Destinations & Sites, People and Stories

Ohio diving

February 5, 2014 UWH

This story is about diving in Ohio and about one man determined to document what the Ohio quarries have to offer to scuba divers.

Map of Ohio highlighting Franklin County where Hilliard is located (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Source: www.discpatch.com

Hilliard man photographs quarries underwater

Hilliard scuba enthusiast documents beauty of Ohio quarries with photos shot underwater

Never mind that the droplets on his beard froze almost instantly as his face popped through a rectangular opening in the ice at Circleville Twin Quarries.

Mark Thomas, an avid scuba diver, didn’t seem to notice the ice chunks clinking against his oxygen tank — or the 30-degree temperature, for that matter.

He was too busy snapping photographs of the wintry scene around him and recalling a sight he had just witnessed underwater.

Read the full article at www.dispatch.com.

April 24th, 2014: Link to the original article, which should have been there, was missing so added it.

Destinations & Sites

Diving Holidays: Top-10 list of dream dive sites

February 1, 2014 UWH

Great Blue Hole, Coast of Belize - a phenomeno... — Great Blue Hole, Coast of Belize – a phenomenon of Karst topography. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

So, your next diving holiday is still a few months a way and you have not yet chosen where to go. Here is list of the 10 most exotic scuba diving destinations in the world; places to dream about and, who knows, maybe one of them will be your next holiday destination.

Source: www.aluxurytravelblog.com

There’s nothing quite like the scuba dive – you glide downward into what just might as well be another world, and in many ways is. You see things that are impossible anywhere else. It’s a passion that has to be lived to be fully understood. Here’s a look at 10 of the top places in the world to dive, with a look at some specific dives and general locations

Read the full article at www.aluxurytravelblog.com

People and Stories

Under water in an earthquake

January 29, 2014 UWH

Have you ever wondered what an earthquake would feel like if it hit you while scuba diving? If you have, here is a first hand account from Philippines. She survived a big one; 7.2 on the Richter scale.

Source: theguardian.com

I could see waterfalls of sand pouring over the coral, and on the seafloor, a few metres below us, cracks began forming and the sand was sucked down

Read the full article at theguardian.com

People and Stories, Skills and Training

Scuba divers go under the ice

January 26, 2014 UWH

Underwater Herald has earlier brought you a story about How ice prevented the traditional New Year’s dive at Michigan. Now, here is an equally icy story from Quad Cities. In this story, however, it the ice that makes the diver happy and excited.

Source: qctimes.com

The scariest part of scuba diving under ice for Joe Collins of Eldridge is knowing there’s a ceiling 9 inches thick above you.

“You just can’t go up,” Collins said Saturday.

He spent 17 minutes in water that was 36 degrees. Afterwards, he climbed out, where the air was crisp and the temperature was in the teens.

Read the full article at qctimes.com

Divers dip into freezing Iowa water (wqad.com)

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