Technical Diving
RAID Launches new Nitrox Plus and Decompression Diver courses
Dive training agency RAID has launched two new courses designed to bridge the gap between recreational and full-on technical diving.
Garmin launches Descent X50i large-format dive computer
Garmin launches its first large-format dive computer, the Descent X50i, with a 3" colour touchscreen and underwater diver-to-diver messaging.
Wrecks of the Aegean: Italian torpedo boat, Aldebaran
The Italian WWII torpedo boat Aldebaran is a popular Aegean tech dive - Kostas Thoctarides provides the history of her sinking
Deep Dive Dubai to host Technical Diving Summit
Four-day tech summit at world's deepest dive pool will bring together industry experts and innovators for workshops and presentations
Wreck of ‘hit-and-run’ passenger ship Lyonnais found off Massachusetts
The 1856 wreck of Lyonnais, a passenger ship that sank with the loss of 114 lives, has been discovered by a team from Atlantic Wreck Salvage
Shearwater veteran Curtis ‘Curt’ McNamee retires
Shearwater's industry veteran CCR specialist, Curtis 'Curt' McNamee, has announced his retirement after 20 years helping to build the company
Two Polish divers die exploring Malta’s Le Polynesien wreck
Two Polish divers have died following a dive to the wreck of Le Polynesien, a First World War shipwreck off Żonqor Point, Marsascala, Malta.
Jared Hires’ cause of death – DAN preliminary report
The Divers Alert Network has issued a preliminary report into the death of Jared Hires, who died in Norway's Plura cave system on 3 April
Dive Rite’s Jared Hires dies in Norway’s Plura cave system
Cave-diving expert and Dive Rite General Manager, Jared Hires, has died while diving Norways's popular Plura cave system
Search for missing German U-boat to be revealed in BBC documentary
BBC documentary to highlight the search for a lost German WWI submarine and the British ship that sank her
BSAC launches Divesoft Liberty rebreather course
The British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) is bolstering access to technical dive training with the new BSAC Divesoft Liberty CCR course
The Women Divers Hall of Fame welcomes seven new members in 2024
The Women Divers Hall of Fame has announced it is welcoming seven new members for 2024, including the first posthumous award in its history
TDI co-founder Bret Gilliam dies aged 72
Tech diving pioneer Bret Gilliam, co-founder of Technical Diving International (TDI), has died after suffering a stroke earlier this year
Record-breaking diver Brett Hemphill dies in Texas cave
Brett Hemphill, holder of the deepest US underwater cave dive, died during a dive more than a mile into Phantom Springs cave system, Texas
Deep sea pioneer Phil Nuytten dies at the age of 81
Pioneering Canadian inventor, entreprenuer and deep sea explorer, René Théophile 'Phil' Nuytten, has died at the age of 81
New Shearwater Teric Journeys Edition
Shearwater Research has released a seasonal addition to its flagship model of dive computers, the new Journey's Edition Teric.
Five of Czechia’s unique dive spots
Landlocked Czechia has a very enthusiastic scuba diving community, who make up for the lack of coastline by exploring caves, dams and flooded mines
Divers fear Yucatán train could destroy cenotes
Mexico's dive community is rallying to try and halt the new Tren Maya railway line that threatens to destroy the cenotes and their surrounds
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