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Wreck Diving
Wreck diving is recreational diving where the wreckage of ships, aircraft and other artificial structures are explored. Although most wreck dive sites are at shipwrecks, there is an increasing trend to scuttle retired ships to create artificial reef sites. Diving to crashed aircraft can also be considered wreck diving. The recreation of wreck diving makes no distinction as to how the vessel ended up on the bottom. Some wreck diving involves penetration of the wreckage, making a direct ascent to the surface impossible for a part of the dive. Reasons for diving wrecks A shipwreck may be attractive to divers for several reasons: * it serves as an artificial reef, which creates a habitat for many types of marine life * it often is a large structure with many interesting parts and machinery, which is not normally closely observable on working, floating vessels * it often has an interesting history * it presents new skill challenges for scuba divers to manage the risks associate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diver At Hilma Hooker Wreck
Diver or divers may refer to: *Diving (sport), the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water *Practitioner of underwater diving, including: **scuba diving, **freediving, **surface-supplied diving, **saturation diving, and ** atmospheric suit diving People * Diver (surname) *Edward Divers (1837–1912), British chemist *"Diver", nickname of Tom Derrick (1914–1945), Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross Military *V-1 flying bomb, code named "diver" by the British World War II armed forces **Operation Diver, the British countermeasures against the German V-1 flying bomb campaign *AUM-N-4 Diver, a proposed U.S. Navy torpedo-carrying missile of the late 1940s. * Diver (United States Navy) Arts and entertainment * ''Diver'' (EP), a 2006 EP by A Wilhelm Scream * "Diver" (Nico Touches the Walls song), a 2011 song by Nico Touches the Walls * "Diver" (Kana-Boon song), a 2015 song by Kana-Boon * ''Divers'' (album), a 2015 album by Joanna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
