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NOVA MALDIVES AND PADI UNITE FOR PROJECT AWARE WEEK

AUTUMN OCEAN EXPLORATION: NOVA MALDIVES AND PADI UNITE FOR PROJECT AWARE WEEK THIS SEPTEMBER

How freediving can transform the way you experience the ocean

Dylan Boag is the owner of Woebegone Dive in Jervis Bay, NSW, and has been teaching freediving for over ten years – and he’ll be on the Inspirat…

Mystery Lundy nudi could be new species

A vividly coloured nudibranch photographed by a scuba diver off Lundy Island in Devon could belong to a species yet to be described by science.

NHM dangles Wildlife Photographer of the Year preview

London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) has released its usual teaser for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, though it includes on…

Freediving and rebreathers

Nays Baghai is a film-maker, underwater photographer and technical diver from Sydney, Australia, and he’ll be making a return to the Tech Stage…

Dive into Dauin

Sydney-based French-Australian freelance underwater photographer Nicolas Remy will be on the Photo Stage at the GO Diving Show ANZ in September…

Scuba-equipped poacher pays price for shellfish haul

A New Zealand man who used prohibited scuba-gear to gather 1,869 pāua shellfish has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention and 300 hours of…

Live on Mars

The incredibly well-preserved warship shipwreck of the Mars will be the topic of discussion when photogrammetry expert and technical

Six dive instructors arrested in Koh Tao jobs crackdown

Six non-Thai scuba instructors have been arrested on Koh Tao after immigration officers accused them of working illegally while holding visas in…

Italian diver critically ill after Comino dive

A 51-year-old Italian scuba diver was in critical condition after losing consciousness while diving off the Maltese island of Comino yesterday (…

Cave-divers find trapped spearfisher alive after 15 days

A spearfisher has been rescued alive after surviving 15 days in a dry chamber deep inside an unexplored underwater cave in central Mexico.

Using visual storytelling to inspire conservation

Tiani Dun is a marine biologist, underwater photographer and PADI instructor passionate about using visual storytelling to inspire conservation,…

The future of dive travel

Jean-Claude Monachon has been a leading light in the dive industry for decades, and he’ll be on the Inspiration Stage at September’s GO Diving S…

Protect our oceans or risk $4.2-billion tourism hit

Dive industry warns Minister Watt, Protect our oceans or risk $4.2-billion tourism hit

Diving 1400s Baltic wreck yields surprises

A 15th-century armed merchant shipwreck sunk off Maderö Island near Stockholm has drawn Swedish divers for the past 55 years, but it was only in…

Colombia to step up treasure-ship recovery

Has Colombia really mislaid the “Holy Grail of Shipwrecks”? Divernet asked in early October, when a state heritage body reported that a “top-sec…

Unyielding pursuit: The finding of WW2 sub HMS Triumph

Renowned Greek diver and researcher Kostas Thoctarides achieved the Holy Grail of wreck-hunting in June this year. After an arduous search spann…

Dive Odyssey: Behind the Scenes

It’s five years since the atmospheric Dive Odyssey fused elements of science-fiction, diving and fantasy and, although the film had only a short…