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We are in May 2012, issue number 05, one more special - now about Bonaire, one of the international dive destinations most sought after by Brazilian divers. Almost 30 pages about this amazing Caribbean island with everything you need to know and further to enjoy everything the island has to offer to us divers. Wine and diving: our contributor went to explore the Italian region of Liguria and brought us an explosive, romantic and charming article with the bonus of tech dives in shipwrecks from the First and Second World Wars. The debut of our newest Board member and contributor Gabriel Ganme with his column on sharks, uncut and uncensored, brings everything you need to get to know better these animals which nowadays number among the most endangered in the oceans, as without knowledge there is no way to protect them. Ary Amarante pleases us with his brilliant portfolio; our invited guest of the month unveils pictures of his most recent book “Vida Marinha” [Marine Life]. An exclusive coverage of the Adventure Sports Fair, new products, and news, whatever important happened in the world of diving in the last few days, all this and much more here in DIVEMAG.
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14::Discovering Bonaire 45::Environment: Coral Restoration 51::Adventure Sports Fair 2012 61::Italy: Water and Wine 79::The World of Sharks: with Gabriel Ganme 85::Photography: New Releases 87::Series>>Caring for your Gear 94::Test: We Use 98::Sea Shepherd 100:: Invited Photographer: Ary Amarante 112::Certifying Agencies and the market
I close this issue while packing for the Shootout Brazil Curaçao, the most expected photo event of the year. Together with Daniel Botelho, Carolina Schrappe, Cristian Dimitrius and Reinaldo Alberti we will host more than 40 divers in the warm waters of Curaçao for workshops, talks, a scavenger hunt and much fun!
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Novos Materiais para o Treinamento de Profissionais SSI A Scuba Schools International (SSI), empresa pioneira em suporte aos Negócios e Educação, anunciou recentemente seu NOVO ITC em Nova Orleans, LA, onde o programa foi recebido com muito entusiasmo.
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DOCUMENTARY ON LAJE DE SANTOS PREMIERES AT THE SOUND AND IMAGE MUSEUM ON TUESDAY MAY 15 Big Paul e Clóvis Benno
Desde 1970, a SSI é líder na Educação de Profissionais e nos últimos 18 meses, reescreveu e reestruturou seu Material para Profissionais de Mergulho de uma maneira muito lógica e progressiva, para atender as necessidades atuais do mercado consumidor e reforçar seu comprometimento com a qualidade. O objetivo é simples: adquirir novos e dedicados profissionais de mergulho ! Com as novas mudanças, a carreira do Profissional de Mergulho SSI segue por estas etapas:
The first documentary about one of the main dive locations in Brazil premiered May 15th. With support from the Cultural Action Program of the State Secretariat of Culture of São Paulo (ProAc), the movie “Laje dos Sonhos” had its first open – and free - session at the Sound and Image Museum.
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DIVE GUIDE SSI: Dive Guide é o primeiro passo para se tornar um Profissional de Mergulho SSI, e o Guia de Mergulho pode guiar mergulhadores certificados no turismo subaquático. Dive Guide é o passo inicial para os mergulhadores que querem estar mais envolvidos, mas não estão preparados para ser um Instrutor SSI. O curso de Dive Guide aborda Treinamento usando uma aplicação prática, informaçãoes e flexibilidade. O objetivo é criar Profissionais de Mergulho mais preparados, versáteis e de acordo com as necessidades do mercado. DIVEMASTER SSI: Após o Dive Guide, o próximo passo é Divemaster. A fim de alcançar esse objetivo, os Guias de Mergulho devem completar o curso de Ciência do Mergulho, uma especialidade sem obrigatoriedade de mergulho, que incorpora informações mais aprofundadas sobre a física, fisiologia, teoria da descompressão, equipamentos e ambiente aquático. Uma vez concluída esta etapa, o Dive Guide vai ser automaticamente reconhecido como Divemaster SSI. Os Divemasters podem ajudar os Instrutores Open Water SSI durante o treinamento de águas confinadas e abertas, sob supervisão direta. DIVE CONTROL SPECIALIST SSI :Profissionais de Mergulho devotados e motivados a dividir sua paixão pelo Mergulho Recreacional com outros encontrarão no Curso de DiveCon uma experiência gratificante, que vai abrir as portas para a Instrução na prática. Como DiveCon, os Profissionais podem ensinar habilidades em sala de aula e piscina, sob supervisão indireta de um Instrutor Open Water SSI (com exceção de habilidades de emergência), podem conduzir o programa de Atualização das Habilidades de Mergulho Scuba (Scuba Skills Update), o curso de Snorkeling SSI e o programa de Try Scuba SSI (somente na piscina). Nos dias 7 e 8 de Fevereiro, a SSI anunciou o fechamento desse NOVO caminho: o ITC – Curso de Treinamento de Instrutores. Os 25 Instrutores Trainer presentes foram os primeiros em uma série de 9 Atualizações para Trainers agendadas para o ano de 2012 nos EUA. Watson DeVore, Diretor de Educação da SSI, anunciou “O objetivo do novo ITC é superar o mercado. Não somente treinar uma pessoa que possa ensinar alguém a mergulhar. Queremos treinar TODOS os novos candidatos a Instrutor para que eles possam passar a melhor experiência de mergulho e a criar mergulhadores! A conclusão desse NOVO programa vai criar novos Profissionais SSI e fazer com que a indústria cresça.” Em breve, a SSI também vai implementar a mesma metodologia no dentro do mercado brasileiro.
The documentary presented the first marine protected area of the State of São Paulo, the State Marine Park of Laje de Santos (PEMLS). The movie is the product of 22 days of filming between January and February of this year. In “Laje dos Sonhos”, director Raquel Pellegrini portrayed the interaction of man with the PEMLS and rescued interesting stories: “one of the main characters of the documentary is diver Clóvis Benno de Carvalho, who visits the place since the 1960´s”.
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Discovering BONAIRE Text and photos: Kadu Pinheiro
With the mission of writing a complete and refined article about Bonaire, I prepared my photographic and diving gear and went to this island which I longed to know for a long time. Much is said about Bonaire, about the easiness of shore diving, the island´s hospitality and the natural beauty of its waters. Now seriously, hearing a lot about a destination creates an anticipation not always fulfilled, more so for someone who´s already travelled to the four corners of the world. But Bonaire did surprise me. The sheer number of articles and the passion by some friends and photographers for this small Caribbean island always intrigued me, and now I could check with my own eyes and lenses why does this island conquer so many hearts, and why Brazilian divers consider it their as their own backyard.
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Invited by TCB (Tourism Corporation Bonaire) and duly nestled in the Plaza Resort Bonaire, I began my visit and my exploration of the island using a pickup truck kindly offered by Budget Rental Car. Certainly the best way to get to know the island in its entirety is to rent a car, as although there are packages with boat dives only, the real spirit of the island is “drive and dive”.
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Originally, Bonaire was one of the five island territories of the Dutch Antilles, together with Aruba and Curaçao, undoubtedly the three most important islands for Brazilian divers. From October 10, 2010, the Antilles no longer are a unified political entity; Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius became Dutch municipalities, while Curaçao and St. Marteen became independent States. Bonaire has a surface area of 288 sq. km (111 square miles), and a small uninhabited island with a well-preserved coral reef and which after a hurricane which hit it was partially damaged, and only now shows signs of recovery.
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According to the last census, population was 14,006 inhabitants in December 2006. The island is circled by a magic coral reef, easily accessed from shore along its western and southern sides, a feature that marvels all lovers of aquatic sports. Besides, all the island´s coastline was declared as a Sanctuary for marine life and ecosystem preservation. The island is full of trails and tracks through which one reaches the marvels of its hinterland: saltwater lakes, such as Goto Lake, home to 20,000 flamingos; or the native fauna and flora, protected in a National Park with 55 sq. km established in 1969, which harbors more than 195 bird species.
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DESTINATION | BONAIRE | By: Kadu Pinheiro Official languages are Dutch, Papiamento and English, this latter becoming the official language of the Dutch Antilles in March 2007. In practice, Spanish and English are widely spoken around the island, but interest in tourism led to a widening of languages used, so much so that one easily finds people versed in many other idioms such as Portuguese, French, Italian, among others. In the island of Bonaire the economy is based mainly on tourism. Faithful keeper of the environment, the government works together with tourism and business investors in caring and maintaining the natural environment which holds the enchantment attracting tourists from all over the world and hosting divers and swimmers on its reefs around the island and easily accessible from shore. Bonaire is world famous for its excellent dive and is repeatedly ranked among the best dive spots on the planet. Unveiling its areas, in the southeast the visitor finds deeper waters and good winds, therefore an excellent spot for intermediary level navigators. For adventurers seeking to improve their abilities in kitesurfing there´s a sure spot at Lac Bay, in the eastern side of the island, also windsurfers´ paradise. Taty Frans Tonky, together with other locals, were among the Top 5 freestyle athletes in global windsurfing in 2004.
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Nowadays the unified effort directed at ensuring a healthy growth for the island offers visitors new activities such as biking, spaces for relaxation and rest, family and children activities, a gastronomic variety to suit every palate, nightlife and fun, also becoming a romantic destination in the Caribbean.
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Bonaire´s Historical References Due to its key location in the Caribbean Sea, its History has reflexes of many cultures. There are vestiges of archeological remains of caquetío Indians found in areas northeast of Kralendijk, who might possibly have arrived in canoes. In 1499, Alonso de Ojeda discovered Curaçao in the company of Amerigo Vespucci and Juan de la Cosa, calling it Island of Brazilwood or “Island of Brazil”. The Spanish conquerors decided further that the islands held no interest for exploitation. From 1526 onwards Juan de Ampiés brought some of the original caquetío Indian inhabitants to Bonaire and Curaçao. Also domestic animals such as goats, horses, donkeys, cows and others were imported from Spain, mainly to the sectors near Rincón. In 1623 the Dutch West India Company shows interest in victualing there for meat, water and wood. The Dutch and Spanish fought over Bonaire from 1568 to 1648 during the Eighty Years War. In 1633 the Dutch, after having lost St. Marteen to the Spanish, attacked Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba as a reprisal.
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Bonaire was conquered in March 1636 and the Dutch built Fort Orange in 1639. At that time a small number of African slaves were put to work together with Indians and convicts in a Brazilwood and corn plantation, besides the salt pans. Huts built entirely in rock and too short for a man to stand inside it are still seen in the Rincón area, along the salt pans, as a sad remembrance of Bonaire´s past and cultures. After a long wait, many slaves were slowly freed and became free men with an obligation to pay some services to the government. The remaining slaves were freed on September 30, 1862 under the framework of the Emancipation regulations. Many inhabitants were forced to migrate to Aruba, Curaçao and Venezuela by the end of that century, as land was sold to private entrepreneurs. During World War II the United States Army built the Flaming airport as an air base. After Germany invaded the Netherlands in March 10, 1940, many Dutch and German citizens were interned in a camp in Bonaire for the duration of the war. After it, Bonaire´s economy kept evolving. The airport became a civilian one and hotel building began. Salt production was resumed in 1966. An oil terminal, Bonaire Petroleum Corporation (BOPEC), was opened in 1975 for oil trans-shipment. Until today it keeps its natural beauty, willing to host anyone interested in enjoying its enchantment.
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DESTINATION | BONAIRE | By: Kadu Pinheiro Considered a diver´s paradise, Bonaire is an island located in the southern part of the Caribbean, under Dutch administration, and is near Venezuela, where you find extremely calm seas, offering excellent dives for every level. The island os part of the Caribbean ABC, being the second largest island in the region.
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All the coast around the island was declared officially as a Marine Park, and diving is unlimited; you can get in the water anytime day or night. On the island you dive 24/7, just getting the tanks, parking the car in one of the tens of beaches and getting in the water.
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Along the whole year the average water temperature oscillates around 27째C and visibility between 20 and 30 meters. With 60 of the 86 official dive sites located by the island, they are easily accessible by divers from shore, which highlighted Bonaire as one of the main shore dive destinations of the world.
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Most dives are done from shore, as there are no waves and currents in the internal part of the island. Dive spots are identified through small yellow stones with the site name in black. You just have to take a map, find a spot to park the car, and go diving. It is very common also to find divers of older age, given the easiness of diving there.
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There is much marine wildlife to be seen, and the waters are warm, calm and extremely clear. During dives in more than 60 sites duly identified in maps, the diver might see from small critters to turtles, tarpon and Spotted Eagle Rays. The bottom in Bonaire is always multicolored, given the diversity of corals, critters and fish inhabiting the area. It´s like diving in an immense marine aquarium, forgetting time, stress and the madness of our daily lives. Around the island there are shipwrecks such as Hilma Hooker, which foundered in 1984 and is one of the most famous and visited wrecks in the world. Another important shipwreck is Windjammer, a tech dive as it lies 60 meters deep, a dive we skipped this time. I had the pleasure of being accompanied by our columnist and athlete Carol Schrappe, who´s been to the island many times, and with her usual joyfulness served as guide and model for the photos in this article. Carol was there also for training with the freediving super record holder, Venezuelan Carlos Coste, as we reported in Divemag´s third issue.
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THE HILMA HOOKER Resting today some 30 meters deep, Hilma Hooker is not a dive site only for those passionate for wreck dives. It´s a spot for all divers, as it became a veritable oasis of life in the sandy and coralline bottom of Bonaire.
The Hilma Hooker´s Story Built in the Netherlands in 1951, this cargo ship was renamed several times (a practice linked to bad luck in naval tradition), having been previously the Doric Express, The Anna, The William Express, The Mistral and The Midsland. Its last registry was as Hilma Hooker sailing under a Colombian flag.
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During this inspection a false hold was discovered where more than eleven tons of marijuana were found, leading to the seizure of the ship and arrest of its crew. As the real owner of the ship could not be found, it laid at the harbor in Bonaire, creating expenses for the island´s port authority.
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In 1984 the Hilma Hooker had engine power problems, docking at the Bonaire harbor. Dutch authorities were wary of the ship´s lack of documentation (such as a cargo manifest) and decided to make an inspection aboard.
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THE WRECK In September 1984 the authorities decided it would be better to anchor the ship over the sandy bottom between two coral banks off the island´s coast, near Angel City, and it that same month the ship sunk. Some people say it was the fault of one of the water pumps draining water from damage in the hull. Others say local divers bought it from the port authority and sunk it, and there are yet others who say it was an illegal operation done on purpose to create a new dive site.
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With its starboard (right) side resting on the seabed, this wreck offers a great dive for all levels, beginning at 16 meters deep and going down to 30. It is possible to do excellent dives only around the external area of the wreck, with lots of life, tarpon, rays and barracuda easily seen around the ship.
For those with a wreck specialty certification there are several penetration points, where two divers can enter side by side, with excellent views to the ship´s interior which is well preserved, the bridge being an attraction in itself.
It is possible to do more technical penetrations going to the engine rooms and other less accessible areas, noting that adequate training and lots of experience are essential for it. We had the opportunity to explore some of the ship´s compartments with great tranquility, , resulting in great photos.
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SALT PIER: Due to safety concerns, this dive requires authorization from the port authority and a divemaster guide. The columns sustaining the pier and the fish living around it are the great attractions of this dive. Barracudas, tarpon and schools of jacks are always nearby. Basket sponges and coral trees adorn the columns. Sunlight playing through the pillars create a great effect for wide angle photos. Night dives at this site are also excellent. It is definitely worth the investment of hiring a guide to dive there, and more once in a week of dives in Bonaire.
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ANGEL CITY: This dive site is characterized by a double reef located in the southeast coast of the island, alongside the Hilma Hooker. The dive is done in a sandy area 18 meters deep. The double reef is full of crevices and holes inhabited by a wide variety of marine life. The site name, Angel City, is due to the great number of angelfish who call this place home. This site presents an excellent bottom topography, mild currents and fascinating underwater scenery. Besides angelfish, one can also see sponges, corals gorgonians, nudibranchs and garden eels.
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1000 Steps: This dive site has a reef located in the northwest coast of the island of Bonaire. It is arguably the most famous of Bonaire given its excellent visibility and abundance of marine life, and was named 1000 Steps due to the stairs with 64 steps which shore divers will have to face until getting to the water. After the dive, these 64 steps feel like 1000 on your way back up! Common species here are corals sponges, parrotfish, French Angelfish, surgeonfish, striped surgeonfish, filefish, boxfish, and trumpetfish.
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At this point entry and exit of the dive require a little more attention from the diver. Stairs with some 20 steps take you to the entry point where a small deck is frequently covered by the waves. Try to enter the water on its right side and use the platform as support to put your fins on. The bottom is rocky and attention is needed to avoid injuries. Once you reach a comfortable depth, juts deflate the BC and start the dive. The effort is well worth it.
The wall starts walking distance the coast and almost falls vertical beyond 50 feet, well covered with tufts sponges and-red tubular gorgonians, gigantic trees of soft corals, anemones and variety invertebrate absurd.
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It is common to see turtles, barracuda and large parrotfish at this location, a large current is found to 18 meters and follows into the abyss, and of course, was the wondering how far it would take me ...
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Buddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Reef: This is one of the best known sites in Bonaire, the house reef of the Buddy Dive Hotel, home to tarpon and frogfish, and a great spot for night dives, very well marked and with cabling to the hotel pier where you can enter and exit in comfort using the access stairs.
Alice in Wonderland: This dive is characterized by a reef at the southwest coast of Bonaire, near Angel City. The slope descends to a sandy area some 24 meters deep until reaching the reef which goes to 30 meters. There is also a sandy channel inhabited by a great variety of marine life. This site is subject to strong currents, therefore care should be redoubled.
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Invisibles: The dive begins in a white sand plateau which extends for some hundred meters towards the open sea. During this stretch it is common to see schools of squid, which by the way offered us a side show during our dive, Spotted eagle rays and stingrays camouflaged in the sand also being common. Before reaching the wall there is a coral garden and right after the depth suddenly falls from 12 to 30 meters. Following due south a sandy channel divides the reef. Formations at this site are different from anywhere else in Bonaire, as the reef is not continuous and forms great bommies, which look like islands in the sand. Normally the second reef is seen from the channel, with its top at 24 meters and falling again on the outside to more than 45 meters. At this site great schools of jacks, sardines and barracudas are common. The walls are covered in stony corals. In the sandy bottom between bommies there are several eel gardens. Water visibility here is Caribbean Top Ten!
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18th Palm: Located in front of Plaza Resort, this reef has some unique features given that it inclines down to a sandy surface which slips further down to the south. While following it one finds another reef at some 24 meters deep; here bigger species can be found. It is a great spot for underwater photo due to the excellent visibility and abundance of life, and marine vegetation present around this dive site. Common species include sponges, corals, gorgonians, sea plumes, sea whips, flamingo tongues, Christmas Tree worms, tarpon, leopard rays, spider crabs, hermit crabs, lobsters, shrimp and frogfish. Besides the sites described above, Bonaire has infinity of other points and basically dives are done along walls, where depth can vary from 3 to 45 meters. Night dives are very calm and for tech dives one can visit the Windjammer wreck, hich lies at 60 meters deep and requires a boat and a guide to get to it.
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Klein Bonaire Just off Bonaire there´s an island uninhabited island called Klein Bonaire, often visited by dive boats. Its outer side allows for encounters with pelagics and even small sharks are seen if you´re lucky.
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Sorobon (East Coast) On the other side of the island, also known as the “outer sea”, there´s practically no shore dive due to the sea conditions being very rough. The dive operation is done with a large inflatable, in the purest SEAL style. It´s a maximum five minutes of total rock and roll, jumping waves and the agitated sea, then a drift dive, with the possibility of seeing lots of large creatures, turtles galore (I counted more than 30 in a single dive), Spotted Eagle rays, plenty of tarpon and even sharks which are often see on this side of the island. For those who like adventures this dive is a must-do. Naturally, by the description of the site, it is recommended for advanced divers who have had previous experience in choppy seas. For more information: www.bonaireeastcoastdiving. com
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CAVES: Bonaire also has some amazing caves, where you can snorkel in the company of local guides. To me, a cave diver, it is clear that there is much more to be explored in the island regarding tech dive and cavern and cave diving, after much chatting and much anticipation for a future dive expedition focused on thus kind of dive. For more information: www.jentis-tours.com
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WHERE TO STAY IN BONAIRE
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There´s an infinity of accommodation options in Bonaire, going from luxury resorts to the simplest Bed & Breakfast. The absolute majority faces the sea, and many have dive shops. Upon invitation from TCB we visited some of these, where we were very well received, hosts opening their facilities for us to peruse details including rooms, leisure areas and, of course, the dives a few steps from their properties. Check it out:
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A very well located hotel with 200 comfortable apartments, divided between rooms and villas, overlooking the sea or its private lagoon. All are equipped with air conditioning, TV, phone and minibar. Villas are apartments for up to four people with a complete kitchen and living room. The hotel offers a complete infrastructure for divers through Tucan Dive, one of the most traditional shops on the island. Besides it offers other facilities such as convention hall, fitness center, pools, tennis court, beauty salon, several shops and three restaurants. The great differential is in being up to now the only hotel of the island offering an “all-inclusive” meal package with all meals, snacks and beverages, which I tried and am grateful for.
Carol stayed at this congenial hotel, where the owners make a point of being present all the time. Her choice was not random as here there is a structure for freedive training and courses. Besides, WannaDive, the hotel dive operator, is also one of the few geared up for tech dives. The hotel was refurbished and its difference is in the boutique style it is adopting, with a very cool common area, pool with wooden deck, beach with lounge chairs and a very good restaurant, the Spice. Rooms are divided in suites and apartments which also host up to four people and have a full kitchen.
Together with Plaza Resort Bonaire this is one of the most traditional options for Brazilian divers. It boasts a privileged location for nautical sports. There are four buildings with single, double, quadruple and sextuple apartments, all equipped with kitchen, TV, phone and other amenities. A beautiful sunset overlooking Klein Bonaire and undoubtedly one of the best night dives on the island are also found there. Its dive shop is well known by Brazilians, offering all sorts of dives, including one of the few complete structures on the island (gear and gases) for tech dives.
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SUN RENTALS Friends and families who like to rent a condo will find it here, one of the best options on the island, with complete houses and a dive shop with ten years´ tradition in Bonaire. Everything is well cared for and well kept. AS a differential for divers, they offer Kayak Diving, so you can access sites along the coast not reachable by car, for instance. It is suggested that you do a quick course on kayak use for entering and exiting the water, besides anchorage, and do the first dive with a guide. It is different and a cool option to dive in a new way.
SAND DOLLAR With studios for two, three and up to six people, full kitchen and an excellent restaurant, Eddy´s, this resort is 4 km from downtown, not so close to the agitation nor so far that you couldn´t get to it frequently. Dive structure is very professional, with a great dive just in front of it, especially for snorkeling at Bari Reef, but also with full scuba capability.
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SOROBON HABITAT If you are an extreme environmentalist type, do note that the concept of sustainability was being practiced at this hotel from 1976 onwards, much earlier than being a widely known concept as today. The hotel is constantly refurbished always thinking about the use of alternative energy, water treatment systems and all relevant details. Its owner, Captain Don Stewart, was the great ideologue and warrior to make Bonaire a model as a Marine Park. It boasts comfortable apartments, great food, and complete diving infrastructure, including many options for boat trips.
Bonaire has strived to show the world that it is definitely one of the best dive destinations of the world, and surely the easiest for shore dives. But also to show that it is a good spot for other adventure activities, either water-related or not, and for those travel partners who do not dive. Sorobon is on the eastern side of the island, with more wind, but different dives to be done using an inflatable boat. And for those not diving or willing to share time with other sports it has classes and equipment for sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and mountain biking. It is worth a visit also for the hotel charm which mixes a rustic style with sophistication, an ideal place for couples.
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DIVI FLAMINGO With two outstanding restaurants, two pools, and rooms for couples and larger groups, Divi Flamingo stands out for its vibrant colors which correctly translate the joy and partygoing spirit of the Caribbean. It is one of the few which boast a small sandy beach (most of the hotels on the island are over rocky shores). Diving is done by car but they also have speedboats, a good option for lone travelers who lack a buddy, as you will always find one in the boat and normally dives are always guided.
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A dive operator with several shops on the island, excellent for shopping. Offers full-face mask classes and cater for several hotels which do not have their own dive centers, such as the Sand Dollar.
To enjoy the nightlife after dives, this is the place to go offering dinner, happy hour, live music and good beer. One of the few places where the island locals and tourists can have fun after 10 PM.
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budget rent a car Near the airport and owned by the same owner of Sorobon Resort, this rental car shop offer pickup trucks for weekly diving packages, with a fast and efficient service and the comfort of being just a few steps from the Arrivals Lounge of the airport.
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Well, our objective is not writing a guide, but simply to briefly tell what the hotels which opened their doors to our visit have to offer. An important thing is that in any of them you will be breathing dive all the time. And the tip is that even if you are staying in one of them you can also dive from others, and also enjoy their good restaurants for your meals, a juice or a dessert… after the island´s main course: the diving!
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HARD ROCK INTERNATIONAL´S FIRST LATIN AMERICAN HOTEL OPENS ITS DOORS The Hard Rock International hotel chain selected panama as the site for its first large hotel in Latin America: Hard Rock Hotel Panama Megapolis, located in the heart of Balboa Avenue, which began operations in April 16, 2012. With a unique, daring style, this 66-floor hotel boasts 500 spectacular rooms in the best Hard Rock style, an impressive atrium, shops and the Megapolis Explorer agency which guides tourists through the options to enjoy the most exciting destinations in Panama. It also harbors the fascinating “Base Bar”, undoubtedly the new fashion place for nightlife habitués. “This spectacular infrastructure will strengthen Panama as the region´s most important recreation, tourism and convention center”, said Leonardo Gonzalez, Director-General of the hotel. Hard Rock International has a strong presence in the world´s capitals, available to offer a unique contemporary style in all its hotels, offering its clients the best service and uniting the world through music. Now Panama is about to experience the Hard Rock lifestyle. The new hard Rock Panama Megapolis is operated under the management of the Decameron Group.
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BONAIRE LAUNCHES PILOT PROJECT FOR CORAL RESTORATION
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Last year, the Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) was invited to help a local group to restore the reef in Bonaire. By the beginning of February, the island issued a permit for the group to start developing a nursery and restoration program at Bonaire´s main island and Klein Bonaire. CRF Board members Ken Nedimyer and Denise Nedimyer, together with the CRF team, will travel to other Dutch Antillean islands during April to start working in Bonaire Reef´s Pilot Project. Besides working with Bonaire local authorities to identify specific sites for the coral nurseries and reefs, CRF will gather different genetic lineages of staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and elkhorn (Acropora palmata) corals to fill up the trees growing in two coral nurseries. These corals will be monitored and kept by the local support group trained by CRF and will form the main nursery which will be fragmented every six months to develop the second and third generation for every genetic subgroup. At the end of 2013, these second and third generation corals will be formed from the nursery to populate the degraded reefs nearby.
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Bonaire, many times referred to as “divers’ paradise”, is well known for its regulations to protect marine reefs, and boasts some of the best preserved reefs in the Caribbean. However, as many reefs in Florida Keys and all around the Caribbean, the coral reefs of Bonaire have also suffered due to hurricanes, disease and coral bleaching. CRF objectives in Bonaire are to help local government environmentalists to preserve existing genetic diversity of elkhorn and staghorn corals, and to establish a nursery and restoration program aimed at restoring the shallow reefs, as well as working with the community to identify and reduce additional degradation sources from land, such as uncontrolled rainwater runoff and sewage treatment practices. The main coral nursery will be in Klein Bonaire, where access to the public is limited generating minimum impact for the growing corals. The second nursery, on Bonaire´s main island, will be used for training and demonstration of nursery management, and will be accessible for volunteers staying at Buddy Dive Resort, Captain Don´s Habitat, and Sand Dollar. CRF will be working with these other dive centers and resorts on the island to offer wider opportunities for education and volunteer training to monitor coral growth. CRF is anxious to involve the Bonaire community further in the project and would like to thank the permanent support of the management and staff of Buddy Dive Resort, Ramon de Leon from the Bonaire Marine Park, Frank von Slobbe from DROB, and the island Council for what they have done and continue to do for the preservation of Bonaire´s coral reefs.
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The Coral Nursery is at the southern extreme of Buddy Reef. The plan is to cultivate staghorn corals to replace those lost during the last great storms which ravaged the island. The coral nursery in Klein Bonaire has a total of 20 “Christmas Trees”. For more information: programs@coralrestoration.org Contact: (305) 767-2133. www.coralrestoration.org
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Until the closing of this Divemag issue, Captain Watson remains in custody by German authorities. Watson, 59, was arrested in Frankfurt due to an extradition request by Costa Rican authorities, who accuse him of “violating maritime traffic” in the high seas near Guatemala. The arrest warrant for Captain Paul Watson was issued in Costa Rica in October 2011, curiously when the Japanese Cetacean Research Institute dropped its civil suit against the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in the United States. The question remains: what made Costa Rica issue an arrest warrant against Captain Paul Watson in October 2011? While “burrocratic” questions hamper the legal and just work of one of the greatest defenders of the planet, the marine genocide continues in a thirst for blood. Below is the letter sent by the ISSB General Director to the German Justice Minister, Sabine Leuthesser Schnarrenberger: My name is Wendell Estol, and I´m the Director of Sea Shepherd in Brazil. I am writing to respectfully ask you to revoke the first degree decision which orders the extradition of Captain Paul Watson. He´s not a criminal or anything like it, but a 21st Century hero. Through his struggle many lives were saved, lives which for those who accuse him are only figures, financial resources. The alleged crimes committed by him in Costa Rica are nothing compared to the atrocities committed by his accusers
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against marine life as a whole, murdering some 100 million sharks a year worldwide, simply to extract their fins for a bowl of soup with alleged aphrodisiac powers. This may not be your reality in Germany, but it is so in many countries like Costa Rica and Brazil, which have their oceans ransacked every day by this global mafia which inserted itself in the world fisheries market. For your information, here in Brazil we have filed several lawsuits against this mafia, also with the support of the Federal Police and Federal Public Attorneys of Brazil, the latest one about a month ago, where some eight tons of shark fins which would be smuggled to Asia were confiscated. Today, if there is anyone in the world who can be immensely useful for fighting these criminals is Paul Watson. Do not keep in jail one of the very few people in the world who knows how to fight against this mass extermination which afflicts the oceans globally. For Justice, the right to life will always be greater than any rights attached to private property; therefore let justice be served, freeing the one who defends life, no matter what kind, just life of any creature at all. I thank you for your consideration in reading this letter and am convinced that a minister from so civilized and developed a nation will not commit the injustice of jailing and extraditing one of the greatest defenders of life on the planet. Wendell Estol - Director of Sea Shepherd Brazil.
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From April 18 to 21, the Adventure Sports Fair gathered a public of 54,000 people at the Biennial pavilion in Ibirapuera Park, in S達o Paulo. Since its first edition in 1999, no other fair of the trade was able to reach so high as this. There were many experiments with this segment during the years, and last year it went back to its cradle in Ibirapuera, to consolidate its DNA as a gathering of adventurers, sports buffs and tourists who like to be in the farthest places, experiencing the best sensations nature can afford.
the small adventurer had his glorious moment pulled by a remote-controlled pickup.
INTERACTIVITY. This word, as described in the statement at the end of this article, was seen, heard and felt during the four days of the event. Destinations offering walks, climbs, light and hard bike strolls, lots of clean air, in fields, green or icy mountains, lakes and lots of sea, over and under water. Surely diving was also present, albeit modestly.
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During the fair several mini-talks happened with specialists from many fields, plus adventure workshops, with one hour duration. These lectures aimed at presenting certain activities to the visitors in a simple way, many of which with practical activities when specific gear for the activity mentioned was shown.
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Reinaldo Alberti presented a talk on Saturday about the best dive trip of his life, explaining a bit further how to enjoy your next dive travel.
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Still in the circuit of the Adventure Workshops, Kadu Pinheiro presented daily lectures on the challenges of underwater photography, covering basic aspects of this kind of photography and its facets, talking briefly about gear and techniques, besides orienting those attending in relation to the steps to be taken in pursuing a career as underwater photographer.
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Kayak Tank and Stand-Up Paddle
Actually a wide pool where kayaking (traditional and maneuvering) activities were undertaken. The most sought after fun in this talk, however, was Stand-Up Paddle (or SUP in brief), a sport originated in Hawaii which is gaining many adepts around Brazil, as an option for physical conditioning, besides improving balance and concentration, and which can be practiced in nature in lakes, calm beaches and also to take on big waves.
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Present from several editions, it was commanded by the Scafo S達o Paulo team and it had no respite during the four days of the fair, when anyone could experience SCUBA diving for a few minutes, breathing with appropriate gear under water.
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According to Willian Spinelli, from Scafo, the only diving representative, “the Adventure bribgs many opportunities to gather new students and sell gear and travel”. Scafo was present at the fair with a big stand in partnership with Aqualung to sell equipment and courses, besides taking care of the popular dive tank where discovery diving caused long cues to form every day, proving that diving is one of the activities which generates more curiosity among visitors.
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THE BOSS TALKS! In the last day of the Fair, during an exclusive interview for DIVEMAG, Sergio Bernardi, Director of Promotrade, the company in charge of organizing the Adventure Sports Fair, talked about this year´s edition, besides giving some hints about the 2013 edition. During our chat we felt the incidence of the word “interactivity”, so we went deeper into this concept and were able to capture exactly what Sergio was telling us. “The event offered innumerable attractions open to the public. All activities were free. Given the considerable cues for participation, there is no doubt that interaction was a success. We had the Adventure Congress space where we held lectures organized by the Brazilian Adventure Society, given by great names of adventure sports. When the subject was Outdoor Business, my hopes were surpassed; among the more than 1,000 meetings held, interactivity vindicated the relationship between manufacturers and shop owners. As for the 2013 edition, the event is forecasted to happen in the Ibirapuera Biennial pavilion between May 1st to 5th. These will be fuller days, as we will have a holiday, the traditional full Friday, and especially Sunday, which we missed this year. Being an event linked to the chain of adventure sports, the good moment for sports globally makes us think about the creation of new areas, including diving.
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Conheça as mais belas paisagens sub do México, no Pacífico, Mar de Cortez, Caribe e cavernas de Yucatan, o que torna nosso país um dos mais completos destinos de mergulho do planeta !
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WATER AND WINE: DIVING IN ITALY
By: Daniel Mantovanello
The old country, as it is called by its citizens, is not only a place of the past and pretty stories, but also a place of the present. It renews its history in the diving industry and also in the wine industry. For the second time I decided to enjoy spring in the peninsula to take on two passions, wine and diving.
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FIRST, THE WINES The largest wine fair in the world happens in Verona, in the Veneto region in northeastern Italy. With 95,000 sq. meters, the fair and its more than 4,000 exhibitors received 156,000 visitors in 2012. More than 2,500 journalists fed several news outlets around the world from the pavilions of “Vinitaly”.
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As part of a small delegation of members from the Brazilian Association of Sommeliers from Campinas, I enjoyed marvelous products, some unique, others particularly fantastic. Hundreds of those will unfortunately never reach Brazilian lands.
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Sought ever more by consumers around the world and with process rising in their countries of origin, quality wines are about to suffer another hard blow from our government, the rise in import tax. Yes, once again! The measure, named a safeguard, not only does not protect the national wine but will cause an immense damage to the diffusion of wine culture and to its entire chain in our country. An interesting fact about diving in Italy is the great variety of things that may be explored by the tourist diver or even by a non-diving partner! That was my idea. This time I left from Verona towards Alba, the epicenter of wine in the Piemonte, from where I set my headquarters to explore Barolos and Barbarescos. Two days there were enough to begin to understand the complexity and richness of these millenary wines, ever more modern, from that region.
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WINES, EXCEPTIONAL FOOD AND DIVES! After some visits and much learning, it´s time for me to move away from wines, pack the bags and check the gear for more days of exploration, this time two hours from Alba, in Santa Margherita Ligure in the Italian Riviera, in the Liguria region, northwestern Italy, a few kilometers from well-known Portofino. Besides the sailing sports activities, Santa Margherita also counts on a good structure for diving. It is calmer than Rapallo and cheaper than Portofino, which means it´s the best of worlds when one plans to stay around there.
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The Mediterranean can reach a visibility of 30 or more meters during summer months. Even before the beginning of the marine park regulations instructor GUE (Global Underwater Explorers) Bruno Borelli has dived those waters and knows very well all the sites for recreational and tech dives. In Santa Margherita, my adventure begins at the GUE dive center managed by Bruno, Portofino Divers. The center has all the equipment needed for recreational and tech dives, oriented by the DIR (Do It Right) philosophy, and has a very skilled and efficient staff. It has its own boat which is perfect for diving and may carry up to eight tech divers. Boarding is done some 50 meters from the center, which has a wide dress room and hot showers at your disposal.
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Nitrox and Trimix mixtures are done there in a recently-acquired modern recharge station, precise and quick. Helium is charged by cubic meter consumed, in a very honest final accounting! For those who prefer to stay near the dive center, I suggest one of the three rooms available from the dive center itself. You just need to go down the stairs and pronto, your gear is there waiting to be mounted! Besides this easiness it is more economic and very comfy. In the same charming street it is easy to find restaurants to enjoy the local cuisine. The main tract of the Ligure kitchen is seafood, and “Trattoria da Pino” and “Osteria no. 7” restaurants, respectively 100 and 15 meters from there, are already great examples of what their millenary cooking can do to our taste buds. You can´t miss also the true Genovese pesto!
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In front of the deck where the boat is moored we found an excellent cappuccino. Beside the cafeteria there is a wine store which has wines and dishes carefully chosen by Matheo, its enthusiastic owner. At the end of diving activities it is a good idea to try its wine and gastronomy specialties! Liguria´s icons are its great white wines of the Pigato grape, traditionally made in the north of the region, and the dessert wines, kind and unusual, from D.O.C. “Sciacchetrà” made in the “Cinque Terre” zone.
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A suggestion for wine lovers is U Baccan, a “Riviera Ligure di Ponente D.O.C.” made by Bruna wineyard and awarded several prizes by wine critics. Its potency, minerality and freshness make it a great choice for many typical dishes of the region. Time of the year might be a problem for those who still do not dive with a dry suit. In spring water temperature is around 13°C to 15°C, but in summer climbs up to 25°C. “Dry” diving brings us many opportunities and I strongly recommend this investment, even for recreational divers. In the first day of activities we made two non-decompression dives, using double 12-liter tanks tanks and nitrox, reach dive lasting some 70 minutes, down to 25 meters deep. A conger eel with some 1.6 m and a pretty barracuda greeted us already at the first dive.
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DESTINATION |ITALY – WATER AND WINE | By: Daniel Mantovanello
WHAT CAN BE SEEN AROUND HERE: Pelagics most frequently seen: tunas, sunfish and amberjack; -Benthonic flora and fauna typical of Northern Mediterranean. -The Ligurian Sea was proclaimed as a cetacean sanctuary. -Most common nudibranchs are Discodoris atromaculata, Hypselodoris tricolor, Janolus cristatus, Cratena peregrine, Flabellina affinis and F. babai, Hypselodoris infucata, Dondice banyulensis and many others.
Red corals along the rock walls get your attention. Something different and interesting are the posidonia gardens, an alga of rare beauty which forms unique microenvironments in the Mediterranean. The Marine Park shelters the biggest octopi I´ve ever seen. Anemones and gorgonians are frequently seen. For the macro photo buffs there´s no end to the fun. Dozens of nudibranchs can be seen during a single dive. About twenty species of these mollusks inhabit the Italian coast of the Mediterranean, among which the typical “vacca di mare”. Groupers with 20 to 30 Kg are frequently spotted moving masterly along the bottom, without showing much fear of their compressed-air breathing admirers. To complete the possibilities in Portofino there are tunas, sunfish and amberjacks, besides all the benthonic flora and fauna typical of the Northern Mediterranean.
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DESTINATION | ITALY – WATER AND WINE | By: Daniel Mantovanello In the second day we did to technical dives, also using 12-liter doubles, now with Trimix 21/35 and stages with EAN50. One was at the Mohawk Deer wreck, a ten-minute ride located at the Englishmen Bay, inside the Marine Park. It is rather dismantled, beginning at 18m and extending to 50m. It is inhabited by conger eels, moray eels, lobsters, little crustaceans and even a shark called locally as “gattucio”, a common species although it´s threatened in Europe. Other shipwrecks in the Park are Gênova, UJ2216, UJ2210, Saint Nazaire, Bolzaneto, Amoco Milford Haven, La Foce, Ischia, Washington and Calabria. Practically all of these are reserved for tech diving. A great tip for the next adventures for those who besides being tech are shipwreck lovers.
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DESTINATION | ITALY – WATER AND WINE | By: Daniel Mantovanello In the second dive we followed beautiful walls, full of red corals and nudibranchs, surprising pretty octopi which moved vertically so easily and fast that it gave the impression that the vertical wall was actually the bottom. The tentacle ballet will not be easily erased from my memory. Another curiosity of the Park is the Christ of the Abyss. A bronze statue was placed at the bottom of San Fruttuoso Bay, 15 meters deep. It became a pilgrimage destination for divers ans a symbol of passion for the sea and for diving. Still in San Fruttuoso, a place chosen for the building of a monastery during the 8th Century, thanks to an initiative by Portofino Divers called “agridiving”, divers can experience diving and agrotourism – the name given to tourism done in small hotels among farms, woods or parks, generally in family-run establishments. Accommodation is in the forest section of the park, a 20-minute walk from the old abbey. A great opportunity for a group of friends to share experiences, cuisine and diving, in a place which is at the same time isolated, bucolic and full of History.
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Curiously, Englishmen Bay also was the background for a great marketing idea by a local winery! The “Abissi” wine by Bisson wineries, a sparkling wine bottled a few kilometers from there, spends its 18 months of maturation, according to its winery, at 60 meters deep, therefore at an ideal and constant temperature of some 13°C during the whole period. Every year 6,500 bottles go through an exclusive process of incrustation by the critters which tart to make them their home. The aspect is outstanding! The idea appeals to the eyes both of wine lovers and curiosity seekers alike…
DESTINATION | ITALY – WATER AND WINE | By: Daniel Mantovanello
Suas sonhadas férias viram realidade em um lugar maravilhoso.
GET THERE Diving happens from March to October, or even year-round in some dive centers, but the best season is from June to September. Santa Margherita is a two-hour trip from Milan, two and a half from Firenze and 45 minutes from Genoa. This latter, birthplace of Christopher Columbus, beside shaving the largest harbor in Italy also boasts the largest aquarium in Europe. It is worth spending at least two days there to walk and get to know it. Three and a half hours from there, in Ravenna, there is the National Underwater Activity Museum, only of its kind in Italy. International Dive Magazine
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Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily, rivals with Portofino for the best Italian diving. This island, however, will be for a next issue… Good wines, good food and good diving… Not any kind of trip!
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ABOUT OUR WINE EXPERT DIVER DANIEL MANTOVANELLO A diver since 2009, having invested in more than 130 dives in Brazil, Hawaii, Bonaire and – of course – Italy. Also a Radiologist physician, his passion for wines turned him into an enophile (see box below). Since 2007 he´s a Director of Degustation at the Brazilian Sommeliers Association, Campinas Chapter.
DIVING AND ENOLOGY To dive in Portofino it is recommended, although not mandatory, to be a tech diver. A recreational diver is the one diving with only one tank, not diving under ceilings (caverns or shipwrecks) nor doing decompression dives. The technical diver subdivides into distinct specialties, among which Cave for diving these sites, decompression tech usually for diving deeper and/or for longer periods than in recreational diving, therefore entering decompression. There is also the shipwreck teks, where besides the knowledge about deco dives one visits wrecks which are deeper and deserving more time underwater. As with diving, knowledge of wines has its specialists one should learn to differentiate: Enophile (as in the case of our specialist Daniel) is someone who studies and is passionate about wine. A Sommelier is formed through a specific course and guides a client in the purchase of a wine, on what kind of food harmonizes better, and advises restaurant and shop owners about buying and storing correctly the best wines. Finally, an Enologist is someone graduated in an Enology School, attaining an undergraduate degree, and guides the production process of the wine, from the grapevine to bottling the product. FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.acquariodigenova.it http://www.portofinodivers.com
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THE WORLD OF SHARKS
Text: Gabriel Ganme | Photos: Kadu Pinheiro and Gabriel Ganme “I´m swimming near the surface. I don´t find food, and the water has a different smell, making my sensitivity to become fully altered. I go to the bottom, and still can´t find food. Suddenly, too easily, there´s food around, I can sense one particle per million of blood in the water. I navigate like crazy following my super-specialized nose. A sad surprise – what I find are several brothers, sharks with their fins cut off, dead or agonizing, and I arrive at a sad conclusion: medieval times aren´t over, but instead of severing heads (when at least death is instantaneous) they cut arms and legs, letting the victims astray to agonize and die.”
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SHARKS | THE WORLD OF SHARKS | By: Gabriel Ganme
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BONY AND CARTILAGINOUS FISHES
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Photo: Kadu Pinheiro The reader may not share this viewpoint, and might not even like sharks. But I´m sure that no one would condone the slaughter of cattle cutting its legs and waiting for it to bleed, only to use just part of the meat of its hump. Not only the practice of shark finning is cruel, but also ecologically unsustainable. An absurdity of fish meat is thrown away to produce a non-essential food item.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHARKS AND RAYS
The unbalance caused by the loss of populations from several species of sharks is clear and brings the gravest consequences to our oceans. The Shark: Known as an almost perfect predator, the shark has an amazing sensorial gear. It has a very acute sense of smell, and its incredible nasal cleaves earned them the nickname of swimming noses. Contributor acknowledgment: Marcelo Szpilman
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SHARKS | THE WORLD OF SHARKS | By: Gabriel Ganme
Sharks can perceive electromagnetic fields through structures located in their snout and along its body´s lateral lines. It is rather common to see a shark nosing up camera lenses to figure out what it is; after all it has no hands. We can say that our friends have an excellent “hearing”, perceiving a variety of vibrations. During several dive operations we see guides squashing plastic bottles, which sound seems to attract sharks.
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And, contrary to popular belief, sharks also see well; they only do not use their vision so much in an environment where it is not always advantageous. Even then, through the Tapetum Lucidum, they can see with very low light, enabling them to hunt at night. Together with rays, sharks are fish with cartilaginous skeletons. They lack a swimming bladder, and their pectoral fins are fixed. Therefore, with the exception of extreme current situations, it is basically impossible to see a shark standing in mid-water or swimming backwards.
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SHARKS | THE WORLD OF SHARKS | By: Gabriel Ganme
Photo: Kadu Pinheiro Generally, the shark has a fusiform body, with a tremendous hydrodynamic capability, helped by its specialized skin (the famous placoid scales). An example is the Mako, which can swim up to 60 km/h. It has also an incredible tridimensional camouflage capacity: its dark back makes it difficult for the animal to be spotted when passing underneath its prey, and its light belly does the same when it passes over. To make this chat more dynamic, let´s discuss and figure out of our system the myths and truths about shark attacks: Do sharks eat human beings?? Myth. Even when a human is attacked by a shark, almost always this happens due to a misidentification, and in these cases the shark bites but does not eat. Most of the cases happen in the wave breaking zone, with little visibility and several sensorial confusions for the animal. Another fact is that there less than 100 attacks per year worldwide. In the rare cases when, during a shark necropsy, humans are found in its stomach, you can bet that the victim should have drowned and its corpse, somewhat attractive, ends up being eaten.
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SHARKS | THE WORLD OF SHARKS | By: Gabriel Ganme Sharks are carrion eaters. Why face a fight where you can be beaten if you can eat peacefully? Almost invariably, sharks eat dead or wounded animals. There are exceptions, such as the white shark, which uses an attack pattern call vertical ambush to stun fur seals, its preferred prey. Even then, this attack pattern is designed to stun or incapacitate the prey first and only after it go about eating. To prepare the ambush, the white sharks comes from the bottom vertically (making it difficult to see it) at top speed and crashes into the fur seal. Every species has a predilection for a certain type of food, which varies from crustaceans, invertebrates, to succulent tuna and turtles. The super specialized teeth help in this selection. For instance, the serrated teeth of the tiger shark are true saws, which allow it to enjoy the turtles. The Mako has teeth to grab the victim, which in association with its high speed helps get the tuna.
BASIC SHARK ANATOMY
Almost every species of shark is made of these components. Biologists and divers use these anatomical details to identify an animal. 01 Head, with ventral mouth 02 Dorsal fins (1st and 2nd) 03 Pectoral fin 04 Pelvic fin 05 Anal fin 06 tail fin with superior and inferior lobe
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There are species where some details escape this basic design. For instance, whale sharks have mouth and eyes well to the front of the body, while most sharks have ventral mouths and eyes a bit to the back. Well, this was a brief stroke. We will be here with you talking more about these incredible animals and hoping for them to continue to exist. Clear waters! Gabriel Ganme
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SERIES: CARING FOR YOUR DIVING GEAR
Parte IV
DONNING AND REMOVING YOUR GEAR CAREFULLY Once again, common sense is the buzzword. It´s time to mount your gear, in the boat or on the beach, or lake or by the entrance to a cave, and to configure it in the most adequate manner to suit the dive you will do, taking good care to clip all accessories such as flashlights, reel, deco mark, hoses, etc. Set apart computers or gauges, besides fins, mask, snorkel and neoprene accessories, putting them in a safe place so you won´t forget anything, and to avoid these suffering any accidents. Never forget to secure your tank at the boat, before and after mounting your gear, only releasing it at the time of donning the SCUBA unit. In the previous issue we talked about gear transport, and explained there about the best way to mount your box or bag, already thinking about retrieving gear in the right sequence to mount it. Doing what we recommend is already a good start to avoid stuff being loose about the boat or in the sand, compromising your dive with losses or damages in some parts. Your dive suit should be donned with care. With neoprene, a plastic bag covering hands and feet during the process will help make it easier. Manufacturers recommend that while taking off the suit the diver should leave it with the inner side out. Suits with pure neoprene wrists and ankles should be donned with these parts doubled outside to avoid damage. Dry or semi-dry suits must be closed carefully, so no teeth of the dry sipper will break. We recommend that your buddy always helps with this operation, both for closing and opening the zipper.
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Continuing the article series on caring well for your dive gear, a reminder: we talked already about preventative maintenance and what to do before leaving home to dive; we also mentioned the correct transportation of your gear. If you are reading this article and has not read or downloaded the previous issues, get back to www. divemag.org and download it for free!
GEAR | MAINTENANCE PART IV | By: Reinaldo Alberti Shore dives always merit special care, as sand is a great enemy of any dive gear. Always look for a sand-free area to mount, don and disassemble your gear. If it´s nonexistent, you can create such an area with a stretch of plastic canvas, for instance, or a rug to serve the purpose.
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It is vital that regulators and instruments are kept away from sand, clipped or even in a BC pocket during these processes. Care also should be taken while putting your fins in, making sure there are no sand grains caught inside or adhered to the boots, as besides hurting your feet it can cause holes and rips.
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Try to add up all these precautions during shore or lake dives to a shadowed spot; therefore both the diver and his/her gear will be much more sheltered.
Finally, there´s the time between getting ready to enter the water and the plunge itself. Avoid walking around with fins put in any situation (beach/Lake or boat), as besides the risk of getting hurt, your gear – our main concern here – might break and force you to abort the mission! Ask your buddy for help once again and strive to put your fins only very near the water (as in the dive platform of the boat) or already inside it (in beaches, lakes and caves).
THE EFFICIENT DIVE INSTRUCTOR Jay O´Donnell, NAUI 9305, Translated to Portuguese by Marcos Molina, NAUI 45523, contact: mj.molina@uol.com.br The competent dive instructor excels in many areas of knowledge and several practical abilities. The difficult part is to find a way to pass on these knowledge and abilities to other people, especially to a group. There are literally hundreds of methods and thought schools on how to do it, too many to mention here, and for each case more than one method or line will work. The successful instructor moulds his classes to the students, in a personalized way, considering their learning experience histories and, in particular, their personal motivation. A wide, perfect teaching method, equally useful for all students, does not exist. The instructor however should understand the fundamentals and basic concepts of teaching adults in order to develop the most efficient methods to transmit information. Learning is generally defined as a behavioral change resulting from an experience. This behavior can be obvious and physical, or can be intellectual and based on attitudes, being more difficult to perceive. Although complex, there are widely accepted characteristics of the learning process which can be applied efficiently to diving instruction. Although we all have learned it during our ITC, is os worth to make a periodic review and reconsider it as we advance in our professional careers.
MOTIVATION Motivation is probably the dominant force governing a student´s process and his/her ability to learn. Learning flops are frequently associated to decrease in motivation. Motivation can be positive or negative, tangible or intangible, subtle or obvious. Negative motivations are those which the student perceives as threats, generating fear. For instance, telling a dive student to never, in any case hold his breath, as the lungs will explode, instead of explaining the real motive. While negative motivations are useful in some specific situations, with overconfident or impulsive students, they are not as efficient as positive motivations. A positive motivation is essential for true learning. It uses the promise of rewards and achievements. These rewards and achievements can be personal (the student watched Cousteau reruns as a child and always wanted to learn how to dive), financial or educational (the dive course might earn credits for an university discipline) or social (to gain the approval of others and to establish a favorable self-image). Adult students want a real return on their efforts. They should believe that these will be adequately rewarded and this should be always evident. The instructor should present the reasons or rewards for a given exercise, even if deemed obvious, especially if the application of the exercise will only happen much later. In a similar way, the time spent in exercises and classes not directly linked to the course objectives, or difficult to perform in the time frame given, should be avoided. If the students do not see or cannot perceive how a given exercise has practical applications for autonomous diving (for instance, what´s the importance of developing free diving abilities) they will be less motivated and therefore will put less effort in learning things that they consider useless.
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LEARNING LEVELS
Learning can be attained in one of several levels. The lowest level, linear learning, is attained when the student has only the ability to repeat or has only memorized something that was taught, without actually understanding or being able to apply what was learned. An example: a student who can recite the Archimedes Principle, but does not understand how it related to the BC, being therefore just a parrot which repeats what it heard from a person. A student who understands what was taught reaches the second level of learning – comprehension. When the student uses what he understood to develop a practical ability, such as using the BC to attain neutral buoyancy underwater, the applicability level was then achieved. Finally when associated the understanding and applicability with lessons previously learned, the student reaches the final level of learning, correlation. Continuing with the example, the diver who has practical understanding and experience in controlling floatability can correlate with the previously learned lesson on compression, and determine the reasons why the BC should be inflated or deflated with changes in depth. Correlation, therefore, is the level of learning in which the student is able to associate an element learned as part of a course or an experience of his learning with some other element or experience. This higher level of learning should be the objective of any and every instruction.
PASSING THE MESSAGE ON Initially, all learning comes from the perception that the brain has through one or more senses. Studies reveal that the more senses are involved in the learning process, the better will be the retention of contents. For instance, vision is responsible for 75% of our learning, while only 13% is apprehended through listening. Learning is enhanced by stimulating more than one sense in class. While using a dive table, in a oral presentation, or a tank, when discussing its markings, vision and hearing will be stimulating one another. There are training aids such as touch and even smell and taste which can stimulate senses even more.
THE LAWS OF LEARNING Although there are many schools of thought about the learning process, there are several laws which are widely accepted by psychologists. We learned these laws when we did our instructor course, and they gave us tools to perceive the learning process related to the dive training: The primacy law teaches that what was taught has to be correct the first time. First experiences cause an important impression and are used as a basis for everything that will be learned further. “Uneducating” is more difficult than educating. Not only it will be a much harder task for the instructor to “de-train” bad habits and re-teach the right ones, but also the student will lose his
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TRAINING | THE EFFICIENT INSTRUCTOR | By: Jay Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Donnell trust in the instruction, and his motivation will be impacted. This should be a concern among new instructors and between instructors and assistant instructors who work together without being familiarized with each other. Instructors should avoid contradictions, revising the class plans with the whole team and training standards with the material to be used in a pre-class briefing. be sure that the same materials, techniques and concepts are taught the same standard way by all those involved. The readiness law simply states that individuals learn better when they are ready to learn, or learn less when they see no reason to learn. A student with a strong reason to learn, with a clear objective, will be motivated to make great progress. There are many obstacles to learning during dive instruction: fear, anxiety, cold, or simply problems with buoyancy control. All these are great factors to distract from the learning process. An uncomfortable student will be more involved in solving his immediate problems than in concentrating in class. The law of effect affirms that students learn better when they perceive the material as real and useful. If the student understands the reason why he should master a technique and its application, he will want to learn and will apply this technique to learn it. The exercise law simply affirms that a great learning is promoted when the instructor uses his imagination, as much as possible, when dealing with reality during presentations. Vivid and exciting presentations are better remembered than dull and routine-looking ones. In other words, a student will learn more with reality than with any surrogate. The law of recent learning: things learned more recently are remembered better. Reciprocally, knowledge gained in more distant times, especially if not exciting, will be less remembered. The law of recent learning mandates us to introduce new knowledge as soon as it becomes relevant and useful. If we teach about nitrogen 3 or 3 classes before talking about decompression sickness or dive tables, most students will have forgotten it already and will need to review it. The law of recent learning should impact the relative order of classes and exercises in your course curriculum. The law of recent learning: things learned more recently are remembered better. Reciprocally, knowledge gained in more distant times, especially if not exciting, will be less remembered. The law of recent learning mandates us to introduce new knowledge as soon as it becomes relevant and useful. If we teach about nitrogen 3 or 3 classes before talking about decompression sickness or dive tables, most students will have forgotten it already and will need to review it. The law of recent learning should impact the relative order of classes and exercises in your course curriculum.
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EVALUATION AND CRITICISM An important ability of an efficient instructor is the ability to analyze, evaluate and judge performance. Once the class is presented it becomes necessary to determine whether the message was actually understood. A way of having this assessment (oral tests, practical exams, written tests) is needed, not only to record the student´s progress, but even more importantly to evaluate the effectiveness of the instructor and methods used. It is easy to determine instructor performance in a big group of students, if all of them let down in a valid exam; it is a sure thing then that the instructor has also failed. However, in a small group this is not always clear. To ask relevant, concise and fair question during a learning segment is normally the most efficient method for a single student or a few. Try to avoid questions that can be answered as “yes” or “no”. Give preference to questions requiring a higher level of understanding to be answered. A question & answer session is an important part of the learning process. Instructor criticism can be as effective as the learning process. It should give the student something effective about what to build and identify small gaps where more study and effort are necessary. Criticism should not be a part of a student´s evaluation to be effective, but rather a part of the learning process. Criticism is not necessarily negative in content, but it should consider good and bad together. Normally it is done in private, just the instructor and the student. Criticism in groups can be useful and appropriate, when they cover common problems shared by some students in a certain exercise. A pre-criticism of frequent errors, even after the beginning of the exercise, can also be useful.
THE INSTRUCTOR AS A ROLE MODEL Independently of the certifying agency, the dive instructor is the only one determining the learning process. Besides organizing the class plans and exercises, according to the standards of his certifier, the instructor is responsible for being a model diver in proficiency and safety, according to the manual. The students will imitate him in all cases. The students will also lose confidence in classes if the instructor utilizes techniques and abilities different from those rehearsed. I had the habit of donning my BC and gear over my head although I always taught, according to the standards, the buddy-help method, until one day a student tried to do the same. Unfortunately he lost his balance and, while stumbling around with the tank over his head, dropped it on the bare feet of another divers – mine. Be consistent with what you´re teaching. If there is actually a better method, let the student discover it after mastering the basic one, or during an advanced instruction. Always widen knowledge in your courses if an opportunity appears and the topic is relevant, such as explaining to students about positive buoyancy at the end of a dive with a lighter or emptier tank, or the reason why the regulator requires more effort when looking directly up. Give additional information sooner in the course curriculum if the student is ready for it.
IN BRIEF The vast amount of materials and the diversity of students combine and require that the instructor masters a practical understanding of the teaching concepts, in order to continually develop an effective curriculum. To know in a basic manner how the student learns allows the instructor to develop and modify in order to achieve the most efficient course as feasible.
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Hello readers, Our staff takes advantage of several among its dives to use gear provided by our advertisers. In this section we will pass on to you our perceptions about the new products, those most sold and more coveted in the market and those which seem to us to be very interesting for free, recreational or tech divers. It is not a didactic or rigorous test, but rather to check if the gear is so good under water as described in manuals or websites. Scattered along the magazine, in a simple and concise language we will be telling why we like it, why we would always use it or any other information an experienced divers would like to pass on to a friend who might need or want such an item.
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full faces neptune space by Ocean Reef OUR OPINION: A fun and very easy-to-use mask, be it only for fun or to undertake any professional activity using either recreational or tech SCUBA. This full-face works perfectly well and adapting to it was very quick (neither I nor Carol has ever used it before). We needed only 15 minutes of very basic explanation related to its functioning and functions and we already went on diving with it. This adaptation is not difficult as Neptune Space is really comfortable – a very soft silicon which fits well over the face, and because the balanced regulator which comes with it really demands air very well (of course you should also have a balanced regulator in the first stage). These masks are already widely used in commercial and military diving. We were in Bonaire and the idea was fun. We got a little more than that. For instance, my possibility as a photographer to communicate with Carol, my model, was an excellent way to position her against the backlight, ask her to approach a “target” or to swim away from a reef. Other possibilities such as checking how much air we still got, and discussing under water our next depth level, show that adequately using communication for safety is very effective. When we mention above the undertaking of “any professional activity” in recreational diving it means helping photography, some scientific observation, videomakers and their models, etc. In brief, you can use it well for non-military and non-commercial activities. The only more serious care we had to take was with air consumption. We spent a bit more than if we were using a normal regulator, as talking under water, through a radiocommunicator, makes breathing change. I thought that my consumption was higher b y some 10 to 15%, and so did Carol.
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In Brazil, its distributor is Sea Sub, and the average price you will find in some Dive centers is about R$ 4.000,00 per unit, which includes mask and the second stage and the radio transmitter/receiver. Lots of fun indeed!
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A700 / MK25 (Chrome) Top de linha SCUBAPRO 2010. • Alta performance em qualquer profundidade, temperatura ou posição do mergulhador. • Corpo fabricado em metal, tamanho compacto que o torna leve e confortável. • Câmara BALANCEADA, inalação ulta-suave com esforço respiratório ajustável externamente. • Novo sistema “v.i.v.a.” (venturi initiated vacuum assist) com micrometria alinhado ao sistema que evita free-flow. • Nova válvula de exaustão 12% maior, para menor esforço de exalação. • Primeiro estágio BALANCEADO a pistão, com sistema antifreezing.
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ideal para viagens. • Pode ser dobrado, reduzindo o volume e faciltando o transporte. • Sistema de lastro integrado. • Borda do pescoço e back-pack acolchoados. • Bolsos lateais com zíper. • 6 D´rings de aço INOX. • Ancoragem para faca nos bolsos laterais (faca OPCIONAL).
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• Tecnologia de câmera balanceada: segundo estágio compensado pneumaticamente. • Esforço respiratório ajustável pelo próprio mergulhador. • Sistema “v.i.v.a”. • Bocal ortodôntico. • Primeiro estágio BALANCEADO a pistão, com sistema antifreezing.
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Sea Shepherd Institute Brazil acting against illegal industrial fishing and the petroleum industry The actions undertaken in 20122 and 2012 by Sea Shepherd Brazil (ISSB) were focused mainly in two battle fronts: enforcement work and contention of oil spills along the Brazilian coast, and enforcement of predatory and illegal fishing. Unfortunately, several oil spills happened in Brazilian waters, directly impacting the rich and complex ecosystems of these coastal regions. Besides acting directly in the affected areas, ISSB has worked to help the Federal Public Attorneys and the federal Police in the investigations to punish those companies and institutions responsible by these environmental crimes. “Our cooperation has been decisive for the responsible public authorities to identify and punish the criminals damaging our marine ecosystem”, says Wendell Estol, General Director of ISSB. Illegal and predatory fishing is still a sad reality in Brazil. Aware of this, ISSB is constantly enforcing and monitoring these activities. The Institute was firm in pressing the Brazilian Government to defend ZERO quota at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for whaling, in the South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary. Besides actions mentioned above, more than 30 people from several Brazilian States were trained by the Institute to help in disasters caused by oil spilling, and several Brazilian beaches were monitored aiming at the identification and interception of potential illegal and predatory fishing vessels. Also actions were undertaken to clean up beaches, clean the sea bottom, tree planting and other activities which involve preserving the national environment. “Our work continues strong here in Brazil. To defend one of the richest marine ecosystem in the world is no easy task, however we continue fighting without retreat in the face of difficulties. If the enemy does not rest, we will neither”, added Wendell Estol. Wendell Estol.
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Ary Amarante is a nature photographer, specialized in underwater photography. A systems analyst by profession, Ary initially had photography as a hobby, and no sooner had he finished his SCUBA dive course in 1986 he did his first dive handling an u/w camera, a Nikonos V which was used previously in his boat adventures and free dives.
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Photography gave Ary´s relationship with the sea a new dimension, and he followed suit, learning by himself (at that time only foreign magazines carried articles about underwater photography) until he started to pop up in the dive community by winning a few underwater photo contests; after having his first portfolio published in magazines, Ary was encouraged to teach the activity, and that´s how his first own underwater photo course was born. In 2002 Ary began to teach digital u/w photography in Brazil, and up to now has taught differentiated and exclusive course, such as PADI ADVANCED DIGITAL UW PHOTOGRAPHER, MARINE LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER, MASTER UW PHOTOGRAPHER, among others.
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With several works published in the field and articles featured in national and international magazines, Ary has just released the Book VIDA MARINHA (Marine Life), published by Cultura Sub and sold at the best bookshops, and available for personalized purchase (signed and dedicated by the author) at www. phototravel.com.br, from the company through which Ary organizes events and travels linked to photography.
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“The most interesting places I´ve ever known for diving… Maldives, Malaysia, Indonesia, Noronha, Recife, Bonaire, Galápagos, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Red Sea, Roatan, and even Arraial do Cabo, Ilha Grande… every one has its peculiarities, its advantages and disadvantages, but all of them remarkable, each one by itself. The dives generate memories; I have good memories of all these places.”
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Next steps: to further develop Phototravel, the photography school in SĂŁo Paulo where courses are taught covering the most varied aspects of photography, as well as workshops with several photo personalities and thematic travel. Phototravel is the only photography school which offers regular underwater photo courses â&#x20AC;&#x201C; u/w photo being taught at a photo school in a specialized manner.
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CURSO DE FORMAÇÃO DE INSTRUTORES NAUI BRIGHT FUTURE ITC
Essentials Diver This intermediate level of continued education is designed to allow certified divers to improve on their diving performance, review and practice the essentials learned in any IANTD dive program. Techniques and knowledge acquired in this program prepare the diver for more advanced dives. Essentials Divers is recommended for those divers willing to improve their performance and competence during their dives. This program does not qualify the diver to go deeper than his previous certification.
Who can teach this program? An Advanced EANx Instructor or with a higher degree and certified as IANTD Essentials Diver. A rebreather instructor is required for a diver to be certified as rebreather diver at this level.
Prerequisites:
Encontre a Facility NAUI mais próxima:
Open Water (Nitrox) Diver certification or equivalent Minimum age of 15 years with authorization from parents or legal guardian, or a minimum of 12 years to qualify as Junior Diver, or 18 years without previous consent.
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Program limits: • No dive to be conducted in depths further than the student´s qualification • All dives to emphasize teamwork and interaction with one´s buddy
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16º ENCONTRO INSTRUTORES NAUI 13 a 18 de Agosto de 2012
O Curso de Treinamento de Instrutor NAUI (ITC) é designado para treinar, qualificar e assegurar que o candidato graduado com sucesso adquira conhecimentos técnicos e didáticos, habilidades e postura profissional para ser apto para se tornar membro instrutor NAUI. O ITC qualifica o candidato através do aprendizado de métodos efetivos para ensinar mergulho autônomo e livre em conformidade com as regras e padrões NAUI. O ITC pode ser apresentado em duas fases. A primeira fase, chamada de Programa de Treinamento de Instrutor (ITP), consiste do treinamento para preparação do candidato sem caráter avaliativo. Durante o ITP cada candidato passa em teste por dois avaliadores qualificados, sendo pelo menos um Diretor de Curso (CD Course Director) ou Treinador de Instrutor (IT Instructor Trainer) e um STW (Staff Training Workshop). O ITP pode ser realizado em diversos formatos, com variações de período, compreendendo de uma semana a um período bem mais extenso. A segunda fase ou final, também chamada de Programa de Qualificação de Instrutor (IQP), compreende as avaliações finais, contando obrigatoriamente com um Diretor de Curso. O candidato deverá obter 75% de aproveitamento nas avaliações do curso. PRÉ - REQUISITOS Certificação de Mergulho. Ser um Assistente de Instrutor NAUI (AI) ou Divemaster NAUI (DM); ou ter realizado com sucesso o Programa Preparatório para Instrutor NAUI (PREP) no máximo com 12 meses de validade. Equipamento. Providenciar e ser responsável pelo próprio equipamento adequado para o ensino. Experiência. Ter no mínimo 120(cento e vinte) mergulhos registrados. Os mergulhos devem variar nos aspectos: ambiente, profundidade e tipo de atividade. Materiais. Contate o Departamento de Treinamento NAUI para os requerimentos atuais.
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NOVO PRODUTO (PORTUGUÊS)
As metas do curso AWARE Shark Conservation Diver são informar os alunos sobre a importância dos tubarões para os ecossistemas marinhos e para a economia, educá-los sobre as causas do declínio nas populações de tubarões, desenvolver conhecimentos sobre o que está faltando atualmente na gestão da pesca de tubarões, rebater concepções equivocadas que possam impedi-los de partir para a ação e incentivá-los a ajudar a proteger os tubarões através da tomada de atitude. Use o curso AWARE Shark Conservation Diver para transformar seus alunos em defensores informados e apaixonados que partem pa para ação na proteção dos tubarões.
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DOENÇAS DO MERGULHO Aconselhamento em Emergências 24 horas, 7 dias por semana
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Após um mergulho, os sinais e sintomas abaixo podem indicar a necessidade de tratamento de recompressão em câmara hiperbárica. Em caso de suspeita, o mergulhador deve ser examinado por um Profissional de Saúde*.
Estas Empresas compartilham a nossa preocupação em tornar o mergulho ainda mais seguro
■ DOENÇA DESCOMPRESSIVA (DD)
São comuns: dores nas articulações, dormência, formigamento, fraqueza muscular, descoordenação motora, coceira e manchas na pele (cutis marmorata), com ou sem dor. Não tão comuns, mas possivelmente como indicador de maior gravidade: dor intensa nas costas ou abdômen, paralisia dos membros, incontinência ou retenção urinária, distúrbios visuais, confusão mental, tontura, mal estar, falta de ar, dor torácica, tosse ou outros sinais neurológicos incomuns. A desidratação é comum em DD. O quadro pode aparecer em minutos ou até horas após o mergulho e seu desenvolvimento é geralmente progressivo e gradual.
■ EMBOLIA ARTERIAL GASOSA (EAG)
Perturbações sensoriais, paralisia ou paresia das extremidades, distúrbios visuais, dores de cabeça, convulsões ou outros alterações neurológicas localizadas. O quadro pode ser associado à lesão Pulmonar (pneumotórax, enfisema subcutâneo ou mediastinal). O EAG pode ser o resultado do mergulho a profundidades tão insignificante como um metro de profundidade. Sinais e sintomas geralmente se desenvolvem em poucos minutos após o termino do mergulho, e sua apresentação é geralmente aguda.
■ BAROTRAUMA (BTP)
Dispnéia, dor torácica, pneumotórax, enfisema subcutâneo, pneumomediastino, mudanças no tom de voz, tosse, escarro sanguinolento, pode haver comprometimento neurológico resultado de uma Embolia Arterial Gasosa (EAG). NOTA: A recompressão é contra-indicada em pneumotórax não tratado, já que poderia atuar como um pneumotórax hipertensivo durante a fase de descompressão.
Além de assegurar os primeiros-socorros habituais, o tratamento de emergência para lesões causadas por atividades relacionadas com o mergulho de ar comprimido inclui: 1. A administração de Oxigênio em altas concentrações (de preferência em uma fração inspirada de - FiO2 de 100%). 2. Avaliar a necessidade de hidratação. Se necessário, administrar soluções cristalóides isotônicas (não são recomendadas soluções glicosadas). 3. Executar e documentar um exame neurológico completo. 4. Em caso de emergência, ligue para a DAN e peça atendimento em português 0800-684-9111. Este serviço é gratuito e prestado em caráter humanitário para obter orientação imediata sobre o diagnostico, cuidados imediatos, transporte ou remoção para um serviço de medicina hiperbárica apropriado.
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0800-684-9111 e fora do Brasil +1-919-684-9111 Para informações relacionadas a acidentes de mergulho envie um email para: info@danbrasil.org.br ou visite www.danbrasil.org.br
+ Alagoas www.explorerdiving.com.br
+ Bahia www.uwbahia.com.br www.bahiascuba.com.br www.aguasabertas.com www.13sul.com
+ Paraná
+ Santa Catarina
www.acquanauta.com.br www.scubasul.com.br
www.patadacobra.com.br
+ Pernambuco www.aguasclaras-fn.com.br www.aquaticos.com.br www.atlantisdivers.com.br
+ Distrito Federal
+ Rio de Janeiro
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www.abudefduf.com.br www.alfamarapoiomaritimo.com.br www.antaresparaty.com.br www.barracudacabofrio.com.br www.divebrasil.tur.br www.deeptrip.com.br www.gmesrio.com.br www.inacqua.com.br www.litoralsub.com.br www.meinickedivers.com.br www.ocean.com.br www.ondaazul.com.br www.mardomundo.com.br www.mardorio.com.br www.xdivers.com.br
+ Espírito Santo www.acquasub.com.br www.atlantes.com.br www.ciadomergulho.com
+ Mato Grosso do Sul www.pantanaldive.com
+ Minas Gerais www.countydivers.com.br www.divelife.com.br www.maramar.com.br
+ Paraíba www.maraberto.net
+ São Paulo www.adventuretours.com.br www.acquacamp.com.br www.amigosdojoe.com.br www.aquaventura.com.br www.aquadive.com.br www.bariturviagens.com.br www.brasilscuba.com.br www.captaindive.com.br www.cns.com.br www.divebuddy.com.br www.divetech.com.br www.diversuniversity.com.br www.divingcollege.com.br www.jornadasub.com.br www.marear.com.br www.narwhal.com.br www.nds-mergulho.com.br www.overdive.com.br www.subaquatica.com.br www.scubapoint.com.br www.scubalab.com.br www.sailinganddiving.com.br www.tropicaldivebrasil.com.br
+ Rio Grande do Norte www.portaldemaracajau.com.br www.cajudivers.com www.coraisdemaracajau.com.br
A Divers Alert Network (DAN) é uma organização sem fins lucrativos dedicada a segurança e saúde de mergulhadores recreativos. * Em caso de suspeita de qualquer um dos quadros clínicos acima, o mergulhador deve ser imediatamente examinado por um médico, independentemente de sua especialidade. Os sinais e sintomas mencionados não são estranhos e podem ser óbvios para qualquer medico. O reconhecimento precoce dos sintomas, juntamente com a anamnese compatível fazem o diagnóstico da patologia. Entrar em contato com o Divers Alert Network (DAN) pode ajudar os profissionais que não estão familiarizados com as doenças de mergulho a chegar ao diagnóstico precoce, alem disso a DAN pode oferecer recomendações para um tratamento adequado.
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