'Wave whacked everything with incredible might' Oct 2, 2009
Their 10-metre dive boat was sitting on top of what had once been the hotel's kitchen. As I tried to console them, I received a call telling me a dear friend had been killed trying to escape the wave. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Firefighters rescue four divers in two separate incidents Sep 20, 2009
About 10:10 a.m., a distressed diver, a woman in her mid-20s, brought back to shore aboard the dive boat, Sea Fox in Maunalua BayFirefighters escorted Sea Fox into Hawaii Kai Marina and transferred the woman to paramedics in unknown condition ... About 10:10 a.m., a distressed diver, a woman in her mid-20s, brought back to shore aboard the dive boat, Sea Fox in Maunalua BayFirefighters escorted Sea Fox into Hawaii Kai Marina and transferred the woman to paramedics in unknown condition. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Firefighters rescue three today from East Oahu waters Sep 20, 2009
The first rescue was of a SCUBA diver in distress aboard a commercial dive boat outside Moanalua Bay at 10:10 a.m. The dive boat, the Sea Fox, had already pulled the female diver out of the water and was heading back to shore when firefighters arrived. Firefighters escorted the dive boat back to shore using their rescue watercraft back to the Hawaii Kai Marina. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Information and Practices on Shore ... Aug 23, 2009
With a boat dive, if a scuba diver is swept away by currents at a scuba dive site, the dive boat can motor over and pick up the. However, at a shore scuba dive site if a diver is swept away by currents, then the diver may need to consider an alternate exit point. (Suite101.com)
Pilot in Deadly Hudson River Plane Crash Chose to Fly 'Down the River' Aug 12, 2009
The divers went into the murky Hudson about 11 a.m. Fifteen minutes later, two divers came up and one gave a thumbs-up to another team member on a second dive boat. Also on the scene is the 30-ton Moritz, an Army Corps of Engineers vessel that helped search for a missing engine af 00004000 ter U.S. Airways Flight 1549 made an emergency landing in the Hudson River in January. (Fox News)
NEWS NOW: Coast Guard locates body of diver Jul 29, 2009
NORTH KINGSTOWN - A Coast Guard crew found a commercial dive boat at anchor at 5:08 this morning 1 mile from Allen Harbor ... This was a tough case for us because we had no idea at first where the dive boat could be. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Scuba Diving With A Buddy Jul 18, 2009
For example, an equipment check on the scuba dive boat prior to rolling into the water can identify problems like the air not fully turned on, an alternate air supply not easily accessible. When underwater on the scuba dive, a buddy can assist in keeping track of depths and times if one of the scuba buddy pair gets involved in something underwater. (Suite101.com)
More of this story Jul 15, 2009
The dive boat heads out to the actual site at about 8:45 a.m.. Each of us has daily chores kitchen prep, trash, keeping the archaeological journal, timekeeping on dives and more and between diving twice a day, eating meals, writing dive logs, editing photographs, learning underwater archaeological techniques (such as photographic mapping) and equipment prep, I am left with little time for anything else. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Man of the water Jul 1, 2009
Following the aquarium talk, he will head to Kona on the Big Island to lead a tour on the dive boat Aggressor. In the introduction to his first book, "Sea Salt: Memories and Essays" published in 2006, "Jaws" author and friend Peter Benchley pays tribute to Waterman as "an adventurer, a daredevil, a gallant, and a poet.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mystery in the deep blue sea Jun 6, 2009
" A few minutes after Gabe surfaced, the veteran diving friends looked across the water at another dive boat that had anchored nearby. And there on its deck they could make out someone giving CPR to a lifeless female diver. It was Tina, the bride of 11 days.Ken Snyder: We could see her body on the deck of the Jazz II and see the physicians working on her.Dennis Murphy: Did you see Gabe?Paula Snyder: I went over and asked him if I could do anything for him. And he just said, Well, I need a... (MSNBC -- Crime)
Old Warship Becomes Playground For Fish May 28, 2009
"This is the best wreck dive in the world you can drive to," said dive boat captain Joe Weatherby. "That's a fact.". (CBS News)
LETTERS: NCT, May 23, 2009 May 23, 2009
"They did it during Proposition B, until the public realized that supporters calling themselves "San Diegans for Clean Drinking Water" were nothing more than the Pala Tribe of Mission Indians, who own a casino near where the voter-approved Gregory Canyon landfill will be built. And once again, they and their supporters like Hershell Price are shamelessly using scare tactics to achieve their goal of blocking the construction of the much-needed landfill .The San Diego County Department of... (North County Times)
Search continues for diver missing off Gloucester May 20, 2009
The man dove from a "Boston-based sport dive boat," the Coast Guard said in a press release. Pinneo said he didn't have the name of the boat or know if it was privately owned or a charter. (Beverly Citizen, MA)
Beverly Dive Team joins search for missing diver off Gloucester May 19, 2009
The crew aboard the Boston-based sport dive boat he was diving from notified Coast Guard Station Gloucester at about 4 p.m., that the man had been diving in about 90 feet of water off Eastern Point and was more than two hours overdue. A 25-foot rescue boat crew from Station Gloucester launched and is searching the area. (Beverly Citizen, MA)
Divers' bodies found in Thailand Mar 13, 2009
Search teams have recovered the bodies of five foreign tourists from inside a dive boat that sank three days ago off Thailand's south-western coast. The search is continuing for a Thai national. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
1 dead, 6 missing after Thai dive boat capsizes Mar 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009. BANGKOK (AP) -- Rescuers retrieved a body floating in the sea Tuesday after a boat carrying 30 people capsized off Thailand's southwestern coast, officials said. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Miss Ireland upstages lady in red Mar 10, 2009
Marine police said a dive boat has capsized off Thailand's south-west coast. Seven people, including six foreigners, are missing. (Yahoo News -- Beauty Pageants)
• 1 dead, 6 missing after Thai dive boat capsizes Mar 10, 2009
1 dead, 6 missing after Thai dive boat capsizes BANGKOK - Rescuers retrieved a body floating in the sea Tuesday after a boat carrying 30 people capsized off Thailand's southwestern coast, officials said. The search continued for six more people, including five foreigners, reported missing. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Divers 'ignored instructions' Feb 8, 2009
TWO American divers who went missing for seven hours in shark-infested waters on the Great Barrier Reef on Friday ignored instructions, dive boat operators said ... Last year, American Alison Dalton and Briton Richard Neely were missing for 19 hours after drifting away from a dive boat off Hayman Island. (The Age, Australia -- National)
Ocean lines themes let passengers share interest Feb 7, 2009
We were probably one of the original theme cruisers, said Tiemann, who started small, booking her first nude charter on a small dive boat. From those humble beginnings, she said, laughing, we ve grown exponentially as the popularity of social nude vacationing has grown. (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
