Explore every episode of the podcast Scuba Diver Magazine
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| Thailand Restricts Underwater Cameras #scubadiving #podcast | 25 Apr 2025 | 00:22:26 | |
Thailand is clamping down on underwater photography, a diver is still missing after a shark encounter in the Mediterranean, a Red Sea Liveaboard has been evacuated after colliding with a reef, a dive instructor saves a gyroplane pilot, and an inquest has determined that an underwater vortex was the cause of a diver's death last year. https://www.nationthailand.com/life/travel/40049152 https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-missing-after-shark-encounter-in-med/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/red-sea-liveaboard-abandoned-after-striking-reef/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/quick-thinking-dive-pro-saves-pilot-from-blaze/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/dorset-inquest-vortex-separated-divers/ Website | |||
| Two Dive Boat Fires in Two Days #scubadiving #podcast | 18 Apr 2025 | 00:31:10 | |
The body of an unnamed male scuba instructor has been recovered from a dive site in Ontario. Two dive-boat engine fires have occurred on successive recent days in southern Thailand. And Minesota introduces a new scuba diving safety bill after the deaths of two divers cleaning a lake. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/instructor-dies-on-ontario-wreck-dive/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/more-dive-boat-fires-bedevil-thailand/ https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article303912521.html Website | |||
| Divers Caught for Abusing Sea Turtle #scubadiving #podcast | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:32:23 | |
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| A New Owner For AquaLung? #scubadiving #podcast | 04 Apr 2025 | 00:25:07 | |
A 26-year-old British backpacker is missing, and presumed dead, after a fire ripped through a dive boat some six miles off the coast of Koh Tao in Thailand. Divers and snorkellers urged to take action for UK waters with Motion for the Ocean IANTD and SEI adopt ‘Powered By DAN’ First Aid programmes Greek tech divers find WW2 Australian bomber An Atlanta bagpiper died while scuba diving. The skeletal remains of his missing son were then found on his property And according to an anonymous report Negotiations are understood to be nearing completion for HEAD Group to purchase the Aqualung Group from asset-management company Barings. https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/head-looks-set-to-buy-aqualung/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/georgia-henry-frantz-missing-remains-b2722753.html https://divernet.com/scuba-news/british-tourist-dead-after-thailand-dive-boat-fire/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/iantd-and-sei-adopt-powered-by-dan-first-aid-programmes/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/greek-tech-divers-find-ww2-australian-bomber/ Website | |||
| Divers Left Behind Recued by Ferry #scubadiving #podcast | 14 Mar 2025 | 00:26:35 | |
Divers Left Behind Recued by Ferry #scubadiving #podcast https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/blast-fishing-ruins-rehabilitated-reef https://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=42695100873 https://divernet.com/scuba-news/euro-divers-launches-blue-lens-workshops-in-egypt/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/scuba-divers-left-in-ocean-on-group-trip-off-perth/105040546 Website | |||
| 3 Day Underwater Cave Rescue Success #scubadiving #podcast | 07 Mar 2025 | 00:33:09 | |
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| Boat strike leaves diver with head wound #scubadiving #podcast | 21 Feb 2025 | 00:31:39 | |
Wild fish have been shown the ability to recognise individual divers, as long as we assist them with a few visual clues, such as the colour of our dive-gear. US manufacturer Halcyon has introduced its Symbios Ecosystem of wrist and mask-mounted integrated dive-computers, An Australian scuba diver was fortunate to be alive but sustained a deep gash in his head after being hit by a boat and there seems to be a future for the adaptive teaching of Depth Therapy https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/divers-wild-fish-know-who-you-are/ https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/computers/halcyon-connects-divers-with-symbios-ecosystem/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/boat-strike-leaves-diver-with-head-wound/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/deptherapy-the-way-ahead/ Website | |||
| 17 Rescued from Sinking Liveaboard #scuba #podcast #news | 07 Feb 2025 | 00:29:41 | |
15% Off International eSIM Offer Use Code: SCUBADIVERMAG Reports are surfacing that 17 people had to be rescued by the Indonesian Navy after the Grand Komodo-owned liveaboard Putri Papua sank off the coast of Sorong, in Southwest Papua on Monday morning.A humpback whale entangled in ropes on a Skye fish-farm has been freed by volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue. Towards the end of January, Russian mermaid Mariia Zelenina went viral after a fish violently chomped down on her head during a performance of her underwater show in China. https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/divers-rescued-after-komodo-liveaboard-sinks https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/volunteers-free-tethered-whale-in-skye/ https://thetab.com/2025/02/05/mermaid-chomped-by-fish-addresses-the-rumour-bosses-threatened-her-to-stay-silent Website | |||
| Spanish Cave Closed After Fatality #scuba #podcast #news | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:33:00 | |
US diver Barrington Scott has set a verified Guinness World Record for the fastest time to scuba dive across all seven continents. Cartagena City Council says it is preparing to tighten access to the Cueva del Agua (Water Cave) system in southern Spain, following the death of a 37-year-old female diver there on 18 January. And an underwater habitat builder has just extended the record for longest time spent submerged. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/scuba-dash-across-7-continents-brings-world-record/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/spanish-cave-divers-death-prompts-calls-for-controls/ https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article299289964.html https://divernet.com/scuba-news/pod-builder-completes-120-days-under-sea/ Website | |||
| The Threat of Hybrid Grouper: An Ecological Nightmare #scuba #podcast #news | 24 Jan 2025 | 00:29:58 | |
This week on the podcast, An appeal for financial assistance has gone out for what is claimed to be the only UK dive-centre offering community scuba clubs and water-skills classes to both children and adults with disabilities. Hybrid grouper fish, released into Hong Kong's coastal waters as part of a religious ritual, could be wreaking havoc on local biodiversity. https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/community-scuba-cornish-clubs-need-help/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/community-scuba-clubs-st-austell?attribution_id=sl%3A53c8f350-e106-413f-ad5a-ac254c28dbd4&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link https://www.thesun.ie/news/14571032/waterford-whale-washed-up-popular-beach/ Website | |||
| Damning Report on Red Sea Authorities #scuba #podcast #news | 17 Jan 2025 | 00:30:19 | |
This week on the podcast, a fairly damning report on the Red Sea Authorities following the Sea Story sinking. A couple of new records including a photoshoot at 50m and an underwater walking distance record. And a Malaysian dive resort has had its licence officially revoked by the government. https://divernet.com/photography/photographers/underwater-model-shoots-just-went-into-deco/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/latest-shipwreck-discovery-dives-raise-questions/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/female-freediver-steps-up-for-absolute-record-walk/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/malaysian-dive-resort-has-licence-revoked/ Website | |||
| Innovation from AquaLung #scuba #podcast #news | 10 Jan 2025 | 00:33:35 | |
This week on the podcast, Seven tourist divers and their local dive-guide spent almost 30 hours floating off the Pacific islands of Palau before being rescued by what the US Coast Guard has described as a “Good Samaritan” fisherman. International diving medical experts have come up with a joint position statement on the subject of immersion pulmonary oedema US dive-light manufacturer Light & Motion is closing down after 35 years in business, citing politics among “many factors” contributing to its decision. A series of safety failures led to the preventable death of a diver while under water at Manns Harbor Bridge on Croatan Sound in North Carolina, according to the US Department of Labour. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/eight-divers-undergo-30hr-drift-in-palau/ https://divernet.com/medical/ipo-survivors-strongly-advised-to-quit-diving/ https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/lights/switch-off-light-motion-closes-down/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/employer-failed-to-check-divers-health / https://aqualung-group.com/Aquasense/ https://santidiving.com/products/edge-2/ Website | |||
| Scuba Legend Passes #scuba #podcast #news | 13 Dec 2024 | 00:30:53 | |
This week on the podcast, Another US titan of extreme diving, has departed: Hal Watts died at the age of 88. All hands on deck for the Great Barrier Reef baby boom. Scuba divers who use personal locator beacons (PLBs) are being urged to take part in a consultation on a Coastguard proposal. The body of a scuba diver who went missing off Cornwall on 22 September has been found on a beach about 15km from his last-known location. the man behind the cocaine-smuggling plot that saw a Brazilian rebreather diver die and another go on the run in Australia in 2022, has been jailed https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/hal-watts-the-passing-of-mr-scuba/ https://divernet.com/features/coral-spawning-on-the-great-barrier-reef/ https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/locator-beacons-15min-that-could-save-your-life/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/missing-divers-body-found-on-cornish-beach/ Website | |||
| Record Fine for Untrained Divers Death #scuba #podcast #news | 06 Dec 2024 | 00:31:51 | |
This week on the podcast, The death of an 18-year-old on his first scuba dive has led to the biggest workplace fine in the history of the US state of Minnesota. Specialist police searches are being carried out in north Wales for a diver identified only as Imrich, 53, from Warrington in Cheshire. British divers among the seven people still unaccounted for after the sinking of the Sea Story liveaboard in Egypt have been named. The Coastguard has stood down a multi-agency search for a scuba diver who went missing in Scapa Flow, leaving Police Scotland to continue with its own investigation. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-searches-continue-in-wales-orkney/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-divers-missing-from-sea-story-named/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/multi-agency-search-for-scapa-diver-called-off/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/new-company-takes-over-scubaverse/ Website | |||
| Out of Test Tank Dismembers Instructor #scuba #podcast #news | 29 Nov 2024 | 00:33:28 | |
This week on the podcast, Eight people, including two Britons, remain missing following the sinking of the Red Sea dive liveaboard Sea Story yesterday (25 November). Four bodies are reported to have been recovered so far. Australian Diving Instruction, a PADI 5* instructor development centre in Geelong, south of Melbourne in Victoria, has been fined Aud $40,000 (£20,460) for the explosion of an out-of-test scuba cylinder that resulted in a diver's leg being blown off. A 25-year-old man from the UK has died after reportedly losing consciousness while scuba diving off Greece's Attica coast near Athens, on the afternoon of 24 November. A Chinese diver wearing a brightly coloured novelty hood is reported to have been bitten on the back of the head by a tiger shark at a popular Maldives dive-site. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-diver-dies-in-greece-instructors-arrested/
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| Recovery Starts for Lost Cave Diver #scuba #news #podcast | 08 Nov 2024 | 00:27:48 | |
This week on the podcast, A diver has died in a cave in the Swiss canton of Ticino, with recovery of his body now presenting a challenge to expert rescuers. A blind BBC journalist and a paraplegic amputee, both from Lancashire, are hoping to have an hour-long Red Sea dive to a maximum depth of 40m carried out as a buddy-pair recognised by Guinness World Records. After five years of work, England’s biggest seagrass-restoration project has come to a close, with its results described as “incredibly promising” for the future. Leading liveaboard holiday companies Emperor Divers and Solomon Islands-based Bilikiki Cruises have joined forces.A last-minute reprieve for half of the shipwreck treasures that had looked set to be dispersed into private collections at an auction in Cornwall from tomorrow (6 November) has been provided by UK charity the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST). https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/extracting-cave-divers-body-technically-demanding/ https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/v6-blind-paraplegic-buddy-pair-claim-dive-record/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/english-seagrass-success-promises-worldwide-boost/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/emperor-divers-announces-new-partnership-with-bilikiki-cruises/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/mast-steps-in-to-save-museum-shipwreck-items/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/two-well-known-dive-liveboards-blaze/ Website | |||
| Body in the Net: A Fatal Oversight #scuba #news #podcast | 01 Nov 2024 | 00:30:25 | |
This week on the podcast, A fisherman in Greece who found the body of a snorkeller in his nets and threw it back into the sea has been found guilty of manslaughter. A liveaboard has sunk in the far southern Egyptian Red Sea, after its captain appeared to have disregarded severe weather warnings. The death of a UK rebreather diver off the south Devon coast in May was the result of “user error”, it was stated at the opening of an inquest. Bill Gavin, a founding member of the WKPP and its second Project Director, has passed away. And Florida-based International Training (IT) has decided to tidy up its diver-training branding by putting its various agencies under a single umbrella – that of SDI, or Scuba Diving International. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/fisherman-threw-dead-snorkeller-back-into-sea/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/egyptian-liveaboard-sinks-in-deep-south/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/regional-coach-died-after-rebreather-error/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/training/one-dive-family-lines-up-under-sdi-banner/ https://santidiving.com/products/bz420x/ Website | |||
| Woman Killed by Needlefish #scuba #news #podcast | 25 Oct 2024 | 00:37:00 | |
This week on the podcast, a new fear is unlocked as a women is killed by a flying needlefish. Breaking down BSAC’s Annual Diving Incident Report and it seems like the number of incidents https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/flying-needlefish-kills-italian-surfer/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diving-deaths-up-says-bsac-but-it-has-good-news-too/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/unique-research-vessel-flip-destined-to-be-scrapped-has-joined-deep/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/pink-seafans-bred-in-uk-for-first-time/ Website | |||
| Disconnected Hose Lead to Diver Fatality #scuba #news #podcast | 18 Oct 2024 | 00:31:16 | |
This week on the podcast, the remains of a diver have been found in the stomach of a shark but, relatives stress that it was not the shark that killed her. A coroner has concluded that while the death of a scuba diver in Scapa Flow was accidental, it could have been prevented had appropriate equipment checks been carried out before entering the water. A search and rescue operation was launched in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula when a solo cave-diver went missing in one of the cenotes, and there has been some nice news also. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/female-divers-body-parts-found-in-shark/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/disconnected-hose-caused-scapa-divers-death/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-dies-in-mexico-on-solo-cenote-probe/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/meet-steve-backshall-one-of-many-bite-back-prizes/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/ukrainian-freediver-sets-no-fins-world-record/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-diver-dies-in-malta-2/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/dive-team-solve-dorset-pin-wreck-mystery/ https://fourthelement.com/product/pelagic-watch/ Website | |||
| First Female Clearance Divers for the Navy #scuba #news #podcast | 27 Sep 2024 | 00:27:59 | |
This week on the podcast, Female clearance divers have simultaneously graduated into both the New Zealand and South Korean navies for the first time. Late Antiquity amphoras, a Byzantine anchor and an iron battle knife were among discoveries made during a recent underwater archaeological expedition in the Black Seat. And training agencies have some new thoughts on promoting diving. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/search-for-diver-in-cornwall-called-off/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/women-break-into-nz-korean-navy-dive-teams/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/archaeology/diver-discoveries-in-black-sea-fortress-harbour/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/training/family-friends-targeted-in-padis-referral-drive/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/ireland-gains-its-first-artificial-reef/
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| America’s Flagship Set to Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef #scuba #news #podcast | 20 Sep 2024 | 00:30:02 | |
This week on the podcast, The United States is set to become the largest artificial reef. The SS United States is a 300m ocean liner that’s being decommissioned and plans to sink her to become an artificial reef in recreational depths is exciting news for divers. A rare sighting of sunfish in the Red Sea around the Brothers has made the news and it another excuse to book your next Red Sea liveaboard. And a diver has died collecting ghost gear helping to clean up a shipwreck. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/ss-united-states-liner-to-become-worlds-largest-artificial-reef/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/red-sea-mola-mola-sighting-makes-local-news/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/line-retrieval-ends-in-diver-death-sunk-boat/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/pot-consultant-suspended-after-divers-death-in-malta/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/sculpture-for-kent-river-grenada-diver-draw-due-soon/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/tough-conditions-yield-world-freediving-record/
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| Guides Were Paid to Graffiti Coral #scuba #news #podcast | 13 Sep 2024 | 00:31:23 | |
This week on the podcast, Professional Dive guides in the Phillipines are in hot water after a tip off that some are accepting payment for engraving names in coral, leading to authorities to quadruple the reward money for any information on the culprits. LL cool J has recently told the Guardian that the anamatronic shark in Deep Blue Sea almost drowned him. And a former Navy diver has decided to become the first to swim the English channel, on his back. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/dive-pro-accused-of-carving-corals-for-cash/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ex-navy-diver-set-to-swim-channel-backwards/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/fake-shark-parked-ll-cool-j-under-water/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg794yvkm5eo Website | |||
| Divers Graffiti Coral #scuba #news #podcast | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:32:30 | |
This week on the podcast, some divers deserve a good telling-off for committing heresy. Some decommissioned warships have been sunk for us divers to play with and several dive deaths around the world https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/carved-up-coral-shocks-bohol-divers/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-help-themselves-to-champagne-on-protected-wreck/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/malta-wreck-divers-win-long-sought-protection/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/thai-warships-launch-underwater-learning-park/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/woman-dies-on-return-from-brief-dive-off-bali/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/2-diver-deaths-in-lanzarote-on-same-day/ Website | |||
| Scuba Voted #1 On Extreme Sports List #scuba #news #podcast | 30 Aug 2024 | 00:37:33 | |
This week on the podcast, James Bond has donated limited edition motorcycles to the RNLI, The British Sub Aqua Club is asking divers to prepare to clean our oceans in September. And apparently all of us are extreme sportsters as scuba diving ranks number one in a poll ranking extreme sports people would like to try but, don’t think they’ll ever get to try https://www.scubadivermag.com/daniel-craig-donates-limited-edition-motorcycles-to-rnli/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/bsacs-great-british-underwater-litter-pick-to-clean-up-our-seas/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/scuba-tops-fear-factor-extreme-sports-list/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/zombie-whaling-commission-should-disband-says-ex-chair/ https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/1228171/pn/010-02905-11 https://www.scuba.com/p-scpstpbk/scubapro-s-tek-laptop-backpack-black Website | |||
| Early WW1 Shipwreck Found #scuba #news #podcast | 23 Aug 2024 | 00:31:33 | |
This week on the podcast, The wreck of the cruiser HMS Hawke, sunk by German submarine U-9 early in World War One with the loss of 524 officers and crew, appears to have been discovered off Scotland's north-east coast by the Lost in Waters Deep wreck-researchers and Gasperados technical dive team. And The Sydney diving community is in shock after local divers came across a gruesome discovery on Friday night. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/dive-team-finds-notable-ww1-warship-at-110m/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-find-3000-year-old-fingerprinted-figurine/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/break-up-fears-for-shipwreck-treasure-collection/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/resident-sydney-bull-rays-barbarically-butchered/ Website | |||
| Teen Loses Leg After Shark Bite #scuba #news #podcast | 16 Aug 2024 | 00:30:04 | |
This week on the podcast, a poor lass from America lost her leg after a shark bite while she was swimming after a dive. An incredibly rare encounter with a sixgill shark in Canada. The GhostNet Campaign Celebrates a record haul in honour of paul watson and Germany has issued and arrest warrant for a diver over Nord Stream blasts. https://www.scubadivermag.com/shark-takes-girls-leg-on-post-dive-swim/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/diver-enjoys-rare-shark-encounter-in-bc/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ghostnet-campaign-celebrates-record-haul-in-honour-of-paul-watson/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/how-sw-englands-seas-altered-in-2023/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k378l4jemo https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-tempts-members-to-attend-euro-dive-shows/ Website | |||
| Just $34K Compensation After 5yrs #scuba #news #podcast | 09 Aug 2024 | 00:30:28 | |
This week on the podcast, The first compensation payments for expenses incurred in the deaths of 34 people who died when the Californian dive liveaboard Conception caught fire in 2019 have been ordered by a US federal judge – though whether its captain Jerry Boylan is in a position to foot the bill remains unclear. Cradles for baby corals designed to frustrate toothy predators such as parrotfish could be deployed as part of a drive to rehabilitate reefs hit by disturbance events such as coral-bleaching. The Diving Museum in Gosport has been closed during 2024 for restoration of its “damp Grade II* listed building” but has ambitious plans to reopen from next June, drier and with new exhibitions. https://www.scubadivermag.com/still-free-conception-captain-ordered-to-pay-up/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/drying-out-diving-museum-needs-support/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz07721y33xo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p2rk2gkx4o https://www.scubadivermag.com/anti-parrot-cradles-a-coral-game-changer/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYlATuvJcg https://fourthelement.com/product/tech-fin/ Website | |||
| Diving Lake For Sale #scuba #news #podcast | 02 Aug 2024 | 00:29:06 | |
This week on the podcast, a pair of lost divers were rescued thanks to their dive lights, a POV video of a basking shark hit by a boat and there’s a dive site up for sale if you have some spare change https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/dive-lights-saved-couple-on-38hr-drift/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/capernwray-put-up-for-sale-again/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/basking-shark-boat-strike-captured-under-water/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/women-dive-together-on-padis-landmark-day/ Website | |||
| Cocaine Shark Found in Brazil #scuba #news #podcast | 26 Jul 2024 | 00:32:03 | |
This week on the podcast, the real-world sequel to Cocaine Bear: Cocaine Shark, I’m sure somebody is working on the film rights as we speak. Paul Watson, founder of Sea shepherd and more recently the Captain Paul Watson Foundation since the split has been arrested by Danish Police in Greenland on an arrest order from Japan. And a rather controversial freediving record because the diver was being pulled along by a state of the art carbon fiber DPV. https://news.sky.com/story/amp/sharks-off-brazil-coast-test-positive-for-cocaine-13183543 https://www.scubadivermag.com/dan-puts-malta-incidents-into-perspective/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/danes-arrest-paul-watson-at-japans-request/ https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/accessories/dpv-breath-hold-prompts-world-record-claim/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/emperor-divers-introduces-ladies-dive-cruise-for-padi-womens-dive-day/ Website | |||
| Divers Discover Bronze-Age Nordic Axe #scuba #news #podcast | 19 Jul 2024 | 00:29:08 | |
Divers discover Bronze-Age Nordic Axe #scuba #news #podcast This week on the podcast, lots of underwater artefacts including a record breaking bronze age axe and lots of whale strandings recently, whales have had a rather rough week https://www.scubadivermag.com/norwegian-celt-axe-dive-site-sparks-speculation/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-big-glass-haul-in-bulgaria/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/this-is-huge-worlds-rarest-whale-washes-ashore/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/mass-pilot-whale-stranding-in-orkney-islands/ Website | |||
| Hero Diver Sacrifices Himself for Another Diver #scuba #news #podcast | 12 Jul 2024 | 00:31:49 | |
This week on the podcast, big Shearwater news as they announce a partnership with Reel Diving. A ‘heroic’ diver sacrificed his own life trying to save another diver, knowing that he would be missing decompression stops, and PADI are talking at the United Nations. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/2-poles-die-after-malta-wreck-dive/ https://timesofmalta.com/article/zonqor-tragedy-experienced-hero-diver-sacrificed-life-try.1095120 https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-leading-the-fight-at-global-plastic-treaty-discussions/ Website | |||
| $30K Fine for Rescuing Humpback Whale #scuba #news #podcast | 05 Jul 2024 | 00:28:34 | |
This week on the podcast, A group of people have risked a 30 thousand dollar fine to rescue a humpback whale caught in a net, a 24ft shark has washed up on a Scottish beach and a new British freediving record, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13592597/Giant-shark-UK-beach-walkers-fish-forklifted.html https://apnews.com/article/scuba-diver-death-af09104796f8a9de571dc79892f66534 Website | |||
| Red Sea Liveaboard on the Reef #scuba #news #podcast | 28 Jun 2024 | 00:27:30 | |
This week on the podcast, a liveaboard has sunk in the Red Sea after colliding with a reef, the Olympic flame has been handed over underwater, PADI has launched a new internship and other underwater news https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-dies-on-first-day-of-donegal-rally/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/alice-modolo-takes-olympic-flame-for-a-dive/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-launches-divemaster-internship-programme/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/cayman-islands-set-to-get-new-angel-of-the-reef-mermaid-attraction/ Website | |||
| Seal Exiled to Remote Island to Protect Divers #scuba #news #podcast | 21 Jun 2024 | 00:35:19 | |
This week on the podcast, a monk seal has been exiled to keep them away from divers, the shipwreck of Shackleton’s final ship has been found and various other news stories over the previous week or two https://www.scubadivermag.com/monk-seal-exiled-to-remote-island-to-protect-divers/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/reel-diving-uk-takes-over-divemaster-scuba/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ocean-turtle-diving-launches-new-london-dive-centre/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/fin-whale-protection-hopes-dashed-in-iceland/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/viral-dive-log-faked-titan-divers-had-no-warning/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/diver-and-dive-centre-upfront-about-rescue/ Website | |||
| 13YO Missing Diver Family Sue Resort #scuba #news #podcast | 09 Jun 2024 | 00:33:51 | |
This week on the podcast, the underwater photography world mourns the loss of one of the greats who wrote the book on underwater photography. The family of a 13-year-old diver who was lost at sea is suing the resort over the death. And a diver has died taking part in a lake cleanup but, reports are unclear on his qualifications https://www.scubadivermag.com/underwater-photography-world-mourns-renowned-uwp-guru-martin-edge/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/student-died-on-one-of-first-ever-dives/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/dive-with-buddy-and-meridian-adventure-dive-join-hands/ https://www.sealife-cameras.com/product/sportdiver-ultra-smartphone-housing/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/shearwater-research-announces-avelo-mode-for-the-teric/ https://www.atomicaquatics.com/products/regulators/b2x-regulator/ Diving Into The Darkness Link: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/mzsd Website | |||
| Missing Diver Search Called Off #scuba #news #podcast | 31 May 2024 | 00:30:33 | |
This week, it looks like DPV manufacturer ScubaJet has begun insolvency proceedings. PADI has distributed half a million dollars in their Project Aware campaign. Dorset coastguard have called off the search for a missing diver. And the Pearl Fleet has commented on a viral video of a shark-dive that didn’t go so well https://taucher.net/diveinside-insolvency_proceedings_at_scubajet-kaz9246 https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/padi-aware-distributes-500k-in-mission-hub-grants/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/raid-launches-ots-full-face-mask-programme/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/dorset-coastguard-call-off-search-for-diver/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/search-for-diver-off-dorset-stood-down/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/pearl-fleet-hits-back-as-maldives-shark-dive-slammed/ Diving Into The Darkness Link: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/mzsd Website | |||
| Man Jumps on Killer Whale #scuba #news #podcast | 24 May 2024 | 00:30:31 | |
This week, Saudi Arabia is looking to buy Sharm El Sheikh, a man has been fined for attempting to jump on a killer whale in a video online and a few other worrying videos are popping up on social media https://www.scubadivermag.com/get-the-kettle-on-join-bite-backs-big-brew-for-the-blue/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/orca-body-slammer-fined-for-stupid-behaviour/ https://www.scuba.com/p-atmb2xdu/atomic-aquatics-b2x-din-regulator https://www.mikesdivestore.com/products/fourth-element-shoreline-jacket Diving Into The Darkness Link: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/mzsd Website | |||
| New Shearwater Computer #scuba #news #podcast | 17 May 2024 | 00:27:34 | |
This week, tickets for our digital screening of Diving Into the Darkness are available, A British scuba diver who saved her twin sister’s life in Mexico by repeatedly punching an aggressive crocodile three years ago has been awarded the King’s Gallantry Medal. An Australian stripper is facing prison for diving for cocaine that Police had already confiscated and Shearwater release an air-integrated version of their Peregrine computer. https://www.scubadivermag.com/join-special-virtual-screening-of-diving-into-the-darkness/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/medal-for-diver-who-saved-twin-sister-from-croc/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/stripper-caught-diving-for-coke-in-nz-but-it-was-in-usa/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/fresh-from-the-pot-plymouth-rnli-rescue-diver/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/shearwater-launches-air-integrated-peregrine-tx/ Diving Into The Darkness Link: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/mzsd Website | |||
| 1st-Hand Account of Liveaboard Fire #scuba #news #podcast | 10 May 2024 | 00:34:10 | |
This week, we have the account of one of the divers on board the Sea Safari VII fire that contradicts the official timeline. The captain of the conception liveabord has been sentenced to four years in jail after his appeal failed. There’s a new subscription-based training agency out there that’s turning some heads and according to training numbers, more and more women are qualifying than ever before. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/blazing-dive-boat-evacuation-chaotic-say-uk-divers/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/dive-liveaboard-captain-jailed-for-four-years/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/novoscuba-new-subscription-based-dive-training-agency/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/women-joining-padi-at-faster-rate-than-men/ Diving Into The Darkness Link: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/btkt Website | |||
| BREAKING: Another Liveaboard Fire #scuba #news #podcast | 03 May 2024 | 00:30:41 | |
This week, breaking news of a boat fire in Indonesia. A new blue hole in Mexico is believed to be the deepest in the world. A UK coroner records first IPO verdict on snorkeller. And the Tobago House of Assembly rather quickly withdrew a ten thousand dollar reward for the capture of a bullshark after massive backlash https://www.scubadivermag.com/deepest-blue-hole-now-mexicos-but-how-low-does-it-go/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-tourist-injured-in-tobago-shark-encounter/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/uk-coroner-records-first-ipo-verdict-on-snorkeller/ SeaLife SportDiver Underwater Smartphone Housing: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/jdn4 Diving Into The Darkness Link: https://www.scubadivermag.com/affiliate/btkt Website | |||
| Diver Pinned by Alligator #scuba #news #podcast | 26 Apr 2024 | 00:35:22 | |
This week, a diver searching for fossils in a river ended a dive being pinned to the floor by an alligator, the captain of the conception boat fire has lost his bid to secure a retrial and several underwater records have been broken from freediving to dominos. https://www.scubadivermag.com/diver-ooa-at-15m-while-pinned-under-alligator/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/dive-liveaboard-captains-retrial-bid-overturned/ https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/what-happens-to-a-diver-charged-with-manslaughter/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/curacao-divers-play-dominoes-for-world-record/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/freediver-zecchini-breaks-fim-world-record/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/training/face-down-the-latest-raid-freediving-course/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/get-a-free-scubapro-octopus-this-spring/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/shearwater-launches-new-website/ Website | |||
| Netflix Defamation Lawsuit Thrown Out #scuba #news #podcast | 19 Apr 2024 | 00:32:26 | |
This week, courts have sided with Netflix in a defamation lawsuit after a movie painted him in a bad light. A diving destination is in hot water for holding onto divers deposits and blanking them stating that they are closed for business even though their website says otherwise and the great barrier reef has just experienced it’s worst coral bleaching heatwave in history that some are describing as an underwater bushfire. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/pipin-v-netflix-freedivers-lawsuit-thrown-out/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/underwater-bushfire-gbr-suffers-worst-ever-heat-stress/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/may-the-4th-be-with-you/ Website | |||
| Jared Hires Death Preliminary Accident Analysis #scuba #podcast | 12 Apr 2024 | 00:30:07 | |
This week, I’m going to be covering the death of Jared Hires who was a very well known and loved member of the diving community and general manager of Dive Rite who died this week on a dive in the Plura Cave system in Norway which is the same cave system as the 2016 documentary Diving into the unknown where a team of divers risk their lives and legal repercussions to recover the remains of their friend who also died in the cave system. Now, I’m going to be reading through the DAN preliminary accident analysis and explaining anything that may be complicated https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/cave-diver-jared-hires-dies-in-norways-plura/ https://dan.org/safety-prevention/diver-safety/divers-blog/preliminary-accident-analysis/ Website | |||
| First Ever Woman Cave Diver Recognised #scuba #news #podcast | 06 Apr 2024 | 00:32:11 | |
This week, the first ever woman cave diver is being recognised into the Women Divers Hall Of Fame. A study has shown that MPAs are making a huge difference in the waters where they’re enforced and there’s a new underwater museum being created with loads of artifacts for you to check out. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/first-woman-cave-diver-enters-hall-of-fame/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/case-closed-strict-mpa-enforcement-is-win-win/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/shark-trust-asks-divers-for-assistance-during-citizen-science-month/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/saudi-gets-ready-for-divers-with-disabilities/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/bends-concerns-as-oban-pot-forced-to-close/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/black-sea-archaeopark-for-divers-on-the-way/ Website | |||
| 17 Divers Rescued Due To Heavy Winds #scuba #news #podcast | 29 Mar 2024 | 00:36:03 | |
This week an extreme shift in the weather conditions in Malta led to emergency services rescuing 17 divers out at sea. The department of wildlife and fish is facing a 30 thousand dollar fine following the death of one of their staff during a routing snorkelling survey. A new nominee is to be inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame in recognition of her groundbreaking contributions to the diving world. And this month PADI has introduced their youngest course director to date at just 21. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-dies-17-rescued-at-windy-malta-shore-dive-site/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/state-agency-fines-another-for-snorkellers-death/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/holly-wakely-becomes-worlds-youngest-female-course-director/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/are-you-ready-for-an-intro2tech/ Website | |||
| Father Lost in Tragic Dive #scuba #news #podcast | 22 Mar 2024 | 00:31:40 | |
This week a very sad story where a son loses his father on a dive only weeks after losing his mother to cancer, a study on coral reef restoration has found a new way to speed up coral growth and by identifying the guns of a shipwreck that was first found over thirty years ago https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-dies-as-son-ascends-fast-to-get-help/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/restored-coral-reefs-grow-as-fast-as-healthy-ones/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/5-guns-prove-florida-shipwreck-is-hms-tyger/ Website | |||
| Divers Sucked Into Dam Turbine #scuba #news #podcast | 15 Mar 2024 | 00:36:02 | |
This week on the podcast, two divers have been sucked into a dam inlet on a dive, highlighting the dangers of diving around dams and waterways, trolling in Malta is putting scuba divers in serious dangers leading to protests, and two new specialty courses have been released. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/ccr-scooter-divers-were-sucked-into-dam-inlet/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/trolling-puts-divers-at-risk-in-malta/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/bsac-introduces-underwater-surveyor-course/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/photo-dive-team-help-to-id-unknown-wrasse/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-partners-with-gopro-for-new-specialty-course/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/europe-cracks-down-on-underwater-noise/ Website | |||
| Two More Liveaboard Fires #scuba #news #podcast | 08 Mar 2024 | 00:38:47 | |
This week on the podcast, The RNLI celebrates its 200th anniversary, two more liveaboard fires have been reported, a breakdown for last weekend’s GO Diving Show here in the UK, a seal has been biting scuba divers in South Africa and more stories RNLI https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/how-many-divers-has-200-year-old-rnli-saved/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/oceanic-liveaboard-catches-fire-in-indonesia/ https://taucher.net/diveinside-fire_on_the_m_y_sea_legend-kaz9201 https://www.scubadivermag.com/diver-returns-iphone-but-beware-old-apple-watch-straps/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/seal-bites-six-scuba-divers-cause-unknown/ https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/missing-persons-volunteer-divers-step-up-in-uk/ Website | |||
| Ghostship Oil Spill in Tobago #scuba #news #podcast | 16 Feb 2024 | 00:42:38 | |
Ghostship Oil Spill in Tobago #scuba #news #podcast https://godivingshow.com This week on the podcast, an oil-spill caused by an unidentified ship that made no distress calls in Tobago is under investigation, a newly discovered shipwreck in the Black Sea is yet to be identified due to the large amount of ghost gear that needs to be removed first and a spooked shark collides with several scuba divers in the Maldives https://www.scubadivermag.com/dive-sites-spared-as-mystery-oil-spill-hits-tobago/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/black-sea-wrecks-identity-hidden-by-ghost-nets/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/spooked-sharks-hit-divers-in-maldives/ https://uk.aqualung.com/products/reveal-ultrafit-dive-mask Website | |||
| A New Lake for NDAC? #scuba #news #podcast | 09 Feb 2024 | 00:26:29 | |
This week on the podcast, Plans for the defunct National Diving & Activity Centre (NDAC) inland diving facility to get a new lease of life at a location near Neath in south Wales have taken a step forward. A van stolen from a dive center in sheffield has been recovered and a documentary film maker is asking for any footage of wild orcas any divers may have.
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