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New release of DiversHotSpot.com from 1 April 2012

2012-03-27 15:35:25
We are happy to announce our new release of DiversHotSpot! Our first months since we took DiversHotSpot live in 1 November 2011 have been a little bumpy with quite a few bugs and some problems with usability. We have been working very hard to remove bugs as well as improving your experience.

What’s new

You might have notice that our index page is new. Here you will be able to read about the latest updates and what’s going on with DiversHotSpot and diving in general around the world.

We also give you a brand new search function that you can test below. It’s now easy to preview your search hits in list mode as well as swopping to map view to get a geographic overview. However to make this work even better we need your help. If you find a dive site with incorrect location or information use the “suggest change” button under the map. Also lots of dive operators have not given us their GPS position so searches for them might not be perfect, however we get new updates every day.

 
It’s now easier to log your dive. We have temporarily removed some of the functions that did not seem to work well, and logging your clean-up will soon be back but in new improved way. Uploading photos have had some problems in IE9 and they still exists however we have made a work around for this and for now the crop function is disabled if you’re using IE9. This means that your preview pictures might not look as good as they could but you will still be able to upload the pictures. When we have a solution for this we will let you know.

Help videos can be found here and there on the site, as we create new help videos they will be added as well. The help videos are connected to the page you are viewing. Just click the icon when it’s enabled and we open a new window to steam the video in.

You now have to be logged in to see all the information about all the dive operators. Our recommended centers can be viewed without having to log in. We used to hide information from operators that we had not verified, you can now see their information when you log in but we will prompt you so you know it’s not one of our recommended dive operators.
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This week featured Dive Site: Sha'ab Marsa Alam

Information

Location:Red Sea, Egypt
Water:Salt Water
Depth:35 meters
Briefing Map Uploaded by:
DiversHotSpot AB
Site Description Uploaded by:
DiversHotSpot AB

Description:

Sha'ab Marsa Alam is an offshore reef formation not far from the main land of the south of Egypt. On the far north side there is a steep wall of colorful soft coral where moray eel can be spotted while you are drifting by on the currents. The west side is covered with a large coral garden which showcase a large variety of different corals in different formations. In the south of the reef tall pinnacles raise up against the surface above. Close by on the southwest side a retired German dive boat called “Legend” is resting on the ocean floor. Sometimes small spinner dolphins swim by there. On the far west side there is a swim through cave several meters wide inside. The entrance is big enough for two divers to enter at the same time. Written by Fredrik Mattsson for DiversHotSpot.

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Featured Dive Centers

A featured dive center is under the supervision of DiversHotSpot. This means we regularly check them towards their diving organizations. If we get reports about a center being unsafe they will loose this status.
Najada diving
SSI, PADI
Croatia
Caribe Aquatic Adventures
NAUI, PADI
Croatia
Aonang Scuba Center
NAUI
Thailand
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