Issue # 34: Exploring the depths
DIVE’s Summer ’24 magazine takes a deep look at the devastation being wrought on the Mexican cenotes by the railway being built on top of them. Take advantage of our trial £1 for 3 months subscription* to get your copy now!
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The cenotes of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula are among the most outstandingly beautiful wonders of the scuba diving world – and so much more besides, filled with culture and history we have barely begun to explore. A railway being built directly on top of some of the most important freshwater caves in the world threatens not just the cenotes themselves, but perhaps the future of the entire region. Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell reports.
Read: Below the Line – Mexico’s Tren Maya is destroying Yucatán’s cenotes
Gender equality has a long way to go in parts of Indonesia, but scuba diving and marine conservation are helping to change that. Annie Means reports on the women of Coral Catch, a female-only coral restoration initiative that is inspiring Indonesian women into ocean science.
Read: Taking the Lead – the women of Indonesia’s Coral Catch
Jenny Stock won our Big Shot Kaleidoscope underwater photography with an amazingly creative mandarinfish mandala. In our Summer 24 Magazine, Jenny takes us through a step-by-step guide to creating your own kaleidoscopic imagery.
Read: Jenny Stock’s guide to kaleidoscopic underwater photography
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Indonesia is the world’s largest shark-fishing nation, and facing a pressing conservation challenge because of it. There is hope for the future, however, and Francesca Page reports how communities, conservationists and fishers are coming together to help preserve the stocks of sharks and rays for future generations.
Read: Working Together – saving sharks and rays in Indonesia
DIVE’s latest Big Shot underwater photography competition called for submissions from the caves, caverns and overhangs of the underwater world – and we were not disappointed! Check out the winners in all their glory as they were meant to be seen, printed on art-quality paper in our print magazine.
Read: DIVE’s Big Shot Caves, Caverns & Overhangs – THE WINNERS!
Indonesia is one of the most popular – if not the most popular – scuba diving destinations on the planet. So much so that one would think most of its dive-able sites would have been explored by now. But Indonesia is also a huge country, and there are still remote spots virtually untouched by tourism. Todd and Bic Aki found such a place in Bolsel, Sulawesi, and headed out to see what they could find in its pristine waters.
Read: Into the Unknown – scuba diving new sites in Bolsel, Sulawesi
There has been a quite unprecedented number of liveaboard fires over the past year – a very small number in an ever-growing industry, to be sure, but there were certain common themes reported in the aftermaths that almost certainly led to avoidable tragedy. Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell takes a look at what passengers can do to safeguard themselves to prevent an emergency situation worsening into a disaster, and perhaps help standardise divers’ liveaboard expectations.
Read: Fire Alert – Improving liveaboard fire safety for divers
More DIVE Magazine previews:
- DIVE Magazine Spring 2024 – the Magazine with Bite
- DIVE Magazine Winter 2023/24 – Expect the Unexpected
- DIVE Magazine Summer 2023 – To the Limits
- DIVE Magazine Spring 2023 – Thinking Big
- DIVE Magazine Winter 2023 – Life Changing
