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#RF3: Failure is NOT an Option: The Importance of CCR Checklists

Richie Kohler told the audience "The human element is most fallible. We prepare and train for equipment failure. We have a great advantage over pilots who cannot jump into another airplane mid flight. We can carry bailout systems and use them.

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Free video tutorial on unusual macro UW photo techniques

Durand writes: “If you've been shooting for a while, you've likely read a number of articles with basic macro photo tips. These tips are largely the same (in my articles as well). And they're essential tips.

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#RF3: Diving with Rebreathers

Richard Pyle is an early adopter of technical-diving practices, and is known around the world as a rebreather diver and designer.

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#RF3: Anatomy of a CCR Dive: A Comparison / Contrast

RF3 was convened primarily as a platform for discussion of various issues that may have an impact on the safety of diving with rebreathers. It was attended by many expert presenters and rebreather divers who contributed to these discussions.

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#RF3: Be RoSPA CCR Aware

To this end RoSPA () worked with a number o

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#RF3: What were the aims and objectives of 'Rebreather Forum 3'?

Over the course of the following three days 400 experts, manufacturers, instructors, training agencies and divers from around the world gathered to improve understanding, with the hope that this would translate to improved safety across the board.

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BOLO: Cylinders stolen in Cayman

The theft took place from the wooden deck near their shop on Grand Cayman.

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The BDSG will endorse the resumption of diving, but not yet

At present this BDSG working group is convening on a weekly basis, in order to actively monitor and track the changes.

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BDSG issues a statement regarding British recreational diving

A number of medical professionals and non-diving agencies attended, including the RNLI and the HSE, along with representatives from the dive training organisations.

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With regret, the BDSG must encourage divers to act responsibly and not go diving, however safe it may seem to do so.

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Light at the end of the tunnel?

Massive decline

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Meet Maslow

It has already been way too long since we got wet and who knows how much longer it will be before we can go diving again, other than alone at a local dive site that may be open, if we are lucky.

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X-Ray Mag #98

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Take the X-Ray Mag Photo Challenge

Here are some tips:

Match the colors. Find objects at home that have similar colors as your underwater image and arrange them in a similar way as they are composed in your underwater image.

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KUBI Icelandic Wool Thermal Inner Gloves

A KUBI spokesman confirmed that the company had conducted six months of research and development, including in-water testing, prior to this launch.

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Coral restoration projects show promise in Florida Keys

Reef-building staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) was abundant and widespread throughout the Caribbean and Florida until the late 1970s.  The fast-growing coral formed dense thickets in forereef, backreef, and patch-reef environments to

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Surface feeding important for blue whales

When blue whales feed on krill, a lot of energy gets used up in the process of diving, holding their breath and opening their mouth as they plunge into the swarm of krill.

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