Founded in 1994, Atlantis Dive Resorts and Liveaboards celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year. With a vision of outstanding value and first class service on top of some of the most bio-diverse dives in the world, it did not take long for Atlantis to become synonymous with first class Philippines dive vacations. From the beginning, with first their resort [...]
Founded by Wolfgang Lenhardt and Bernd Wagner, Lenhardt & Wagner was established in 1975 as a developer and manufacturer of exhaust systems and optimiser of motorcycle engines. Currently one of the world’s leading manufacturers of breathing air compressors, pressurised air cylinders for diving and other high-pressure applications, L&W started to supply high pressure compressors in [...]
Founded in 1963 by Gustav Dalla Valle and Dick Bonin, SCUBAPRO is one of the most iconic dive equipment brands. Revered in the 1960s and early 1970s as the Rolls-Royce of scuba diving, SCUBAPRO is famous for being able to withstand just about any sort of abuse while providing high performance without compromise. The first [...]
World Animal Protection, an international non-profit animal welfare organisation, has launched a petition online to ban Sea World on the Gold Coast in Australia from breeding dolphins in captivity and keeping them in the park. The petition will be submitted to the Queensland government. Bottlenose dolphins performing in Sea World Gold Coast (photo by shutterstock) [...]
For centuries, humans have been trying to devise equipment to enable us to breathe underwater with the US military coming closest to success with the SCUBA (Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) programme designed by Christian Lambert in 1939 that had the unfortunate side effect of leaving divers injured or killed by oxygen toxicity (pure oxygen at [...]
Established in 1960, the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI Worldwide) is one of the largest non-profit dive training and certifying organizations in the world, offering recreational and technical scuba diving and freediving training programs of the highest calibre. As one of the most trusted dive training providers, NAUI’s role as an industry leader has defined [...]
