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AI RETELLING OF MY TRUE STORY   OF AN UNDERWATER ALIEN Generated By ChatGPS : Stephen Weir had always been fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean. As a scuba diver, he had explored some of the most beautiful underwater locations around the world. But his dive near the island of Grenada would be one he'd never forget. Stephen and his dive group were swimming near a coral wall when they decided to take a group picture. Stephen positioned himself at the back of the group and took out his camera. As he was about to take the picture, he noticed something strange in the background. There was a figure in the distance, hovering near the coral wall. It looked humanoid, but its skin was an otherworldly shade of blue. Stephen couldn't believe his eyes. Was he seeing things? He looked again and realized that the figure was definitely there. Stephen quickly took the picture and swam closer to investigate. As he got closer, the figure turned to face him. Stephen gasped as he realized that ...

  Bride and Groom all washed up, but that’s what made them so bubbly at this unique St Lucian wedding By Stephen Weir There wasn’t a dry eye at a very special St Lucia wedding held last Thursday.    A well-known scuba diving Canadian travel agent Julie Gilchrist and her beau Sean Gillen decided to get hitched underwater and in doing so set a record for the Caribbean! This past weekend the third annual Saint Lucia Dive Festival ended with a wrap-up celebration to honour the Southern Ontario couple who literally deep-sixed their wedding vows two days before.  It all happened some 30 feet down on the sandy bottom of a Caribbean bay near the ever-so-posh Royalton Resort. St Lucia is no stranger to out-of-country couples getting married on the island.  In fact they hold over 700 such weddings every year. But never ever in the history of the island have they ever seen such a wedding – it all took place underwater where the fish out-numbered the g...

1,000 Island City Gets Number One Rating For Its River Diving By Stephen Weir (August Diver Magazine) First it was an American on-line dive magazine, then it was a chain of Canadian newspapers and now, Germany’s largest circulation magazine Der Spiegel is the city of Brockville, Ontario to discover why this is one of the world’s best freshwater diving destinations.   The St Lawrence River community has shipwrecks, shore diving, good visibility in warm water, a growing underwater sculpture park and just recently opened state-of-the art Aquatrarium   (both an aquarium and shipwreck attraction).   Diver Magazine layout - photo by Roy Letts ‘It’s not common knowledge, but Canada offers some of the best diving in the world, in some of the most untouched marine environments. So, what are the best dive sites in Canada? “ asks Scuba Diver Life, a California online dive magazine. “Brockville! Just across the St. Lawrence River from New York State, along a st...

Soto Wreck - Little Cayman - Peter Brink  Cayman Wreck Story - Diver Magazine September 2012 Little Cayman - The Wreck of the Soto Trader MV Soto Trader Commissioned: 1940s. Decommissioned: 1975 Date lost :  04/04 / 1975 cause lost :  fire Dimensions: 120 Ft Length - 30 Ft Beam Cargo at time of sinking: Beer. Construction equipment. Vehicle. Note: no beer has been found on the wreck this century. (I’ve looked)   Reef Divers Little Cayman Conch Club Condos and Conch Club Divers Phone: (345) 948 1026   (561) 283-1715 P.O. Box 58, Little Cayman. KY3-2501, Cayman Islands Conch Club Divers in Little Cayman Phone (345) 948-1026   (832) 460-9127 E-mail ccdivers@candw.ky Little Cayman Beach Resort and Reef Divers http://www.littlecayman.com/contact-us/ Phone: (345) 948-0124 The Southern Cross Club Little Cayman http://www.SouthernCrossClub.com Tel: 345-948-1099 Full Story: http://stephe...

WORLD'S NEWEST (FOR NOW) SHIPWRECK ALREADY HAS VISITORS - KITTIWAKE AN EXCLAIMATION MARK OFF CAYMAN'S SEVEN MILE BEACH By Stephen Weir, Diver Magazine For the dive industry Santa Claus rode into Grand Cayman on December 25 th , not in a sleigh but on board a barely floating 251 ft long WW2 US warship pulled by an ocean going tug. After seven years of planning, the retired USS Kittiwake was scuttled a few days after arriving at Grand Cayman Island. Live on the Internet, the Submarine Rescue vessel (ASR-13) was sunk upright in the sand just north of the famous Seven Mile Beach. The ship was scuttled to take pressure off the reefs of one of the world’s most popular island dive destination. Two months after she went down, the ship (donated by the US Navy) has begun to attract divers and snorkelers in large numbers. “I dived the wreck one month after her sinking,” said Suzy Marfleet, diver concierge with the Reef – a Seven Mile Beach dive operation. “ I have had a very posit...