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Capernwray Diving Centre remains for sale, with the estate agent now seeking offers over £1.6 million for the Lancashire-based dive business

An inquest has opened into the death of an experienced scuba diver who disappeared during a dive off Dorset, UK, in May 2024.

The summer of 2025 saw an extraordinary surge in the octopus population along Britain’s south-western coast - Lewis Jefferies reports

A new documentary exploring the marine wildlife of the North Sea is set to be released in UK cinemas on 25 September 2026

The wreck of Royal Navy destroyer HMS Tiger, lost with 35 souls during a night exercise in 1908, has been identified by divers from ProjectXplore

The MMO has issued a warning that intentionally disturbing wild seahorses - including by photographing them - may result in fines

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a new collection of captivating ocean-themed films to venues around the UK this Autumn.

Two women aged 24 and 26 have died in a scuba diving incident at Loch Fyne in Argyll and Bute, on Scotland's west coast

The largest seagrass restoration project ever undertaken in the UK has been launched as part of a marine recovery programme in Cornwall.

A rare Bronze Age sword has been discovered by volunteer divers investigating historic wreck sites off the coast of Devon, southern UK

Diving archaeologist Christopher Dobbs has been recognised by the Society for Nautical Research for his work raising Tudor warship, Mary Rose

The cause of death of a 52-year-old who died after surfacing from a training dive at Capernwray has been given as IPO

A UK diving instructor has been fined after falsifying a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) commercial diving medical certificate.

From takeaway containers to tiny plastic fragments, marine litter remains a daily reality on UK’s shores, despite signs of progress

Matty Smith's image of two Southern elephant seal pups has been crowned winner of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026.

A former UK scuba diving instructor has been found by a court to have sexually assaulted two teenage girls following a trial of the facts

The scuba diver who drowned off the Welsh coast last year was using a surface supplied 'hookah' system, according to new information

A scuba diver who went missing off the Welsh coast last year likely died due to the use of porrly maintained equipment, an inquest has heard

The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch has reported that mulitple safety failures were to blame for a diver's 2023 Scapa Flow death

The Marine Conservation Society's Great British Beach Clean is almost here - find out where your nearest event is - or start your own!

A diver has died at Houton Pier in Orkney, Scotland, on the north side of Scapa Flow, according to local reports

UK visitors to Lyme Bay have been warned to stay away from a 'friendly' dolphin after it became aggressive towards two women swimmers

The Scottish government has announced the introduction of two new Historic MPAs to protect Scapa Flow and the Queen of Sweden wreck

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is heading to the UK, and this year includes Diving Into Darkness, about cave diving legend Jill Heinerth

The two-man crew of a French yacht had to be rescued after their boat was damaged by an orca in the Bay of Biscay

The Marine Conservation Society and Natural History Museum’s Big Seaweed Search is set to return between 26 July and 3 August 2025

An inquest has opened into the death of a 60-year-old diver who died at Dorothea Quarry in North Wales on 31 May.

A scuba diver has died in Dorothea Quarry, a disused slate mine used for technical diving in Gwynedd, North Wales

The family of a Liverpool diver found dead near Burbo Bank wind farm off the Wirral coast have paid tribute to his memory

The British Divers Safety Group has revealed NHS England is to reduce the number of hyperbaric chambers to just three - all in the south