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How Sea Stars Move Without a Brain

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17 January, 2026 - 19:26

Ecology & Science
Uncertainty Surrounds the Fate of Liveaboard Solmar V

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13 January, 2026 - 16:30

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2026 NOGI Awards Recipients Announced

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06 January, 2026 - 13:00

Dive Industry News and Matters
World’s Largest Cog Found off Copenhagen

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29 December, 2025 - 12:14

Wrecks & Archaeology
African Penguins Starve as Sardine Numbers Collapse

Posted by Ila France Porcher

12 December, 2025 - 11:55

Ecology & Science
A Visit to the Dive Expo in Belgium

Posted by Chief minion

10 December, 2025 - 20:06

Dive Industry News and Matters

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Editorials & Op'eds

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Lady Starfish

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Try Something New & Different!

25 Mar, 2025 Chief minion

Our Way

03 Feb, 2025 Chief minion

Op'eds & Commentaries

Shoot Down This Myth

2024 NOGI Recipient for Education Acceptance Speech

“It was always, all about the training”

Farhat 'Raf' Jah

Pundits

Learning To Dive Back in the Day

15 Feb, 2025 Simon Pridmore

Sport Diving in 2025 Is in a Good Place

01 Feb, 2025 Simon Pridmore

Surface Support: The Most Important People in Your World

13 Sep, 2024 Simon Pridmore

Wrecks & Marine Archaeology

Svælget 2 cog

World’s Largest Cog Found off Copenhagen

Dec 29, 2025 Medieval Vessels

San Jose Shipwreck Artefacts

First Artefacts Recovered From San José Galleon

Nov 25, 2025 Tall & Wooden Ships

The wreck of HMS Bayano

Lost WWI Cruiser HMS Bayano Identified After 110 Years

Nov 04, 2025 WWI Wrecks

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BCD's, Wings & Sidemounts

Waterproof W40 wetsuit

Waterproof W40 Wetsuit

Wetsuits & Rashguards

New Shearwater Swift GPS Transmitter

Dive Computers , Safety

Shearwater Research

Fourth Element Xenos Arc

Fourth Element Xenos Arc

Wetsuits & Rashguards

Reef Track Navigator

Reef Track RT1

Gauges, Mounts & Instruments

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Tech & Training

Simon Pridmore

Routine Matters

16 May, 2019

Mark Powell

Permanent Change: When Have We Learnt?

03 Jan, 2018 Training

Matt Jevon

Task Fixation

27 Feb, 2017 Matt Jevon Mindset

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Tech & Training

Controlled Ascent, Hidden Risk

Aug 03, 2025 Training

It’s Probably Not You – It’s the Cylinders

Jul 17, 2024 Training

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All the Trimmings: Tips to Improve Your Efficiency in Water with Good Trim

Oct 10, 2022 Training

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Do What You Teach and Teach What You Do

Sep 01, 2022 Training

Photo courtesy of Michael Mason

Be a Better Divemaster: Apply Human Factors

Jan 05, 2022 Training

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Bailout CCR Course Standards Outlined

Sep 28, 2021 Training , Sidemount , Rebreathers

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Technical Diving - News

Dylan Harrison

Mystery and Outrage Surround Death of 12-Year-Old Scuba Student

24 Oct, 2025

Technical Diving Features

Cold Waters: A Dive Journey in Temperature and Time

15 Jul, 2025

Technical Diving - features from the archives

The River Una: Cave Diving in Bosnia Herzegovina

13 Oct, 2011 Cave Diving and Mines

Tales of 'Daring Do' — And a Sobering Lesson from OZTek 2013

23 Apr, 2013

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Safety Culture

Gareth Lock

Human Factors in Diving Conference Coming up

Jul 14, 2021 Safety Culture

Divers Adrift – Surviving Being Lost at Sea

Jan 09, 2021 Training , Rescue , Safety Culture

Gas Management 101

Jan 09, 2021 Training , Safety Culture

Avoiding Bad Gas – Tips for Preventing Breathing-Gas Contamination

Jan 05, 2021 Safety Culture

Defensive Diving, Part 2

Oct 31, 2020 Training , Safety Culture

Defensive Diving, Part 1

Jun 19, 2020 Training , Safety Culture

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Latest Travel Features

Oosterschelde: The Most Beautiful Dive Spot in the Netherlands

Patrick Kranenbroek

25 Oct, 2025

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Osezaki: Gateway to the Deep Heart of Suruga Bay

Kenji Ichimura

11 Sep, 2025

Travel & Trips

Japan
Santa Maria: Spectacular Diving in the Azores

Silke Schimpf

10 Sep, 2025

Travel & Trips

Azores
Väderöerne: Swedish Diving at Its Best!

Stefan Beskow

17 Jul, 2025

Travel & Trips

Sweden
Malawi: Where Freshwater Diving, Wildlife Encounters and Deep Kindness Meet

Peter Symes

25 Jun, 2025

Travel & Trips

Malawi
Indonesia's Halmahera: An Unforgettable Underwater Paradise

Claudia Weber-Gebert

18 Jun, 2025

Travel & Trips

Southeast Asia

Indonesia

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Dive Travel News

Airlines Start Dropping Pandemic-Specific Rules

03 Apr, 2021 Travel & Trips COVID-19

Updated US Travel Restrictions and Advisories: Implications for Dive Travellers

25 Mar, 2025 Travel & Trips

Travel News & Advisories

Solmar V anchored off Socorro Island

Uncertainty Surrounds the Fate of Liveaboard Solmar V

13 Jan, 2026 Travel & Trips

Europe’s New Travel Rules for 2025 and Beyond

16 Mar, 2025 Travel & Trips

Ponza Rebreather Meeting 2019: A More Pleasant Kind of Conference

By Chief minion

15 June, 2019 - 16:25

Posted in: Dive Industry News and Matters
Pemba Island: Diving in Tanzania's Zanzibar Archipelago

By Chief minion

01 December, 2021 - 14:33

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Diving in Oman

By Chief minion

02 November, 2020 - 18:13

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Taiwan's Green Island

By Simon Pridmore

22 May, 2023 - 15:15

Posted in: Travel & Trips
Cyprus

By Chief minion

24 October, 2022 - 12:00

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Italy

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26 December, 2014 - 07:57

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News from Divers Alert Network (DAN)

DAN Names Cliff Richardson as Next CEO

Aug 29, 2025

DAN Introduces 2025 Interns

Jul 02, 2025

DAN Launches Continuing Education for Dive Professionals Course 2: Boat Diving

May 12, 2025

IANTD and SEI Adopt “Powered By DAN” First Aid Programs

Mar 27, 2025

DAN Launches The DANcast, a Podcast To Inspire Safer Diving

Jan 22, 2025

Connect With DAN at DEMA: Member Social, Appointments, Seminars, and More

Nov 12, 2024

DAN Launches “Every Diver” Campaign Featuring Member Testimonials

Oct 29, 2024

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Portfolios

Portfolio: Alan Williams

By My Minion

14 October, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Tony Fredriksson Portfolio

By My Minion

06 February, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Nate Wilson Portfolio

By My Minion

19 January, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Paul Fearn Portfolio

By My Minion

27 April, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Marguerita Hagan Portfolio

By My Minion

10 October, 2023

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Posted in: Ocean Arts
Olivier Leger Portfolio

By My Minion

20 June, 2023

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Grace Marquez Portfolio

By My Minion

07 August, 2023

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Rico Besserdich Portfolio

By Peter Symes

05 January, 2022

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Books & Media by our contributors

Elysium Coral Triangle

Michael Aw

The True Nature of Sharks

Ila France Porcher

Dive into Taiwan

Simon Pridmore

Scuba Professional

Simon Pridmore

Books & Media by others

One Breath

Adam Skolnick

Thirteen lessons that saved thirteen lives

John Volanthen

My Life With Sea Turtles

Christine Figgener

Rebreather Forum 4 Workshop Proceedings

Edited by Neal W. Pollock

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Ecology

How Sea Stars Move Without a Brain

By Chief minion

January 17, 2026 - 19:26

Posted in: Ecology & Science
African Penguins Starve as Sardine Numbers Collapse

By Ila France Porcher

December 12, 2025 - 11:55

Posted in: Ecology & Science
The Oceanic Heartbeat

By Ila France Porcher

December 05, 2025 - 11:29

Posted in: Ecology & Science
WWII Ammunition Dumps Found to Support Unexpected Marine Biodiversity

By Chief minion

December 04, 2025 - 22:25

Posted in: Ecology & Science
Have Coral Reefs Passed Their Thermal Tipping Points?

By Chief minion

November 27, 2025 - 16:17

Posted in: Ecology & Science
Dying Coral: First Catastrophic Climate Tipping Point Reached

By Ila France Porcher

November 26, 2025 - 13:11

Posted in: Ecology & Science

Marine Mammals

Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale

Rare Ginkgo-Toothed Whale Documented Alive for the First Time

Nov 25, 2025 Whales

Humpback whale

The Fall of a Whale

Nov 15, 2025 Whales

Canada’s First Whale Sanctuary to Be Established in Nova Scotia

Nov 13, 2025 Whales

Two vaquitas (Phocoena sinus)

Pod of Vaquitas Spotted, Raising Survival Hopes

Oct 31, 2025 Dolphins

Sharks and Rays (Elasmobranchs)

Caribbean reef sharks and lemon sharks

Shark and Ray Diversity Declines Despite Assumptions

Nov 23, 2025 Sharks

Skagerrak Serves as Nursery for Greenland Sharks

Oct 30, 2025 Sharks

Endangered Shark Meat Found in US Grocery Stores

Oct 25, 2025 Sharks

Shark Bite-Resistant Wetsuits Tested in Australia

Sep 30, 2025 Sharks

Sentience and Self-Awareness

dolphins leaping

Dolphin Intelligence: Do They Talk?

Oct 24, 2024 Self-awareness

Understanding the Octopus: A Dive Into Its World

Aug 23, 2024 Sentience , Octopus & Squid

Blue-ringed octopus

Sentience or Consciousness?

Aug 02, 2024 Sentience

Can Clownfish Count?

Feb 04, 2024 Sentience , Fish

social sharks

Sharks as Social and Sentient Beings

Aug 28, 2023 Sentience

Fish Recognises Itself in Photographs

Jun 30, 2023 Behaviour , Self-awareness

Giant Pacific Octopus - photo by Andrey Bizyukin

Do Octopuses Have an Emotional Life?

Jul 30, 2022 Sentience , Octopus & Squid

Their apparent problem-solving ability has led cephalopods to be recognised as intelligent.

Do Octopuses Dream?

Apr 01, 2021 Sentience , Octopus & Squid

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Photo & Video

Rico Besserdich - tutorials

Surgeonfish, Red Sea, photo by Rico Besserdich

A New Approach: Shooting Common Subjects in Different Ways

Sep 28, 2021

Underwater Photography on a $500 Budget

Jul 21, 2021

Prepping for Print

Apr 02, 2021

Sharpening Underwater Images in Postproduction

Nov 23, 2020

Photo by Rico Besserdich

Vivid Color with Lab in Postproduction of Underwater Images

Oct 31, 2020

Photo & Video

Sought-After Subjects: Contributors’ Picks

Still photography

myzostomid worm

Ticking Off Your Bucket List: Understanding Your Subject

Still photography

Sea Bottom: Contributors’ Picks

Still photography

Multiples: Contributors’ Picks

Still photography

Camera Housing Drifts Across the North Sea, Gets Reunited With Owner

Photographer Amos Nachoum to Be Inducted Into ISDHF in 2026

By My Minion

November 27, 2025 - 15:34

Posted in: Photo & Video
Sought-After Subjects: Contributors’ Picks

By My Minion

October 15, 2025 - 15:28

Posted in: Photo & Video
Ticking Off Your Bucket List: Understanding Your Subject

By Chief minion

September 17, 2025 - 11:16

Posted in: Photo & Video
Sea Bottom: Contributors’ Picks

By My Minion

September 11, 2025 - 15:52

Posted in: Photo & Video
Multiples: Contributors’ Picks

By My Minion

July 14, 2025 - 19:33

Posted in: Photo & Video
Camera Housing Drifts Across the North Sea, Gets Reunited With Owner

By Chief minion

June 15, 2025 - 14:20

Posted in: Photo & Video

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