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Roman Shipwreck with Hundreds of Amphorae Found Off Sicily

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Great White Shark in the Mediterranean

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Travel features - Mediterranean

Cabo de Palos dykning

Spain’s Cabo de Palos: Full of Surprises

23 Sep, 2025 Spain

Yellow cup corals and pink encrusting algae, Ustica, Italy. Photo by Lawson Wood.

Ustica Island: Diving the Legendary Island of Circe in the Tyrrhenian Sea

10 Sep, 2025 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Italy

Kaş: Diving Turkey’s Turquoise Coast

26 Mar, 2025 Turkey

Wreck Diving in Malta: Reflections on a Wreck Diving Course

24 Feb, 2025 Malta & Gozo

Bagnara & Costa Viola: Vivid Reefs & Mystical Caverns in Calabria, Italy

19 Jan, 2025 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Italy

Diver in the cave dive at Gruta do Carapacho, Graciosa, Azores

Graciosa: Delectable Diving & Dining in the Azores

27 Aug, 2024 Atlantic, Portugal, Azores

Madeira: Atlantic Island of Adventure

28 Jun, 2024 Portugal, Madeira

Porto Santo Island

Porto Santo: Relaxation, Great Food & Fantastic Diving

31 May, 2024 Southern Europe, Portugal, Madeira

Malta: Protecting an Underwater Heritage

24 Dec, 2023 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Malta & Gozo

Diver on Le Polynesien

Malta's Deep Wrecks

24 Oct, 2022 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Malta & Gozo

Diver in Constantis wreck, Cyprus

Cyprus

24 Oct, 2022 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Cyprus

Felimare cantabrica nudibranchs. Photo by Brandi Mueller

Sesimbra in Portugal

23 Oct, 2022 Southern Europe, Portugal

MUSAN, Cyprus. Photo by Andrey Bizyukin

MUSAN: New Underwater Sculpture Museum in Cyprus

07 Sep, 2021 Cyprus

Diving in Bodrum, Turkey

25 Oct, 2020 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Turkey

Ponza Rebreather Meeting 2019: A More Pleasant Kind of Conference

15 Jun, 2019 Italy

Ponza, Italy

Ponza Rebreather Meeting 2019: Dive, Learn, Eat

15 Jun, 2019 Italy

My Two Big Fat Greek Diving Days

10 Oct, 2016 Europe – Destinations, Southern Europe, Greece

Turkey: Mediterranean and Aegean Hotspots

06 Jan, 2015 Turkey

Diving Istanbul: Life beneath the Bosphorus

05 Jan, 2015 Turkey

Grotta Giusti

31 Dec, 2014 Italy

Italy

26 Dec, 2014 Italy

Ponza Island — The Isle of Circe the Sorceress

16 Jun, 2014 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Italy

Cala Joncols, Costa Brava

15 Jan, 2013 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Spain

Israel: Journey Beyond the Three Seas

19 Jul, 2012 Middle East, Israel

Kas, Turkey

17 Jun, 2012 Turkey

Spain's Tamariu: A Hidden Secret

13 Oct, 2011 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Europe – Destinations, Southern Europe, Spain

Gozo Island

13 Oct, 2011 Mediterranean & Adriatic, Europe – Destinations, Southern Europe, Malta & Gozo

Photo by Andy Murch

Stingrays: Winged Wonders of the Canary Islands

13 Apr, 2010 Atlantic, Europe – Destinations, Southern Europe, Spain, Canary Islands

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