14 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Octopus
14 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Octopus BY DR. RICHARD SMITH DECEMBER 8, 2015 Intelligence and adaptability make the octopus unique. Check out these 14 interesting facts about the octopus. 1 of 5 Flirt/Alamy The eye of an octopus 1. Octopuses and squid have a single-lens-camera eye, which is more like our own and other backboned animals’ than the eyes…
Women’s specific diving gear and the quest for colour
Women’s specific diving gear and the quest for colour HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY TO ALL SCUBA GIRLS OUT THERE! Being a designer, a diver with 20 years experience and a woman, I’ve always been fascinated by the “gender specific” debate about scuba diving gear. It’s a topic that I find both amusing and infuriating at the same time.Do we really…
PADI Women’s Dive Day 2017
8 March, 2017 at 12:30 am PADI Women’s Dive Day 2017 Posted by Emily Bates In celebration of International Women’s Day, we are excited to announce that PADI Women’s Dive Day 2017 will officially be held on July 15th! Women’s Dive Day is an initiative aimed at closing the unnecessary gender gap that currently exists within the diving community. We invite women…
Our Plastic Problem & 5 Ways You Can Help
Our Plastic Problem & 5 Ways You Can Help March 7, 2017 PLASTIC WORLD As many of your feeds may have shown you recently, the growing amount of plastic waste is becoming readily evident in many circles of our daily lives. From the infamous video of good samaritans pulling a plastic drinking straw from the nose of a sea turtle, to the recent…
Shark and ray tourism guide released
Shark and ray tourism guide released 6 March 2017 Four hundred shark and ray tourist-interaction operations have been established around the world – and this number could more than double over the next 20 years, it has been estimated, generating more than US $780 million. To help ensure that such growth benefits not only the operators but the sharks and…
Course prices – how do I avoid to undercut course prices?
Course prices – how do I avoid to undercut course prices? Posted on March 7, 2017 by Sascha Engeler A growing global problem within the diving industry is the undercutting of course prices. It is an easily solved problem. If every dive center and individual instructor would simply increase their prices – we would easily be able to generate a profit and increase…
Guiding Experienced Divers
Unlike new divers, who are happy just to be underwater and think everything they see is awesome (because it is), those with a few dives under their belt can be a bit of challenge. As a professional guide, how do you keep your most experienced divers happy? Guiding experienced divers can be a bit of a challenge, but even…
LSD Open Weekend now on!
London School of Diving Open Day 4-5 March 2017 – London School Of Diving https://t.co/MyQDQzvGmx
LSD Contigo Mugs on Sale this Weekend!
Our great Contigo Metra mugs on sale at the LSD Open Weekend! Normally £30, this weekend £… https://t.co/iLw5lGT5yh https://t.co/1OexlyEhgj
NOAA and partners release new trap designs to corral invasive lionfish in deep water
NOAA and partners release new trap designs to corral invasive lionfish in deep water By Oren Lieber-Kotz March 2017 How do you control a harmful invasive species before it damages reef ecosystems? NOAA and its partners have developed and released designs for new lionfish traps that could provide the first realistic means of controlling invasive deep-water lionfish populations and support the development…
