Get the scuba diving hat of the summer. Our newly-released, highly-durable Wave Logo Flexfit Hats are now available for purchase in two contrasting colors, white and black.
Both hats feature the sharp new wave logo also seen on the front of our Crossed Tanks Scuba Diving T-Shirt, by designer George Haney.
Be the first on your boat to have one, and show the rest of the world you dive.
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Why not? Seems like an innovative way to increase business and satisfy a growing trend.
Getting married can be an elaborate, stressful affair. Now try it 20 feet under water -- and make it a Jewish wedding, where the groom is expected to smash a wrapped glass under his heel.
No problem, says Debbi Ballard. The ordained Jewish cantor is training at a Fort Lauderdale scuba shop to perform underwater ceremonies where the groom can smash a light bulb with his flipper and the couple can sip wine out of a sippy cup.
''Not everyone is cut out for a white wedding,'' said Ballard, 47.
Pro Dive International, which plans to offer underwater ocean weddings in the next few months, is looking for pastors, priests and other clergy members willing to take the plunge.
On a recent dive, Ballard tested a mask with a microphone that will allow her to talk to the bride and groom under water while guests on a boat listen and watch through a video hook-up.
Unconventional weddings are gaining popularity among young people, said Jannette Alix, president of the Miami-Dade and Broward chapter of the National Association of Wedding Professionals.
Underwater weddings have been done before, but a Jewish one is rare, she said.
''There's a new breed of people that want something unique,'' Alix said. ``The old-fashioned way is old-fashioned.''
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One of our favorite underwater photographers, Jason Heller, recently returned from witnessing the sardine run that takes place each June/July off the coast of South Africa.
Heller has posted some of his first shots from the run, and promises to follow up with the complete story over at DivePhotoGuide.com
Here's just a taste...
Absolutely stunning.
Heller has a few more over at his blog: Blowing Your Mind — The Sardine Run: First Shots
We CAN'T WAIT to see some more!
Divers traveling to (or living in) Australia will soon have a new wreck to dive.
HMAS Adelaide, the ship that came to the rescue of stranded yachtsmen and terrified asylum seekers, now begins its final chapter underwater.
The decommissioned frigate was on Friday handed over by the commonwealth to the NSW government and will be sunk off Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast later in the year to create an artificial reef and dive wreck.
NSW Premier Nathan Rees said instead of being scrapped or dumped, the ex-HMAS Adelaide would be used by generations of divers.
"Coral will grow on the metal you see before you, fish will swim through the corridors that once rang with the sound of action stations," Mr Rees said.
"And divers will find a place of contemplation and beauty as nature slowly reclaims her broken frame."
The federal government will contribute up to $5.8 million to make sure the ship is environmentally-sound by stripping it and removing the fuel tanks.
Defence Minister John Faulkner said the scuttling of the ship would have long-term benefits.
"I think this is a great project, I'm very confident we'll see HMAS Adelaide become a great national, and I suspect international, attraction for recreational divers ..," he said.
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Almost 110 years after it set off from Lakes Entrance for a regular short run to Bairnsdale and sank mysteriously off Victoria's east coast, a team of divers has discovered the Glenelg.
The iron steamer's captain Thomas English is believed to have double-checked the ships two lifeboats moments before sailing, telling bystanders it was always best to be prepared.
The lifeboats were used by the ship's only three survivors when it ran into bad weather and monstrous waves not long after leaving shore.
Survivors told a marine board inquiry they heard a crash before water began to fill the ship.
More than a century later, their evidence helped a group of wreck divers discover the Glenelg lying upright on the sea bed.
Southern Ocean Exploration group leader Mark Ryan said the team had been searching for the ship for more than three years.
The divers used the survivors' recollections along with CSIRO data and the ship's logical course to find the 135-foot wreck, which remains in surprisingly good condition.
"We believe it to be a very significant find," Mr Ryan said.
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Whoa! Yet another reason to keep your scuba gear readily available.
A Phoenix man is lucky to be alive after using scuba gear to escape his burning multi-million dollar home.
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The homeowner, Michael Marin, told firefighters he threw on his scuba gear so he could breathe and used a collapsible safety ladder to climb out the window of his second-story bedroom.
"In all my years on the job, this is the first time I've seen somebody use scuba diving equipment to get out of a fire," said Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Dorian Jackson.
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