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Dive. Spear. Sport are opening a new Dive Facility in the Town of 1770. A brand new state-of-the-art dive school and Southern Great Barrier Reef...

Cook Islands announces non-stop flights from Sydney to Rarotonga with Jetstar Travellers to the beautiful Cook Islands will be the winners from today’s announcement that...

Dune is adding yet another luxury liveaboard to its ever-expanding fleet, with the Noraya, which will ply the waters of the Maldives. The Dune group...

With the ink still drying on last week’s landmark listing of nearly 100 species of sharks on Appendix II of CITES, the Shark Trust...

The seemingly inexorable expansion of Duttons Divers throughout North Wales is continuing, with the announcement that they are opening a dive centre on Anglesey...

The Anglesey Sea Zoo has beaten stiff competition to win the Go Responsible and Sustainable Green Tourism Award at the Go North Wales Tourism...

Divers can look forward to the cold-water season this winter, as Scubapro is offering a free K2 Light undersuit set (top and pants) to...

Green and Hawksbill Turtles feed, play and nest at Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences  Amilla Maldives Resort and Residences has joined forces with the turtle...

This year on Black Friday, Fourth Element are announcing their new partnership with Sea Shepherd, encouraging people to move away from mindless purchasing and...

Divers know that octopus are one of the most-intelligent creatures in the oceans, but like humans, they can have their moments - and now...

As part of an initiative to highlight scuba training and the ocean environment to Army Combined Cadet Force (CCF) units, two young people have...

Clare Dutton, the innovative and energetic Director of Duttons Divers, has been voted as one of the 'top 100 female entrepreneurs to watch' in...

Led by conservation biologist Dr Sol Milne and Ghost Diving Greece Co-ordinator Nikos Vardakas, the research project ‘Coasts Untangled’ aims at developing aerial surveying...

PADI is celebrating a major win in their fight to save sharks. At the 19th meeting of CITES (the Convention on Trade of Endangered...

Master Liveaboards black Friday 2022 offers are coming DEMA is only just over but Master Liveaboards is not pausing for breath. After a successful week...

A body wearing a drysuit recovered from the sea off Norway this summer has been identified as a British diver who went missing off...

The ever-popular Vobster Santas event is less than a month away, and spaces are going fast, so if you are thinking of donning the...

Divers Alert Network (DAN) has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Its Enhanced Membership, launched earlier this year, has already been...

Ray Woolley, the inspirational diver who held the record for being the world's oldest active scuba diver multiple times, has died aged 99. The great-grandfather,...

Diveplanit Travel expands into the New Zealand market with travel&co Diveplanit continues its upwards trajectory with the acquisition of the dive travel portfolio of New...

The ocean conservation charity Ghost Fishing UK has teamed up with award-winning innovation Ocean Plastic Pots, in the first recycling initiative of its kind...

Liveaboards in the Red Sea seem to be getting bigger and more-luxurious year on year, but the All Star Red Sea is set to...

The Australian Government has reviewed its advisory for travellers visiting the Solomon Islands Effective immediately, the travel advice level has been lowered to ‘exercise normal...

Scuba Diver magazine – be that the UK edition, the North America edition, or the Australia and New Zealand edition – is now available...

Podcast series Dive & Dig returns for a second series, and will be exploring more maritime archaeology of the ancient world, from the Stone...

Duttons Divers, the North Wales-based dive company that has been going from strength to strength with the expansion of a new dive centre last...

Divers shooting for a TV documentary seeking the wreckage of a World War Two aircraft stumbled across a remnant from the tragic Challenger space...

Two marine conservationists from Cornwall have been recognised for their achievements in a national awards ceremony. Matt Slater, a marine conservation officer for Cornwall Wildlife...

The 2022 Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) meeting is being held in Panama in November, and the...

The chance rescue of a deep-sea octopus from a line trap gave researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego the opportunity...

Dive holiday experts Diverse Travel have announced the addition of Boutique Beach to their Maldives programme. Designed specifically with divers in mind, Boutique Beach is...

RAID International is proud to announce that the first Instructor Trainer Programme for the rapidly expanding agency in Egypt has been completed. Congratulations go out...

SubGravity, the Utah-based LLC which designs and builds trend-setting and award-winning equipment for the most-extreme diving environments on the planet, has acquired Golem Gear,...

The Amazing and Unique Underwater World of Blackwater Diving Highly published, award-winning underwater photographer and Photo Pro at Crystal Blue Resort, Mike Bartick announces the...

South African Karen van den Oever has extended her previous Guinness World Record for women's cave diving, descending on open circuit to a monster...

Marine Debris out of sight out of mind That’s one of the biggest issues facing the fight against marine debris. So much of it is...

The undersea realm has long been referred to as a 'silent world' - most notably by one Jacques-Yves Cousteau - but as divers, we...

Maritime archaeologists from Vrak Museum have located the wreck of the Äpplet - sister vessel of the famous sailing ship Vasa - near Vaxholm,...

Palaemon Divers is continuing its quest to build a northwest diving empire with the opening of a second dive centre, this time in Warrington. The...

A gigantic marine reserve off Hawaii which is four times the size of California is credited with a huge boost in tuna numbers in...

Effective immediately, the Solomon islands Government has announced incoming travellers to the Solomon Islands no longer require to undergo a PCR test for COVID-19...

The Reef-World Foundation - the international co-ordinator of UN Environment Programme’s Green Fins initiative - has successfully trained and certified three new Green Fins...

Largest Marine Sanctuary in the World is Set to Expand by 2030 in The Islands of Tahiti This expansion celebrates 20 years of wildlife protection...

Six Senses Laamu wins the 2022 Skål Sustainable Tourism Award in the Marine and Coastal category Six Senses Laamu honored during the Opening Ceremony of...

Plymouth-based DDRC Healthcare is hosting the Diving on the Edge conference on 5 November, and tickets are available now. Whether you are a recreational diver,...

Visitors cannot help but be enchanted by the sea lions of Los Islotes. They emanate finesse and charm without a hint of illusion or...

The Aggressor Adventures fleet has expanded in the Egyptian Red Sea with the arrival of the luxurious Red Sea Aggressor III. The Red Sea Aggressor...

116 divers take over Fiji’s Beqa Lagoon for one of the world’s biggest diving fundraisers: The International Gay & Lesbian SCUBA Jamboree. Pacific Harbour, Fiji:...

Nicolas Remy has won the Conservation – Hope Category in the Ocean photographer of the year competition. About OPY With more than 5000 participants, OPY is...

Meridian Adventure Dive Celebrate their 5th Anniversary – 17 October 2022 Meridian Adventure Dive Resort Raja Ampat is celebrating its fifth anniversary. This boutique dive...

A group of divers faced a nightmare scenario on the stunning reefs of Sipadan when they had to tackle a massive ghost net that...

Cressi-Sub USA has issued a recall on a limited number of BCD low-pressure inflator hoses after it was found defective metal fittings on the...

Capernwray Dive Centre has gained a new dive attraction - the former Barrow pilot boat that has been named The Ted Tandy. Regulars to the...

August 2023 will sadly see the closure of one of the most-dynamic charities in the world of scuba diving, the innovative rehabilitation charity Deptherapy. Last...

New restrictions to preserve marine life – Sipadan Island, Malaysia. Renowned as one of the best diving locations in the world, it was practically inevitable...

The New Reef Safe Mineral Sunscreen that thinks it's a Chemical Sunscreen A new entrant in the growing reef safe sunscreen market, EPO9, has announced...

Nusa Penida is renowned for its mola mola (sunfish) and manta ray encounters in the water and a chilled-out vibe on land, and now...

SSI is excited to announce the release of the SSI Explorers Programme, where kids aged 6-11 years old can get a taste of the many...

Applications are being sought for crew for the liveaboard Valhalla for the 2023 season and beyond, travelling around the Orkney Islands and the Shetlands...

On Wednesday 28 September, it was announced that Chuuk State Quarantine protocols were being lifted and the borders were reopening - fantastic news for...

Master Liveaboards Release there industry First Master Saver Rate Master Liveaboards is a constantly evolving business. They are also a business that wants to be...

Researchers from Bangor University have found the broken remains of the SS Mesaba - the ship which sent the ill-fated Titanic an iceberg warning...

Aquanauts Grenada has expanded its fleet of dive boats with the arrival of Reggae, a Custom Newton 36. Sitting at nearly 11 metres from bow...

An ‘incredibly rare’ distinctive wrought-iron anchor discovered at the bottom of the southern North Sea during survey works for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE offshore...

EYOS and OCEEF - two of the world’s leaders in ocean exploration - have joined forces to push the boundaries of underwater conservation and...

Paraplegic scuba diver Dan Metcalfe-Hall, known as 'Wheelsdan', is aiming to set three Guinness world records on 28 September and raise funds for worthy...

The members of the 2022-2023 Youth Advisory Council for World Ocean Day have been announced - and regular Scuba Diver contributor and GO Diving...