Technical Diving

British cave diver identified after fatal dive in French system

British cave diver identified after fatal dive in French system

ByDIVE StaffSep 25, 2026

British cave diver Andy Rice has been identified after his death in France. His body has been recovered and taken…

The incompatibility of scuba diving and hubris

The incompatibility of scuba diving and hubris

Why divers need to know that limits shouldn’t be broken, even if we know they can be. At the time…

Body of missing British cave diver found deep in French cave

Body of missing British cave diver found deep in French cave

ByDIVE StaffSep 21, 2026

The body of a 43-year-old British cave diver, who had been missing in the Gouffre de Saint-Sauveur cave system since…

Dutch diver dies after emergency ascent during 100m dive in Attersee

Dutch diver dies after emergency ascent during 100m dive in Attersee

ByDIVE StaffSep 21, 2026

A 57-year-old Dutch diver has died after making an emergency ascent from approximately 80m during an attempted 100-metre dive in…

No equipment defects found after fatal Lake Constance dive

No equipment defects found after fatal Lake Constance dive

German investigators have found no evidence of technical failure in the equipment used by two tech divers who died following…

Four tech divers found safe after surfacing away from boat in Samaesan, Thailand

Four tech divers found safe after surfacing away from boat in Samaesan, Thailand

ByDIVE StaffAug 17, 2026

Four technical divers were found safe on the evening of 14 August after failing to return from a training dive…

Closed Circuit Recalibration – how rebreathers transform your diving

Closed Circuit Recalibration – how rebreathers transform your diving

ByDIVE ContributorsJul 28, 2026

Conservation filmmaker, marine scientist and underwater photographer Jasmine Corbett describes how closed circuit rebreather training transforms not just your underwater…

Halcyon issues safety warning for Symbios oxygen MAV regulators

Halcyon issues safety warning for Symbios oxygen MAV regulators

ByDIVE StaffJun 23, 2026

Tech diving specialist Halcyon has issued a mandatory safety inspection and service campaign for all oxygen MAV regulators used with…

First underwater footage of Mediterranean great white shark

First underwater footage of Mediterranean great white shark

What is believed to be the first underwater footage of a great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea has been…

Tawianese rebreather diver dies in mine recovery mission

Tawianese rebreather diver dies in mine recovery mission

ByDIVE StaffFeb 9, 2026

A Taiwanese technical diver has died during an expedition to recover human remains from a flooded Second World War-era coal…

Search ends for missing cave diver at Font-Estramar in southern France

Search ends for missing cave diver at Font-Estramar in southern France

ByDIVE StaffJan 15, 2026

Search operations have ended for a cave diver who went missing at the Font-Estramar cave system in southern France. The…

Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences announces 2026 NOGI Award winners

Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences announces 2026 NOGI Award winners

ByDIVE StaffJan 9, 2026

The Academy of Underwater Arts & Sciences (AUAS) has announced the recipients of the 2026 NOGI Awards, recognising individuals whose…

Review: Northern Diver Odyssey full face mask

Review: Northern Diver Odyssey full face mask

ByDIVE ContributorsOct 28, 2025

Experienced commercial, tech and CCR diver Ants Stern reviews the Northern Diver Odyssey full face mask I’ve dived with a…

Scuba diving world mourns the loss of Divetech pioneer Nancy Easterborrok

Scuba diving world mourns the loss of Divetech pioneer Nancy Easterborrok

ByDIVE StaffOct 14, 2025

The scuba diving world has sadly said farewell to another technical diving pioneer with the passing of Nancy Easterbrook, founder…

Michael ‘M2’ Menduno dies following stroke

Michael ‘M2’ Menduno dies following stroke

Pioneering technical diver and journalist, Michael ‘M2’ Menduno, has died after suffering a stroke in early September. The news has…

Body of Wales quarry diver was found 85m underwater

Body of Wales quarry diver was found 85m underwater

The body of a diver that was recovered from Dorothea Quarry in Gwynedd, North Wales, on 31 May was found…

disused quarry flooded with water in the welsh mountains

Scuba diver dies in North Wales’ Dorothea Quarry

A 60-year-old man has died while scuba diving at Dorothea Quarry, a disused slate quarry used as a dive site…

a scuba diver in a case system wearing the halcyon symbios handset and heads up display

Halcyon offers Symbios Ecosystem discounts for instructors

ByDIVE StaffMay 3, 2025

Halcyon Dive Systems is offering dive instructors a discounted offer on its Symbios Ecosystem, an integrated dive package consisting of…

RAID Launches new Nitrox Plus and Decompression Diver courses

RAID Launches new Nitrox Plus and Decompression Diver courses

ByDIVE StaffNov 20, 2024

Dive training agency RAID has launched two new courses designed to bridge the gap between recreational and full-on technical diving.…

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Garmin launches Descent X50i large-format dive computer

Wearable tech specialist Garmin has launched its first large-format dive computer, the Descent X50i, featuring a 3-inch colour touchscreen display,…

Wrecks of the Aegean: Italian torpedo boat, Aldebaran

Wrecks of the Aegean: Italian torpedo boat, Aldebaran

The Aegean Sea saw a huge amount of action during the First and Second World Wars. Greek Explorers Kostas Thoctarides…

Deep Dive Dubai to host Technical Diving Summit

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 exclusive workshops and presentations…

Wreck of ‘hit-and-run’ passenger ship Le Lyonnais found off Massachusetts

Wreck of ‘hit-and-run’ passenger ship Le Lyonnais found off Massachusetts

The wreck of Le Lyonnais, a sail-and-steam passenger ship that sank in 1856 with the loss of 114 lives, has…

Shearwater veteran Curtis ‘Curt’ McNamee retires

Shearwater veteran Curtis ‘Curt’ McNamee retires

ByDIVE StaffSep 4, 2024

Shearwater Research Inc’s long-standing sales and service technician, Curtis ‘Curt’ McNamee, has announced his retirement, 20 years after joining founders…

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Two Polish divers die exploring Malta’s Le Polynesien wreck

Two Polish divers have died following a dive to the wreck of the SS Polynesien, a First World War shipwreck…

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Jared Hires’ cause of death – DAN preliminary report

Preliminary report names medical event, not mechanical failure, as the cause of the celebrated diver’s death The Divers Alert Network…

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Dive Rite’s Jared Hires dies in Norway’s Plura cave system

Update 11 April: DAN has issued a preliminary report into Mr Hires death – attributing it to a medical event,…

Search for missing German U-boat to be revealed in BBC documentary

Search for missing German U-boat to be revealed in BBC documentary

ByDIVE StaffMar 27, 2024

The search for a lost German First World War submarine and the British ship that sank her – and sank…

BSAC launches Divesoft Liberty rebreather course

BSAC launches Divesoft Liberty rebreather course

ByDIVE StaffFeb 26, 2024

The British Sub-Aqua Club is bolstering access to technical dive training with its new BSAC Divesoft Liberty CCR course, the…

The Women Divers Hall of Fame welcomes seven new members in 2024

The Women Divers Hall of Fame welcomes seven new members in 2024

ByDIVE StaffJan 4, 2024

The Women Divers Hall of Fame (WDHOF) has announced it is welcoming seven new members for 2024, including the first…

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