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Scuba, freediving and the people who go under: safety, training, incidents and the water itself.

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Diving

Italy Honours the Finnish Divers Who Finished the Maldives Recovery

Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund and Patrik Grönqvist received Italian state honours for a recovery mission defined by preparation, restraint and humanity.

Jul 25, 2026/4 min read

Finnish specialist divers Sami Paakkarinen, Jenni Westerlund and Patrik Grönqvist after the Maldives recovery mission

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Gozo Makes a Strong Case for Europe's Most Practical Dive Week

Compact geography, shore access, wrecks and a new six-person hyperbaric unit make Gozo an unusually practical Mediterranean base for a mixed-experience dive trip.

Jul 25, 2026/3 min read

A scuba diver entering clear blue Mediterranean water beside the limestone coast of Gozo

Diving

Raja Ampat in 2026: Extraordinary Reefs, Real Currents and New Pressure

Raja Ampat remains one of diving's richest destinations, but current, season, permits and mounting pressure from tourism and mining belong in the booking decision.

Jul 25, 2026/3 min read

A diver moving above a dense and colorful coral reef in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

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Tubbataha Is the Dive Trip You Plan a Year Ahead

The Philippines' remote World Heritage reef rewards careful planning with walls, sharks, turtles and a conservation model built around a short liveaboard season.

Jul 25, 2026/3 min read

A scuba diver above a healthy coral wall in Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Diving

WHO’s New Drowning Plan Moves Safety Beyond Swim Lessons

The PROTECT package treats drowning as a systems failure involving childcare, transport, infrastructure, rescue and climate preparation, not a single bad choice.

Jul 23, 2026/4 min read

Children practicing water safety in a supervised swimming lesson with an instructor

Diving

Adam Jacoub, Technical Diving Instructor, Dies After Egypt Dive

Technical diving instructor Adam Jacoub died on 18 July 2026 following a dive in Hurghada, Egypt. The circumstances remain under investigation.

Jul 20, 2026/5 min read

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Who Pays When a Dive Goes Wrong Far From Home

Diving emergencies far from shore involve costly medical evacuations and coordination. Here is how that response is actually funded and organised, and who calls the shots.

Jun 25, 2026/3 min read

A rescue helicopter over open sea at dawn

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What DAN's Diving Fatality Data Actually Shows

DAN's annual diving reports track how divers die each year, and the leading cause is rarely the dramatic equipment failure popular imagination assumes it to be.

Jun 19, 2026/3 min read

Dive equipment laid out on a boat deck at dusk

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Coral Bleaching and the Reefs Divers Love: The Current State

The fourth global coral bleaching event hit 84 percent of the world's reefs. Here is what that means underwater, and what responsible diving looks like now.

Jun 18, 2026/4 min read

A coral reef showing patches of bleached white coral alongside healthy colourful coral and tropical fish

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When Scientists Dive, Credentials Do Not Remove the Risk

Research divers work under formal scientific diving safety standards, but a marine science background does not make deep or technical diving inherently safer to attempt.

Jun 14, 2026/3 min read

A marine researcher in scuba gear conducting an underwater reef survey with a slate and camera

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Air Versus Mixed Gas Below 50 Metres, Explained

Below 50 metres, ordinary air becomes a liability for divers. Here is the physics behind nitrogen narcosis, rising gas density, and why trimix exists as the technical diving standard.

Jun 8, 2026/3 min read

A technical diver descending through deep open water with multiple gas cylinders visible