We all know that replacing dive equipment is not cheap, but if properly cleaned, stored and packed, your gear can serve you well for many years. Here’s our guide for maintaining your scuba gear to keep it in top shape.
Articles
Made famous across the world by the 2003 Pixar film “Finding Nemo,” everyone from small children to seasoned divers loves the little clownfish, with personalities as bright as their color.
Last week, 333 minke whales lost their lives as Japan’s Institute for Cetacean Research announced that the animals had been captured and killed during the organization’s recent 115-day expedition to Antarctica.
While it’s well known for macro diving, Anilao in the Philippines holds a few other notable sites, including this wreck of a former casino ship.
We all know (or we should know) the value of a drysuit or nitrox certification, but there are so many other great specialty courses on offer for divers. Here are a few of the best.
Surely one of the ocean’s most unique looking marine creatures, large mola mola, or sunfish as they’re sometimes known, can still prove elusive. Here are three of the best places to see them.
Canadian dive-computer manufacturer Shearwater Research made quite a splash in the dive community (pun intended) when it launched the Predator dive computer in the late 2000s. Now the Perdix has arrived, and it boasts a slimmer profile and lower weight.
Reduce your risk of decompression illness by timing your exercise properly.
The SeaLife Micro Cam App makes image and video transfer easy by wirelessly bridging the Micro 2.0 or HD+ camera to your smart device.
Feature documentary recognized At the world-famous Nice International Film Festival
After two years of scientific study and political discussion, the Ecuadorian government has announced the creation of a new marine sanctuary in the Galapagos.
All mountain climbers know about Everest, K2 and Kilimanjaro, but most climbers spend years scaling summits in a more intermediate range, building their experience. Similarly, while most divers have heard of famous (and dangerous) tec-diving sites such as the Andrea Doria and HMHS Britannic shipwrecks, few will ever visit these sites. But tec diving doesn’t have to be extreme: there are many great destinations well within the reach of the everyday tec diver.
When it comes to diving, the uses for knots are numerous. Here we’ll explain a few essential knots that every diver should know.
Climate change continues to threaten coral reefs with mass bleaching. What can divers do to help protect them?
Applying your compositional skills from the outset combined with a good post-production regimen will result in more professional-looking underwater photos.
A new unit of underwater officers has been launched in Malaysia to protect the legendary dive site of Sipadan.
A personal scare inspired a university student in Israel to produce a novel safety gadget with which to contact his buddy.
After much campaigning by activists and continued negative press, SeaWorld has agreed to end its controversial captive orca breeding program.