CONTENTS DIVING DESTINATIONS
104 The Blues & Makos at the Cape of Good Hope 110 Mystery Steamship
New Shipwreck in the Red Sea
The Magnificent Sharks of the Bahamas
118 The Adventures of a UAE Diver: 124 Diving on the Seventh Continent
HEALTH
136 Dive Operations and COVID-19:
Prepping for Return
Rinsing and Cleaning Diving Equipment
140 The Diving Community Joins in the C-19 Fight 142 Scuba Equipment Care 144 Fit Diver: Activation & Workout
EDITOR & GRAPHIC DESIGNER
ALLY LANDES Ally is EDA’s Project Manager, Event Planner, Graphic Designer, Writer, Editor, Photographer and Videographer. She created and introduced ‘Divers for the Environment’ back in December 2004 as an educational tool to share information by the dive industries professionals, conservationists, underwater photographers, scientists and environmental enthusiasts from all over the world, to better care for and protect our underwater world.
THE QUARTERLY CONTRIBUTORS
Meet the regular magazine contributors who share their passions and interests with our readers. Want to contribute? Email: magazine@emiratesdiving.com
STEVE WOODS Steve Woods is an underwater photojournalist working in and around Indonesia as a conservation photographer. He founded the Gili Shark Foundation in Lombok, Indonesia and works for various other marine conservation organisations either on location or shooting/donating imagery to them. Steve’s commercial clients have ranged from The Guardian, The Times, The Washington Post, New York Times, filming Americas Next Top Model underwater, Rough Guides, SCUBA Diver magazine, Dive magazine, as well as various other national and international publications. He has also contributed to a number of marine conservation documentaries focusing on Sharks and Manta Rays. www.stevewoodsunderwater.com
JESPER KJØLLER Professionally involved in the diving industry since he started diving in the early nineties, Jesper ran a successful Scandinavian divers magazine for many years. His articles and photos have appeared in books, magazines and websites all over the world.Today he lives in Dubai, involved in marketing but finds time to teach diving to Global Underwater Explorers.
NATALIE BANKS Natalie Banks is a marine conservationist, spokesperson, researcher, scuba diver, writer and advisor. She has been sought for advice by Australian Governments and conservation organisations as well as having had articles published in international media outlets.
46 KIDS CORNER – FONT USED: DYSLEXIE FONT
Dyslexie font has developed a typeface especially for people with dyslexia called Dyslexie. People with dyslexia have problems distinguishing some letters. They sometimes turn, mirror and switch letters whilst reading. The Dyslexie typeface targets these problems by altering the shape of the letters so they are clearly different from any other letter. As well as this, the spaces between the letters are improved and capitals and punctuation are bolder so people with dyslexia don’t read words or sentences together anymore. Representative research among many dyslexics has now shown that the font actually helps them with reading texts faster and with fewer errors.
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FERNANDO REIS Conservationist, environmentalist, shark expert, specialised in shark diver training and in shark advocation. Fernando Reis is the Founder and Executive Director of the Sharks Educational Institute which he set up in 2016. www.sharksinstitute.org
PATRICK VAN HOESERLANDE Diving opens up a whole new world. Being a writer-diver and coeditor of the Flemish divers magazine, Hippocampus, Patrick personally explores our underwater world and shares his experiences through his articles. You’ll find a collection of them on www.webdiver.be.
