Paper parking offences

SO WHEN DID THE IDEA OF Marine Protected Areas become

Ghost divers net Enigma machine

GERMAN SCUBA-DIVERS working to clear ghost fishing-gear

…AS DEDICATED DIVE-BOAT BOOSTS ANOTHER SET OF GHOSTBUSTERS

MARINE-PROTECTION body Healthy Seas, which recycles

MBE for top Navy diver - and death of clearance hero

ONE OF THE ROYAL NAVY’S most experienced underwater

Mary Rose diver’s watch fetches £27,000 - GBR dive-trip beckons

A LONDON DEALER has paid £27,000 for the steel Omega

Six-hour-drifting divers set to pay

THREE BRITISH scuba-divers along with a South African

FREEDIVER STIG SMASHES OCEAN DISTANCE RECORD

AS A BREATH-HOLD TIME it was relatively short, certainly

Giant manta first to be declared endangered

THE GIANT MANTA RAY has become the first manta species

Flameshell reef discovery surprises divers

AN UNEXPECTED REEF based on the nests of rare flameshells

18TH-CENTURY WARSHIP DISCOVERED IN AEGEAN

A WARSHIP WRECK believed to date to the 18th century

Saipan Grotto lawsuit settled

A WRONGFUL-DEATH lawsuit filed by Madelyn Jones, the

Blue whale song reveals lost Indian Ocean population…

A PREVIOUSLY unsuspected second population of blue

…AS ANTARCTIC WHALES STAGE A BIG COMEBACK

AN INTERNATIONAL research team has documented the return

Blaze dive-boat’s captain charged

JERRY BOYLAN, the captain of the Conception dive liveaboard

Shark bites diver at Elphinstone

ANOTHER INSTANCE of unusual behaviour by oceanic whitetip

MYSTERY WHALES OFF MEXICO

RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Sea Shepherd Conservation

SUSSEX SHIPWRECK SET TO SAIL TO AMSTERDAM

AN AMBITIOUS underwater museum called Docking the Amsterdam

Freda’s Diver Dishes

February is here and we’re getting closer to the dive

Russian divers find barge, ship’s gun and 80-year-old milk-bottles

RUSSIAN DIVERS who discovered a World War Two steamboat

Hunt-boss octopuses throw their weight about

OCTOPUSES ARE known to “punch” fish to keep them in

5000TH MANTA IDENTIFIED

IDENTIFICATION OF the 5000th reef manta in the Maldives

Surprise coral sanctuary revealed in Indian Ocean

A RARE INDIAN OCEAN“climate refuge” for coral has been

ABU DHABI WHALE SHARK TEAM RESCUE PROVES A SUCCESS

A 6M WHALE SHARK that found itself trapped in a man-made

BEACHCOMBER

Scuba Sam is back, or are back, because there is more

Immersed

IT WAS SUCH A FUN DIVE! Well, until we all got horribly

Worldwide conducts small-group trio

Dive Worldwide has introduced three group trips, each

DOUBLE-BUBBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Ultimate Diving says it has been busy working on Philippines

Blue deal

Blue O Two is offering 30% off sailings on the Galapagos

UNEASYJET

Many divers have used easyJet for short-haul trips

HEADING OUT

Normally it can be difficult to secure a liveaboard

TRAVEL CORRIDORS

Following identification of new coronavirus mutations

BOOK REVIEW

The Brilliant Abyss, True Tales of Exploring the Deep

WELL AND TRULY TESTED

It’s getting on for half the price, so should we expect Zeagle’s new flagship regulator to find itself in the shadow of that of stablemate Atomic? STEVE WARREN works hard to provide the answer - and also checks out a tricky snorkel and, yes, a gauge console

NEW BUT UNTESTED

The latest kit to hit the dive shops

NEXT ISSUE

Atlantic Surprises Wild experiences on a trip to Madeira

OUR EUROPEAN TOUR Pt3

They won’t let a pandemic stop the tour - in fact despite the hurdles the diving seems to be getting better and better for Swedish film-makers LINN VENNBERG and MATTIAS GRANBERG as they hit the Iberian peninsula. If you haven’t dived there, you might be in for a surprise…

MUCK-DIVING USA

RICHARD CONDLYFFE takes it to the bridge and hangs out with the diverse inhabitants that live in its shadow

FARNES FIRST IMPRESSIONS

It’s British diving at its most iconic, off the coast of Northumberland - words & photos by first-timer HENLEY SPIERS

AT THE HEART OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE

That’s the title of a major new book by photo-journalist ALANPOWDERHAM and coral-reef specialist SANCIA VAN DER MEIJ - here are six extracts to provide a flavour…

LEGACY OF A B-17

It was a regular occurrence for JOHN CHRISTOPHER FINE to dive a Flying Fortress bomber wreck off Corsica in the ’90s. Then he made a chance discovery

Breakthrough Biology

In this occasional series, DIVER looks at the latest scientific research shedding light on long-preserved marine-life mysteries

THE LONG GAME

Continuing his tour of some of the best elements of Scottish diving,ROSS MCLAREN takes us on a tour of Loch Long on the west coast

BREATH CONTROL

SIMON PRIDMORE offers seven-part assistance to those in pursuit of that most elusive of diving holy grails - making your air last longer. This technique feature first appeared in June 2016

CORON IN COMFORT

You can get your fill of big World War Two wrecks from the Philippines getaway island of Sangat, says BRANDI MUELLER, reporting coffee in hand from her go-to hammock

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’We got plenty of threats And the physical danger was real’

The Pacific’s Revillagigedos Islands, far off the Mexican coast and often referred to as Socorro, are known as a world-class diving location, but it’s not so long since illegal fishingboats lorded it over these seas. It was diving operators and their up-for-it customers that changed all that - none more so than MIKE LEVER