The Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) project was launched in mid-March, having been funded by the Danish government (masters of wind farming), and the United Nations Development Program-Global Environment Facility (UNDP-GEF). The atlas shows… Continue reading…
Something from the French polymath Victor Hugo, which shows that not everyone loves the sea and what it represents. To Cruel Ocean – Victor Marie Hugo Where are the hapless shipmen? – disappeared, Gone down,… Continue reading…
Hi divers First up, the bad news: there will be no diving in False Bay this weekend. (The Atlantic is a small possibility, maybe on Sunday, but we will wait and see.) The reasons for… Continue reading…
Diving in Cape Town is often done without a Divemaster. Many of the dive sites are shore entries and quite often they are dived by casual divers and groups of friends. Resort environments most often… Continue reading…
Diver Down: Real-World Scuba Accidents and How to Avoid Them – Michael R. Ange This book should be compulsory reading for all careless, lazy, poorly-trained, slapdash or happy-go-lucky divers out there. In fact, for all… Continue reading…
Shadow Divers – Robert Kurson This book is gripping – I loved it. It describes the discovery and diving on a German U-boat in the northern Atlantic Ocean. It took over six years before the… Continue reading…
Seven Tenths: The Sea and Its Thresholds – James Hamilton-Paterson My parents gave me this book when I was fifteen (it was published in 1993) at the end of a school year, and I reread… Continue reading…
We feel quite strongly about this, in the same way that some people feel strongly about supporting the SPCA or Amnesty International. So pardon me if I offend you! If you’re a water user –… Continue reading…
Clearly the makers of Into the Blue, a perfectly benign diving and treasure hunting movie, or some other third force, decided that the first effort did not contain sufficient nudity, and was too heavy on… Continue reading…
Desirous of doing a deep dive for three students busy with their Advanced course, Tony, the students, Tami, Goot and I set off on Saturday 22 January, bright and early from Oceana Powerboat Club near… Continue reading…
