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Scuba Products

• Scuba products on Amazon US
  An overview of scuba books and other scuba products on Amazon US.
   
• Scuba products on Amazon UK
  An overview of scuba books and other scuba products on Amazon UK.
   

Dive Organizations

• DAN - Divers Alert Network
  International website of the Divers Alert Network containing, among other things, the DAN Medical Center, a database of medical information including FAQs, articles and a medical dictionary.
   
• DAN Europe - Divers Alert Network
  The European department of IDAN (International Divers Alert Network), a non-profit organisation concerned with research into the medical aspects of diving. You can become a member of DAN, which allows you to use their international network of alarm centres, which can give advice by phone and refer to local dive physicians. They also issue a magazine, Alert Diver, which contains interesting articles on the medical aspects of diving.
   
• IANTD - International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
  IANTD is an organisation that specializes in nitrox and technical dive training.
   
• IDD - Instructor Dive Development
  Website of IDD, an international diving association.
   
• BSAC - British Sub Aqua Club
  The BSAC is one of the most respected diving organisations in the world with a reputation for the excellence of its diver training programme.
   

Diving for the Disabled

• HSA - Handicapped Scuba Association
  Founded in 1981, the Handicapped Scuba Association, a non-profit organization, has dedicated itself to improving the physical and social well-being of people with disabilities through the exhilarating sport of scuba diving and in doing so has become a worldwide authority in the field.
   
• IAHD - International Association for Handicapped Divers
  The International Association for Handicapped Divers provides dive training for physically handicapped people. They also provide specialised training for dive instructors who want to teach people with physical handicaps.
   
• Wevos Wet Wheels
  Website of Wevos Wet Wheels, a Belgian organisation for diving for the disabled.
   

Learning to Dive

• Duikcursus.com
  Overview of scuba courses in the Netherlands.
   

Underwater World

• Reef Relief
  Reef Relief is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to preserving and protecting living coral reef ecosystems through local, regional and global efforts.
   
• Oceanic Research Group
  Oceanic Research Group, Inc. is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to ocean conservation. Their principal mission is the production of educational films and products. They also have an extensive underwater stock photography and video library which they use to help fund their non-profit mission.
   
• World Wildlife Fund
  International website of the World Wildlife Fund.
   
• National Geographic Society
  Website of the National Geographic Society.
   
• Seaturtle.org
  Website dedicated to providing online resources and solutions in support of sea turtle conservation and research.
   
• Greenpeace
  International website of Greenpeace.
   
• Turtle Trax
  Website devoted to marine turtles.
   
• Project Seahorse
  Project Seahorse is a team of biologists and social workers committed to conserving and managing seahorses, their relatives and their habitats while respecting human needs.
   

Publications (Dutch)

• DuikNet
  Dutch website containing Dutch and international dive news and many links. It also contains a notice board on which you can place free ads, a mailing list and an overview of dive clubs in the Netherlands.
   
• DuikReis
  Dutch website containing information and links about dive travel.
   

Publications (Worldwide)

• Divernet UK
  Website of the British magazine Diver, which is published by BSAC (British Sub Aqua Club), a British diving association. Contains among other things articles from the magazine (which are published on the internet one month after they are published in the magazine).
   
• Scuba Diving
  Website of the American magazine Scuba Diving. The website contains lots of news and information and offers services such as a newsletter and email.
   
• Asian Diver
  Website of Asian Diver, the first and leading Pan-Asian online underwater resource.
   
• UKRS
  Website of the uk.rec.scuba (UKRS) newsgroup.
   
• Scuba Yellow Pages
  Website containing lots of links to scuba-related websites.
   
• Scuba Diving Explained
  An online book by Lawrence Martin about the medical aspects of diving.
   
• Deeper Blue
  Online resource for the underwater world. Not just about scuba diving, but also about freediving.
   
• Dive-Oz
  Australia's biggest online scuba resource.
   
• Underwater Times
  Daily journal of life in and around the water.
   
• ScubaMonster
  Offers scuba articles, links and full access to scuba-related discussions. Find your next diving destination or research equipment and learn more about marine life.
   
• Underwater Australasia
  Australia's most popular dive site and comprehensive underwater directory.
   

Dive Centres (Netherlands)

• Pims Tek Diving - Leiden
  Website of dive centre Pims Tek Diving in Leiden.
   
• Delta Diving - Alkmaar/Oostvoorne
  Website of Delta Diving, which has dive centres in Alkmaar and Oostvoorne.
   
• Get Wet - The Hague
  Website of dive centre Get Wet in The Hague.
   

Dive Centres (Worldwide)

• Taka Dive Adventures - Australia
  Website of Taka Dive Adventures in Cairns, Australia, who organize liveaboards to the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea.
   
• Reef Teach - Australia
  Dive centre in Cairns that presents entertaining and informative presentations and courses about the Great Barrier Reef.
   
• Sundive - Australia
  Dive centre in Byron Bay that offers, among other things, dive trips to Julian Rocks.
   
• Oonas Divers - Egypt
  Website of Oonas Divers in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt.
   
• INMO Divers - Egypt
  Website of dive centre INMO Divers in Dahab, Egypt.
   
• Amoray - Florida
  Website of Amy Slate's Amoray Dive Resort in Key Largo, Florida, United States.
   
• Dolphin Reef - Israel
  Website of Dolphin Reef in Eilat, Israel, where you can dive with dolphins.
   
• Maltaqua - Malta
  Website of dive centre Maltaqua in Malta.
   
• White Shark Africa - South Africa
  Dive centre in Mossel Bay specialised in cage diving with great white sharks.
   

Dive Travel

• Planula - Australia
  Bed & breakfast style retreat in Byron Bay especially catering for divers.
   
• Diving Cairns - Australia
  The ultimate guide to a diving holiday on North Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
   
• Roozo Diving Tours - Netherlands
  Dutch travel agency specialized in dive trips to destinations all over the world.
   

Dive Equipment

• Suunto
  Website of Suunto, with extensive information about the Suunto dive computers.
   
• Reef Scuba Accessories
  Website of Reef Scuba Accessories, an online dive shop in the United States.
   
• Dive Innovations
  Website of Dive Innovations, a company that has developed a new tank integrated weight system for divers with back problems.
   

Diving and Medicine

• DAN's Diving Medical Information Center
  DAN's (Divers Alert Network) database of dive medical information.
   
• Diving Medicine Online
  Diving medicine for the non-medical diver and the non-diving doctor.
   
• E-med Frequently Asked Dive Medical Problems
  A list of frequently asked dive medical problems.
   
• Doc's Diving Medicine
  Website about diving medicine by Edmond Kay, M.D., Dive Physician for the University of Washington.
   

Underwater Photo and Video

• UnderwaterPhotography.com
  General website about underwater photography.
   
• Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous Marine
  Annual international underwater photography festival.
   
• Kurt Amsler
  Website of underwater photographer Kurt Amsler.
   
• Norbert Wu Productions
  Website of underwater photographer Norbert Wu.
   
• The World of Steve Norvich
  Underwater photographer Steve Norvich's website.
   
• Wetpixel
  Website about digital underwater photography.
   
• SeaPics.com
  Website about underwater photography with pictures, tips and links.
   
• Duikeninbeeld
  Dutch website about underwater photography and video.
   

Dive Shows

• Belgische duiksportbeurs - Belgium
  Annual dive show in Antwerp, Belgium.
   
• BOOT - Germany
  Annual watersports show in Düsseldorf, Germany. The emphasis is on boats, but there is also one market hall dedicated to scuba diving. The show is held in January and lasts about a week.
   
• DuikVaker - Netherlands
  Annual dive show. The show lasts three days and is held in February.
   
• DEMA - Diving Equipment and Marketing Association
  The DEMA is a global group of companies and organisations whose mission is to promote and provide sustainable growth in safe recreational diving while protecting the underwater environment.
   
• UK Dive Shows - United Kingdom
  This website gives an overview of dive shows in the UK.
   
• Beneath the Sea - United States
  Annual three-day dive show held in March.
   

Diving Software

• ScubaBase
  Logbook software which enables you to store data such as dive profile, buddy information and location data.
   

Other Dive-Related Links

• PB Translations
  Qualified and sworn translator of English & Dutch and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor: For all your dive-related translations.
   
• Diving against cancer
  An initiative from enthusiastic recreational divers from the 's-Hertogenbosch region who are organising the KiKa dive marathon 's-Hertogenbosch (31 May-1 June 2008), the proceeds of which will go towards fighting children's cancer.
   

News Groups and Forums

• nl.sport.duiken: Dutch news group
• uk.rec.scuba: British news group
• aus.sport.scuba: Australian news group
• rec.scuba: American news group