A 3-part guide to the Training, Equipment and Knowledge required to begin your technical diving career
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Sydney and the surrounding areas offer some of the best diving you’ll come across down under.
If you want to see a dive site where the healthy marine environment demonstrates the effectiveness of marine sanctuaries, then dive Ship Rock.
Using transects at intervals around the bay, we hope to gain a detailed picture of the numbers and range of these elusive species in order to build a case for improved protection of their habitat.
Both the mother and calf passed by us at a distance of only a few feet, and we all floated at the surface in amazement as the pair swam by unfazed, continuing on through the shallow water as if we weren’t even there.
A hulking shadow loomed not far into the channel. In the early 1980s the ship was known as the Maas, and it arrived in Roatan filled with Nicaraguan refugees before falling into disrepair and being abandoned to rust in some mangroves.
Cave divers dive in certain formations, adhere to certain rules and communicate the way we do because in an overhead environment there is no direct access to the surface.
I came to Mexico to seek a different kind of depth, one that’s horizontal rather than vertical, leaving the light zone to witness the most untouched wonders of nature, formed over thousands of years.
For those very few animals spared for captivity — a life sentence without the option of parole — their fate is uncertain. For every one dolphin alive in captivity, there are 10 dead dolphins that were unable to acclimate to a life of imprisonment.
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While scuba diving is no doubt all about adventure, it’s also all about staying safe. As with many potentially risky hobbies, if you haven’t been diving in a year or more it may be time for a refresher course before taking that next trip.
A cleaning station in Maa Kandu, Manta Point offers an incoming current in the morning, making it a reliable spot to see reef mantas for a couple of hours a day.
As divers, many of us are looking for ways to contribute to conservation of the ocean and its residents. At the PMMC, there are several ways that you can help.
Although Salt Cay is rich in history, it doesn’t boast the same tourism industry as Provo, or even Grand Turk. But it is well known for one thing in particular: humpback whales.
Riding out of Boynton Inlet I can already see that it’s going to be an epic day of diving — it’s one of those late summer days in Florida, when the sun is out but it’s not too hot.
Cold, dark water is unappealing to most divers, but there are quite a few hearty souls in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the Northern Atlantic regions of the U.S., who relish jumping into our local waters to see what’s below the surface.
A fish head floats in front of my mask as the feeding frenzy enters its climax. Thirty sharks each take their turn sinking their teeth into the frozen ball of bait, filled with anything the dolphins wouldn’t eat.
Where can a person dive along unspoiled reefs in the morning, canoe up a foreboding river, spend a rainy afternoon playing dominoes with locals and then polish it all off with a night dive next to an old British fort?