HISTORY MADE WITH DEEPEST SHIPWRECK DIVE

A rather pale green light

STEVE WEINMAN, EDITOR I’M NOT OFTEN EAGER to

’Two good mates’ hit deepest point

LIMITING FACTOR, the world’s only private submersible certified

Cave-diver claims deepest female record

SOUTH AFRICAN technical diver Karen van den Oever

Children die after scuba-tank incident in pool

TWO YOUNG children died in Florida in late

DAN suggests divers pause after jab

DIVERS SHOULD consider waiting at least seven days

‘Vaxication’ plan announced for Maldives

LEADING DIVING destination the Maldives plans to offer

BRITISH DIVE-BOAT FUGITIVES CAUGHT ON TV

A BRITISH COUPLE who became fugitives 10 years

DIVERS URGED TO JOIN SURFERS IN BIG CLEAN-UP

THE BRITISH SUB-AQUA CLUB has linked up with

Divers help to ID mystery spheres

THE IDENTITY OF a mysterious 1m-diameter “blob”, one

Chesil wrecks 3D diver trail launched

AN INTERACTIVE virtual tour of the protected Chesil

‘DIVING IS A WONDERFUL SPORT’ – PRINCE PHILIP

THE LATE PRINCE PHILIP, the Duke of Edinburgh,

DRINKING BEER TO SAVE THE OCEAN

OCEAN BEER has launched a range of bottled

Divers rescue monk from Thai cave

IN AN OPERATION with echoes of the rescue

Diver’s disappearance in Malaysia sparks debate about response

THE BODY OF a missing scuba-diver was found

MALDIVES DENIES PLANS TO PLACE SHARKS AT RISK

FOLLOWING SPECULATION in April that the Maldives was

FREDA’S DIVER DISHES

Lasagne has never been my favourite dish but

Covid diver heroes in USA and Sweden

THE FOURTH AND FIFTH of Emperor Divers’ eight

this month DIVER likes…

Scuba Escape They were a bit shy about

Diving podcast splash

UK-BASED FREEDIVING and scuba portal DeeperBlue has been

SSI launches deco course and campaign

TRAINING AGENCY SSI has launched a Decompression Diving

Photo-artist Dray van Beeck dies in Bali

DUTCH UNDERWATER photographer Dray van Beeck, known for

Archaeological divers reveal more of 1760s Red Sea wreck

SUPREME COUNCIL OF ANTIQUITIES EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL divers excavating

’Inspirational’ clearance diver Settle dies

ONE OF BRITAIN’S most highly decorated post-war clearance

Giant trevally wanderlust and grants for shark & ray research

THE SEYCHELLES giant trevally drew the public’s attention

DIVE-TRIP NO-DIP TIP

Here, with the benefit of hindsight, is some

Fantastic beasts

Chimeras are fantastical creatures from Greek mythology assembled

Scandi noir

I CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF IT. The

DIVING ON THE EDGE

Tanked Up: A Diver’s Story by Ben Thompson

THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY

101 Tips for Underwater Photographers by Marty Snyderman

TOUGH LOVE

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Unforgettable Photojournalism Edited

RESPECT TO VAX ODYSSEY

Micronesia liveaboard Odyssey, which operates in Truk Lagoon,

PADI’s new Dive Guides

With its latest set of PADI Dive Guides,

Package stay at Bonaire’s famed Habitat

Situated well south as it is, Bonaire is

Your office in the Maldives

The OZEN Collection from Atmosphere Hotels & Resorts

At home on Cornish roads – air-fills and all!

How’s this for a rolling staycation idea? A

Curaçao Blue

The Coral Estate Luxury Resort on the ABC

Sail & dive the Azores

Sailing Azores archipelago waters in the 13m catamaran

WELL AND TRULY TESTED

It’s time for STEVE WARREN and a buddy to work up a head of steam with another demanding double-breathing session on a 30m-deep wreck. Yes, another regulator needs a thorough testing…

SCUBAPRO HYDROS X

SCUBAPRO’S HYDROS BC PROJECT has produced two very

NEW BUT UNTESTED

The latest kit to hit the dive shops

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THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A LIVEABOARD FENIDES LIVEABOARDS Don’t

Stranded at the airport with a worthless Covid test result

Elsewhere in this issue you can read about the enviable recent diving adventures of BRANDI MUELLER in Galapagos, but she almost missed the trip, as Beachcomber mentioned back in April. Here she tells the story of the Covid test that went wrong, and how her liveaboard rep’s willingness to take a chance saved the day

SENSORY OVERLOAD

BRANDI MUELLER returns to Galapagos 15 years after

COPPER & IRON TALL OF TWO SHIPWRECKS

BEN DUNSTAN dives with any number of purposes

THE ULTIMATE FREEDIVE SITE WE FOUND BY ACCIDENT

MARCUS GREATWOOD has claimed before in this magazine to have found the world’s greatest freediving site – in Menorca.  Now he’s updated that claim – for one in Kefalonia. ‘Bibliothèque is accessed from the sea, which is awesome – but Muddy Hole is unexplored and not accessible for scoobies,’ he told us. Tell us more, we said

ADRIFT IN AN ICY SEA

The Kuril Islands are a disputed volcanic archipelago, stretching 800 miles between Japan and Kamchatka in Russia and separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the northern Pacific. VENIAMIN MANUILOV worked as a Russian professional diver collecting sea urchins for the lucrative Japanese market. Then he found himself abandoned in these unforgiving waters

DIVING OXFORD STREET

Diving instructor LAURA PARKER is also an artist, inspired by the underwater seascapes of Grenada. Recognition on the street came by surprise with an unusual display in London

DANCING ON THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

A few hours’ flight southwest of the UK lie the Azores, and if you’re in the vicinity of the right sea-mount or shoal at the right time of the year, expect some spectacular experiences.  DANIEL BRINCKMANN has been getting to know the islands

EGYPT WAITING FOR THE GO SIGN

How has UK divers’ favourite overseas dive destination fared during Covid, and where does it go from here? asks PAUL GRAHAM. 

SET FAIR FOR CUMBRAE

Our regular guide to Scottish diving ROSS MCLAREN takes us over to some easily accessible islands that he feels deserve more recognition

5 WAYS TO SEASTUFF

Too many divers look but don’t really see, says BOB EARLL, who has more than a few ideas on how to make us more observant and our dives more satisfying. Cartoons by RICO

All yours (with a few friends) for under $1m!

US $930,000 sounds like a lot for three