Links

This page is constantly under review. If you have some favourite diving links please send them to the webmaster (see contacts page for email details). Web pages are often moved or deleted and links may fail to work because of that or for other reasons. Please mail me if you know of any changes to the links below so that I can keep this page current. Thanks.

Magazines - UK

UKDiving - One time Dive magazine site, still some good resources
Dive - Web site of Dive, official BSAC magazine
Divernet - Diver magazine, plus yet more good resources pages
Hot Ribs - RIB magazine

Magazines & News - International

Undercurrent - International
Asian Diver - Pacific
California Diving News - Loads of site reviews for US west coast
X-ray Magazine - Free intenet magazine and news site
Underwater Times - a wide collection of marine news stories
Underwater Journal - a US internet magazine

Dive Planning

BBC Weather - BBC Weather forecast (now have specialised marine services)
Weather On Line - interesting features
Weather Jack - more weather forecasts
XCWeather - another interesting and informative format for weather forecasting
Marinecall - marine weather forecasts texted to your mobile
British Hyperbaric Association - Information includes map and details of UK decompression chambers (updated)
Marine & Coast Agency - Government organisation responsible for Marine issues
Sea Safety - RNLI Sea Safety pages
Netdoctor.co.uk - Various useful bits - includes listings of hospitals with A&E details
Dive in the Pink - site detailing a selection of shore dives in the UK and abroad
D Cordes site - dive sites in North East England
Easytide - 6 days of tides almost anywhere in the world (c/o the Admiralty) - revised link
BSAC - BSAC's dive planning resources page, buggy due to hosting change!
Curry house search engine - another vital UK trip planning tool
Multimap - on line maps
Ordnance Survey - get a map service
Streetmap - more on-line maps
SSAC - Scottish Sub Aqua club - good reference for Scottish sites
Scuba Divers in the English Lake District - click on the "go scuba" button for the real treasure of this marvellous site
Marine Electronics - Richard Bufton's site has some info on the Lleyn Peninsula
Also check out the UK Diving and Divernet links above which have loads of planning resources.

Equipment

Morecambe Area Divers - Dive Shop, BSAC Centre of Excellence & BSAC Technical Centre for BSAC diver training
Aqualung - manufacturers
Buddy
ScubaPro
Typhoon International
Divers Warehouse (Bradford) - Dive Shop
Deep Blue - Dive Centre & Shop
UK Dive shows
RIBS4sale - New & secondhand RIBS
Lost Kit - Web site offering a service that may re-unite you with your lost kit

Photography

John Liddiard Underwater - Underwater Photography around the world
Intimate Views - an exhibition of pictures from Lancashire MCS
Underwater Photography Magazine - On line downloadable magazine
http://www.uwimaging.com/ - ditto
http://www.wetpixel.com/ - informative US web site dedicated to digital underwater photography
http://www.digideep.com/ - on-line directory for digital camera equipment
Cameras Underwater - Underwater photography retailer (in the SouthWest)
CU Photoschool - Cameras Underwater's micro site giving advice on u/w photo technique
Divernet Photographic Pages - articles & other resources for u/w photography
Backscatter - An interesting web site from Monterey based shop

Marine Life Guides

Scottish Nudibranches - an excellent on-line guide
Sea life of the Maldives - critters to be seen by divers and snorkellers
Marlin - growing & comprehensive online guide to UK sea critters
Marine life images.com - useful site with categorised photos of various tropical species
Marine Fish and Invertebrates - website of the book - information & fantastic photos
Fishbase - useful if you know what you've seen and want to find out more
Fish on line - Web based version of the Good Fish Guide
British Isles Seaweed Images - wondering what that seaweed is? This is the site for you

Societies / Organisations - Marine Life

British Marine Life Study Society
British Divers Marine Life Rescue
Marine Conservation Society
Marine Conservation Society - Lancashire Branch
Cetacean sighting diary - Manx Whale & Dolphin Watch's on-line sightings diary
Australian Marine Conservation Society
The Basking Shark Project
The Shark Trust
Reefquest Centre for Shark Research
Whales - everything you could want to know about whales and dolphins
Whale Watch
Earth Dive - runs the Global Dive Log, invites divers to log their dives online for scientific purposes
Sea Watch - The Sea Watch Foundation - marine life monitoring and logging
St Abbs Marine Reserve - Good site with loads of info on the reserve, diving and other aspects of the area

Societies / Organisations - Wrecks

Receiver of Wreck - Branch of the MCA concerned with ownership of wrecks (and the parts thereof)
uboat.net - the U-boat war 1939-45
Shipwrecks of Scotland - Interesting detail on some Scottish Wrecks plus others in the UK
Shipwrecks Magazine
Irish Wrecks Online - web site with dive related data for wrecks around Ireland
Wreck Detectives - web site of the channel 4 series

Societies / Organisations - Nautical Archaeology

Franck Goddio / Society for underwater exploration
Nautical Archaeology Society
Lochaline Dive Centre - Dive centre on the Sound of Mull, NAS links

Holidays / Dive Centres

mm-sub - Diving in Lumbarda
scuba shack - Dive in South Africa (Great Whites etc etc etc)
Loch Fyne - diving loch Fyne from a small hardboat
Dive Sea & The Hebrides - a dive centre in Skye (we've been and it was good!)
Gulen Dive Centre - interesting Norwegian Dive Centre

Topical

British Diving Safety Group - Safety advice & information from a group of diving organisations
Diving Medicine Online - Looks like a comprehensive guide to diving medicine
Diving Diseases Research Centre - Topical research on various diving/medical issues
e-med - web-based medical services including consultation. Also medicals & recompression chamber (but London based)
BSAC medical section - BSAC's on-line medical information section
Animated knots - some animated illustration of useful knots
Google Earth - the latest version of this software includes layers for the Ocean

BSAC News