SCUBA News 18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) Issue 18 - October 2001 www.scubatravel.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to October's SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011). This month: - What's new at SCUBA Travel? - Top ten dives - alternative suggestions - Diving news from around the world If you have any diving news, or comments on this newsletter, we'd love to hear from you. Just fill in our Contact the Editor form. __________________________________________________________ What's New at the SCUBA Travel Web Site? ======================================== Diving in Brazil Thanks to some enthusiastic contributions from the people in Noronha, we now have information on diving in Brazil Baja California Dive Operators Our Baja dive operators page now includes Buena Vista, which is between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/baja/bajaop.html Photo Gallery More underwater photos in Rooms One and Two of our Gallery, including new ones of Crown Butterflyfish, Squirrelfish, Glassfish and Clownfish. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/photo.html http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/photo2.html Red Sea Life Finally, we've more identification notes and pictures in our Sealife of the Red Sea section. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/redsea/redsealife.html __________________________________________________________ Top Ten Dive Sites ================== Thanks to all of you who have told us about your favourite dive sites. The current top ten list is at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/topdives.html Special thanks to the keen British diver who is getting more and more irate that none of his dives have been included. "I remain deeply hurt by the lack of interest in my dive sites - usual lack of enthusiasm for the superb British Diving we are privileged to enjoy" So, here they are: possibly some of the worst recreational diving in the world. 1. Saint Annes Drift Dive "Superb drift in on the tide across the sandy bay. Drop in as the tide begins to rush in and glide over the sandy bottom FANTASTIC if you are lucky you can even beach yourself by the car park!" 2. Skipton open cast mine PIT "As the winter arrives this is an excellent inland dive site - can be a little sooty but ideal alternative on a tempestuous day" 3. Pebbles at Cockermouth "An excellent and exciting drift dive following the pebble beach south of Cockermouth. Ideal at High tide! Interesting warm patch by Seascale village" 4. Humber Estuary Shipping lane "Dive the Port side navigation buoy, excellent summer evening dive, sandy bottom with lots of Lobworms and rusty metal bits. Can be a bit noisy but worth it!" 5. Anglesey Mud Flats If you'd prefer to read about some of the best diving in the British Isles, see our page on diving the Booroo in the Isle of Man. http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/isleman/booroo.html __________________________________________________________ Diving News From Around the World ================================= - Bad Weather Could be Forecast Months Ahead - Divers' Use CaveCam to Find Coral Food Chain Link - Certification Scheme Protects Coral Reefs - Good Fish Guide Cousteau Society Petition Kofi Annan The Cousteau Society, founded by Jaques Cousteau, are petitioning for greater global efforts to protect the environment. Signed by 9 million people from more than 100 countries, the society would like the petition to be made part of the UN charter. http://www.cousteausociety.org/ Bad Weather Could be Forecast Months Ahead American researchers believe they have found the key to accurate long-range bad-weather forecasts, at least in the northern hemisphere. They have have found strong correlations between nasty weather and changes in air circulation in the stratosphere. A boon to picking the the best week for your diving expedition. New Scientist http://www.windmill.co.uk/mapping.html : ________________________________________________ADVERT:: Certification Scheme Protects Coral Reefs The Marine Aquarium Council are promoting a voluntary certification program to encourage trade in aquarium fish that have not been caught using poison or explosives. This should reduce the damage caused to coral reef fish stocks by the aquarium trade, which can only be good news for divers. http://www.mcsuk.org/ Buy the Guide from Amazon.co.uk __________________________________________________________ * Copyright SCUBA Travel Ltd - http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/ * Reprinting welcomed with this footer included. We are happy for you to copy and distribute this newsletter, and even use parts of it on your own website, providing the above copyright notice is included, and a link back to our website is in place. Previous editions of SCUBA News (ISSN 1476-8011) are archived at http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html SUBSCRIBING AND UNSUBSCRIBING Visit http://www.scubatravel.co.uk/news.html and add or remove your e-mail address.
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