Move over Scuba Diving. Just diving into deep waters to experience those underwater thrills is passé. You can now ride in water, not just over it. With a Scubacraft. It is a self-contained submersible and is also a capable surface watercraft. The craft, uses an internal combustion engine to reach a dive site where it can go in deep water of about 100 feet. The Scubacraft is a brainchild of Wales engineers.

Although the water vehicle is submersible, it is not a pressurized submarine. It does not need cranes to lower the craft below water. It does not need boats to carry it into the sea. The underwater thriller vehicle is much less expensive than submarines of similar size. If you dream of owning it though, unofficial figures rate it at $ 164,000.

The craft is sure to boost underwater tourism further, and has reportedly aroused the interest of film-makers. In future, you may even expect Scubacraft to feature a dedicated filming platform, as it is in concept stage now. For the moment, the craft is available in two models – the SC3 that is in prototype form, and the bigger SC6 which is yet to be built. For both, batteries will power electric thrusters under water. Read More

There are many things that man cannot still do, though he claims to have reached the skies. One such thing is staying alive without breathing under water for a long time. However, Ricardo Baiao has designed the Phantom. The Phantom hold five minutes worth of air and isn’t much but I think it is still better than having to die 5 minutes earlier if you don’t know how to swim.

I would say, learn how to swim before you get one of these and even if you did, use it only in case of emergency. Five minutes worth of air is not going to do much to you. However, the design looks clean, sleek and interesting, which means it can actually look good when you are wearing it.

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This might be a new revolution in the world of scuba diving. The first scuba rebreather especially designed for recreational divers is finally here. Poseidon is the one introducing the Discovery Rebreather, also called the Cis-Lunar Mk VII, designed by Bill Stone. This rebreather will bring an all new diving experience which is both safe as well as silent.

Believe it or not but the Poseidon product will let you stay underwater for up to three hours to say the least. The rebreather has an advanced control system as well as automatic and continuous safety chcks that we can track on the integrated LCD computer display with strong backlighting and ambient light sensors for our convenience. You don’t have to adjust anything because the mouthpiece vibrates and blinks to report a malfunction.

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