Some of the latest diving news Headlines:

Eugenie Clark Award
Our wonderful Shark Lady Eugenie Clark has been awarded a North American Lifetime Achievement Award this year... fantastic news.

Blue Mag
Sharm's very own diving magazine. Read the latest issue of on line.

Kirsty in the Park
Kirsty Stenhouse joins the National Park Research Team to conduct important surveys in and around Sharm el Sheikh.

Holly's story
Holly embarks on her Divemaster internship with Ocean College. As an amputee, she demonstrates that for her, this is a mere inconvenience rather than a disability. An inspiration to all of us.

DiveBunnie joins in Sharm's Amazing Race:
DiveBunnie joins the Ocean College team to take part in Sharm's Amazing Race this Sunday. Please sponsor us, all proceeds go to the Childrens Cancer Hospital in Cairo.

Gemma Passes her Instructor Exams:
Gemma Beggs finishes her internship with Ocean College completing her Rescue, Divemaster and Instructor courses with us over the last few months. Go girlie! And to sum things up beautifully, she gets to do her first days' work on Boxing Day... "the best Christmas Present" she says.

Liveaboard The Emperor Frazer sinks near the Dunraven:
Sad news indeed. Thankfully all divers and crew are fine, and the Emperor team have spent the last few days salvaging what they can of people's posessions.

DiveBunnie becomes Lady Diver of the month:
As Clare reaches Dive number 2000, she is made Lady Diver of the Month by the gals at Lady Diver Magazine.

So it's Bye Bye Schniff, Lisa n Leila. Long time Sharmers Iain and Lisa leave Sharm this week with their little girlie Leila, who has kind of become our dive centre mascot. Good luck to the three of them in their new life up in Edinburgh.

DiveBunnie writes for Lady Diver Magazine:
Clare shares her experience of a fun day diivng at the Blue Hole in Dahab.

A new instructor in town:
Ashley Storm chats with Jilly and Clare about her new Career with Ocean College and her new life here in Sharm el Sheikh.

Blue Dive Centre:
The latest new Dive Centre in Port Douglas Australia. Mark and Kay, ex Ocean College instructors travelled down under last year, and now own a brand new dive centre. Pop along to find out more. Love their web-site! And of course their style of guiding and teaching will be second to none.

DiveBunnie Tee Shirts:
DiveBunnie Summers are here! Yes we have adapted the classic white vest and given it a little DB colour hehe:

Sian's Conservation Trip:
Sian keeps a diary of her trip to the Seychelles with the GVI:

The Jackfish Alley Cave Exploration:
Jilly returns to tell us of the Jackfish Alley Cave exploration project:

Jilly Braves the Caves:
Follow Jilly's diary as she undertakes the feat of becoming a technical cave diver, deep in the caves of Yukatan in Mexico:

The salvaging of the Million Hope and its corals:
The sad news is that the Million Hope wreck is now being salvaged for scrap (well sad for divers, not the salvage company!). The great news is that work is in progress to salvage the corals growing on it!

Thistlegorm moorings and coneservation project:
Attempts to preserve our favourite wreck here in the Red Sea have finally been put into place and have now undergone a little fine tuning.
Biorock technology helps restore damaged reefs:
Could this be a solution for our dying reefs?

Demise of brave Ras Mo resident Dave the Turtle:
Our favourite turtle Dave, famous for the fibre glass patch on his shell, loses his battle for survival.

Nina dives the Yolande wreck… a record for the girls!
Nina Priesner breaks the womens world record for the deepest wreck dive.

Divers survive days at sea!:
Read about how two Sinai residents find out for themselves that sometimes despite all the best precautions, things can go awry

Deepest Wreck Dive Ever:
The Boys breack the record… Leigh Cunningham and Mark Andrews dive the Yolande wreck.

To find out more about what's happening in Sharm right now, follow the Bunnie Blog:

For those of you who followed the DiveBunnie's progress down in Madagascar, (I love that movie!!) you can also read the latest research updates at the
Blue Ventures web-site

Interested in becoming a volunteer? Pop along to our Madagascar page
or get the lowdown on volunteering and planning such a trip:

To find out more about taking care of our underwater world:

Or why not share your feelings on this subject in our Forum?

Not particularly breaking news, however, the National Dive Centre, at Dayhouse Quarry has been running for a few years now, found just outside Chepstow. Read about our initial experience
here:

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