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I‘VE LEARNT HARD LESSONS about shore-diving. Number

Dutch divers recover Marines’ kit from 18th-century warship wreck

THE WRECK OF an 18th-century British warship off the

Torch saves one nurse on first night-dive…

A NURSE ON HER first night dive spent three hours lost

… as another nurse’s solo-dive rings alarm bells

A SEARCH AND RESCUE operation was launched off New

Canal diver died under ice

AN UNUSUAL DIVING DEATH occurred in Canada in January

Maltese divers remove net from HMS Southwold

GHOST NETTING has been removed from one of Malta’s

CONCEPTION-INSPIRED LAW PASSED IN USA

THE DUMPING OF ex-president Trump’s veto of the US

‘Don’t ride the sharks’, divers warned

UP TO 80 REQUIEM SHARKS gather each winter in the warm

Brexit politician drowns on Bahamas dive

A FORMER BREXIT PARTY MEP has died on a spearfishing

MANATEE WAS TURNED INTO TRUMP BILLBOARD

A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was launched after a manatee

Marshall says oceanic sharks and rays diving towards extinction…

ACHILLING ASSESSMENT of the fate of the world’s pelagic

…but welcomes new protection measures taken in Mozambique

“SWEEPING PROTECTIONS” for threatened whale sharks

Missing oxygen puts the squeeze on blue sharks

BY REDUCING THE amount of oxygen dissolved in seawater

BABY SHARKS FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE

BABY SHARKS are being born smaller, exhausted, undernourished

Greek divers find ancient wrecks at Kasos

SIGNIFICANT ANCIENT shipwreck discoveries have been

BDMLR succeeds in first UK orca rescue

A STRANDED ORCA was rescued in Orkney by volunteers

Diver safety compromised in tank where ray killed diver

MORE THAN FOUR years after a scuba-diver died after

Freda’s Diver Dishes

Wow! Is it really March already? When I wrote this

Deaths of two veteran UK divers

FRANK ALLEN, who was instrumental in the development

FIN WHALE CALF GUIDED DIVERS TO ITS MOTHER

A DEAD FIN WHALE washed up off the southern Italian

Ocean repels plastics - with seagrass balls

SCUBA-DIVERS enjoy the biodiversity of seagrass locations

this month DIVER likes…

Under(fresh)water wildlife cameraman Jack Perks has

NORWEGIAN DIVERS FIND 300-YEAR-OLD IRISH WRECK

CLUB SCUBA-DIVERS have discovered a 300-year-old Irish

Coral reef workers of the future - Bluebot swarms and pulse-jetters

SCHOOLS OF ROBOTIC fish that can co-ordinate their

BEACHCOMBER

Around Christmas time, DIVERnet recorded that a young

Lessons from lockdown

WITH SO MUCH TIME being spent in our homes, it’s become

Volunteering to get away

There are cheaper ways to get away to more exotic climes

GREENER DAN

DAN Europe has stopped issuing the PVC membership cards

Long view

Blue O Two is focusing on mediumand long-term getaways

Good deeds in Fiji

Volivoli Beach Resort & Ra Divers Fiji have

DRIVEN, BUT BY WHOM?

The Third Dive: An Investigation into the Death of Rob Stewart

TAKE YOUR PICK ON NEXT TRIP

AJ Bailey Adventure Series: Twelve Mile Bank Gardens

WELL AND TRULY TESTED

Shearwater has gained quite a reputation for its advanced dive computers, so how far has it needed to compromise to enter the mass market? Only one way to find out - over to STEVE WARREN

NEW BUT UNTESTED

The latest kit to hit the dive shops

NEXT ISSUE

Brandi Mueller was concerned about getting back to

Boat strikes in MPAs could harm whale shark development

More whale sharks are being struck by boats in ‘protected areas’ than had been thought, causing changes in their habits - and divers could be part of the problem. But solutions are available, say researchers DAIRE CARROLL and JESSICA HARVEYCARROLL from the Universities of Warwick and St Andrews respectively. Their article first appeared in The Conversation

DOUBLE KNOCK-OUT

Who could have predicted a year ago that Madeira would be among 2020’s top 10 international diving destinations? In the face of Covid-19, the Portuguese island’s moderate travel restrictions made it a place of rediscovery. Add to that neighbouring insider-tip Porto Santo, whale-watching and snorkelling with dolphins and you have everything you need for a trip to remember, says DANIEL BRINCKMANN

HMS CULLODEN & THOSE REVOLTING AMERICANS

An intriguing piece of history lies in shallow but tricky waters off the New York coast - text and photography by MICHAEL SALVAREZZA and CHRISTOPHER WEAVER

MUCKING ABOUT ON KOHTAO

It might not be quite the critter heaven found further south in the Coral Triangle, but there is more than enough to keep muck-divers happy if you know where to look off this Thai island, says local diver ALEX TYRRELL. Shaun the Sheep, anyone?

BACK IN THE AIR… BACK IN THE SWIM

The vaccination programme is well underway and it’s time to start thinking about shaking the moths out of your dive gear and checking the time left on your passport. GILL FLAHERTY offers her six top tips for planning dive travel in 2021.

CAT/FISH

‘Diving never felt so good’ - that’s to do with the sense of heightened perception and appreciation you feel when you’re used to diving frequently but a pandemic has kept you out of the sea for way too long. BRANDI MUELLER climbs gratefully aboard the Aqua Cat in the Bahamas

OCEAN ART 2020

THE SHOT CHOSEN as Best of Show in the ninth Ocean

SAVING ARRAN

The diving community around this Scottish west coast island has been proactive in protecting the seabed from further devastation by trawlers and dredgers - and the proof is in today’s underwater experiences, as reported

FEAR & LOGISTICS

We all know the rules for safe diving but they can be difficult to apply when you’re wandering the oceans on a yacht, as PETE ATKINSON explains

GRAND CAYMAN SHORE TOUR

LISA COLLINS lives and works as an underwater photography instructor in the Cayman Islands these days. Was there much to photograph? we wondered. Not a problem, apparently…

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