Topic: Divetech
Dive industry mourns loss of pioneer Nancy Easterbrook
Nancy Easterbrook, a dive pioneer who brought technical diving and the Kittiwake wreck to the Cayman Islands, passed away on 10 Oct.
In photos: Women’s Dive Day
A last-minute change of venue due to surging seas did not dampen enthusiasm or turnout at the annual Women's Dive Day on Saturday.
Diving in to raise funds for Breast Cancer Foundation
Women's Dive Day, held each year in Cayman to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation, will see divers searching a West Bay dive site for 'treasure' on Saturday, 19 July.
More than 80 divers make a splash for Women’s Dive Day
More than 80 divers braved some surging waves on Saturday to take part in the annual Women's Dive Day at Divetech in West Bay, to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Women’s Dive Day to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Foundation
It's that time of year again, when divers head under the waves to not only mark Women's Dive Day but to raise funds for the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Women’s Dive Day: A pink scavenger hunt for charity
Scavengers descended on the seabed and coral reefs off West Bay's Cobalt Coast dive site Saturday, on the hunt for some unusual pink prey - and to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Dive in to help Breast Cancer Foundation
Divers of all genders are being invited to take part in Divetech’s annual fundraiser for the Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Foundation during Women’s Dive Day on Saturday, 15 July.
Cayman’s reefs feature in ‘Prehistoric Planet’ Oceans episode
Last week saw the premier of the latest season of BBC Studios' 'Prehistoric Planet' on Apple TV+, including an episode on oceans, featuring CGI footage of long-extinct underwater creatures, as well as some shots of sites that Cayman scuba divers will recognise.
Women’s Dive Day raises funds for Breast Cancer Foundation
More than 120 divers dropped beneath the waves on Saturday for Women's Dive Day, to help raise US$11,303 for the Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Foundation.
DiveTech to run its fifth Women’s Dive Day fundraiser
West Bay-based dive operator DiveTech will hold its fifth annual PADI Women's Dive Day fundraiser for the Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Foundation on Saturday, 16 July.
Tourists diving back into Cayman
In the days after Cayman’s borders reopened on 20 Nov., a small number of tourists across the islands were taking giant strides off the back of dive boats or climbing down ladders to start shore dives.
Women’s Dive Day: Divers raise $10,000 for Breast Cancer Foundation
Divers spent more than 639 hours underwater and raised at least $10,000 for the Cayman Islands Breast Cancer Foundation on Saturday in the annual Women's Dive Day challenge.
Divers get set for Women’s Dive Day
Divetech in West Bay is again preparing to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation by challenging people to take part in this year's Women's Dive Day on 17 July.
Cayman dive company creating new junior divemasters
Dive operator Divetech is offering teenagers who dream of becoming divemasters a chance to get a head start on a potential career underwater.
Women’s Dive Day: Divers swim more than 60 miles in fundraiser
Some 80 divers took part in a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Foundation on Women's Dive Day on Saturday when, between them, they dived...
Female divers gear up for Women’s Dive Day
The tenacity and dedication of Cayman's female dive instructors will be honoured at this year's Women's Dive Day when they take part in a challenge to dive, cumulatively among them, a distance of 58 miles - the equivalent to the length of Grand Cayman's coastline.
Divers prepare to go back underwater
Dive sites across Grand Cayman will be open for the first time in almost three months on Sunday, and the island’s dive operators are gearing up to welcome back customers.
Take a breather and go diving
While other dive shops close temporarily due to the coronavirus, at least three of them are grabbing the regulator by the hose and staying open.
Divetech denied permit for new location
The Central Planning Authority has turned down a request by Divetech to expand its operations to a residential property just north of its current location at the Lighthouse complex in West Bay.
Cayman’s female divers line up to break their own world record
Fifteen feet below the surface of the sea off West Bay on Saturday, for the second time in two years, female divers on Grand Cayman broke a world scuba diving record.
Women divers to make world record attempt
The only thing better than breaking a world record is breaking the same world record, again.
Cathy Church charged over boat collision
Photographer and environmental advocate Cathy Church has been charged by police in connection with a boat crash at the Kittiwake dive site.
Little Cayman giants abound in ‘Sponge Belt’
The crew from Divetech and a group of divers returned to Grand Cayman Saturday after exploring the depths of Little Cayman.
Divers go to unexplored depths at Little Cayman
Divetech’s annual dive event ‘Innerspace’ is typically held on Grand Cayman, but organisers wanted to go somewhere unique for the event’s 15th year.
Former Kittiwake crewman returns to vessel on dive trip
Earlier this year, a Michigan resident visited Cayman to see his erstwhile home, which happens to be located at the bottom of the sea.
Concern over reckless jet ski riders
Reckless watercraft riders are putting lives at risk by ignoring basic marine laws, according to concerned dive operators in Grand Cayman.
World record attempt for Women’s Dive Day
The PADI dive organization has scheduled its fourth annual Women’s Dive Day for this Saturday. Female divers all around the world will be getting in the water to celebrate women in the industry, and Cayman is no exception.
Female divers join hands for record attempt
Scuba divers in the Cayman Islands are aiming to set a novel new world record by forming the longest female underwater human chain.
Divers clear debris from Kittiwake dive site
Scuba divers removed debris Monday from the wreck of the USS Kittiwake dive site, which was damaged during a storm last week.
Kittiwake shipwreck a threat to coral reef, DoE says
The popular USS Kittiwake shipwreck has been deemed safe for divers, but concerns persist about the threat it now poses to natural coral reef.
Lost wedding ring recovered on Kittiwake shipwreck
A shipwreck, lost treasure and a knight in scuba gear made for a fairy tale ending to one couple’s Cayman vacation story. When Jessica Pasquarelli noticed she had lost her wedding ring after a dive on the USS Kittiwake dive site, she thought it was gone forever.
‘We were just shocked’: One scuba tank’s long, strange trip
It came as a surprise for Divetech owner Jo Mikutowicz when her business received a phone call last week from a man from a very unlikely place, saying that he found a tank on a nearby beach. “We were just shocked it made it all the way to Florida.”
Divers raise $1,000 for Cancer Society
Female divers make heart signs as they pose underwater off West Bay as part of a fundraiser during Women’s Dive Day on Saturday.
Cayman Salutes Women’s Diving Day 2017
It is hard to miss Divetech’s boat, Atatude, cruising along Cayman’s coast. In contrast to the usual white vessels out on the water, this one is painted a brilliant shade of fuchsia.
West Bay dives raise money for Crisis Centre
Divetech in West Bay joined with the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre on Women’s Day on Sunday for a fundraising dive trip.
Women’s Dive Day to benefit Cayman Islands Crisis Centre
West Bay dive shop Divetech is marking the PADI Women’s Dive Day with a special event benefiting the Cayman Islands Crisis Centre.
Sharks celebrated at West Bay festival
There were sharks galore at the “SharKY Fest” in West Bay on Saturday
Bumper lionfish cull during Earth Month
A group of determined divers recently did their part for Earth Month in the waters off the West Bay coast, offering up their skills in the fight against the invasive lionfish.
Kittiwake wreck transformed into underwater museum
To mark the fifth anniversary of the sinking of the USS Kittiwake, the wreck has been transformed into an underwater museum.
