To keep up with the times PADI recently announced they will be including a new eCard option into their existing smartphone app later this year. PADI’s app – currently a[...]
We regularly hear of new scuba and apnea diving record attempts but its well known that the Guinness World Records holds more than its fair share of wackier records like the ‘[...]
A new project has been introduced to safeguard marine life in the Maldives, particularly the dwindling coral reefs. The new scheme has been initiated by local environmental consult[...]
A new report has called for increased protection for horse mussel reefs in Northern Ireland’s marine nature reserve of Strangford Lough. Queen’s University Belfast publ[...]
According to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) the number of jellyfish around the UK coastline is increasing. It is believed that the increase is due to a combination of low wa[...]
The dive will take place on the 24th Sept 2011 off Swanage beach in Dorset with the aim of breaking a few records. The current world record for the ‘most peoplescuba diving’ is pr[...]
I must have had a bit of a psychic moment when I sat down and wrote the blog about Solo Diving back in June as a few days later my pre-release copy of the August edition of DIVER l[...]
Although training agencies usually insist on them often scuba divers quickly reject snorkels as part of their kit. Admittedly in a current they can cause your mask to wobble (techn[...]
Wreck diving has to be one of the best types of diving. Each wreck is unique, it’s history always interesting and normally a haven for marine life. It has without doubt got a[...]
Recently whilst on holiday I had a James Bond moment. Sat there on the beach I watched a big rib cruise up to the beach, then produced wheels and drove up the beach. Not flimsy lit[...]