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General, People and Stories

What Scuba Has Taught Me

Here are some deep thoughts about scuba diving coming from Gold Coast.

Gold Coast by air. Photo credit: By Syed Abdul Khaliq from Shah Alam, Malaysia [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Gold Coast by air.
Photo credit: By Syed Abdul Khaliq from Shah Alam, Malaysia [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Source: jennaaustraliablog.wordpress.com

Scuba diving is undoubtedly my favorite activity in the entire world. Words can’t describe the feeling of being submerged completely underwater for an hour or so and only hearing the sound of your breathing. It is the most peaceful and beautiful thing one can ever do, I think. If I could get paid a normal salary to be a scuba instructor I would have already become one. My love for the ocean is overwhelming, especially after being in Australia for a whole semester now. On one of my most recent dives in the Great Barrier Reef I began to think about how many life lessons scuba diving has taught me. Here are only a few.

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Business & Industry

Guy Harvey Recruiting Top Caribbean and US Diver Operators

The Underwater Herald will occasionally post also business news related scuba and diving industry. This is the first one of them.

Guy Harvey, the centerpiece of the story, sounds like an interesting person. It would be interesting to know more about him and his background in the industry: Feel free to add your comments to this story.

Source: thebahamasweekly.com

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — With his Marine Corps training, scuba diving legend Neal Watson knows a thing or two about taking a beachhead and securing a landing zone. As the newly appointed Director of Dive Operations for Guy Harvey Outpost, Watson is the company’s new commander in its bid to plant Outpost dive flags on beachfronts throughout Florida, the Bahamas and Caribbean. Like the Marine Corps slogan “the few, the proud”, Watson will be extending an invitation to a pre-selected group of the region’s top dive operations to enlist as Expedition Dive Outfitters of Guy Harvey Outpost, the rapidly expanding lodging company of Guy Harvey and his partners Mark Ellert, Bill Shedd and Charles Forman.

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People and Stories

The boy and the seal

Here is a heart warming scuba diving story that is going viral.

Jamie Gallacher, a 15-year-old boy, was diving near the Calf of Man, which is located next to Isle of Man this August. This was his first dive from a boat.

He and the instructor,Michelle Haywood, had just started the dive when a gray seal appeared starting to tug on their fins. The seal turned out to be incredibly playful and, according to Jamie “just like a big puppy”.

The whole encounter lasted some 40 minutes and was capture on video by the instructor.  Now the story and the accompanying video has captured the hearts of many on Internet.

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