Late Autumn Diving - 2012
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SCUBA in Malta does not end with the summer months.
The sport may be enjoyed all year round and that is exactly what the Amphibians Club divers are doing.
Enjoy this collection of late autumn photos sent to us by Mario Mula.
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Media coverage of Amphibians Seabed Cleanup 2012
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This story has attracted a lot of media attention when a 23-strong team of Amphibians Club divers and 15 onshore volunteers recovered over 1,200kgs of recyclable waste from Wied iż-Żurrieq seabed during the annual Cleanup, organised by GreenPak and the Amphibians SCUBA Diving Club.
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Hobby which turned into an obsession
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It is probably the best site in the Mediterranean
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
All it took was one dive at the Blue Grotto, in Żurrieq, and retired fireman Peter Lemon was hooked.
Nearly 30 years and 80 trips later, Mr Lemon has racked up an incredible 2,000 dives in Malta, becoming so enamoured with the Maltese waters and dive sites that he wrote a book that is now in its third edition
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Most logged diver in the World
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26,000 times under waves for Maltese dive teacher
Wednesday, October 22, 2012
Joseph Chircop, known as Derek to his friends- which means all the Amphibians has logged his 26,000th dive on Monday, but speaking about his feat during the PADI ceremony on Saturday, he momentarily forgot where his milestone dive had taken place.
“It was Ċirkewwa,” he exclaimed eventually, after checking with his colleagues at Scubatech Diving Centre in St Paul’s Bay, where he was visited by a PADI representative.
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Rare Blue Button jellyfish spotted
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Blue button jellyfish reported near Marsalforn
An abnormally high density of 'blue button' jellyfish around Marsalforn in the past few days. Hundreds of the minute, but unmistakable (in view of their ethereal blue and perfectly spherical bodies), blue button (Porpita porpita) individuals were observed in a small area, clinging on to, and possibly feeding on, tentacles of the mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca).
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