Five freedivers, 12 world records
No fewer than 12 world freediving records have been broken during the nine-day Vertical Blue international competition at Deans Blue Hole in the Bahamas, with some marks switching back and forth between competitors during the event. Read more...
Motivating Med divers for lionfish war
Targeted removals can suppress the growing number of invasive lionfish around protected Mediterranean coastlines, according to a new study – but only by combining culls by scuba divers with long-term monitoring. Read more...
Dive-boat sinks in Florida
Investigators have been trying to determine why a packed dive-boat sank suddenly off Florida’s Atlantic coast. Crews from nearby diving and fishing vessels rushed to the scene to pick up the Safari Diver’s 13 occupants when it went down on the afternoon of 18 July. Read more...
Diving mayor had heart condition
Then-mayor of Cambridge Nigel Gawthrope, who died on a scuba diving holiday in South Africa as reported on Divernet in January 2019, had an undiagnosed heart condition. Read more...
DIVERNET Xtra
WIN! WIN! WIN! A TUSA TC1 Dive Computer worth £249
TUSA's new TC1 is a stylish wrist computer ideal for all divers as either a primary or back-up device. Read more...
Five freedivers, 12 world records
No fewer than 12 world freediving records have been broken during the nine-day Vertical Blue international competition at Deans Blue Hole in the Bahamas, with some marks switching back and forth between competitors during the event. Read more...
Motivating Med divers for lionfish war
Targeted removals can suppress the growing number of invasive lionfish around protected Mediterranean coastlines, according to a new study – but only by combining culls by scuba divers with long-term monitoring. Read more...
Dive-boat sinks in Florida
Investigators have been trying to determine why a packed dive-boat sank suddenly off Florida’s Atlantic coast. Crews from nearby diving and fishing vessels rushed to the scene to pick up the Safari Diver’s 13 occupants when it went down on the afternoon of 18 July. Read more...
Ancient shipwreck found off Egypt
A rare ancient galley has been discovered by underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio and his dive-team in the sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion, off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. 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...
Mares Magnet Connector
Able to support 60kg, the Magnetic Connector is a great alternative to carabiners, snap-hooks, bolt-snaps and clips, according to Mares. Read more...
Aqua Lung Xscape
Xscape 4/3mm wetsuits are intended for warmwater diving, snorkelling and surface sports. Read more...
Free and squeezy
Freediving – it's basically snorkelling with good PR. It involves holding your breath, often to the point of semi-suffocation. What’s so free about that? Read more...
The new abnormal
The desperate dash for a dive is on – but where and how? Read more...
Scandi Noir
This is not IKEA’s cheerful “the wonderful everyday”. 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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