"Things Your Instructor Didn't Tell You!" has a full page of bad scuba humor... check it out.
Handicapped Scuba Association, a non-profit organization, has dedicated
itself to improving the physical and social well being of people with
disabilities through the exhilarating sport of scuba diving and in doing
so has become a worldwide authority in the field.
DIVING TRAINING
SHIPS & VESSELS
DIVING MEDICINE & RESEARCH
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DIVE TRAINING & SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS
- The Emergency Services Dive Association promotes standards in education, training and equipment within the emergency services diving community, including military, fire departments, and police agencies across North America and the world.
- This resource provides information of interest to public safety divers. DiveRescue.COM is maintained by Chris Hemingson, president of the Whatcom County, WA Dive Rescue team.
- Sub Ocean Safety--We exposed the human rights issue of diver abuse in the developing nations. Learn more about this problem and our organization's efforts, as well as hyperbaric medicine and diving
safety.
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) complete
Diving Manual is online, covering a complete array of topics.
- The National Academy of Police Diving, a not for profit corporation, was founded in 1988 by a group of full time Law Enforcement Divers who realized the need for standardization of Police Diver Training.
- Divers Alert Network (DAN) is an international, nonprofit, diving safety association affiliated with Duke University Medical Center.
- Florida State University's Academic Diving Program is organized into three programs: Professional Science, Instructional & Recreational diving.
- International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) is the world's largest training organization of nitrox, enriched and enhanced air, technical divers and instructors.
- The National Association for Cave Diving was established in 1968 for the purpose of achieving safer cave diving through training and education.
- The NAUI Home Page is your officially authorized information link with the National Association of Underwater Instructors.
- The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) web site allows you to choose text only, or text and graphics.
- In 1959 the YMCA became the first organization to certify SCUBA Instructors and divers based on defined national standards. Today the YMCA offers more than 25 courses in aquatic training.
DIVING MUSEUMS & HISTORY
- Historical Diving Society USA was created to preserve, study, and promote our diving heritage.
- The Institute of Diving is an independent, voluntary, educational, non-profit corporation that operates the Museum of Man in the Sea in Panama City Beach, Florida.
- Ocean Planet is an impressive cyber-exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
WRECK DIVING
- The UK Wreck Database's
primary search system is a hierarchical map of the United Kingdom. The site relies heavily on forms and imagemaps.
- The extensive Guide to Historic Wreck Sites page is maintained by the Archaeological Diving Unit of the University of St. Andrews.
- The Northern Shipwreck Database has 51,000 records. This is their FAQ.
- Isle Royale in Lake Superior is a National Park offering six historic wreck diving sites. Aqualand offers an excellent history and summary of each site.
- The Baltic sea, in northern Europe, has a brackish sea where wood is preserved for centuries.
Nordic Underwater Archaeology is the subject of Per Akesson's web page.
OTHER DIVING LINKS
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Dirk Pitt is the well known alter-ego of Clive Cussler, both underwater
adventurers and bearers of the wreck diving banner to the world. Diver
Magazine writer Stephen Weir reflects on Cussler, who first dove in 1951
while in the Navy, and later founded the National Underwater & Marine
Agency (NUMA).
- You will enjoy Mel Fisher's Treasure Hunting Exhibit. The site features the fabulous treasure of the Atocha, Santa Margarita, and other amazing shipwrecks discovered by Mel Fisher, the self-proclaimed "world's
greatest treasure hunter."
- Visit the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation's website.
- Have you ever wondered, while watching movies like The Abyss, True Lies, Cliffhanger, Waterworld, Batman or The Rock, who the divers are who get to do all that cool underwater work? Go to
Frogmen on the Silver Screen to find out!
- The volunteer Kuwait Diving Team for Rescue & Salvage was recognized by the United Nations for it's outstanding achievements in ridding the Kuwait marine environment from debris left by the Iraqi invaders. Here is their story.
- Here is a factual report of a shark attack which occurred near Monterey, California. It is posted by Marco Flagg, owner of Desert Star Systems and inventor of the DiveTracker.
- Should Nitrox be Used by Recreational Divers? R. W. "Bill" Hamilton, Ph.D., explores this topic in a magazine reprint from "Pressure" (1991) on Rick Bauman's Scuba Page.
- The Abyss is one of the most popular deep diving movies since Wake of the Red Witch. Here is the original screenplay by James Cameron!
- A page dedicated to the Bravest Fighting Men who ever walked the Earth, the U.S. Navy SEALs. Underwater with an attitude!
- Navy frogman Buster Crabb was the subject of a major Cold War incident when he disappeared in the water during a covert mission. Wild rumours circulated, suggesting that Crabb had been abducted by the Russians. Now the former head of Soviet Naval Intelligence reveals what really
happened.
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