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2025 Science Without Borders art competition winners

2025 Science Without Borders art competition winners

ByDIVE StaffMay 29, 2025
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has announced the winners of its 2025 Science Without Borders Challenge ocean art competition
Penida dive instructor rescues entangled manta – again!

Penida dive instructor rescues entangled manta – again!

Blue Corner Dive Penida manager Jason Fondis rescues an entangled reef manta ray off the island of Nusa Penida - for the second time.
Diving the Similan Islands with Aggressor Adventures

Diving the Similan Islands with Aggressor Adventures

ByDIVE ContributorsMay 27, 2025
Thailand’s Similan Islands give writer and photographer Mark B Hatter plenty to work with while scuba diving from the Thailand Aggressor
St Helena makes a global splash with double film festival success

St Helena makes a global splash with double film festival success

ByDIVE StaffMay 26, 2025
The remote island of St Helena is making a name for itself at international film festivals, with two new short films up for awards
Shearwater expands Journeys Edition line with Perdix 2

Shearwater expands Journeys Edition line with Perdix 2

Shearwater Research has announced the latest in its Journeys series of dive computers with the debut of the Perdix 2 Journeys Edition.
Maldives Makunudu Island offer from Dive Worldwide

Maldives Makunudu Island offer from Dive Worldwide

ByDIVE StaffMay 23, 2025
Book by 30 June 2025 and save 30 per cent off a luxury scuba diving trip to the Maldives for September 2025 with Dive Worldewide
Aggressor Adventures launches ‘Back to Back Special’

Aggressor Adventures launches ‘Back to Back Special’

ByDIVE StaffMay 22, 2025

Aggressor Adventures Launches Exclusive “Back-to-Back Special’ – save up to $1,600 when you book two consecutive liveaboard trips or adventure…

view of sipadan island, malaysia from the water nearby

Chinese diver drowns off Sipadan Island, Malaysia

ByDIVE StaffMay 20, 2025
A Chinese diver has died after entering the water 'without permission or supervision' during a dive trip off Sipadan Island, Malaysia
Paul Toomer announces departure from RAID

Paul Toomer announces departure from RAID

ByDIVE StaffMay 19, 2025
Paul Toomer, who has been instrumental in Dive RAID International's development, has announced his departure from the organisation
Tributes for diver who died off Wirral coast

Tributes for diver who died off Wirral coast

The family of a Liverpool diver found dead near Burbo Bank wind farm off the Wirral coast have paid tribute to his memory
NHS England to close four more hyperbaric chambers

NHS England to close four more hyperbaric chambers

The British Divers Safety Group has revealed NHS England is to reduce the number of hyperbaric chambers to just three - all in the south
New coral gardens and deep sea species found in South Atlantic

New coral gardens and deep sea species found in South Atlantic

ByDIVE StaffMay 15, 2025
Previously unknown coral gardens, hydrothermal vents and new species have been discovered during an expedition to the South Sandwich Islands
aerial view of the belize barrier reef

Tragedy as diver dies at Belize’s Lighthouse Reef

ByDIVE StaffMay 14, 2025
A 45-year-old American man has died of suspected drowning during a scuba diving trip to Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Luxury resort versus budget homestay in Raja Ampat

Luxury resort versus budget homestay in Raja Ampat

ByDIVE ContributorsMay 13, 2025
Writer and photographer Todd Aki compares back-to-back dive trips to Raja Ampat, staying in a humble homestay, then at a luxury resort
bayesian superyacht moored off sicily

Diver dies during Bayesian yacht recovery operation

A commercial diver has died during operations to recover the superyacht Bayesian, which sank off the coast of Sicily in August 2024
Child sex assault fugitive found working as Cozumel scuba instructor

Child sex assault fugitive found working as Cozumel scuba instructor

ByDIVE StaffMay 9, 2025
Rogelio 'Christopher' Guadalupe-Gonzalez arrested by FBI while working as a scuba diving instructor Cozumel after 13 years on the run
Artificial Intelligence in underwater photography – a force for good, or evil?

Artificial Intelligence in underwater photography – a force for good, or evil?

ByJenny StockMay 8, 2025
Jenny Stock considers the impact of AI on the world of underwater photography, and how she uses it to create perfect pictures
Diving Coral Triangle diversity with the Philippines Aggressor

Diving Coral Triangle diversity with the Philippines Aggressor

ByDIVE ContributorsMay 7, 2025
Mark B Hatter takes the Philippines Aggressor's annual Visayas to Tubbataha transition voyage for some amazingly biodiverse scuba diving
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