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MSZCZONOW, Poland (AFP) — A 45.5-metre (150-foot) deep diving pool with artificial underwater caves and Mayan ruins, the world’s deepest such structure, opened near Warsaw this weekend. The complex, named Deepspot, even includes a small wreck for scuba and free divers to explore. It has 8,000 cubic metres of water — more than 20 times the amount in an ordinary 25-metre pool. Unlike regular swimming pools, Deepspot can open despite coronavirus restrictions in Poland […]
By Jane Kathleen Gregorio EBC Texas Bureau AUSTIN, Texas (Eagle News) — On Day 2 of the NCAA Men’s Division I Swimming and Diving Championships, the morning began with preliminary trials that included the 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 400 medley relay and one-meter diving. Friends, families and fans from different parts of the United States came to support their favorite athlete or team. The Canty family, who traveled from […]
by Anne BEADE Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A group of Japanese grannies emerges from a boat returning to shore. Clad in black wetsuits and bubbling with energy, they are part of a dwindling community of “ama” — freediving fisherwomen. As they compare the hauls of shellfish they have gathered, the women — who range from 60 to 80 years old — could be mistaken for teenagers underneath the water, gliding gracefully in […]
SAIDA, Lebanon (AFP) — Lebanese environmentalists on Saturday sank 10 old tanks and armored vehicles to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea in a novel attempt to attract divers and create new habitats for marine life. Three kilometres off the coast of the city of Sidon, a huge crane on the back of a ship manoeuvred the military hardware into place over the water before dropping them down to the seabed one after the other. […]
by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France Presse TAMPA, United States (AFP) — Researchers have discovered the first evidence that people can genetically adapt to deep diving, as shown by the unusually large spleens in indigenous people of Indonesia known as the “Sea Nomads,” a study said Thursday. The spear-fishing Bajau people regularly free-dive to depths of up to 230 feet (70 meters), with only weights and a wooden mask. They spend up to 60 percent of […]
BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan (Eagle News) – Boracay is the number one travel destination of Malaysians. This is according to the Department of Tourism, which noted that Malaysian tourists ranked number five in terms of number of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year. Nearly 12,000 Malaysians visited Boracay from January to June. https://youtu.be/m9sLoT5EfXg
Ni Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service Mabini, Batangas — Pinayagan na muli ng gobyerno ng Mabini ang mga diving activities sa lugar, ilang araw matapos nitong ipagbawal ito dahil sa pangambang maulit ang “earthquake swarm” sa probinsiya nitong katapusan ng linggo. “..Ang aming ipinaabot sa inyo…na (sa) ating tourist destination ay ganap ko na pong pinabalik yung ating diving activity,” sabi ni Mabini Mayor Noel Luistro nitong Martes, ika-11 ng Abril. Ayon sa kaniya, ang prayoridad sa ngayon ng […]
