NEWS
Got a survival tale to sell?
Calling UK scuba divers: have you been rescued from a dangerous situation by the emergency services? A casting agency is looking for people who have survival stories to tell to take part in what they describe as a major advertising campaign. Read more...
Molchanov’s 180m breath-hold – under ice
Russian freediver Alexey Molchanov has claimed a Guinness world distance record for freediving under ice to add to his two existing world records. Read more...
For women only: art and diving
US diver and photo-journalist Brandi Mueller has an all-female outing up her sleeve in Saba in the Dutch Caribbean, where her guests can go scuba-diving by day and get creative with nightly art sessions in a “relaxing atmosphere”. Read more...
Wreck-hunter Clive Cussler dies
US scuba diver, shipwreck-hunter and best-selling novelist Clive Cussler has died at the age of 88. Read more...
Irish ship’s bell returned to home-town
Technical divers who retrieved the bell of the Dundalk, a WW1 armed merchant steamer sunk in 60m in the Irish Sea five miles off Anglesey, are returning it to the Irish town after which the ship was named. Read more...
Double the bubble in Sulawesi
Oonasdivers and Murex Dive Resorts are offering divers the chance to spend 11 nights across two Indonesian destinations, Murex Manado and Murex Bangka. Read more...
Lecoeur’s iceberg seals score again
“Frozen Mobile Home”, an image of crabeater seals swirling around an iceberg, has helped French full-time photographer Greg Lecoeur to win the title of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2020. Read more...
Whalers did their worst – but their prey are back!
Endangered humpback and blue whales are returning to the south-west Atlantic in unexpected numbers. Read more...
Cracked computer led to CCR fatality
Damage to a dive-computer linked to a closed-circuit rebreather caused the death of an experienced technical diver, an inquest has heard. Read more...
Dive-team save shark’s sight
A juvenile grey nurse shark has retained full use of both eyes thanks to the action of scuba divers from the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia. Read more...
Seahorse diver signs up for DIVE 2020
No sooner is one speaker confirmed for DIVE 2020 in October - the next Dive Shows weekend - than another adds his name. Read more...
Widow sues dive pros and PADI
The widow of a US diver who went missing off the Pacific island of Saipan in 2018 is suing two dive companies, two instructors and their training agency PADI for alleged negligence, wrongful death and consumer-protection breaches. Read more...
Giving London a lift at DIVE 2020
DIVE 2020, which celebrates 30 years of Dive Shows at the NEC Birmingham at the end of October, has just announced the first of an extensive line-up of guest presenters – archaeological diver Mark Beattie-Edwards. Read more...
Deadly combination caused Devon diver fatality
A scuba diver drowned in Plymouth Sound last summer as the result of an acute heart problem combined with wrongly set-up equipment, an inquest has heard. Read more...
Solved: the ‘stinging water’ riddle
The mystery of how the “upside-down jellyfish” Cassiopea xamachana, which has no tentacles, manages to sting swimmers without touching them has been solved. Read more...
Four more walking sharks discovered
‘Walking sharks’ are familiar to scuba divers – hooded epaulette sharks (Hemiscyllium strahani) feature in the current issue of DIVER magazine. But now researchers in Australia have almost doubled the number of recognised species overnight. Read more...
Prince finds plastics on 5km-deep dive
A dive to a depth of more than 5km has marked the second of five phases of Caladan Oceanic’s 2020 deep-diving expeditions. Submersible pilot Victor Vescovo was accompanied by Prince Albert II of Monaco as scientific observer as they visited the bottom of Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea, on 10 February. Read more...
30 FREE tickets for 30th Anniversary NEC Dive Show
With preparations for DIVE 2020 - the 30th anniversary dive show at NEC Birmingham - well under way, the celebrations are kicking off with the offer of 15 pairs of free visitor tickets. Read more...
Gulf Air tips scale towards divers
Good news for heavily laden scuba divers heading east – Gulf Air has added them to its list of passengers entitled to concessionary baggage allowances, with up to 15kg of dive-gear permitted above the standard allowance. Read more...
The Ultimate Sharm offer
Tour operator Ultimate Diving knew what it was doing when it chose its name, permitting eye-catching headlines like the one here. Read more...
Diver dies during Storm Ciara
A scuba diver died south of Oban in the west of Scotland on Sunday morning (9 February) - while surface-swimming from shore to a dive-site during Storm Ciara. Read more...
Brandi in Truk
Brandi Mueller is hosting a deep wrecks week on the Truk Odyssey liveaboard from 4-11 July, providing the chance to dive the lesser-visited deep wrecks in the 45-70m range (as she described in the January issue of DIVER). Read more...
Oonasdivers bets on combinations
There is a growing trend for travellers to combine diving holidays with cultural breaks, relaxing beach stays and sightseeing tours, according to tour operator Oonasdivers. Guests get better value for money and more variety by spreading the flight price, it reckons. Read more...
French sub wreck dived at 2.3km
Two 2.3km-deep Mediterranean submersible dives have been carried out to examine the wreck of S647 La Minerve. All 52 of the French Navy submarine's crew were lost when she sank in 1968, and the dives were to examine the wreck before laying a commemorative plaque. Read more...
Top October dates for 30th NEC Dive Show
With NEC Birmingham in greater demand than ever from organisers wanting the very best profile for their events, the Dive Show is delighted to have secured prime dates of 24/25 October for its 30th anniversary NEC weekend. Read more...
TV dive-team trace ‘Bermuda Triangle’ shipwreck
A ship that vanished with its 32 passengers in the "Bermuda Triangle” 95 years ago has been located, and its story is told in a new two-hour Discovery Science channel documentary. Read more...
Cuttlefish snacks depend on what’s for dinner
Cuttlefish avoid snacking to leave room for their favourite meals, it has emerged from new University of Cambridge research. On realising that shrimp - their preferred food - will be available in the evening, they will eat fewer crabs during the day. Read more...
Grey seals clap for victory
It took 17 years of scuba diving, but eventually naturalist Dr Ben Burville managed to capture on video the unprecedented sight of a male grey seal clapping its flippers under water to produce a noise like a gunshot. Read more...
Diving expert John Bevan dies
A vast amount of diving knowledge and experience has gone with the death of Dr John Bevan at the age of 77 – although the veteran UK diver has left behind a considerable body of work in print. Read more...
