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Dutch diver dies after emergency ascent during 100m dive in Attersee
A 57-year-old Dutch diver has died after making an emergency ascent from approximately 80m during an attempted 100-metre dive in…
South Korean diver dies after incident off Okinawa
A 23-year-old South Korean woman has died after getting into difficulty while scuba diving off Shimoji Island in Okinawa, Japan.…
Malaysian diver dies after emergency at Nusa Penida’s Crystal Bay, Bali
A 39-year-old Malaysian scuba diver has died after getting into difficulty during a dive at Crystal Bay, off Nusa Penida…
Aggressor unveils redesigned Red Sea Aggressor II
Aggressor Adventures has announced the full redesign of the Red Sea Aggressor II, featuring a complete renovation of both indoor…
SSI and AIDA respond to Raja Ampat turtle-killing video
Dive training agency SSI and freediving organisation AIDA International have issued statements following the detention of an instructor trainer in…
Italian freediver dies while surveying spearfishing championship site
Italian freediver Francesco Pagni has died while surveying the seabed off Alghero, Sardinia, ahead of a qualifying event for Italy’s…
Chinese instructor arrested for allegedly killing and eating turtle in Raja Ampat
A Chinese scuba diving instructor has been detained in Indonesia after a video allegedly showing him spearing a critically endangered…
Missing Haifa freediver found dead after three-day search
A 23-year-old member of the Israeli Border Police’s counter-terrorism unit has been found dead off Haifa, Israel, almost three days…
Scuba diver dies at Radazul in Tenerife
A scuba diver has died after getting into difficulty while diving off Radazul, on Tenerife’s east coast, on Saturday, 12…
Indian tourist dies after falling from dive boat off Pulau Tioman
A 65-year-old Indian tourist has died after reportedly slipping from a boat ladder following an introductory dive experience off Malaysia’s…
Garmin and DAN collaborate on emergency support for divers
Wearable tech and dive computer specialist Garmin has announced a collaboration with the Divers Alert Network (DAN) to provide scuba…
Aggressor Adventures launches Mares PLANET 62X sweepstakes
Aggressor Adventures has announced a new limited-time Mares Sweepstakes, giving divers the chance to win the innovative PLANET 62X regulator…
Scuba diver seriously by exploding tank off Procida, Italy
A 60-year-old scuba diver has been seriously injured after a tank exploded on board a RIB off the Italian island…
Weedy seadragon film wins Underwater Awards Australasia 2026
A short film about a weedy seadragon has been named Best of Show at the 2026 Underwater Awards Australasia underwater…
Five divers rescued near Rożi wreck off Ċirkewwa, Malta
Five scuba divers were rescued after getting into difficulty in rough seas near the wreck of Rożi off Ċirkewwa, Malta,…
DJI launches Osmo 360 II with 8K/60fps video and replaceable lenses
DJI has launched the Osmo 360 II, the second generation of its compact 360-degree action camera, with higher frame rates,…
Divers praised for catching ‘serial offender’ thief at Gozo dive site
A man has been arrested after being chased and detained by scuba divers who caught him attempting to steal equipment…
No equipment defects found after fatal Lake Constance dive
German investigators have found no evidence of technical failure in the equipment used by two tech divers who died following…
Ukrainian scuba diver dies off Malta
A 48-year-old Ukrainian scuba diver has died after getting into difficulty during a dive off Sliema, Malta. The incident occurred…
Aggressor Adventures launches 333 Flash Sale – 33% off for next 3 days
Aggressor Adventures has announced its newest limited-time promotion, ‘The 333 Flash Sale‘, a 3-day booking window to earn a 33…
DIVE’s Big Shot Manmade – win an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip
Enter your best pictures of man-made underwater objects for the chance to win an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip to Komodo…
Humpback whale songs change with their dives
New research has found that whale song may be related to the animal’s movements, with individual sections of a song…
Octopus Boom! The UK octopus bloom of 2025
The summer of 2025 saw an extraordinary surge in the octopus population along Britain’s south-western coast, providing divers, scientists and…
North Sea, Nature Untamed movie explores the hidden marine wilderness on Britain’s doorstep
North Sea, Nature Untamed, a new documentary exploring the marine wildlife of the North Sea, is set to be released…
Six foreign dive instructors arrested in Koh Tao work permit crackdown
Six foreign scuba diving instructors have been arrested on the island of Koh Tao, Thailand, during an operation by Thai…
Diver dies during recreational dive off Alvor, Portugal
A 56-year-old man has died after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest while recreational diving off the Algarve coast in southern Portugal.…
GBR coral cover remains high despite repeated bleaching events
The Great Barrier Reef’s hard coral cover remained stable or increased across all three regions during the 2025-26 monitoring season,…
New DIVR app turns recreational dives into marine research data
A new, free, dive-logging app designed to turn recreational scuba dives into citizen science-generated marine biodiversity records has been launched…
Study reveals horrific scale of Indonesian bomb fishing
AI acoustic monitoring has revealed the scale of bomb fishing, also known as blast fishing, in one of the world’s…
Aqaba Blue: Ocean Future in Action postponed until March 2027
Update: the original date given for the new schedule was 16-19 March 2027. This post was updated on 13 October…