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A NHeO dive computer worth £550!The NHeO dive computer from VR Technology provides "the most streamlined, user-friendly interface of any mixed-gas dive computer". Its faster, more intuitive, screen navigation process and gas selection system make programming and diving the NHeO simple. Right out of the box, the NHeO is ready for all your open-circuit air and nitrox diving. Program in up to four gasses and hit the water with confidence. The multi-profile, multi-gas algorithm has full decompression look-ahead. You can also switch or add gasses under water at any time and the NHeO calculates your new profile.
For a chance to win this exciting prize, enter our competition here.
Big dive show, big value for money!Save money on tickets for this year's London dive show at ExCeL on the weekend of 27/28 March by booking online here.
The online price is just £7.50, instead of £10.50 on the door. And what's more, if you book six or more adult tickets in advance you'll save a further £1 off each ticket.
Visitors booking in advance will also get fast-track entry into the show - and be able to collect a FREE Show Guide worth £2.50 (one per ticket order) on arrival.
What's on offer at LIDS 2010? The 12 attractions below are just part of the diving action, expertise and opportunities you'll find at this year's show:
1. WIN! An £8000 dive holiday in BarbadosJust by attending LIDS 2010 you'll get the chance to enter the Grand Show Prize Draw to win an £8000 dive holiday for two in Barbados, including flights with Virgin Atlantic and a fortnight's stay at the luxurious Hilton Barbados Hotel.
Diving with Barbados Blue dive centre, spectacular coral reefs and wrecks, including the famous Stavronika wreck (pictured), are easily accessible.
2. Meet diving's big namesFor the ultimate heads-up on what's happening in the diving world, cherry-pick from the tempting menu of free LIDS 2010 speaker presentations. Whether your interests lie in marine life or wrecks, leisure diving or technical diving, you'll find plenty to inform, excite and entertain - from speakers including adventure diver Monty Halls (pictured), shark guru Mike Rutzen, and manta-ray pioneer Andrea Marshall (pictured).
See the full speaker line-up here
3. Feel the goods
Shopping for dive gear is a big part of the Dive Show experience. At LIDS 2010 you'll be able to handle, try on, discuss AND BUY a huge range of new kit - and take advantage of special show prices.
4. See an u/w photo show within a show
New to LIDS this year, the Visions in the Sea Underwater Photography Show will feature presentations and advice from well-known experts, including Steve Warren, Martin Edge, Mark Webster, Maria Munn and diving videographer Jeff Goodman. Find out more here
5. Hold your breath Make a note to be at the Try-Dive Pool at 2pm for the Interactive Freediving Display, with Marcus Greatwood's NoTanx crew. Win prizes by guessing winners in the breath-hold competitions. And try it yourself - visit the NoTanx stand for free 5-minute freediving lessons! See video here
6. Get an eyeful
Be inspired by two underwater photography displays: help choose winners and runners-up from the images on the BSoUP Prints Competition shortlist; or savour the finest shots from the Sharks In Focus contest, organised by The Shark Trust and DIVER magazine.
7. Go British - and win a Suunto!Each day in the British Isles Experience at LIDS 2010 Suunto will be giving away three of its popular dive computers. This special area has all the flavour of diving in Blighty, everything from the dive centres and charter-boats, to getting involved with the topical Marine Conservation Zone Project - and, of course, the British-themed bar.
8. Splash in
Youngsters can enjoy a supervised scuba taster at the Try-Dive Pool, while the Technical Pool is set aside for more advanced divers who want to try out rebreathers, DPVs and other kit. Go on, get wet!
9. Dive back in time
The Historical Diving Society is 20 years old, and its anniversary display highlights its working-equipment diving events at venues from Stoney Cove to Weymouth Pier.
10. Be a lifeboat rescuerDon't miss the RNLI Lifeboat Training Simulator at LIDS 2010. Up to 10 people can ride in the simulator at once, and it provides a real taste of what it's like to be part of a volunteer lifeboat crew aboard a Tamar-class lifeboat.
11. Get trained
The British Sub-Aqua Club hopes to have its new Expedition Manual available and is asking divers of all persuasions to record their best-ever dive on its Graffiti Wall. And of course the always-thronging PADI Village provides an umbrella for a host of stands covering all travel and training possibilities.
12. Roam the worldWith so many travel-related exhibitors and speakers, LIDS is great for planning holidays, from the Red Sea Zone, where visitors can hear the latest about their favourite overseas destination, to the Caribbean Village, where the pulsating steel band underscores the dive-talk from the islands.
Jet away to the sun!Things are hotting up in Divernet's Holiday Offers directory.
You'll find the latest deals from top operators including blue o two, Longwood, Oonasdivers, Regaldive, Scuba Travel and Sportif.
Two great dive jobs on offer
Chameleon Worldwide is looking for someone who "lives and breathes diving" to sell holidays under the Dive Worldwide brand from its offices in Hampshire. And, in Egypt, Emperor Divers is inviting applications from Dutch- or German-speaking instructors to work at its Hurghada centre. Get the details from Divernet's Job Offers & Business Opportunities directory.
Win a Luxfer pony cylinderDon't forget to enter DIVER Magazine's latest Big Question for a chance to win a Luxfer emergency pony cylinder worth £106.
This month we are asking: Are you, or do you plan to become, a rebreather diver?
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