Stock photo of a tourist boat anchored at a reef near Hamata (Photo: Shutterstock) All passengers and crew were rescued safely after a tourist boat ran aground near Hamata, south of Marsa Alam in ...

PADI founders John Cronin, left, and Ralph Erickson (Photo: PADI) The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is this year marking its 60th anniversary since its founding by John Cronin ...

One boat has been sunk and a second damaged by a pod of orcas (killer whales) off the coast of Portugal. The sunken vessel, named Oceanview, which belongs to the Nautic Squad, a sailing based in ...

Oceanic whitetips have seen some of the most catastrophic population declines (Photo: Shawn Heinrichs) Oceanic whitetip sharks have been granted the highest level of protection under CITES after ...

Most Maldives resorts are on small uninhabited islands and can range from the most opulent luxury to more simple barefoot beach villas. We have also included three options of staying in local ...

The luxury scuba diving liveaboard Indo Siren has been destroyed by fire near the Piaynemo Islands, Raja Ampat. All 15 guests and 16 crew on board were safely evacuated and there are no reports of ...

Researchers from Norway’s Nord University have revealed for the first time that there are three distinct types of great white shark, following a split in the global population some 100,000 to 200,000 ...

The true colour image of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance (Photo: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust/Voyis) The images depict Endurance in her true colours, providing insight into how she looked prior to ...

The Suunto Ocean was the Finnish brand’s first new dive computer for some time – but does it measure up to previous flagship models? Award-winning underwater camerawoman Jenny Stock put it to the test ...

A new study published in Science Advances has exposed a large-scale, persistent illegal trade in fins from some of the ocean’s most threatened sharks. Researchers found fins from species listed under ...

The death of a British snorkeller in Dahab, Egypt in February this year has been attributed to Immersion Pulmonary Oedema (IPO), according to a Coroner’s inquest into the 72-year old’s death Les Finch ...

Mobile phone video footage recovered from one of the victims of the 2019 Conception liveaboard fire tragedy has revealed that the divers were awake and trying to escape while the boat was burning. The ...