Brit divers sought for polar trip
The African & Oriental Travel Co ran its second diving expedition to Antarctica and the Southern Shetland Islands last December and describes the trip as “incredibly successful”. Read more...
Family fun with a purpose
Younger and non-diving members of scuba divers’ families get the opportunity to join in with immersion in all things marine biological around the UK when The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week 2020 gets under way on 25 July. Read more...
Scubapro D Mask
At £155, the D Mask might be considered designer eyewear. This system mask features coated lenses said to block damaging high energy visible (HEV) light, with an optional selection of positive, minus and bi-focal eyesight correction lenses. Read more...
Malta dive-pro cleared of manslaughter
A dive-centre owner in Malta has been cleared after being charged with the involuntary manslaughter of a British female diver five years ago. Read more...
New websites dive into history
A new website called jimsuit.com is devoted to the emergence 45 years ago of the atmospheric diving suit. Better known as the JIM suit, it was developed to enable divers to work safely as deep as 457m without the need for decompression. Read more...
August issue of DIVER Magazine out now!
TO ENSURE prompt delivery of DIVER Magazine during the current period of coronavirus disruption a special FREE digital version of the AUGUST issue has been produced to replace the normal paper copy – with no reduction to subscribers’ overall paper-copy entitlement. Read more...
Sharks in the UK – and on TV
As temperatures rise in UK coastal waters over the next 30 years, non-indigenous species of shark such as hammerheads and blacktips look set to arrive in increasing numbers. Read more...
Goodtodive Disinfectant
The Covid-19 virus has tied hygiene to safety, but for individual divers, dive-centre staff and liveaboard crew, keeping equipment infection-free has always been important. Read more...
Early warning of coral threats
A new scientific prediction tool could provide an early-warning system of the two most destructive disturbances faced by coral reefs - bleaching and crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS). Read more...
Pelagic hunt in Baja California
The Marlin Hunt, set for 20-30 October this year in Baja California, Mexico, is led by professional underwater photographer and regular DIVER contributor Henley Spiers, who was knocked out by the spectacular experiences there he described in the magazine a year ago. Read more...