Domino effect led to diver’s death
A New Zealand scuba diver died through a lethal combination of unsafe practices from which other divers could learn, a coroner has concluded at the inquest. Read more...
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Lockdown lures seahorses back to Studland
Britain’s endangered spiny seahorses have recolonised their former stronghold of Studland Bay in Dorset - that’s the conclusion following a dive by a team from marine-conservation charity the Seahorse Trust. Read more...
Maldives gets first ENOS system
The DivePoint dive-centre on Rannalhi in South Male atoll has become the first Maldives operation to invest in ENOS, the electronic rescue and locating system for divers. Read more...
Greece lowers guard on diving
Long-established restrictions on scuba diving in Greece are finally reported to have been lifted by the country’s parliament, as it bids to maximise visitor numbers in the wake of its success to date in limiting the spread of coronavirus. Read more...
Dolphin anchor lifted in Sicily
A 2300-year-old stone anchor inscribed with a dolphin symbol has been retrieved by scuba divers off the north-west coast of Sicily. Read more...
Join Socorro manta expedition
The Revillagigedos are a group of four volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean that lie 250 miles off Baja Mexico and include Socorro. They attract schooling hammerhead, tiger, and silky sharks, dolphins, jack and barracuda, whale sharks and famously manta rays. Read more...
Medics worried by Covid after-effects
Diving doctors have expressed concern that they do not know how scuba divers’ lungs and heart will recover after Covid-19 infection. Read more...
European cave-training in 28°C water!
The Scuba Murcia dive-centre in southern Spain says it has been working closely with PADI and TecRec instructor Simon Townsend to become the only PADI dive centre in Europe to be able to offer the PADI Tec Full Cave Diver course. Read more...
Likely English shipwreck found off Mexico
Scuba divers have investigated the remains of what is thought to be a late 18th / early 19th century ship off Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. The timber hull has disintegrated but an Admiralty-pattern anchor, 2.5m cannon and cast-iron ballast have been found, suggesting that it was an English sailing vessel. Read more...