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Human Dim Sim in space - or how not to use your SMB!

by Ric Mingramm

A useful safety device for most divers is the surface marker buoy. In essence it is an easily seen surface float which is connected to the diver by means of a thin, strong line, usually carried on a reel.

Shark Ballads

by Tim Hochgrebe

Earlier this year we asked our members to come up with a poem on why sharks should be saved around the globe.....

Diving Papua New Guinea - Milne Bay

by Chris Bartlett

It is one of the few places left in the world where a diver can see macro critters, pelagics, and big stuff, as well as fantastic soft and hard corals. The often misused and abused adjective “pristine” is actually appropriate here, due to low fishing pressure in the area in comparison to other areas of the Coral Triangle, no dynamite fishing, and thanks to a system implemented by dive resorts whereby local reef "owners" receiving a small fee for every diver that visits "their" reef. As a result elders make sure that the reefs are not fished.