Category: Scuba News

A Thai family are celebrating after finding a rare orange pearl worth a staggering £250,000, with the father stating ‘the money won’t just change my

Spotlight on Marine Biologist Cliona OFlaherty, of Fijis, Kokomo Private Island. Cliona OFlaherty As many become increasingly aware of the delicate nature of our planet

Cleaning a ship’s submerged parts from barnacles and other growths, while the ship is in the water, can transfer invasive species to local marine environments

We have heard the threats that discarded face masks pose to the aquatic environment and marine life, but now there is hope that a novel

Two well-preserved mystery shipwrecks which were involved in day-to-day merchant trading in slate and coal by river and sea in England in the mid-to-late 19th

The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation has gone public with the names of the recipients of its inaugural scholarship programme, Legacy. The Nova Southeastern University scholarships

A humpback whale has been sighted in the Firth of Forth It is believed to be the same animal seen off the Isle of Coll

Semporna hailed for marine mammal sightings as Orca are spotted of the coast of Sipadan Marine biologists have been encouraged by the sighting of four

Conservationists have welcome a government proposal for a widespread bottom-trawling ban in protected English waters to save threatened cold-water corals. A consultation was launched on

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has opened up applications for lifeguards for the 2021 season amid expectations of a staycation explosion. COVID-19 has wreaked

Yes, the most-anticipated underwater photography event of them all – the Underbathwater Photographer of the Year competition – is back in 2021! The brainchild of

Research into COVID-19 has turned up some unusual solutions and possibilities, and now Spanish scientists have found a chemical in the humble sea squirt that

Friends of Chowder Bay group formed to help protect local Mosman marine residents. Chowder Bay has been a popular dive site for Sydney scuba divers

Fancy joining one of the most-progressive dive apparel companies in the world? Fourth Element is looking for a Digital Marketing Assistant to join their team.

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy is an award-winning bio-doc about the pioneering late film-maker, biologist and activist. The film – which

Deeper Blue’s Dive Podcast has been shortlisted as one of the top sports podcasts in the 2021 Publisher Podcast Awards. Deeper Blue’s Stephan Whelan said:

ZuBlu launches new interactive travel discovery tool ZuBlu is proud to announce the launch of its new search tool – putting the power of discovery

Aqua Lung has announced world-renowned wildlife photographer and conservationist Paul Nicklen is joining the brand as a Global Ocean Ambassador. As part of the partnership,

Nestlé’s much-loved Smarties brand will shortly be using recyclable paper packaging for its confectionery products worldwide – this represents a transition of 90 percent of the

Andy Clark is back in February with season two of his lighthearted and inspirational podcast Are you a Scuba Diver – Fancy a Brew? Andy’s

Former Brexit Party MEP Robert Rowland has died in a diving accident near his home in the Bahamas. In a statement released on the website

Dive Rarotonga are delighted to have been awarded the rating of PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Centre. We can now provide the complete range of

The team behind the Düsseldorf Boot show have decided to cancel the 2021 event due to the ongoing pandemic and the associated worldwide lockdown measures.

The Diver Medic has launched the Diving Emergency Medical Responder course, written and approved by Chantelle Newman. Chantelle said: “The Diver Medic brand continues to

The Driftwood Spars Brewery in Cornwall is sponsoring the Fathoms Free organisation, with the aim of buying an ROV to assist with the retrieval of

Aggressor Adventures has announced season two of its podcast series, Inspired by Adventure. “I learned there are millions of others just like me who crave

Research is continuing on the wreck of the Karlsruhe, which was discovered lying on the bottom of the Baltic Sea last year by Tomasz Stachura

Local community kids learn to dive with Volivoli Beach Resort and Ra Divers Fiji What a great way to start a brand new year as Volivoli

The team from Fathoms Free have recovered a ghost net from near Maenporth Beach, Cornwall, which had claimed the lives of an adult seal and

Stormy weather, torrential rain and the time of year has meant a busy few days for members of British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR). After

TV favourite Richard Hammond will be back on our screens at the end of the month in The Great Escapist, and in one of the

Cornwall-based charity 2 Minute Foundation, which is dedicated to clearing the planet of man-made debris two minutes at a time, has created a beach cleaning