News
Get Ready For OZTeK2015
With speakers drawn from around the world and topics and talks that span the complete range of diving interests, from mysterious wrecks and magnificent underwater cave systems through to the latest innovations in equipment and imaging technologies, OZTeK2015 is firmly focussed on the diving world of tomorrow.
To be held at Australian Technology Park, Sydney, on the 14 – 15 March 2015, OZTeK2015 represents an opportunity to meet, listen to and learn from some of modern diving’s most accomplished personalities, people who already include: Liam Allen (AUS)- a GUE Instructor Evaluator and deep shipwreck and cave explorer; Michael Aw (AUS) – Author, explorer and multi-award winning conservation photographer; Dr Peter Buzzacott (AUS) – Cave diving explorer who conducts decompression experiments at the University of Western Brittany, in France ; Steve Cox, (USA) – cave and wreck explorer; John Dalla-Zuanna (AUS) – A cave diving instructor involved in on-going deep surveys and mapping projects of significant Australian and New Zealand cave systems; Dr Andrew Fock, (AUS) – Hyperbaric medical specialist and explorer; Paul Haynes, (UK) – CCR and SCR Instructor Trainer and member of a wreck research group; Heather Hamza, (USA) – CCR-trained technical diver and marine conservationist; Dr Richard Harris, (AUS) – Hyperbaric physician and recipient of the OZTeK’09 Outstanding Achievement Award for his contributions to cave diving exploration; Lamar Hires, (USA) – Diving explorer and technical diving pioneer; Paul Hosie, (AUS) – Recipient of the OZTeK2002 Diver of the Year Award for his contributions to remote cave exploration and mapping; Trevor Jackson, (AUS) – Researching, locating and diving more than two dozen previously unknown shipwrecks, he is a former recipient of the OZTeK Diver of the Year Award for his contributions to deep wreck exploration; Laura James, (USA); Richard Lundgren, (Sweden) – GUE Training Director, founder of the Baltic Sea Divers and Ocean Discovery diving groups; Alberto Nava, (USA) – underwater cartographer and explorer working on the caves of the Yucatan Peninsula; Michael Menduno, (USA) – Former publisher of iconic ‘aquaCORPS’ magazine and the man who coined the term, “Technical Diving”; Rod Macdonald, (UK) – Deep wreck diver and author; Barry McGill, (Ireland) – Deep wreck explorer and photographer; Daren Marshall (AUS) – A Cave Trimix CCR Diver & Advanced Wreck Instructor who has participated in expeditions around the world, including the Maldives Blue Holes, Thai & European cave systems.; Pete Mesley, (NZ) – CCR Diver dedicated to researching, finding, diving and photographing wrecks; Assoc. Professor Simon Mitchell, (NZ) – Universally acknowledged as a leading authority on hyperbaric medicine, he is an avid diver who uses rebreathers to pursue his interest in deep wrecks and photography; Martin Parker (UK) – Managing Director and owner of Ambient Pressure Diving, manufacturers of the Inspiration and Evolution rebreathers; Simon Pridmore, (Indonesia) – A pioneer of Technical diving in Asia; Ben Reymenants, (Thailand) – CCR Rebreather Instructor and record-holding cave diver involved in exploring Thailand’s Song Hong cave systems; Lance Robb, (AUS) – CCR Instructor and deep shipwreck explore; Liz Rogers, (AUS) – Cave diver and underwater cave photographer; Dave Ross, (Philippines) – Wreck diver and co-founder of the Asian Karst Exploration Project ( AKEP ) exploring new cave systems in the Central Philippines ; Jonas Samuelson, (Sweden) – Technical Instructor trainer and deep shipwreck explorer; Damien Siviero, (AUS) – A CCR wreck explorer and photographer specialising in deep still photo and video work; Randy Thornton, (USA) – a CCR Trimix Instructor Trainer and CCR Cave Instructor, a member of the TDI Advisory Panel and founder and organiser of the TEKDiveUSA Conference; Paul Toomer, (UK) – Cave and wreck diving explorer, CCR Instructor Trainer and Training Director for RAID, and Mike Torr, (NZ) – Technical wreck diving explorer and photographer.
With more presenters still to be announced and talks that will spark the imagination, further information about OZTeK2015 – including details about the Photo Competition and the Gala Awards Dinner – can be found on the website at www.diveoztek.com.au or by contacting the organisers at info@diveoztek.com.au (Sue Crowe), or strike@diveoztek.com.au (David Strike).
News
Dive Worldwide Announces Bite-Back as its Charity of the Year
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
Gear News
Scubapro Free Octopus Promotion 2024
Free Octopus with every purchase of a SCUBAPRO regulator system
Just in time for the spring season, divers can save money with the FREE OCTOPUS SPRING PROMOTION! Until July 31st SCUBAPRO offers an Octopus for free
with every purchase of a regulator system!
Get a free S270 OCTOPUS with purchase of these combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with A700
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with S620Ti
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with D420
MK25 EVO Din mit S620Ti-X
Get a free R105 OCTOPUS with purchase of the following combinations:
MK25 EVO or MK19 EVO with G260
MK25 EVO or MK17 EVO with S600
SCUBAPRO offers a 30-year first owner warranty on all regulators, with a revision period of two years or 100 dives. All SCUBAPRO regulators are of course certified according to the new European test standard EN250-2014.
Available at participating SCUBAPRO dealers. Promotion may not be available in all regions. Find an authorized SCUBAPRO Dealer at scubapro.com.
More information available on www.scubapro.com.
-
News3 months ago
Hone your underwater photography skills with Alphamarine Photography at Red Sea Diving Safari in March
-
News3 months ago
Capturing Critters in Lembeh Underwater Photography Workshop 2024: Event Roundup
-
Marine Life & Conservation Blogs3 months ago
Creature Feature: Swell Sharks
-
Blogs2 months ago
Murex Resorts: Passport to Paradise!
-
Blogs2 months ago
Diver Discovering Whale Skeletons Beneath Ice Judged World’s Best Underwater Photograph
-
Gear Reviews2 weeks ago
GEAR REVIEW – Revolutionising Diving Comfort: The Sharkskin T2 Chillproof Suit
-
Gear Reviews3 months ago
Gear Review: Oceanic+ Dive Housing for iPhone
-
Marine Life & Conservation2 months ago
Save the Manatee Club launches brand new webcams at Silver Springs State Park, Florida