Graeme Gourlay - Publisher/Editor
Graeme is the publisher and editor of DIVE Magazine.
He has been diving for more than 30 years, and founded DIVE in 1995 after finishing a tenure as News Editor of The Sunday Times.
Day-boat Dreaming in the charming Egyptian resort of El Gouna
Graeme Gourlay rediscovers the pleasures of uncrowded reefs and day-boat diving at the purpose-built, but charming, Egyptian resort of El…
Review: Sharkpedia, A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore by Daniel C Abel
A pocket-size treat for shark lovers – a review of Sharkpedia, A Brief Compendium of Shark Lore by Daniel C…
Review – The High Seas, by Olive Heffernan
High crimes on the High Seas – a review of The High Seas; Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed…
The Ride of Your Life – with Maldives grey reef sharks
Riding a scooter into a cloud of grey reef sharks, whose populations in the Maldives are booming thanks to a…
Missing diver feared trapped in sunk liveaboard
Two feared lost after Thai liveaboard sinks in the Andaman Sea Millie Young, 57, an artist from Brighton, and a…
Review: The Bathysphere Book by Brad Fox
A review of The Bathysphere Book, Effects of Luminous Ocean Depths by Brad Fox – an extraordinary book about an…
Review: Britain’s Living Seas, by Hannah Rudd
A review of Britain’s Living Seas, Our Coastal Wildlife and How We Can Save It, by Hannah Rudd This 160-page…
Review: The Mountain in the Sea, by Ray Nayler
Ray Nayler’s The Mountain in the Sea is a stunning work of science fiction, which – unlike other underwater adventures…
World’s largest shipping line reroutes container ships to avoid blue whales
Major breakthrough in campaign to stop lethal shipping collisions with resident pygmy blue whales The Mediterranean Shipping Company is rerouting…
Review: Spring Tides, Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man, by Fiona Gell
A review of Spring Tides, Exploring Marine Life on the Isle of Man by Fiona Gell £16.98, W&N The literary…
Proteus rising – Fabien Cousteau’s underwater habitat
Fabien Cousteau wants to inspire the world with a futuristic underwater habitat, known as Proteus, scheduled to come online off…
No stupid rules – diving with Red Sea pioneer Johann Vifian
Johann Vifian founded Subex in the Red Sea more than 30 years ago. We went diving with him in Sahl…
Review: A Blue New Deal
A powerful polemic calling for action to save our blue planet When it comes to saving the planet, forget green…
Review: Life On The Rocks
A moving story by Julie Berwald which intertwines a personal drama with the global crisis of coral conservation Life on…
Fast ferries linked to Canary Islands sperm whale deaths
Scientists are calling for speed limits at key times of the year on fast ferries linking the Canary Islands as…
Blue bonds – Belize to refinance debt and protect reefs
Belize is poised to refinance more than US $500m in foreign debt, with a commitment to invest in marine conservation…
Scientists call for shipping lane to be moved to save blue whales
Scientists are calling for a shipping lane off Sri Lanka to be moved by a few miles to save a…
Ocean champion: Sylvia Earle on securing the seas for future generations
We talk to Sylvia Earle on the launch of her latest book Ocean: A Global Odyssey about the daunting but…
Eight of the best places to scuba dive in Mexico
The diving in Mexico is rich and diverse – from dramatic pinnacles surrounded by large pelagics in the Revillagigedos to…
The best diving in the Philippines
The Philippines has some of the best diving on the planet – this vast archipelago of 7,641 islands scattered across…
The discrete charm of a luxury dive watch
Review of Christopher Ward’s C63 Sealander Elite As soon as I put the Sealander Elite on my wrist, my preconceptions…
Sharkwater Extinction – a tribute to Rob Stewart
This poignant and challenging film is a fitting tribute to filmmaker Rob Stewart who died in a diving incident before…
Superhighway to protect migratory sharks between Galápagos, Cocos & Malpelo
A 500,000 sq km fishing-free corridor ‘superhighway’ will protect some of the richest waters in the world around the Galápagos…
To save our planet we must save our oceans
Ocean action is not optional if we are serious about ending the climate crisis. To save our blue planet this…
The nine species of hammerhead shark
Hammerhead sharks are one of the wonders of the ocean. With their uniquely shaped heads, rising up from the deep,…
The heart of the Coral Triangle
Graeme Gourlay talks to Alan Powderham about his book which celebrates the biodiversity in the Coral Triangle Alan J Powderham’s…
Belize’s barrier reef – the best diving in the Caribbean
Belize’s barrier reef is the key part of the second-largest coral structure on the planet. Graeme Gourlay reports on the…
Max Benjamin 1947 – 2020: a diving pioneer
July 2020 One of the most popular and respected diving pioneers, Max Benjamin, 72, died this week. He was the…
Cave diver stars in film about Thai rescue
The inside story about The Cave – the first feature film about the rescue of the Thai schoolboy football club saved from…