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All the latest scuba diving news from across the globe: environmental news, marine life research, latest scuba gear and safety tips
DIVE’s Big Shot – Caves, Caverns and Overhangs

DIVE’s Big Shot – Caves, Caverns and Overhangs

Enter DIVE's Big Shot Caves, Caverns and Overhangs underwater photography competition to win an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip Thailand
Fiji’s Pacific shark-feeding boom

Fiji’s Pacific shark-feeding boom

ByDIVE ContributorsApr 25, 2024
Writer and photographer Alison Smith describes how shark feeding in Fiji has brought many benefits to both marine life and local communities
RAID launches new freediving courses

RAID launches new freediving courses

ByDIVE StaffApr 24, 2024
Dive training agency RAID expands its breath-hold training programmes with new Static Apnea and Advanced Freediving courses
Dominican Republic commits to conserving 30 per cent of its ocean

Dominican Republic commits to conserving 30 per cent of its ocean

ByStuart ButlerApr 24, 2024
The Domincan Republic will be joining only a handful of other countries to have committed to conserving 30 per cent of its ocean water.
a picture of freediver alessia zecchini holding her 104m world record sign

Alessia Zecchini sets new CMAS freediving world record

Italian freediver Alessia Zecchini breaks her own freediving world record at the Philippines' Camotes Freediving Challenge
roughback bristle shark filmed deep underwater

New species of shark discovered off New Zealand

ByDIVE StaffApr 21, 2024
A new species of shark has been discovered off the coast of New Zealand, and four others moved to a new family
‘Secrets of the Octopus’ – a brilliant new Nat Geo docu-series

‘Secrets of the Octopus’ – a brilliant new Nat Geo docu-series

A new three-part docu-series is coming to Nat Geo LIVE this Earth Day - a fantastic glimpse into the lives and behaviours of octopuses
Scientists confirm fourth global mass coral bleaching event

Scientists confirm fourth global mass coral bleaching event

Scientists from NOAA have announced that the a global mass coral bleaching event is underway, the second in the last ten years
claudia gas tanker sitting on the coral reef in Sharm El Sheikh

Gas tanker runs aground in Sharm El Sheikh

A Libyan-flagged gas tanker has been seized by Egyptian authorities after running aground at Ras Nasrani in Sharm El Sheikh.
Meet ‘Oceanus’ – the world’s first long-range autonomous research vessel

Meet ‘Oceanus’ – the world’s first long-range autonomous research vessel

ByDIVE StaffApr 15, 2024
Oceanus, a new autonomous marine research vessel in development by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, is set to revolutionise ocean research
Ocean Census endorsed as UN Ocean Decade programme

Ocean Census endorsed as UN Ocean Decade programme

ByDIVE StaffApr 13, 2024
The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census has announced that the porject has been officially endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Programme.
Caskets filled with coral settlement substrates hanging in the pools

SECORE International’s Caribbean-wide coral restoration success

SECORE International‘s coral seeding programme is hailed a great success, with its reef restoration initiative present in nine Caribbean nations
a photo of jared hires wearing a ccr rebreather

Jared Hires’ cause of death – DAN preliminary report

The Divers Alert Network has issued a preliminary report into the death of Jared Hires, who died in Norway's Plura cave system on 3 April
reef world foundation panel on stage at adex 2023

Reef world returns to ADEX for sustainability think tanks

ByDIVE StaffApr 11, 2024
The Reef-World Foundation is returning to ADEX Singapore this year with two Sustainable Diving events to be hosted by Underwater360
picture of a scuba diver in thailand touching a whale shark's tail

Scuba diver fined for pulling whale shark tail in Thailand

A scuba diver has been fined by Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation for touching a whale shark's tail
a photo of jared hires wearing a ccr rebreather

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

Cave-diving expert and Dive Rite General Manager, Jared Hires, has died while diving Norways's popular Plura cave system
Mystery illness killing smalltooth sawfish

Mystery illness killing smalltooth sawfish

ByStuart ButlerApr 6, 2024
Scientists are worried about a mystery illness killing critically endangered smalltooth sawfish in the Florida Keys.
Citizen shark scientists required!

Citizen shark scientists required!

The Shark Trust is asking divers and snorkellers to help with shark sightings during Global Citizen Science Month
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