Diving

On Sunday 18th November I experienced something that no diver ever should, a session in a recompression chamber.  Luckily for me this was only a test drive! It all started with a trip to the Badischer Tauchsportverband (BTSV) decompression chamber at the Helios Hospital in the German lake side town of Überlingen (a [...]

The PADI Dive and Win contest is now in full swing!  Visit www.padi.com/diveandwin  Have you ever thought about becoming a certified PADI diver or do you have a friend that would enjoy the amazing experience of learning to dive? Well this contest is for you!! If you are a new [...]

Each month we will feature a diving video from YouTube or Vimeo. November’s video is from Tim de Haan of Holland. Tim has a great channel on YouTube and you can view all this videos here; youtube.com/samudravisions This month’s video features his amazing muck diving from North Sulawesi, Indonesia! Follow: @brandonsPADI

The winner of the PADI Dive Shop Appreciation Contest is Abyss Scuba Diving!   This a great achievement for Abyss Scuba Diving which is based in Sydney, Australia. It is a true testament to all their dedicated staff that help transform people’s lives through diving and they have now been selected as the ‘favorite PADI dive shop’ [...]

Researchers at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in California have found the mysterious voice telling divers to get out of the water. Researchers now believe that the voice is that of a teenage white whale called NOC. The researchers have suggested that the white whale may be attempting to make [...]