Dive Show secures option of revised NEC Birmingham dates
IT WILL COME as no surprise that, like many other organisations, the Dive Show is keeping a close weather eye on the gradual relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in the UK and around the world. Read more...
Sea Dragon 5000 SL676 Light
This photo and video light is “feature-laden”. It has a maximum output of 5000 lumens, a 120° wide-angle beam and boasts an auto-off circuit to cut out when a flash is fired. Read more...
Eye-teeth protect whale sharks
In humans the “eye-teeth” are the upper canines, but new research suggests that the world’s biggest fish have eye-teeth in a more literal sense. Read more...
Mares Dual 15X Regulator
The Dual 15X weighs in at only around 1kg, but appears to be far from light on features and benefits. Read more...
Dive Show secures option of revised NEC Birmingham dates
IT WILL COME as no surprise that, like many other organisations, the Dive Show is keeping a close weather eye on the gradual relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in the UK and around the world. Read more...
Eye-teeth protect whale sharks
In humans the “eye-teeth” are the upper canines, but new research suggests that the world’s biggest fish have eye-teeth in a more literal sense. Read more...
Divers locate Americas’ earliest ochre-mine
Cave-divers have discovered a red-ochre mine in a cave system on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula – and learnt that it was worked between 12,000 and 10,000 years ago, making it the oldest-known such mine in the Americas. Read more...
Two diver deaths in Australia
It’s unusual for an entry-level scuba diver to die on a dive - or for any level of diver to be killed by a shark. Unfortunately both of these rarities were reported to have occurred off Australia’s east coast on the same day, Saturday, 4 July. Read more...
Those big animals await
Amos Nachoum and Amanda Cotton of the Big Animals expeditionary force have been making plans to get diving again towards the end of 2020, and if you’ve saved enough by spending months at a time without going out much you could consider booking. Read more...
The temptations of Blue O Two
Most of the bigger tour operators and liveaboard fleets have financial plans in place now to give clients peace of mind when booking holidays. Read more...
Sea Dragon 5000 SL676 Light
This photo and video light is “feature-laden”. It has a maximum output of 5000 lumens, a 120° wide-angle beam and boasts an auto-off circuit to cut out when a flash is fired. Read more...
Mares Dual 15X Regulator
The Dual 15X weighs in at only around 1kg, but appears to be far from light on features and benefits. Read more...
What are Marine Paints?
Ferries, boats, ships, other water vehicles, as well as other structures that are generally exposed to water use waterproof marine paints or marine coatings. The special paints give them protective layers against moisture such as rain, freshwater, saltwater, or brackish water. Offshore oil rigs are coated with marine paints as well to prevent the metal from rust and corrosion. Read more...
How to Live on Liveaboards
SIMON PRIDMORE tackles all aspects of a diver’s life at sea, from avoiding arguments and sea-sickness to underwater incontinence, complaints and the vexed question of tipping. Read more...
Prison Break
If you enjoyed Will Appleyard’s recent Frozen In Time features about diving Baltic wrecks, here’s a coda to those adventures, as he takes time out to explore the former Soviet prison of Rummu in Estonia. Read more...
DIVER TEST: Lomo Mesh Bag
It’s a bag, made of mesh, in which you can carry your dive-gear to and from the boat and store it between dives. It does exactly what you would expect it to do, and it doesn’t cost a fortune. Read more...
DIVER TEST: Oceanic ProPlus 4.0
It’s hard to fault the ProPlus. It’s bulky, but that’s the trade-off for those big and well-spaced out easy-reading displays. Clip it to your BC with a retractor and you really won’t notice the size. Read more...
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