You can now check out the official Cayman Islands website at www.caymanislands.ky. The site has some exciting new features including a database that allows users to request information about their specific interests; up-to-the-minute weather updates, and; e-mail postcards that site visitors can send to all their friends in cyberspace.

New training agency

International Training Inc., the parent company of Technical Diving International (TDI) is launching a new training agency, Scuba Diving International (SDI). This diver training agency will offer recreational diver training with a modern twist. To combat the problem of "diver dropout syndrome", SDI plans to make training more accessible, more flexible and more focused on what divers really need to know about diving. For example, dive tables will be presented as a historical reference about the way divers used to plan dives. Students will be shown how tables work, but will be provided with a computer as a part of their basic gear. To find out more, contact TDI Canada at (705) 687-9226 or visit your local TDI training facility.

Clubs join forces to dive

The Chilliwack Scuba Club and the Fraser Valley Aquanutts organized the 10th annual Lady Rose Dive to Barkley Sound, B.C. which took place this past September. A total of 55 divers participated in this fun-filled event which included great diving, prizes and even a Humpback whale sighting! Watch for the complete story in the winter issue of Canadian DIVER and Watersport Express.

Buoy at Passage

The UCBC Mooring Buoy Team has been hard at work again. The newest buoy is located on the west reef of Passage Island. B.C. weather added a new challenge this time: the team had to find an anchor point and install the buoy all in one day. A total of eleven divers and two topside workers managed all of this quite successfullyeven though the divers logged an impressive 800 minutes of bottom time that day. For more information, check out the UCBC web page at http://www.ucbc.bc.ca/

Museum director leads expedition

James P. Delgado, underwater archaeologist and executive director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum, will lead groups of adventurers on the first-ever submersible expeditions off the coast of Canada in 1999. The expeditions will use sophisticated two- and three-person submersibles, from Nuytco Research Ltd., to take travellers to the historic shipwreck of the H.M.S. Breadalbane which lies under the Arctic ice near Beechey Island. Or, for those that prefer marine life, Jim will also lead an expedition to the waters around Hornby Island, B.C. in search of six-gill sharks and the giant Pacific octopus. For more informa tion, contact Zegrahm DeepSea Voyages at (206)285-3743 or (888)772-2366, e-mail:zdv@deepseavoyages.com. You can also check out their website at www.deepseavoyages.com.

Yukon looks for crew

Steve Anderson, the web administrator for the Yukon Project (the destroyer which will be sunk in San Diego as an artificial reef) is trying to find ex-crew members from the Yukon. So, if you're one of those crew members or if you happen to know where some of them are, contact Steve at steve.anderson@pyxiscorp.com. The list server for ex-crew members is yukon-crew@egroups.com.

Dive-O-Rama

PADI's Dive-O-Rama is quickly becoming one of the most successful scuba promotions ever. In case you haven't heard, this campaign is intended to promote the sport of diving to the non-diving public by rewarding everyone involved: dive operators, students, as well as experienced divers. Prizes include trips and the chance to dive off the new Baywatch boat with a Baywatch star. To find out how you can get involved, contact your local PADI dive operator, or check out the PADI website at www.padi.com

Encyclo-Media from PADI

PADI's new Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving has been put into a multimedia format. The result? Encyclo-Media. This new encyclopedia combines computer technology with the sport of diving, and in so doing, offers users the who's, what's, and why's of diving. The Encyclopedia of Recreational DivingMultimedia contains videos, animated illustrations, full-colour graphics and photographs. There are even virtual reality tours of a recompression chamber, and an interactive Diving Knowl edge Workbook. The Encyclopedia will make its official debut at the January '99 DEMA tradeshow, but you might want to stop by your local PADI dealer in mid-Novemberthey might have an early copy.

Guides that dive

The Saskatchewan Girl Guides have gone diving! The Barracudas Scuba Club of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan held three camp dive sessions for the Girl Guides of Saskatchewan this summer. The two and half hour sessions were a great success. For more information contact the Saskatchewan Underwater Council Inc., Box 7651, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 4R4.

Super Diver success

The Saskatchewan Underwater Council sponsored the 16th annual Super Diver event this past summer. The two day event included a five point navigation course, a timed triangular navigation swim, a two pound weighted balloon lift, and an equip ment doff and don. Thirty-four divers participated to make this event a great success. For more information contact the Saskatch ewan Underwater Council Inc., Box 7651, Saskatoon, SK. S7K 4R4.