The Red Sea Association for Diving and Watersports have brought in new rules for liveaboard and day diving charter boats, and for divers who use them.

Among the new rules for divers on Liveaboards:

• Divers must have at least 50 logged dives
• Each diver must carry an SMB, and each buddy pair must carry a torch - even on morning dives
• Divers must possess diving accident insurance from “a reputable company”

In addition, all divers (dayboats or liveaboard) must produce medical certification of fitness to dive, issued within the last year.

You can read the full story on the Divernet Website.

The London International Dive Show will be held at the ExCel centre on March 5th and 6th.

Tickets are £7.00 in advance from the LIDS website, or £9.50 on the day. They’ve also pledged to give 50p per ticket for all advance bookings to the D.E.C. Tsunami appeal.

If you’ve never been before, it’s well worth a visit - there are hundreds of exhibitors: Dive shops, Travel companies, Dive resorts, Equipment manufacturers, etc., etc. It’s also a great place to pick up discounts on kit (although check the price of what you want before you get there - sometimes the discounts aren’t quite as good as they seem!).

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