Scuba divers, get ready for Halloween! Surrounded by “spectator fish” against a coral reef background, divers off Key Largo will transform hollowed-out pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns during the Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest on Sunday, Oct. 24. Buddy teams can meet at Amy Slate’s Amoray Dive Resort, located at mile marker 104.5, to compete during the [...]

  Eleven Florida divers recently became the first “Wreck Trekkers” to complete nine wreck dives as part of the Florida Keys Wreck Trek Passport Program. The dive challenge, developed by tourism officials and area dive operators, showcases the Keys’ string of sunken vessels and artificial reefs. It also awards participants for completing a series of [...]

  A Wreck Trek Passport Program spotlighting the Florida Keys Shipwreck Trail now awaits divers visiting the Keys. Certified divers can explore the destination’s most appealing feature—a string of sunken vessels and artificial reefs—and be awarded for logging back-to-back wreck dives or dives on subsequent visits through Jan. 1, 2012. Divers taking up the challenge [...]

  Divers who want to merge their faith with their passion for scuba diving now have an opportunity. The Reef Ministries Scuba & Scripture Liveaboard Cruise is a liveaboard dive adventure. Divers enjoy Christian fellowship, scuba diving and worshiping God on a weeklong adventure aboard the Aqua Cat off islands of the Bahamas. Activities include snorkeling, [...]

  Diveheart, a national nonprofit that assists disabled scuba divers, is seeking nominations for its hall of fame. The mission of the hall is “to recognize and salute individuals both disabled and able-bodied who have displayed an exceptional commitment to the support, promotion and furtherance of scuba diving for children, adults and veterans with disabilities.” [...]

  Mares Diving, a division of HEAD USA, has announced the relocation of Mares Diving USA headquarters to Boca Raton as of April 5. The Mares Diving division customer service, marketing and logistics currently located in Norwalk, Conn. is moving here under the direction of national sales manager Steve Lamphear. “In order to build upon [...]

  Divers Alert Network, a leader in dive safety and emergency-assistance training, is looking for instructors nationally, including in South Florida. DAN claims that the demand for new instructors is due to the introduction of education programs like Basic Life Support and First Aid and Dive Medicine for Divers, as well as the success of [...]

  An American has been convicted of murdering his wife while scuba diving in the Caribbean, according to FoxNews.com. On Oct. 27 a jury in the British Virgin Islands convicted Rhode Island resident David Swain for killing his wife, Shelley Tyre, while they were scuba diving in 1999. Authorities originally ruled the death an accident [...]

  SI Tech has recalled 65,000 diving air hoses designed for dry suits after a Los Angeles diver drowned when his hose came loose, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. The media company reports that the Swedish manufacturer has ”received six reports of hoses loosening, including the fatal incident, restricting air flow. The hoses are connected to [...]

  Scuba divers one mile off the Town of Palm Beach have found a massive field of the endangered staghorn coral, according to the Palm Beach Post. Divers with the nonprofit Palm Beach County Reef Rescue discovered the coral at a time when town officials object to federal habitat protection for the area. Previously, only small pockets [...]