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India bans controversial tourist resort but fails to end ‘human safaris’ The controversial tourist resort run by Barefoot India in the Andaman Islands has been dealt a fatal blow, after India’s government banned tourism businesses from operating in a buffer zone around the Jarawa tribal...

I read an academic report that stated Bamberton in Saanich Inlet has the highest concentration and number of species. I tried to get access to the shore (I know it is not the provincial site), but was unsuccessful. Does anyone know about diving at Bamberton and access to the shore?

I have never done Tozier Rock in Saanich Inlet. Some people tell me that it is possible as a shore dive, although all books list it as a boat dive. I am not adverse to a surface swim if the dive is worthwhile. Any comments on this...

I have found out that a battery replacement fee for the Uwatec Nitrox Pro has jumped to C$200. The Canadian agent for Scubapro confirmed this. Is there anyone else out there concerned about this rip off of the dive consumer? Is there any way around this? It seems that I have to shop for a new...

Are there afforably-priced accomodations and diving (for students) :fish: in Belize that someone can recommend to me. I'm looking at Jan or Feb. :profile:

Could anyone suggest to me where in the English-speaking part of the Caribbean (I know every tourist destination will have English-speaking staff but I am referring to the mother tongue of the locals) one can find the best diving package. :eyebrow:

I have heard that DIR dictates that a backplate must be stainless steel? Is this so?

Did my first dive in Novas Scotia and I was quite pleased. I did a shore dive at a place called Paddy's Head near Peggy's Cove. The water was a bit nippy but I saw lobster, many gunnels, shrimp, crabs, etc. Best of all I spotted two fish under a ledge on a medium-sized boulder. I was...

Does anyone know of dive clubs in Halifax? I'm new out here and trying to hook up with buddies.

Hi, Could someone tell me about dive boat tours out to Browning Wall in Port Hardy? Is now a good time for diving there?:)

I finally made it to Hainan Island in the south of China. I had read an article in Asian Diver magazine a few years ago that downplayed the diving in Hainan but offered that a diving experience could be had there. Otherwise information on diving in Hainan is sorely lacking. Even the information...

After reading docmartin's recent post what would you have done? I considered how minimal emphasis, with all due respect, is given to emergency surface detection equipment in the PADI OW course. Should surface detection equipment be mandatory for all divers? I would think so. It seems...

This is what a computer is supposed to do! Click on this link below and then type in your first name... http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html :D

I know that one can see dogfish sharks, sixgill sharks, and basking sharks in BC, but it must also be possible to see great white sharks in BC. I know blue sharks are also seen offshore. Are there any shark charters to see them?:shark:

A South African scuba diver claimed a new world record yesterday after living underwater in a steel tank for 10 days, eating through a tube and watching the skin on his hands shrivel. Tim Yarrow was cheered by hundreds of onlookers just after 12:30pm, when he climbed out of the tank measuring...

Can anyone tell me about scuba diving in Halong Bay in northern Vietnam? I found some info at: http://www.veloasia.com/buckley/halong_bay.html which indicates that there is good diving in Halong Bay but I have been unable to find any other info to verify this. Any operators there? :)

For me, I rarely carry a snorkel. If I'm boat diving, I usually decend soon after entry. If I have to swim a little (or a lot) before descending then I swim on my back. I find this much easier than snorkelling. If it is choppy on the surface I keep my regulator in my mouth. This uses little...

:confused: I see from the board that front zip seems to be the way to go for a drysuit. But what is the best material especially when it comes to sreamlining underwater: trilaminate, neoprene, crushed neoprene? How do each type of drysuit affect the amount of weight one must don? Which type...