Picture this in the Red Sea
Underwater photographer Paul “Duxy” Duxfield has joined forces with Emperor Divers to lead two week-long Red Sea liveaboard workshop trips. Read more...
Anchor Lights Series 189
Anchor Lights claims that it is top-notch design and materials that set its lamps apart. Aircraft-grade aluminium is used for the light body, a lens designed for in-water use optimises beam focus and operation is via a patented switch. Read more...
Seahorse supporters take on Minister
The Seahorse Trust is appealing for cash to enable it to challenge the UK Government over what it claims is the illegal approval of an extended oil-drilling licence in Poole Bay, Dorset. It contends that the drilling operations, which began in February, are likely to have caused the deaths of four dolphins, a seal and two seahorses. Read more...
How did this reef manta reach Cocos?
A pregnant reef manta ray, a species associated purely with coastal waters, has been encountered for the first time far from any mainland – at remote Cocos Island in the eastern Pacific. Read more...
Unique shipwreck proves the ancients right
When the Greek historian Herodotus visited Egypt nearly 2500 years ago, he wrote an account of watching what he regarded as unusual Nile river-boats being built. But since ancient times no trace of the sort of vessel he described had ever been found – until now. Read more...
Diver goes missing in Mexico
Extensive air and sea searches, funded by an appeal that raised $40,000 from 500 people in its first day, are continuing for a Canadian scuba diver who went missing off Cozumel in Mexico on Saturday, 16 March. Read more...
Coral reef discovered – in the Med
A living mesophotic coral reef lying off south-eastern Italy is thought to be the first to be identified in the Mediterranean in modern times. Read more...
British diver dies in South Africa
A British scuba diver died following a dive near Cape Town in South Africa yesterday morning (16 March), according to the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI). Read more...
Conditions imposed as Brothers reopen
The Brother Islands reopen to divers today (16 March) following a closure period of more than three months - and a new decree from Egypt’s Red Sea Governorate has defined how diving is to be carried out at the location from now on. Read more...
Skipper speaks out at Maverick deaths review
A second pre-inquest review has been held into the deaths of three divers in separate incidents over nine months from the same Dover charter-boat, the Maverick - and its skipper has spoken publicly about the fatalities for the first time, according to a report in Kent Live. Read more...