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Diving

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

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Diving

Why Cave Diving Runs on Its Own Set of Rules

Cave diving safety rests on a small set of hard rules built from decades of accident analysis. Here is what those rules are and why the sport enforces them so strictly.

Jun 2, 2026/4 min read

A technical diver following a guideline in a flooded cave

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Maldives Moves to Regulate Technical Diving After Cave Deaths

After six divers died in a Vaavu Atoll cave, the Maldives is drafting new rules to permit and regulate technical diving in the country for the first time in its history.

May 28, 2026/4 min read

An aerial view of a Maldives atoll reef and lagoon with a dive boat anchored offshore

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The Rescuer Who Did Not Surface: Remembering Mohamed Mahudhee

MNDF Sergeant Major Mohamed Mahudhee died searching a Maldives cave for five missing divers. His death shows the risk that recovery divers accept on behalf of strangers.

May 24, 2026/4 min read

A coast guard rescue vessel at sea during a search and recovery operation, generic and unbranded

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Inside the DAN Europe Mission That Brought the Maldives Divers Home

Finnish cave specialists, Maldivian coast guard divers and DAN Europe medics carried out a coordinated recovery after the Vaavu Atoll cave tragedy.

May 22, 2026/4 min read

A coast guard vessel with dive support crew on deck during an open-water recovery operation

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Five Italian Divers Die in Maldives Cave, Rescuer Also Lost

Five Italian divers died in a Maldives cave near Vaavu Atoll on 14 May 2026, and a Maldivian rescue diver died during the search that followed.

May 15, 2026/4 min read

A technical diver silhouetted at the entrance of a deep underwater cave, lit by a dive torch

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Spearfishing and Freediving: The Overlap and the Added Risk

Spearfishing shares its breath hold physiology with freediving, but a hunting mindset changes the risk calculation entirely, and blackout remains the top cause of death.

Apr 8, 2026/4 min read

A freediver with a speargun along a rocky reef

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Wetsuit Thickness, Fit and Neoprene: a Buying Guide That Starts With the Water Temperature

A wetsuit that fits badly is a wetsuit of any thickness that does not work. Match millimetres to the water, check the fit at the neck, the small of the back and the wrists, and know which neoprene you are paying for.

Apr 7, 2026/4 min read

Divers pulling on wetsuits aboard a dive boat, in a NASA photograph from the NEEMO 6 mission in July 2004

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Dive Computers and Algorithms: What They Cannot Know About You

A dive computer tracks pressure and time with precision, but the model behind it cannot see the diver wearing it. Here is what that gap actually means.

Mar 19, 2026/5 min read

A close-up of a scuba diver's wrist-mounted dive computer showing depth and time readouts underwater

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Sharks and Divers: What the Data Says Versus the Reputation

Shark bites made headlines again in 2025. The numbers behind those headlines tell a very different story for the people actually diving with sharks.

Mar 5, 2026/4 min read

A reef shark swimming past a scuba diver in clear open water

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Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Opens Up: What Dive Tourism Actually Offers

New resorts, new dive licences and a scaled-back masterplan. Here is the real state of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea diving push, not the pitch deck version.

Feb 10, 2026/4 min read

Healthy coral reef with tropical fish along the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coastline

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The Freediving Depth Records and Who Actually Holds Them

The current constant weight world records, the athletes behind them, and the federations, AIDA and CMAS, that ratify every metre added to the books.

Jan 15, 2026/4 min read

A freediver wearing a monofin descends along a guide line into deep open water