Issue # 39: Blue corridors
DIVE’s Autumn ’25 magazine is here! This Autumn, we explore pygmy blue whales, the amazing properties of sound underwater, Aqaba’s military museum, how Jaws affected sharks, and take a trip on board the Turks and Caicos Aggressor II – subscribe now to reserve your copy!
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TIMOR-LESTE’S PYGMY GIANTS
Every year, hundreds of pygmy blue whales pass by Timor-Leste on their migration route to Australia. Josef and Lenka Litt were afforded the chance to swim with a mammal that is pygmy by name, but giant by nature.
SHARK-INFESTED WATERS!
Turks & Caicos were once the haunt of the Caribbean’s most fearsome Pirates, but they are also surrounded by glorious coral reefs and rather unfearsome sharks. Jenny Stock took her camera on board Aggressor Adventures’ Turks & Caicos Aggressor II to check out the Islands’ treasures!
50 YEARS OF JAWS
Steven Spielberg’s movie Jaws, based on Peter Benchley’s book of the same name, has often been cited as the reason behind a mass campaign to exterminate great white sharks – but was it really? Melissa Hobson takes a look at the mark the movie left, and why its author became a lifelong shark conservationist.
MILITARY DIVING
Aqaba’s beautiful and easy-to-dive coral reefs are already a draw for divers, but Jordan is often overlooked as a destination compared to Egypt’s much more expansive reefscape. Anthony Leydet explores one option that other Red Sea dive spots don’t have, however, a purposefully sunk military museum, complete with tanks, helicopters and aircraft.
THE SOUND OF SCIENCE
Sound travels much further and much faster underwater than it does above the surface, and in an environment where even the best visibility isn’t very far at all, is much more critical for survival. Steve Pretty talks to Natural History Museum curator Richard Sabin about the extraordinary world of underwater sound.
PATTERNS & TEXTURES
As always, our Big Shot Patterns & Textures underwater photo competition produced some outstanding entries, from super-macro shots of coral polyps to the complex markings of giant sharks. Check out all the winners and highly commended entries here, plus news of our Best Big Shots of 2025 competition…
THE FUTURE OF DIVING
In the summer of this year, Garmin launched the Descent S1 buoy, a sonar-based communications device that enables diver tracking and two-way communication between the surface and the depths over a 100 metre radius. Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell dived with it, and reviews how the scuba diving world just changed.
More DIVE Magazine previews
- DIVE Magazine Summer 2025 – Hidden Treasures
- DIVE Magazine Spring 2025 – Ocean Colour Scenes
- DIVE Magazine Winter 2024/25 – Never Stop Learning
- DIVE Magazine Autumn 2024 – A Giant Stride for Mankind
- DIVE Magazine Summer 2024 – Exploring the Depths
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