Archive for September 2006

Deeper into Hurghada

September 30, 2006

Words & photos by Paul Vinten No matter what your sport, equipment and technology advances in leaps and bounds enabling participants to continually push back the boundaries which previously held them in check. The world of scuba diving is certainly no stranger to improving technology and better safety standards, particularly in the field of technical [...]

New life in the depths of Hurghada

September 30, 2006

Words & photos by Paul Vinten Back in August of 2004, the Red Sea Association for Diving & Watersports managed a project to remove and re-sink the wreck of the Hebat Allah which had been sitting on the reef outside Hurghada for a number of years. The idea was to create a new artificial wreck [...]

The D.S.S.C.C.D.

September 25, 2006

Words by Aaron Bruce, photos by Sarah Woodford Anyone that read Ron Micjan’s excellent article on the CUMA Rebreather, might be interested in hearing about another military rebreather; the D.S.S.C.C.D. Although out of date and no longer in use, this is still a superb piece of diving kit which can be found for sale at [...]