Slips, sparks and sad tales

ASLIP, OR A TRIP, and the ramifications of

Scapa skipper ordered to pay £290,000 in landmark judgment

IN A LANDMARK LEGAL ACTION likely to have

ARMY DIVER INQUEST DELAYED AGAIN

THE JURY INQUEST into the death of a

400 teenage divers to train free in Cornwall

DIVE PROJECT CORNWALL, a recently formed not-for-profit company,

Instructor fined after diver’s 45m death

A YORKSHIRE DIVING instructor has been fined for

Dolphin Danny gets his own memorial stone

MARINE CONNECTION A MEMORIAL TO a solitary male

Diver Dan Burton dies in air crash

ONE OF THE UK’S LEADING diving adventurers Dan

RN divers honour last ‘human minesweeper ’

John & Jill Payne, honoured at Gosport. ROYAL

CAN YOU HELP THE POLICE IDENTIFY A BODY?

HAMPSHIRE POLICE detectives hope that a divEr reader

Bends breakthrough: ‘Immune system going crazy’

AMAJOR BREAKTHROUGH in research into decompression illness (DCI)

EXTINCT DOLPHIN NAMED AFTER DIVER WHO FOUND FOSSIL

A NEWLY RECOGNISED SPECIES of extinct dolphin has

Three fatalities in Cornwall and Wales in September

TWO SCUBA-DIVERS were missing, presumed dead, following a

Hopes of finding Amber Room on Karlsruhe wreck dashed

TECHNICAL WRECK-DIVERS hoping to locate the long-lost panels

That’s no sub: HMS Mercury identified

AN IRISH SEA SHIPWRECK once thought to have

DIVER’S VIDEO PROVES ANGEL SHARKS ARE BREEDING IN WALES

A SCUBA-DIVER has captured rare images of a

Diving community remembers Brian Pitkin

THE FUNERAL WAS HELD on 23 September of

Spanish dive-team uncover Roman gold coins

ATOTAL OF 53 perfectly preserved Roman gold coins

Divers study Roman remains on Crete

Diver with amphoras on the seabed. MINISTRY OF

Battering rams found at ancient warship wreck site

Preparing to lift one of the rams. RPM

FREDA’S DIVER DISHES

In my last column, if you remember, I

Pair of underwater parks aim to boost Turkey dive-appeal

COINCIDING WITH Turkey’s removal from the UK travel

Conception divers’ relatives sue Coast Guard

THE US COAST GUARD is being sued for

New law to hold dive-boat owners to account

OPERATORS OF US dive-boats such as the Conception

Call-out to image-makers in two major competitions

This image by Scott Portelli won Best of

Answer that phone

Frustrated by corporate bureaucracy? Name and shame, like

Crashing in

If you wish to dive a plane wreck

Depth charges

What is a well-meaning YouTuber to do when

Ball games

One minute you’re living the dream as a

Shark roulette

The Sun carried the story of how a

Nuts!

HAVE YOU EVER BOUGHT a bag of nuts

BOOK REVIEW

THE MANY ASPECTS OF THE BENDS Between the

Big concrete attraction for Belize

Belize, home to the world’s second largest barrier

New Aggressor limbers up for deep south…

Aggressor Fleet launches its overdue deep-southern Red Sea

…while Pharaoh keeps it cheap up north

Starved of Red Sea diving and happy to

GREEN-LIT for dive travel

as of 4 Oct All change – out

Vaccinated? Egypt is easy

Now it’s green-listed, Egypt says it is determined

PADI GETS INSPIRATION FROM RIVER RUNS

PADI was inspired by World Rivers Day on

Whale of a time in Dominica

The spectacular mountains on the Caribbean island of

BC BEAVER LIGHTNING

WELL AND TRULY TESTED Beaver has a new

MASK OCEANIC DISCOVERY

The Design The Discovery sits in the middle

FINS MARES AVANTI QUATTRO +

OVER THE YEARS, MARES HAS GAINED a reputation

NEW BUT UNTESTED

The latest kit to hit the dive shops

NEXT ISSUE

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE IS BACK STEVE RATTLE / ROOTS

'Nothing is 100% risk-free - nothing'

The recent court judgment has stirred up a

OUR EUROPEAN TOUR Pt 5

Swedish film-makers LINN VENNBERG and MATTIAS GRANBERG are running out of road but there’s a lot of great coldwater diving to be done in their home country and in Norway before their European odyssey is over

TURTLE TRACKERS

Every turtle has unique shell markings so can be identified – have you ever taken a shot of one in Koh Tao or the wider Gulf of Thailand? It could come in handy, as ALEX TYRRELL explains

THE JOY OF NIGHT-DIVING Pt 2

In part two of STEVE WARREN’s reflections on diving after dark, he considers the risks of overselling, distractions, top spotters, endless surprises, the fluo world and pleasures that last a lifetime

DEVELOPING A SCUBA SIXTH SENSE

If divers at any stage of their development feel the need for a self-help book, they need look no further than those written by SIMON PRIDMORE. He has just released a compendium of four of the best, packed with wit, wisdom and plenty of case histories – here is a sample.

40 YEARS ON: LADY OF BABAKALE

Now 143 years old, she was one of wreck-hunter SELCUK KOLAY‘s first wreck finds, but this intriguing vessel proved quite a challenge to identify. He tells the tale – and revisits the location for a poignant dive

WHO KNEW? DIVING IN INDIA

Bids to attract international scuba-divers to mainland India seem to be as rare as remoras that prefer to go their own way, but one dive-centre is hoping to buck the trend.

LONG WEEKEND IN SCAPA FLOW

At last! ROSS MCLAREN had dreamt of a visit to dive the classic wrecks of Scapa Flow, and he was determined to fit as much action as he could into his three days…

BLACKFISH THE POWER OF FILM

Can eco-minded films really make a difference? LAURA THOMAS- WALTERS and DIOGO VERISSIMO examine how a captive killerwhale documentary ended SeaWorld’s orca-breeding programme

WIDE-ANGLE MASTERY

Swedish photographer Alex Dawson has a distinctive style – he discusses it with

A STAY IN FARAWAY HATAY

The Turkish province centred on ancient Antioch lies off the beaten tourist track but that means that its rich underwater treasures are only just being discovered, says MAHMUT SUNER