as well as Extended Range and Decompression diving. Divers will also find out how big their purses (or wallets) need to be for TEC gear.If you're in town..

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1131399366285831022005-11-07T16:20:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:36:06.300-05:00

Two pirate boats violently attacked the US-owned Seabourn Spirit about 100 miles off the Somalian coast.Pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles as heavily armed bandits tried to get on board. The cruise ship escaped by moving at high speed and changing courses.Andrew Linnington, a spokesman for Numast, the Merchant Navy officers' union, said there would be urgent talks with

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1131398258456599292005-11-07T16:13:00.000-05:002005-11-07T16:19:49.023-05:00

While I know there is a solo diving certification attainable to those advanced divers, I have never been an advocate of it unless a diver plans to use it strictly for emergency purposes only.Saturday afternoon, Cape Cod police discovered the body of a 42-year-old man who was diving alone. It is believed he was entangled in lines attached to a buoy or lobster trap.Read

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1130537715667336742005-10-28T17:38:00.000-04:002005-10-28T18:15:15.696-04:00

While tourists have finally been evacuated from Cozumel, thousands of others are stranded in Cancun waiting to come home. Wilma severely battered the Yucatan last week leaving behind destruction above and below the surface. Tourists are sleeping on hotel lawns in Merida and Cancun residents, despite police presence, are manning improvised barricades to protect their neighborhoods from looters.

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1130354025530724352005-10-26T14:36:00.000-04:002005-11-07T13:48:27.123-05:00

Had I pulled my head out of the darkroom long enough I may have noticed this a month ago, but it was too cool not to post about it. In September 2004, a giant squid estimating 25 ft. in length was photographed 2,950 feet beneath the North Pacific Ocean. The photos were taken as Architeuthis enveloped the baited line "in a ball of tentacles." The squid was found feeding at depths where no light

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129740952956719472005-10-19T12:55:00.000-04:002005-10-19T12:55:52.966-04:00

Global warming threatening East Africa's coral reefsRising sea surface temperatures caused by global warming could kill off Africa's coral reefs.Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean (CORDIO) researcher Dr David Obura said there was 70 to 75 percent "catastrophic mortality" among shallow-water coral reefs during the El Niño in 1997-98.East Africa's tourist industry depends on the region's

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129665757260512672005-10-18T15:45:00.000-04:002005-10-18T16:04:24.070-04:00

Wade wrote in to Scuba Gypsy:"You have posted way too many articles on your blog for me to catch up. I'm trying though. Tell me the reason for sinking an airplane in a body of water. Is it to make like a waterpark for the sea creatures? I'm sure there is some reason. Maybe it's just the regular body of water would be just too boring scuba people."Waterpark for sea creatures would be cool...

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129655756576831232005-10-18T12:56:00.000-04:002005-10-18T13:22:52.090-04:00

Two years ago the skull of a 38,000 year-old woolly mammoth was unearthed in Vernor Material and Equipment's sand pit in Clute, TX. Now with the pit near retirement the company hopes to transform it into a scuba park. The 35-foot pit plans to submerge machinery like jet airplanes to become home to largemouth bass, Asian clams, and channel catfish.This could be great for landlocked Texas divers in

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129653982906379922005-10-18T12:45:00.000-04:002005-10-18T12:55:11.220-04:00

Forget Architecture Digest in the future, Aquatictecture might be where it’s at. By the end of this year, Underwater Vehicles, Inc. of Vancouver, B.C. will launch the Trilobis 65. Part houseboat, part submersible, this four level vessel will extend 10 feet above as well as 10 feet below the surface. Along with a bridge, living and sleeping quarters, the Trilobis also sports an underwater

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129614729743650182005-10-18T01:38:00.000-04:002005-10-18T01:52:09.750-04:00

A South Australian marine biologists said a decline in the shark's natural prey could be cause for the rise in attacks.Dr. Scoresby Shepherd studies shark attacks in Australia and California. According to Shepherd, attacks that used to happen once every 30-40 years are now occurring once a year.This is all fine, and it makes sense....but I wonder if he has looked at other factors in attacks that

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129583461963774832005-10-17T17:03:00.000-04:002005-10-17T17:11:01.970-04:00

Almost three years after scuba diver Mollie Yaley's death, her parents settled a lawsuit with the ambulance company that treated her.Yaley, a 26-year-old dive master, drowned off the coast of Monterey June 30, 2002. Yaley's paernts said she died because the paramedics responding to her were using heroin and acted negligently. The parents also said the paramedics stopped CPR too early.Read

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129580340354808382005-10-17T15:57:00.000-04:002005-10-17T16:19:30.306-04:00

So I am a scuba geek and my boyfriend is a poker geek (and I mean a BIG ONE)...I am learning to play poker (and I am not too bad) and he is learning to dive. We always wonder how to merge the two passions with our own.....do we take the table, chips, and cards underwater? Here's an interesting blog from a man who seems to have succeeded in bringing the two together. OK OK.....so it's pretty much

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1129576796922887702005-10-17T15:09:00.000-04:002005-10-17T15:56:46.856-04:00

I always feel great when I notice other scuba geeks out there like me looking for any reason to get underwater. Blue Dolphin in Dallas has treasure hunts and even a monopoly game to stir up some deep camaraderie....this morning I got an email from my friends at Deep Blue Adventures in San Antonio about their annual underwater pumpkin carving contest. This has to take some skill. I am definitely

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1128826792847931902005-10-08T20:58:00.000-04:002005-10-10T16:25:23.153-04:00

More challenging than I could have ever imagined, my journey toward becoming a scuba instructor opens my eyes with each class I observe. As a former high school teacher, I feel confident about the teaching end of being a scuba instructor. If anything, scuba diving is rekindling my love for the teaching profession.....my classroom, my office will be open and wide....filled with water, fins, tanks,

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1125375005623003632005-10-07T23:52:00.000-04:002005-10-08T22:58:20.156-04:00

After trying to shuffle around work and scuba trips, my training as a dive master began a little over a month ago with observing my boyfriend's Discover Scuba session. For the first time, I wasn't the participant and it wasn't all about me and my diving. Because Dan got the hang of everything, Mike went beyond DS, into mask clearing and on to basics about buoyancy. While not all of my observation

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1128544014331941272005-10-05T16:12:00.000-04:002005-10-05T16:26:54.336-04:00

Need a fake passport, driver's license or document? Head to Thailand. Apparently they are selling fake PADI C-Card's as well.Very scary.A few months ago when I was completing my rescue course, I witnessed a "diver" who was recently certified in Hawaii bomb all of her skills in a refresher course. There was no way this lady was actually certified. She knew zero about her gear, she couldn't get it

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1128521907353808012005-10-05T10:08:00.000-04:002005-10-05T10:19:09.190-04:00

Thirty-five year old Nixon Pierre remains hospitalized after a shark attacked him earlier this week.Pierre and 36-year-old Oliver Russell were fishing and diving for conch a mile north of Grand Cay when the attack happened.Diving in 20ft. of water, Pierre was attacked by "a large shark" which bit him on the right side of his face.The diver's condition is serious but not life threatening.Read

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1128198759878056142005-10-01T15:57:00.000-04:002005-10-01T16:32:40.123-04:00

Last Saturday, a British snorkeler was eaten by a 13ft. crocodile in Austalia's Northern Territory. Now another man is believed to have been killed by a crocodile in the same area making it the second fatal croc attack this week.The 56-year-old man was diving with a friend on the Cobourg Peninsula. His diving buddy reported him missing early Thursday.Common in rivers and along the northern

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1127896138825755212005-09-28T04:16:00.000-04:002005-10-06T19:27:23.323-04:00

Thanks to all the readers who were cheering me on during my first audition. I was informed yesterday, that I didn't get the part......but the receptionist said that my head shot was beautiful (that's an 8x10 photo for those of you with your mind in the gutter)and she said I had great eyebrows (thank you my beautiful boyfriend for lending me your photo skills and thank you to Twyla for crafting

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1127895366049431712005-09-28T04:01:00.000-04:002006-06-07T23:20:55.756-04:00

Yesterday a diver was attacked by a mako shark near Muttonbird Islands in New Zealand. Alistair Kerr, 44 was diving with a friend when the shark, estimated 2.5 meters long, attacked. Mako's grow up to 4 meters and can jump to heights of 10m. They are known to chase their prey at 50km/h.Read

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1127324604943221032005-09-21T13:34:00.000-04:002005-09-21T13:43:24.976-04:00

It's been busy. I just completed my Journey into Cuba show here in Dallas at Little Havana. Huge endeavor for my first solo photo show, but thankfully a successful one. I have been working on my Dive Master certification in between the printing, framing and matting. I promise to blog about that soon....but today I head out for an interesting task....my first audition for a part in a film or

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1126245475646618032005-09-09T01:35:00.000-04:002005-09-09T01:57:55.653-04:00

Their new apartment offers a roofless living room with plastic furniture and black netting over their beds to keep them from floating away.In order to gauge the effect on the human body, Stania Mensa and Stefano Barbaresi from Italy completed their first day in their underwater apartment. While the couple won't surface for 10 days, they will be able to enter a special dry chamber every five hours

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1126195757667426592005-09-08T11:53:00.000-04:002005-09-08T12:10:19.066-04:00

OK OK! I will stop focusing on Australia aquatic news, but this was a pretty cool story that I found via Divester.Enjoying Father's Day with his children and a surfing friend around Eyre Peninsula, Jake Heron's surf time was cut short 10 meters from shore when a 4 meter Great White attacked him. The shark reportedly knocked Heron off and then bit his surf board before pulling Heron under. The 40-

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1126194623914740862005-09-08T11:43:00.000-04:002005-09-08T11:50:23.926-04:00

Since the recent two attacks in Australia, SeaChange Technology, producer of Shark Shield, has received multiple calls from all states in Australia.This electronic device emits a pulse to repel sharks at close range. Scuba divers in state government departments, including police and staff are required to use the anti-shark pulse kit.According to The Australian article on line, Adelaide University

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1125375657625757072005-08-30T00:11:00.000-04:002005-08-30T00:20:57.636-04:00

Fourty scuba divers had their dives cancelled this weekend. Glenelg Scuba Diving operator Dereke Randall suspended the dives not only out of concern for his divers but also as a mark of respect to Jarrod Stehbens who was killed last week by a Great White.Randall who takes divers to Glenelg tyre reef where Stehbens was taken, said some divers were disappointed.The search continued this weekend for

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124894951294725922005-08-24T06:37:00.000-04:002005-08-24T10:49:11.303-04:00

An Australian cuttlefish research diver was presumably killed today by a "large shark" near Glenelg Beach, off the coast of Adelaide. The diver and his research partner were in the water when two colleagues on the boat saw a shark approach. The men on the boat were able to get one diver out of the water, but the shark used its snout to push the other diver back into the water.A search was

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124721534478361202005-08-22T10:33:00.000-04:002005-08-22T10:38:54.486-04:00

Your instructors probably beat you over the head with the fact you need dive insurance on a trip or you could be out at LEAST $10,000.......or more. Divester has a helpful post with a comment from one of their regular contributors which gives a little insight on some dive insurance options.......might help you narrow your dive insurance search.

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124697779013081642005-08-22T04:31:00.000-04:002005-08-22T04:03:27.513-04:00

Non-native orange cup coral is colonizing oil and gas platforms near the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary located 110 miles of the Texas coast. The invasive coral could be a large threat to the Gulf of Mexico's only true coral reef.The coral, native to the Pacific Ocean, was discovered in 1992 when a diver took a photograph of it. Now the platforms contain huge colonies of orange cup

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124684764030486732005-08-22T00:12:00.000-04:002005-08-22T00:26:04.040-04:00

When Julian Elizondo first felt the tug at his foot Friday night in knee deep water along Crystal Beach, he thought his friend was kidding around. When he couldn't pull away he realized it wasn't a joke. The shark let go after Elizondo knocked it in the head.The 12-year-old is listed in fair condition at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston after surgery to repair his foot and

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124554764601324362005-08-20T12:17:00.000-04:002005-08-20T13:16:42.090-04:00

Divester's Erik Olsen has ranted and raved about Shadow Divers and while I have yet to read it (it's on my to-do list--I'm a busy girl), I was glued to CDNN's Q&A with the book's author, Robert Kurson. Now I have to read the book. The Q&A tells what moved Kurson to write about John Chatterton and Richie Kohler's six year quest for a sunken German submarine, a World War II U-boat found 230 feet

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124552275052923262005-08-20T11:12:00.000-04:002005-08-20T11:37:55.060-04:00

Aside from death, getting bent and needing expensive treatment in a decompression chamber has to be the worst fear. I am sure there are tons of divers out there who dive without dive insurance......I hate to say I have been one of them. But what if you were cautious, played by the rules, got your insurance, followed the proper dive profile and still got bent? What if your insurance company

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124377243500177362005-08-20T11:00:00.000-04:002005-08-20T13:20:35.526-04:00

You'll be seeing a lot of these....additions to my wishlist of diving destinations. I have to admit while I have heard Vietnam has some good diving, this article made my gypsy soul moan. The article boasts about Van Phong Bay is one the world's deepest bays and the United Nations talks it up as Asia's top eco-tourism destinations. The best part a gypsy can't resist? So far, minus a fishing

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1123298335031125832005-08-18T22:28:00.000-04:002005-08-18T18:59:22.006-04:00

It's a big blue world out there and Big Blue Planet can help divers find their next perfect dive spot or let others in on their own favorite places. Divers can geographically search to seek out their next submersible adventure and learn about the location from an in-depth description written by divers. This nifty dive searching tool offers the traveling diver everything from general location

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124377106842693252005-08-17T22:57:00.000-04:002005-08-18T19:08:48.456-04:00

As I approach my Dive Master Certification, this post on Scuba Board.com caught my attention. It is a tale told by a divemaster in Palau who descended below the dive group to retrieve a diver in their group. The diver not only strayed from the group, but strayed 251 feet deeper than the rest causing the two to go into DECO. The divemaster told the poster that he doesn’t know whether he would go

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124377049383423202005-08-16T22:56:00.000-04:002005-08-18T19:10:44.360-04:00

Imagine being on your first “big money dive” of the day when a current sucks you down to 120 feet and the blue waters become a “milky stirred-up miso soup”. This what happened to two Californian divers as the tsunami hit Koh Phi Phi Island last year. The two claim they owe their lives to diving. Had they stayed ashore that day they would have been crushed by the 150 mph waves that hit the beach

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1124067402299704882005-08-14T19:57:00.000-04:002005-08-14T20:56:42.306-04:00

OK so if anyone is still out there......I haven't been lost at sea.......I have had countless Internet connection problems I blame it on SBC so I have moved on over to Comcast......not convinced that Comcast will be any better, but hey I am back on line. What have you been doing lately? Any cool dives to talk up? Don't be shy! I am still on tilt from Hurricane Emily destroying my Cozumel trip....

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1123079427260728642005-08-03T01:09:00.000-04:002005-08-03T10:30:27.983-04:00

Stuck in the middle of the South Pacific between Hawaii and New Zealand, Tokelau takes twenty-eight hours by boat. Now that is what you call remote! The mini-country has a handful of vehicles and 1600 residents which overshadows the 8000 Tokelauans who live 500k south in New Zealand, Australia, and Samoa. Currently governed by its nearest neighbor, New Zealand, Tokelau's inhabitants are seeking

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122908033803655272005-08-01T10:22:00.000-04:002005-08-01T10:53:53.813-04:00

As a photographer part of my own learning experience is sitting at Barnes and Nobles browsing through photography books. I look at lighting, angles, try to figure out which lense they used, etc. My quest for successful underwater photos is no different. Before heading to work this morning, I was browsing Scuba Diving Magazine's website. In their photography category they feature their

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122694577878235502005-07-29T23:16:00.000-04:002005-07-29T23:36:17.886-04:00

Despite good calving years, Scott Kraus senior scientist at the New England Aquarium, said there are still more right whales dying than being born every year. Without changes in the management of shipping and fishing industries, Kraus said, the right whale will face extinction in the next 100 years.An Environmental News Service article reported scientists estimate less than 350 North Atlantic

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122691263499822582005-07-29T22:18:00.000-04:002005-07-29T22:41:03.506-04:00

So maybe Nemo wandered off a little too far in the movie, but according to this article researchers have discovered many young clown fish who stray find their way home. Despite the fact these creatures float around the ocean as larvae for a week, research found a third of the juveniles settle back near their original resident anemone.This is the first time researchers have tracked fish using DNA

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122689756468965362005-07-29T21:57:00.000-04:002005-07-29T22:15:56.473-04:00

Wednesday 13-year-old Nichole Carlos was bitten by a shark while wading in shallow waters at Daytona Beach. The Jupiter resident suffered a cut on the back of her left hand and had bite marks near her wrist making her possibly the third possible shark bite at the county's beaches in less than a week.Saturday while paddling 20 yards from shore, a 61-year-old surfer suffered minor injuries after

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122684473864631672005-07-29T19:47:00.000-04:002005-08-02T08:10:00.930-04:00

Earlier I got all wrapped up in an E Magazine article discussing our ocean's declining ecosystem and how the Bush administration has ignored most of the recommendations of its own U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy which expired after they created the U.S. Ocean Action Plan. But then felt a little sigh of relief when I read this article about how Saudis were cleaning up Red Sea reefs.In Jeddah

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122673570531598332005-07-29T17:18:00.000-04:002005-07-29T18:02:46.233-04:00

Researchers believe Seal Beach is like a singles-bar hotspot where stingrays go to get acquainted before moving to an estuary to mate. According to an article in Beachweek, Seal Beach has such a large population that it results in one-third of all injuries inflicted by rays on humans in the US. Warmer waters due to nearby power plants along with adjacent jetties and nearby breakwater offer ideal

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122671766395396352005-07-29T15:41:00.000-04:002005-07-29T17:16:06.413-04:00

Canadian PADI instructor Neil Clark along with four Danish dive students went missing July 16 Pemba Island near Zanzibar. Nine days later, the search was called off.Danish students Lisa Lotte along with Dannie Schov and her two sons, Gabriel and Simon Lowestan were participating in a PADI Gold Palm scuba certification course at Swahili Divers. The group was diving in an area noted for strong

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122435193661061642005-07-26T22:03:00.000-04:002005-07-26T23:39:04.450-04:00

Was browsing Divester this evening and found a great post about a couple of scuba divers' encounter with a great white of the coast of South Africa. The divers were descending down the anchor line when they spotted the white giant behind their dive master and seemed to be headed right for them. You have to read this absolutely amazing post. No attack, no gruesome details, just a story of awe.

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122332444248059792005-07-25T18:21:00.000-04:002005-07-25T19:00:44.256-04:00

Sounds like something offered at Chankanaab minus the sharks, but the Ko Olina facility will begin construction this year in Oahu, Hawaii. Once the park is complete (estimated opening date for sometime in 2007)The park's biggest attractions will include swimming with dolphins, large pelagic rays, small black tip reef sharks and juvenile hammerhead sharks. Visitors will also be able to walk along

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122261899831363982005-07-24T22:58:00.000-04:002005-07-25T18:21:18.716-04:00

These webbed feet were made for walkin'!Went last night to see March of the Penguin. All I can say is I love the emperor penguins. Those little suckers just waddle back and forth at least 70 miles across Antartica all in the name of sex and baby(yes singular because each couple has only one). Narrated by Morgan Freeman this movie was more than a nature documentary. The cinematographers shot

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122224064894084912005-07-24T12:17:00.000-04:002005-07-24T13:06:43.546-04:00

Browsing my Mac OSX software downloads page I noticed the Eye of the Storm which seemed timely and appropriate for my current unplanned landlocked situation so hanging out at Cafe Brazil yesterday I downloaded it while catching up on some much needed blogging.For what it is it seems pretty cool. It starts up with "storm facts of the day" which can be set to appear upon start up. You can peruse

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122158915513773002005-07-23T18:30:00.000-04:002005-07-23T18:48:35.520-04:00

Georgia Institute of Technology from the US and the University of the South Pacific are giving Fijians an opportunity to protect their coral reef legacy while reaping financial benefits from their coral conservation efforts.Villagers will plant synthetic rock in the ocean and wait for marine life to cover. Once sea life is present the synthetic rock will be harvested as a green product and sold

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122156228236882902005-07-23T17:57:00.000-04:002005-07-23T18:12:54.023-04:00

It's nice to see when fellow divers take caring for the ocean and it's marine life in their own hands. Three British divers found a 12-foot basking shark off the south coast of Cornwall caught in gill nets. The divers mangaged to cut the belly-up shark free, roll her over, and watch her swim off. "Seeing her finally swim off was one of the most amazing experiences of my life," Jonathan Smith

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122155014754313062005-07-23T17:33:00.000-04:002005-07-23T17:43:34.753-04:00

So as much as I would like for it to all be about me......it isn't........ Found this article talking about some people from Richmond, VA who were vacationing in Mexico and had to evacuate the Yucatan with 400 others to a storm-refugee camp in southern Mexico bordering Belize. The article features contrasting experiences from a scuba diving family visiting Cozumel/Akumal and one girl vacationing

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1122151689985420102005-07-23T14:28:00.000-04:002005-07-23T17:33:38.116-04:00

Emily and I need to have a little chat. How dare she choose to plow through my little Yucatan diving destination. Does Emily realize who she was messin' with when she foiled my plans for a long weekend of diving in Cozumel? I would love to take her out in the parking lot for a round or two....show her a thing. So maybe she would shift her category 5 winds around....but I think I am hormonal

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121528226393322292005-07-16T11:21:00.000-04:002005-07-16T12:32:30.816-04:00

Emperor penguins had a little company waddling across cold, white Antartica during the filming of March of the Penguin. Cinematographers, Laurent Chalet and Jerome Maison lived for 13 months on a pre-existing base run by the French Institute for Polar Research to film the documentary. Maison and Chalet spent their time squatting at penguin eye-level for six to seven hours a day in 13 to 22 below

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121397497991116042005-07-14T22:48:00.000-04:002005-07-14T23:18:17.996-04:00

Barely obtaining my Rescue Diver certification, I am intrigued by cave and wreck diver's abilities to penetrate such dark dangerous spaces. As adventuresome as I am, I am not ready for the challenge (yet). Fast Company has a great article on Wes Skiles, a veteran cave diver. The article begins with his dangerous descent into the Yucatan's Grand Cenote cave system and covers Skiles first

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121389252370577412005-07-14T20:41:00.000-04:002005-07-14T21:00:52.376-04:00

Fourteen-year-old Lydia Paulk, suffered from ripped tendons in her left foot after a shark bit her yesterday. The North Carolina teen was swimming in waist-deep water with family off the Texas coast near Galveston. Paulk was hanging on the end of a rubber boat when the shark grabbed her foot. The girl's aunt, Kit Marshall was in the boat with a younger niece."My sister saw the shark coming,"

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121386949566054472005-07-14T20:22:00.000-04:002005-07-14T20:22:29.573-04:00

More evidence of global warming and the effect it's having on our ocean's ecosystem reared it's ugly head. Plankton are vanishing from Northern California waters creating stress for wildlife and the fishing industry. The cause is linked to the lack of a seasonal upwelling which is the seasonal movement of cold, nutrient-rich offshore water into areas near shore.Krill (upper size limit of

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121236816090808652005-07-13T02:23:00.000-04:002005-07-13T02:40:50.350-04:00

Making it the largest living ocean's exhibit in South-East Asia, Aquaria KLCC plans to house more than 5,000 freshwater and marine animal exhibits. Visitors will view sea life in Aquaria's long tunnel made out of 295 feet of fiberglass.A moving walkway will move aquatic viewers through the tunnel allowing them to stop off at different spots anytime to view the sea life.The Living Ocean's exhibits

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121235422468968622005-07-13T01:42:00.000-04:002005-07-13T02:17:02.476-04:00

In June, I went on and on about how Spiegel Grove is such a great but challenging dive. Divester reported today that apparently hurricane Dennis shifted the Spiegel causing it to sit upright. Spanning almost two football fields long the USS Spiegel Grove was originally (and unintentionally) sitting on its starboard side with a slight 15-degree list toward an upright position.Waves at the the

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121231471141106882005-07-13T00:44:00.000-04:002005-07-13T01:11:11.146-04:00

They give us that oh so smelling fresh feeling but synthetic fragrances added to perfumes, soaps, and shampoos could be damaging marine life. In a National Geographic News article, John Roach explains how these nontoxic fragrances overwhelm an organism's cellular transporter eventually allowing unwanted toxins to slip in and contaminate the cell.Scientists are testing mussel cells which share

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121227365037176352005-07-12T23:08:00.000-04:002005-07-13T09:48:21.593-04:00

It's all about the megapixels. Although most of my photography is done on land I have jumped head first into underwater photography I have started renting the Nikonos V for diving trips. The reality is I need my own underwater gear! While I am currently trying to figure out how I will afford just the $4000 housing for my Nikon D1X, I am wondering how this would do for the time being. Of course I

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121141241780983622005-07-11T23:37:00.000-04:002005-07-12T00:11:18.643-04:00

San Salvador. A Bahamian oasis where divers spot Nassau groupers and swim near unthreatened hammerheads. But there is trouble in paradise. According to a Miami Herald article, the island's sea life and surroundings may be threatened. Evidence of illegal shark finning along with rumors of scuba divers illegally spearing lobster and fish has led to talks on plans for a no-take zone, to conserve

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121136737984999422005-07-11T22:43:00.000-04:002005-07-11T22:52:17.990-04:00

My little hippie soul couldn't resist sharing this article. Mother Earth News' Suzanna S. McDonald discusses in her article how to be a sea scrounge. McDonald details methods on how to safely scrounge for crabs, clams, mussels, and more as well as how to prepare your gastronomic discoveries. Some good tips if you happen to get stuck on a little deserted paradise and need to revert to hunter/

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1121135518089011632005-07-11T22:10:00.000-04:002005-07-11T22:32:39.956-04:00

Ninety miles off the Texas coast rests a 95-foot production platform, owned by Houston-based El Paso Production Corp. Workers spent a week deconstructing the rig so that it can eventually serve as an artificial reef attracting marine life from invertebrates to whale sharks. Companies donate half the money they save from not having to tow decommissioned rigs to shore in order to support the Texas

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120834662430594762005-07-08T10:45:00.000-04:002005-07-09T02:39:47.556-04:00

Submersion and me.......it was just something meant to happen. I have been diving for two years now and with 63 dives under my belt (yes not enough), I wonder why didn't I do this sooner! I have decided that I was meant to spend a majority of my life underwater descending to the depths of our oceans and noticing the little things.....ok well the big things are cool too. Two weeks from today I

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120630286277291112005-07-06T01:55:00.000-04:002005-07-08T09:40:39.760-04:00

University of Cape Town researcher Alison Kock is working toward tagging 35 great white sharks this year to research the behavorial ecology of the great whites in False Bay, South Africa. Tagged sharks are scanned by one of 28 receivers attached to weighted tires sunk in many locations around the Cape Town area as well as Seal Island.Kock hopes to gain a better understanding of what time of year

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120629272440308962005-07-05T22:15:00.000-04:002005-07-06T01:54:32.460-04:00

Recent shark attacks haven't hurt the Gulf's dive industry. If anything business is booming at the Eagle Ray Dive Center in Bonita Springs. Shark dives are so popular that one trip is already booked for the following year. It's encouraging to see that despite the media hype on shark attacks in the Florida area that divers are still curious about these sharp-tooth creatures. Of course, divers

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120592747942532432005-07-05T15:19:00.000-04:002005-07-05T15:45:47.956-04:00

So maybe us aquatic gypsies have made it clear. These media hyped shark attacks aren't going to keep us from submerging into the deep blue. It didn't stop a Tampa couple either. Yesterday, Gale and Wayne Landry married in wet suits and scuba gear in The Florida Aquarium's shark tank. The wedding guest were made up of nine sharks and two shark handlers along with 50 human guests who watched from

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120590797416355362005-07-05T14:16:00.000-04:002005-07-05T15:18:53.183-04:00

Life is all a balancing act, and nature is no different. CNN recently reported rising carbon levels created by burning of fossil fuels is dramatically increasing the seawater's acidity. High acid levels could wreak havoc on the ocean's ecosystem making it harder for sea life to survive and threatens tropical and subtropical reefs and the species that reside there. And that is only the beginning

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120433412319994462005-07-03T19:11:00.000-04:002005-07-03T19:30:12.326-04:00

So I have heard of Bull sharks sauntering up the Mississippi. It makes sense.....it's a river.....the mouth opens at the Gulf of Mexico........so the shark gets a little confused, but how the bloody hell does one end up in a lake?After a thunderstorm in Okeechobee, Fla. a bull shark carcass was found washed ashore at Lake Okeechobee. No one is sure how the shark go there. Bull sharks, who can

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120431999234875282005-07-03T18:44:00.000-04:002005-07-03T19:06:42.036-04:00

Divers are used to currents in the ocean. There is a chance to be swept upward in an updwelling or to be swished off of your intended dive site if you aren't properly informed, but we don't worry about such movements in lakes.....or do we?Forty-year-old Joan Eddy along with her husband and two others were enjoying their dive in Lake Michigan yesterday, when suddenly Joan disappeared.Sucked

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120367196961196082005-07-03T00:00:00.000-04:002005-07-03T03:44:17.826-04:00

Ok so this is a little late, but I just stumbled on this story today and this story caught my attention. I swam with Goliath groupers when I dove the Spiegel in early June. Actually most of the dive spots had resident Goliaths hanging around. Diving around these huge creatures, was incredible. I never worried about diving around the giants because they always seemed so docile. I had heard a

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120360306140504912005-07-02T21:50:00.000-04:002005-07-02T23:44:35.340-04:00

Tarpon tournament host, Joe Mercurio, believes the late tarpon migration may be related to the rise in recent shark attacks. Mercurio explained that breeding tarpon migrate around Florida's eastern coastline during the last week and the first week of July. This year the tarpon, some weighing 150 to 200 pounds, are late.Before the tarpon arrive resident bull sharks seek out other prey, Mercurio

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120345964674205082005-07-02T19:08:00.000-04:002005-07-02T19:12:44.680-04:00

Four divers from Glasgow discovered ancient coins and gold after exploring two wooden wrecks off the Scottish coast. Police are warning other possible explorers not to endanger their lives. You can read more about it in Sarah Bruce's story on The Scottsman's online publication.

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120312015643240842005-07-02T09:36:00.000-04:002005-07-02T10:00:19.706-04:00

Even instructors can get it wrong. PADI scuba instructor Steven O. Donathan went missing Saturday, June 28 while diving the Yukon off Mission Beach, Ca. His body was found three days later in the Yukon's boiler room, an area that had been sealed off to divers.Donathan, who was credited with discovering a B-36 bomber last year., was considered to be among the area's elite technical divers

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1120286388927630762005-07-02T02:34:00.000-04:002005-07-02T02:52:52.826-04:00

The guys at Divester have developed a little poll to check out their readers shark fears......or lack of one. Readers, swimmers, and divers alike can vote. At the time of this post the results showed that divers where either didn't give their aquatic participation a second thought or the recent reports on shark attacks made them want to dive more. You can see the latest results here.

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1119661054334535212005-07-01T20:06:00.000-04:002005-07-07T21:36:44.043-04:00

Media attention on shark attacks have been escalating this summer with recent attacks in Florida, Vanuatu, and South Africa. The incidents somewhat differ but the media paints the same picture.........innocent bystander enjoying the aquatic world and then boom out of nowhere here comes Jaws. Any accident whether it's aquatic or on land is a tragedy, but the media persists in hyping up the attacks

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1119934624432031882005-06-28T00:53:00.000-04:002005-07-02T03:15:46.260-04:00

Virgin Atlantic started direct flights twice a week from London Gatwick to Cuba this week. The new service is expected to bring 42,000 passengers in the first year. This is exciting news for British divers who wish to explore Cuba's deep blue. I spent a few days at Maria la Gorda last year before attending Ernesto Bazan's photography workshop. Let me tell you.......the diving is ABSOLUTELY

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1119715945850391592005-06-25T11:52:00.000-04:002005-06-28T00:26:15.073-04:00

Had a discussion with divers and nondivers alike about dive logs. Many divers said that with their dive computers they don't really use a log book anymore. They just upload their data to the computer and viola there is their dive profile. They can even create pretty graphs. But I resist. I love my dive log......It may be a little bulky, but it's important to me not only to log my depth, air

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1119643508557028152005-06-24T15:28:00.000-04:002005-06-25T20:49:51.470-04:00

As a snorkeler I did it all the time. My best friend's daughters, the water babies, are practically pros at it. Granted we weren't trying to achieve any deep free diving record, but last year in the Florida Keys we were free diving somewhere between 15 to 20 feet. Filling our lungs with air, diving down into the silence to investigate the turtle heading away from the reef our mask would squeeze

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1119536031692438262005-06-23T10:00:00.000-04:002005-06-24T15:03:20.240-04:00

D.J. Pottorf, 34, died late Monday afternoon after free diving off Orange Cay in the Bahamas.The diver was found unresponsive in the water, pulled back on the boat where crew members unsuccesfully administered CPR. Nekton crew notified police upon their return to port in Ft. Lauderdale the next day.The dive accident is under investigation and an autopsy is being performed.Source: Cyber Divers

Jen Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03490304196231997482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13353705.post-1119276251272953882005-06-20T09:56:00.000-04:002005-06-20T10:06:23.356-04:00

It's just wrong. It's just plain wrong for a scuba gypsy to be so far away from the deep blue. While my original purpose for traveling to the Miami area was thwarted, I made the best of it and got in some fabulous diving. It made me realize that maybe there is a little more to my gypsy soul than just submersion. So I have a plan. I am continuing my dive certification until I get to instructor and

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HOPKINSVILLE, KY---I have been out of commission for the past few days. Spent a couple of days on Kentucky Lake with my dad, his girlfriend and my brother. Good times.......even had my first experience on a jet ski.......ok so maybe this shows my age, but I prefer the real thing........it was fun.....my brother proceeded to scare the crap out of me......but would rather be pulled behind a boat...

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Fifty-two year old South African Nuno Gomes set the world scuba diving depth record on June 10 when he dove to 1,044 feet in the Red Sea.Gomes previously held the record between 1996 to 2001. This was his second attemmpt to reclaim the record. Last July Gomes reached 889 feet but had to stop the descent when his equipment failed.To prevent nitrogen buildup, divers breath trimix which is a blend

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Duuuuuuddddddddde.................ok so maybe marching down the beach with my long board I might have looked like a bad ass surfer chick.........but bad ass I am not. More like not so good. Let's just say I hope it rains tonight in South Beach because the ocean water will need to be replenished.........not a fan of drinking salt water.....but sometimes it happens.....Especially when you are

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Donning my new (and cute) rash guard over my bikini and wondering what my surfing experience will bring Marnie starts quizzing me.Marnie: "Do you know what a rip current feels like?"Deco Chic: "Uh....it's a strong current that pulls you diagonally or something?"Marnie: "Um no.....it's a current that takes you out to sea."Deco Chic: "Oh"So here we go.........surfing that is...........on something

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MIAMI---Well the satellites say that she will miss us here in South Beach, and Jim Cantore is stationed further north in Pensacola......good news for Miami, but bad news for the panhandle. Surfers in the area seem to be enjoying the waves Arlene has sent our way, but you can already tell the average South Beach resident is already tired of the rainy season. We had plans to dive Tenneco Towers

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Ryan Horton, 17, may have been bitten by a small Great White Shark this past Sunday. The surfer who was 25 feet from shore said he never saw what bit him, but felt like someone had suddenly taken a baseball bat to his ankle.Horton said he figured the shark bit him because maybe the teen had landed in his territory. Horton's mother emailed a photo to a shark expert in Florida who identified three

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MIAMI-Back in Miami after some great diving. Hopefully we will get in a few more before I have to leave town. Tenneco Towers seem to be calling us. Just wanted to share a photo that shows a scuba instructor who really seems to know how to get his student's attention. Unfortunately I didn't get his name, but he was teaching with Horizon Divers out of Key Largo. The instructor said he likes to wear

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KEY LARGO--After diving Spiegel we headed off to French Reef to unusually clear blue water. Eager to explore I plunged in with the camera and am I so glad I brought it along! Within the first five minutes of the dive as I am following Marnie through the reef I see her signaling that she sees a ray........not a ray.....but a large spotted eagle ray. Absolutely beautiful! Trudging against the

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