NEWS
Jazz singer missing after cave-dive
A German jazz singer has disappeared following a scuba dive in what is said to be the South Pacific’s largest underwater cave. Read more...
Freshwater fish that live to 100+
The longest-living marine vertebrates, the Greenland sharks, can survive for many centuries, but until now freshwater fish have not been known to live much beyond the age of 70. Read more...
First divers visit Circle of Heroes
The first half of Circle of Heroes, the USA’s first underwater military memorial, has been unveiled off Florida’s Gulf of Mexico coast. Read more...
Tragic end to Alaskan research dive
A 28-year-old American scientific diver has died in an underwater incident in Alaska. Read more...
Family on a mission rescue iPhone
A scuba-diving family have recovered an iPhone X in full working order after two days’ immersion in a Derbyshire lake. Read more...
Divers uncover ancient Greek shipwrecks
Five ancient shipwrecks, traces of three more and a 2500-year-old granite anchor pole from a “colossal” vessel have been found by maritime archaeologists diving off the eastern Aegean island of Levitha. Read more...
British scuba diver detained in Oman
A diving instructor who had been returning to the UK from the Philippines to visit sick relatives has been imprisoned in Oman on unspecified charges for several weeks. Read more...
One-stop cenotes diving with Maya Blue
Maya Blue, a PADI 5* diving and freediving centre, has been set up in the small town of Xpu-Ha, between Playa del Carmen and Tulum in Mexico's Yucatan, to help scuba divers at all levels as well as freedivers and snorkellers to explore the "Mayan Underworld". Read more...
UK seas “a service station” for humpbacks
The UK provides migrating humpback whales with a welcome break, according to the findings of a new citizen-science project. It has matched for the first time a humpback spotted in home waters with one photographed in the Arctic – thanks to whale-watchers sharing photos on social media. Read more...
Robot sheds light on basking sharks
An underwater robot has swum into action for the first time in the UK to observe the enigmatic behaviour of basking sharks in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. It has long been suspected that the species might breed there, and the hope is that the REMUS SharkCam might capture such an event on film. Read more...
Only women need apply
UK-based Luna, which describes itself as a "dive trip organiser and community creator", has been set up by divers Lucy Alfred and Ellie D'Silva for women "seeking a new adventure in an inclusive, female-focused group". Read more...
Divers’ shots reveal manta secrets
Reef manta rays have a much bigger home range than previously thought, according to evidence provided by divers to researchers in Australia. Read more...
Star names set for DIVE 2019 stages
Some star names have already confirmed their plans to give presentations at the UK’s biggest annual event for scuba divers - DIVE 2019, at NEC Birmingham in October. Read more...
Search for Devon diver called off
A search for a scuba diver who went missing off south Devon on Saturday, 3 August was called off the following morning. Read more...
Divers relocate Majorca’s ‘Ghost Ship’
Divers have rediscovered the wreck of a mysterious yacht last seen afloat off Port de Pollenca in Majorca eight years ago. Read more...
Buddying up in Bonaire
With its absence of strong currents, Bonaire in the southern Caribbean is ideal for learning to dive, says Diverse Travel, while experienced divers and underwater photographer will be glad of typically 30m visibility and extended bottom-times. Read more...
Club divers cross Channel en masse for Normandy 75
Six weeks after the 75th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings on 6 June, 1944, the British Sub-Aqua Club has sent its own fleet across the Channel, carrying scuba divers keen to commemorate the occasion. Read more...
Ballard out to solve Earhart puzzle
Deep-sea explorer Dr Robert Ballard, the man who found the wreck of the Titanic, is mounting a scientific expedition to the central Pacific this month in a bid to solve the mysterious disappearance of 1930s aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Read more...
Nirvana in Tubbataha
Remote Tubbataha Reefs National Park in the Philippines contains 11 shark and 13 dolphin and whale species, and is a nesting ground for hawksbill and green turtles (not to mention its 600-plus fish and 360 coral species). Read more...
How a melonhead became a bottlenose
In a unique case of inter-genus adoption among marine mammals, a bottlenose dolphin has been observed caring for a baby melon-headed whale over a three-year period in French Polynesia. Read more...
Scottish club divers smash Three Lakes record
Three scuba divers from Burghead Sub-Aqua Club in Moray have outdone the pioneers of the “Three Lakes Challenge” Monty Halls and Andy Torbet – by smashing their record. Read more...
Divers ransack 80m-deep historic wreck
Authorities in the southern Australian state of Victoria are investigating after an 80m-deep historic wreck was looted by what they say were technical divers. Read more...
Ever tried running in scuba gear?
An Irish diving instructor is training to compete in this year’s Dublin Marathon in full scuba gear, including cylinder, to raise funds for ocean protection. Read more...
Seahorse supporters win right to challenge drillers
Energy companies could find it more difficult to carry out the sort of exploratory oil-drilling seen off Dorset earlier this year, when Poole Bay's population of seahorses and other vulnerable marine life was said to have been endangered. Read more...
Record potential among UK’s deep freedivers
Freedivers Alice Hickson and David Mellor have been named as 2019 UK Depth National Champions by governing body the British Freediving Association (BFA). Read more...
Military hardware sunk for divers in Aqaba
Jordan is set on becoming the go-to place for scuba divers who enjoy the spectacle of hardware out of its natural element. Read more...
Divers half-clear Bell wreck explosives
A week-long operation to make the famed WW2 ore-carrier wrecks off Bell Island in Newfoundland safer for recreational divers has been hit by poor weather and underwater access problems - but Royal Canadian Navy divers have succeeded in clearing unexploded ordnance from two of the four wrecks. Read more...
Meet the glow-in-the-dark shark
It was discovered nine years ago in the USA’s Gulf of Mexico, one of the only two “pocket sharks” ever found, but now the “glow-in-the-dark” shark has been officially classified as a new species, Mollisquama mississippiensis. Read more...
Intact Renaissance shipwreck found in Baltic
An intact 500-year-old shipwreck has been found in what is described as a “astonishing” state of preservation, at a depth of 120m in the Baltic Sea. Read more...
