NASA calls in divers’ coral data
It’s a shocking statistic – Earth has lost more than half of its coral reefs over the past 40 years. The rest could be gone by 2099 if conservationists prove unable to reverse the decline, but they need an accurate means of mapping their progress. Read more...
Divers find tragic White Ship
The timber longboat known as the White Ship sank off Normandy 900 years ago, drowning the heir to the English throne and hundreds of nobles. Scuba divers who had been hoping to locate the wreck have now reported finding far more than the scattered remnants they had hoped for. Read more...
Diver’s too-close whale encounter
A US scuba diver spent what must have seemed the longest half-minute of his life inside a whale’s mouth yesterday morning (11 June). Read more...
Spiny pay-off from seagrass project
A rare sighting off Cornwall in the form of a long-snouted seahorse has been reported by a marine-biologist scuba diver working on the seagrass restoration project in Plymouth Sound. Read more...
DIVERNET Xtra
WIN! WIN! WIN! 2nd chance to win a pair of Cressi Thor EBS fins worth £107
PERFECT FOR scuba diving whether you are an experienced diver or a novice, Cressi’s new Thor EBS fins’ arched profile combined with two central ribs stabilise and boost propulsion. Read more...
NASA calls in divers’ coral data
It’s a shocking statistic – Earth has lost more than half of its coral reefs over the past 40 years. The rest could be gone by 2099 if conservationists prove unable to reverse the decline, but they need an accurate means of mapping their progress. Read more...
Divers find tragic White Ship
The timber longboat known as the White Ship sank off Normandy 900 years ago, drowning the heir to the English throne and hundreds of nobles. Scuba divers who had been hoping to locate the wreck have now reported finding far more than the scattered remnants they had hoped for. Read more...
Diver’s too-close whale encounter
A US scuba diver spent what must have seemed the longest half-minute of his life inside a whale’s mouth yesterday morning (11 June). Read more...
Three big whale tales
A long-term cetacean-human relationship; bubbling behaviour unprecedented in Australia; and a pygmy population identified by nuclear-testing detectors - whales have been springing surprises all over the world. Read more...
At home on Cornish roads – air-fills and all!
How’s this for a rolling staycation idea? A Cornish business has launched what it describes as the UK’s first dedicated motorhome for scuba-divers – and it says users will no longer need to find dive-centres to refill their tanks. Read more...
Dive liveaboard savings with SSI training
Scuba divers around the world who enrol on SSI speciality courses are promised US $300 (around £211) in travel vouchers for a future Aggressor Adventures liveaboard holiday – if they book the training between 1 and 15 June this year. Read more...
Hammond CoreTex Base Pullover
The £15 Hammond CoreTex Base pullover is sold as ideal for wearing under your drysuit on warmer days or as an additional layer when dives turn colder. Read more...
AP Diving Rebreather Safety Mouthpiece
Now standard on Inspiration closed-circuit rebreathers, the new AP RBSM rebreather safety mouthpiece is also now available as a £55 retrofit. Read more...
Local Intelligence 3
Eighteen dive professionals weigh in with descriptions of their personal favourite local dive-sites – and we apologise in advance if they make you want to leave at once… Read more...
Our European Tour – Part 3
In the next part of their European Tour Swedish film-makers Linn Venneberg and Mattias Granberg hit the Iberian peninsula. If you haven’t dived there, you might be in for a surprise… Read more...
Our European Tour – Part 2
Swedish film-makers Linn Venneberg and Mattias Granberg tour Europe in their campervan, initially diving on Sweden’s own west coast. Part 2: Time to head south-west and start crossing borders. Read more...
DIVER TEST: Shearwater Peregrine
This is, unequivocally, a superb computer for casual recreational divers, through to those making basic accelerated decompression dives using nitrox. Read more...
DIVER TEST: Oceanic Excursion
The Oceanic Excursion is a very good, workmanlike BC, aimed at the serious diver. Its ruggedness inspires confidence that it will survive a lot of hard diving. Read more...
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