Are you the face of PADI?!

Fancy modelling for PADI?

PADI are looking for PADI divers to appear in print and digital media, for their new marketing campaigns.

To qualify, you must:

- Be a certified PADI Rescue Diver or above
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Have 75+ logged dives
- Have experience diving in a variety of environments (e.g., fresh and salt water, tropical and temperate conditions, wreck/drift/night diving experience, etc.)
Be available for one or more photo shoots this summer, each approximately one week or longer (exact dates TBD)

If you fancy going for it, there's full details and information on how to apply on the PADI site. You've got until the 2nd March 2009....

DiveAlert Plus

We're probably all familiar with "normal" BCD air horns: they clip onto the inflation valve of your BCD and use the air from your tank to power a piercing air-horn. Handy if you need to be noticed.

But how about underwater? Well, Ideations have come up with DiveAlert Plus. It's a standard surface air-horn, but also has an underwater device built in, also powered using air from your tank.

The idea is that you can attract the attention of your in-attentive buddy underwater, or just generally draw attention to yourself. Of course, it suffers from the usual problem of underwater sound being unplaceable - so it wouldn't be any good if you get separated in low-vis, but no tank-rattlers or anything like that are.

From the photos (I haven't used one) it looks a bit bulky, and I don't know how much it would get in the way, or get accidentally deployed. I have a standard Buddy Air Horn on my jacket at the moment, and I'm not sure I'd want anything much larger on it, but this could just be my personal preference.

It's also available in the UK, via CPS. The nearest retailer I can found to Norwich is Christal Seas Scuba:

Christal Seas Scuba
6 Cromer Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR6 6ND

Tel: 01603 485000
Email: christal.seas.scuba@hotmail.com
Website: www.scuba4me.co.uk

They are listed as authorised retailers for CPS Partnership products.