Recommended Links For Innerspace Divers

BSAC
BSAC Branch web sites page
BSAC Regional web sites page

ORGANISATIONS
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary - Hyperbaric Medecine Unit
Archaeological Diving Unit
Nautical Archaeological Society
British Antarctic Survey
British Society of Underwater Photographers
DDRC
UK Sports Diving medical Committee
Historical Diving Society
Friends of War Memorials Maritime Division - Full information on the issue of war grave wrecks
NOAA - a wealth of knowledge and information regarding NOAA activities and related underwater subjects.
National Maritime Museum - a majour resource on Maritime information from Greenwich
The Professional Boatmans Association
RAC - check your route to the dive site and the traffic on the way
Raleigh International - leading youth development charity
Marine Conservation Society
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society - The global voice for the protection of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) and their environment

WEATHER and TIDES
S_tide New simplified harmonic tide program available for free trial
Autotide - download free software for producing tidal calculations.
HALO Icelandic weather site - free charts for the whole of Europe for the next three days - well worth a look
Weather from the Met Office
World Wide Weather from CNN
European Weather from CNN
Medium range forecast charts - weather charts for the next few days available online
Weather for inshore waters - four day forecasts
Excellent site with online weather and sea condition updates from buoys around the U.K. - Check out the conditions before you go!!!
Conditions at Sea - live info from weather buoys and other sources
Irish Marine Forecasts - detailed 12 hour charts and information for this region
St Abbs weather
Shetland weather and info.
Sea surface temperatures - Information from geostationary satellites on surface temperatures.
Weatherpost - The Washington Post's excellent weather site. International coverage, radar pictures, forecasts,etc.
Weather/Tidal Predictions etc
Tidal Predictions worldwide
Tidal Waves - Really fantastic site based at Scientific American about Tsunamis/Tidal Waves

DIVE SITE INFORMATION
Wreck Diving Links - Excellent source of information on wrecks.
Tecdiver - full of information and maps on inland sites, Dorothea, Stoney, etc. plus a forum and other tech info.
Vivian Quarry map - showing all the details. By Mark Wells.
Lizard Wrecks - Excellent detail about dive sites around the Lizard, Cornwall
Dive Sites around Weymouth - Up to date weather, water and tide tables for Weymouth
Dive Sites of Pembrokeshire
Dive sites of Kent and Sussex - Good clickable map of dive sites
Dive Sites of NE England and SE Scotland - Plenty of site information and GPS co-ordinates.
Boat Launch Sites - extensive details on where to launch your boat
GPS Co-ordinates - GPS co-ordinates and other info for British dive sites and wrecks.
Inland Dive Sites - Good database of inland dive sites with useful details
MapsOnline maps to help you get there

CONSERVATION
Marine Conservation Society
Discovery - Lots of fascinating information about the marine world including cams and a wonderful kids area.
Nudibranchs - Bernie PICTONS Nudibranch site
The Giant Squid - Everything you ever need to know in preparation for encountering this creature. Extremely interesting and well put together. Who knows what could be lurking in that low vis gloom........
Artificial Reef Association of British Columbia - sink a wreck.
The Shark Trust - promoting the conservation, study and management of sharks
More links about whales than you can believe
Basking Sharks - Excellent site with both text and photography regarding these huge creatures.
Worldwide Conservation Monitoring Centre
Monterey Bay Aquarium - Particularly good site both for lovers of marine life and also for kids. Very good photographic exhibitions and interactive pages.
Palau "Twilight Zone" Expedition - The Palau Twilight Zone expedition is an exceptionally well documented site detailing a project which explores and studies areas of reef well below normal scuba limits. The team used rebreathers to reach depths of up to 500 feet. Full logs, pictures and diagrams.
Ocean Action - An excellent summary of what can you do to conserve our underwater environment
Smithsonian Ocean Planet Exhibition
Jason Project - Dr. Ballard and a team of associates dedicated themselves to developing ways that would enable teachers and students around the world to take part in global explorations using advanced interactive telecommunications. This is the website complete with interactive sessions and telecasts.
Sea Grant - promotes the wise stewardship of our marine resources through research, education, outreach and technology transfer. Sea Grant is a partnership between universities in the United States and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which was established by Congress in 1966. There are 29 Sea Grant College programs conducting marine research and the sustainable development of marine resources.
Seaweb - SeaWeb is a multimedia public education project designed to raise awareness of the world ocean and the life within it. We aim to provide information and opinion from a broad spectrum of sources to help us all become more connected and involved in the life of the sea.
Environmental News Network. - Articles and news stories concerning conservation from around the world.

TRAVEL
Scapa Flow Information - A good source of information on one of the U.K.'s premier diving sites.
Red Sea Guide - An excellent detailed guide to the sites, wrecks of the Red Sea as well as a host of other diving information for the area.
Immunisation advice from British Airways
Florida Scuba Connection - all you need to know before planning a trip to Florida.

EXOTIC SITES
Shipwrecks of Tasmania - A real guide to the wrecks and diving of this exciting area.
Caves of El Jacinto Pat - an award winning site for this cave system in the Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico
Cocos Island - One of diving's premier locations documented in good detail complete with photos.

NAUTICAL
Flags
Boating
Marine Data Net - Just about everything you want or need to know about boats. A huge online reference library kept constantly up to date for the marine boat user.
Yachting & Boating World - another excellent boat/marine related site with info on boats, weather, tides etc.
UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency
RNLI
Professional Boatmans Association - The PBA promotes safety and information for those who go to sea.
Knots - Good diagrams and visuals for this large index of how to tie knots.
Knots - more knots

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO
British Society of Underwater Photographers
The Physics of U/W Photography - Everything you wanted to know about the Green Flash, Looming, Refraction etc!!
John Liddiard's photo site
Very interesting photography site for coral lumps
3d images of marine life/interactive
The Big Blue site - has some excellent photographs and video clips of underwater life in the Monterey Bay area of California. Some of the shots are taken at quite deep depth and so show creatures not often pictured.

ARCHAEOLOGY
Archaeology Underwater - a really excellent site detailing wreck and other dive sites mostly in French waters, particularly the south of France, but some worldwide. A really nicelooking site.
Nordic Underwater Archaeology - a wealth of information on sites in colder waters.
Guide to Historical Shipwrecks - Prepared by the University of St Andrews - excellent information about a number of UK wreck sites.
Seadart Divers - The story of the Halsewell wreck in Dorset.
U-Boats - the ultimate source of U-boat information.
Naval Ships - An amazing collection of photographs of Naval vessels

GENERAL
DIVE Magazine - the BSAC's journal
DIVE GIRL Magazine - something for the girls, and their boys.
Divedata - BSAC Branch Management software - free evaluation copy available.
Diveinstruct - An instructor information resource and discussion group.
Diving Medicine - Kept very regularly updated.
A brilliant site produced as an entry to the Think Quest competition - filled with good ideas.
Equipment configuration information - very detailed
Learning to Dive with the BSAC - Peter's personal dive log detailing his open water training - really good photos.
UK REC SCUBA - Lot's of general information on UK diving, and a very comprehensive set of UK diving links.
Links - extremely good collection of diving related links
Loch Ness Monster? - Just what does lurk in the waters of Loch Ness. This is the official web site complete with web cam which claims to have already captured pictures of "The Beastie". What do you think?
Treasure seekers guide - lots of links about underwater treasure seeking.
Diver's Datalog
Rescue - Resuscitation Council
RLSSGood place to find resuscitation manikins and such...
St Johns First Aid kits, Resusie annies
OHP slides - some privately made BSAC related slides.
Diving cartoons
Excellent scuba animations

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