X-Ray Magazine has provided excellent scuba, photo, and marine news in their downloadable magazines since February of 2004. This weekend, they released their 10th issue. As usual, it’s completely free. Also as usual, it’s completely great: X-Ray is quickly proving itself to be among the best dive-related resources out there!
The 100-page issue covers recent marine discoveries at Davidson Seamount and off Saba Bank Atoll; explains why corals like the North Sea’s oil rigs; reports on dive shows in Chicago, Genoa, and Moscow; and has a bunch of information about whales, sharks, turtles, and shipwrecks. There is also a lengthy section devoted to ...
From Oceanic's website:
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Oceanic Worldwide of San Leandro, California, is voluntarily recalling Oceanic Versa Pro revision 2A Digital Dive Computers. While operating in the User Selected Digital Gauge Mode, displayed Elapsed Dive Time can be in excess of actual elapsed time.
Oceanic has received a report of two Versa Pro revision 2A units that experienced the offset time displayed while operating in User Selected Digital Gauge Mode. No injuries have been reported.
Oceanic Versa Pro 2A Dive Computers subject to the recall are only the revision 2A units which ...
Mares has unveiled 4 new and/or tweaked pieces of dive gear, just in time for the summer dive season.
The Demon Mask -- Boasting superior comfort and increased flexibility, the Demon claims to offer "the widest field of vision with the least amount of drag." The Avanti Excel full foot fin -- Claiming to offer "greater thrust with the same effort," the Excel features a Super Channel Thrust, which facilitates optimal thrust. Moreover, Mares claims the fin's blade is angled for maximum efficiency. The Vector Epic -- Sporting an elastic ...
I have a wrist-mounted dive computer from Oceanic. I really like its features, but I hate the buckle: it's way too long, and I end up having to fold it and loop it under the buckle. I could cut it, I suppose, but for some reason, I have this morbid, unhealthy fear of trimming the excess, because I know that as soon as I do, I'll wish I hadn't. (Perversely, that's why my weight belt is still about 4 feet long, and is always flapping in the breeze.)
Anyway, if you wear wrist-mounted gear when you dive, but you dislike the way ...
Here are the details from the press release:
Suunto has identified a software bug in the D9 and D6 diving instruments. The software bug may cause the D9 and D6 to incorrectly track dive time on rare occasions, potentially causing a risk to the diver.
The products affected are:
D9 serial numbers 62102582 and below
D6 serial numbers 62103693 and below
Suunto will provide a free software update to fix the bug. Please bring your ...
Halcyon Manufacturing has identified a very small number of Halcyon Explorer-40 BC's sold after July 2005 that could develop problems over time. In these few units it is possible that the over pressure valve (OPV) could ...
If you don't have the luxury of a large gear bag when you travel, saving space might be important to you. In that case, you might want to consider a folding mask. Although they don't feature a hinge that really "folds" them in half, folding masks are masks that lay down ...
Do you scuba dive with a bunch of shady characters? Do you feel uncomfortable leaving cash or other important documents on the boat when you get wet? If so, maybe the Aqua Roo is for you. Fashioned from abrasion-resistant ripstop double-coated nylon, the Aqua Roo is a fully submersible waistbelt ...
Most wetsuits are made from a few large pieces of rubber that are cut to resemble the human form. They are then stretched to fit a "person" and stitched together. Wetsuits made in this fashion often lack durability: the seams are stressed from holding together the large pieces of material that are stretched over a person's body. However, if ...
Olympus released their 7.5 megapixel Live View digital E-330 SLR this year to much hoopla. The first SLR camera to offer the ability for users to see an image on the LCD before the shutter is depressed, the E-330 is, well, revolutionary. Recently, Jeff Mullins, owner of Tulamben's Reef Wreck ...