Month: November 2020

Travel

26 atolls and countless pelagic species greet divers in the Maldives

There’s more to the Maldives than overwater bungalows and manta rays, but they are worth the visit too.

Black In Marine Science is a group of Black Marine Scientists and allies organising and coordinating an online event to engage all Black Marine Scientists and our supporters. And guess what? It’s happening right now! Black In Marine Science Week …

Three 25kg bronze merchant’s weights have been recovered from the Schiedam, a 17th-century Dutch-built shipwreck near Gunwalloe off Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula. Read more…

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Ninth in an exciting podcast series from Ricardo Lacombe of the White Shark Interest Group. Episode 9 of the White Shark Interest Group Podcast, Facebook’s’ largest White Shark specific group, covering science, conservation, news, photography, video and debate. This episode features Melissa speaking with shark attack survivor Dave Pearson, about his experience, the aftermath and […]

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7 nights at the Bandos Island Resort & Spa in the Maldives – From £2555 per person Bandos Island Resort & Spa has already welcomed its first guests to the Maldives since March, with more divers heading off this December trying to escape the chilly UK weather. The Maldives is a dream destination, it offers […]

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The Marine Conservation Society’s Stop Ocean Threads campaign, which is calling for all new washing machines to be fitted with microfibre filters, by law, by 2024, aims to stop plastic pollution at source by filtering microscopic plastics from washing machine waste water. To date the charity’s petition has been signed by over 12,000 people. The petition calls on government to […]

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An international research team has welcomed the return of critically endangered Antarctic blue whales to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia – 50 years after industrial whaling had all but annihilated them. Read more…

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NewsMost coral reefs have declined to fair “fair” condition, ,according to the first-ever nationwide assessment of the nation’s coral reefs.

It’s that time of year when a British marine-life charity popular with scuba divers reminds us of its work by launching a suitably sharky calendar. Read more…

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Mexico has long been one of the world’s best dive destinations, with something for nearly every diver. In Part I of our series, we’ll cover Socorro Island.

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For this week’s competition, we’ve teamed up with our good friends at Liquid Sports to give away a Bigblue AL-1200NP Dive Torch! This torch delivers 1200 lumens of light powered by an ion rechargeable battery. There are 4 levels of brightness with burn times between 2-20 hours. Battery charge level is indicated via coloured lights around […]

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Scuba divers’ weight in relation to their health is the latest topic to be researched by DDRC Healthcare as part of its long-term Health of Divers project. Read more…

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This year Northern Diver’s Christmas offers are starting on Black Friday and running until midnight on New Year’s Eve!  There are some great deals to be had across the site – www.ndiver.com – from discounted Drysuits and Coltri compressors to 15% off their entire Lighting Section! And if you can’t find the perfect present for the diver in your […]

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Thousands of Dive Instructors are out of work, due to Covid-19. Many will not return to scuba diving. And this has the dive training agencies very worried. For the first time in my career, instead of the usual ‘don’t forget to re-new your membership!’ emails, the main Dive training agencies are aggressively pursuing dive instructors […]

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In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-large, chats to Matt Slater, Marine Awareness Officer with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust about their Diving and Snorkeling programmes.
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Travel

Divers able to hack the rugged conditions will submerge in a remote emerald world where kelp forests give way to jackfish schools and fish-eating anemones the size of pizzas.

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A newly graduated British doctor died on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula during an open-water course dive – and her instructor called for her phone to seek advice rather than trying to rescue her. Read more…

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Reached the ripe old age of affluence where you can afford to do those critter trips and own a nice camera – but can’t even see the pygmy seahorse, let alone check that it’s in focus? Read more…

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The Hollis HD200 delivers superb surface flotation and perfect underwater buoyancy control. Read more…

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In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman chats to Richard Corner, UK Watersports Category Manager at Mares, about the complete experience for all aspects of diving with Mares, their liveaboard adventures with the purchase of liveaboard.com, and the Mares/SSI combination. Last in a series of four videos. Rather listen to a podcast? Listen to the […]

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