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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

Before Booking a Liveaboard, Ask These Safety Questions

DAN warns that remote liveaboard incidents rose sharply in 2024-2025. Divers can reduce risk by checking oxygen, drills, charging rules, exits and evacuation plans before sailing.

Aug 2, 2026

Oman's New Air Links Are Turning Tourism Strategy Into Real Journeys

Direct routes to Singapore, Sochi and Medan give Oman a practical way to diversify visitors while spreading tourism value beyond familiar markets.

Jul 29, 2026

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

Diving the UAE: Fujairah, Dibba and the Musandam Peninsula

The Gulf coast rarely gets mentioned in dive travel guides, but Fujairah and the Musandam peninsula quietly deliver some of the region's best reefs.

Nov 3, 2024

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

From Soudah to the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia Is Drawing a New Travel Map

Mountain villages, coral coastlines and nature-led hospitality are expanding the world’s picture of Saudi Arabia beyond desert and city landmarks.

Jul 28, 2026

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

The Case for Travelling in the Weeks Nobody Else Books

Shoulder season is cheaper, emptier and usually better weather than the peak it sits beside. It also has failure modes, and knowing which ones apply is the difference between a bargain and a wasted trip.

Aug 8, 2026

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

Freediving Versus Scuba: What Each One Actually Asks of You

One demands breath control and stillness, the other demands equipment discipline. Here is what separates them and where beginners should start.

Jun 24, 2025

Diving Egypt's Red Sea: Hurghada, Sharm and Dahab Compared

Three Egyptian dive bases, three different Red Seas. Here is what Hurghada, Sharm el-Sheikh and Dahab each actually deliver underwater.

Feb 14, 2024

Manta Rays and Whale Sharks: The Encounters and the Etiquette

The Indian Ocean hosts some of diving's biggest animal encounters. The rules for approaching them properly matter more than most divers realise.

Sep 12, 2025

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

5 Museums that Showcase Saudi Arabia as the Ultimate Destination for Culture Enthusiasts

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s museums showcase its rich history, vibrant culture, and unique heritage, attracting tourists from around the world. In the first quarter of 2023, Saudi Arabia witnessed a remarkable resurgence in tourism, surpassing pre-pandemic levels by an impressive 64%. With 7.8 million visitors exploring the country’s treasures, it has firmly

May 18, 2023

Saudi Arabia's Tourism Megaprojects: What Is Actually Open

Billions have been promised across the Red Sea coast and Diriyah. Here is what travelers can actually book right now versus what remains a rendering.

Mar 9, 2025

Can You Get the Bends From Freediving? Yes, and Here Is How

The old assumption was that one breath cannot load enough nitrogen to matter. Repetitive deep dives with short surface intervals disprove it, and the divers it happens to are usually working, not competing.

Aug 12, 2026

One Visa, One Fee, Six Countries: the Gulf's Schengen Moment Is Reportedly Piloting This Year

A unified GCC tourist visa has been discussed for years and is now said to be entering a pilot phase, at an estimated 100 to 150 dollars for 30 to 90 days. The economics of it are more interesting than the convenience.

Aug 21, 2026

NAUI: The Agency That Lets the Instructor Decide

Older than PADI, structured as a non-profit membership association, and built on a principle almost nobody else uses: the instructor may exceed the standards, and is expected to.

Aug 12, 2026

Lumens Are the Number on the Box and the Least Useful Thing About a Dive Light

Manufacturers compete on brightness because it is a single large number. Underwater, beam angle, burn time at full output and the switch you can operate in gloves decide whether a torch is any good.

Sep 5, 2026

GUE: The Agency That Will Fail You, and Thinks That Is the Point

Global Underwater Explorers standardises equipment, teaches in teams, tests fitness, and hands out provisional passes rather than certificates. It is the most divisive system in diving, and the most internally consistent.

Aug 12, 2026

PADI, SSI, NAUI, IANTD or GUE: Which Certification Actually Matters

The agencies argue endlessly and the accident data barely distinguishes between them. Here is what genuinely differs, what does not, and the questions to ask a dive centre before you pay.

Aug 13, 2026

Aluminium or Steel Decides How Much Lead You Carry, and Almost Nobody Is Told Why

The standard aluminium 80 is negatively buoyant full and positively buoyant empty, which is why safety stops go wrong at the end of a dive. Steel behaves differently, and the valve and testing rules differ too.

Sep 5, 2026

A Diver Died at a Malta Tuna Farm. Investigators Suspect a 60kg Fish

Redeemer Grima, 41, was working 30 metres down at a fish farm off St Paul's Islands when he drowned. His equipment was later found lodged in the mouth of a dead bluefin tuna.

Aug 12, 2026

Diving the Maldives: Atolls, Channels and the Seasons That Matter

The Maldives is not one dive destination but hundreds of atolls with different currents. Here is how the calendar actually decides what you see.

Aug 9, 2024

Bookings Are Back, Confidence Is Still Catching Up

Two months after Iran and Israel's war grounded Gulf flights, travel demand is rebuilding, though not evenly and not everywhere at once.

Aug 28, 2025

Three Divers Drifted Off Puerto Galera and Lived. Most of Surviving That Happens Before You Get In

Two men and a woman surfaced from a dive at Canyon Reef, found no boat, and were carried kilometres out. Whether lost divers are found has surprisingly little to do with the search itself.

Aug 18, 2026

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

The Blue Hole at Dahab: Why Experience Level Decides Everything

Egypt's most famous sinkhole is also its most argued-over dive site. What the Blue Hole actually is, and why so much depends on who is diving it.

May 20, 2024

Lebanon Dives Its Own History, Including a Vichy Submarine

A French submarine at 36 metres, a 1939 freighter at 40, and a Victorian battleship far beyond recreational limits. Lebanon's coast is a wreck list before it is a reef.

Aug 6, 2026

Hyperbaric Chambers: How Recompression Treatment Works

When a diver surfaces with decompression sickness, a hyperbaric chamber is the only real fix. Here is how recompression works, and where chambers actually are.

Nov 18, 2024

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

Oman Below the Surface: Daymaniyat Islands and the Hallaniyat Wrecks

Oman splits its diving into two distant reserves, one a protected reef north of Muscat, the other a remote wreck-strewn archipelago in the south.

Mar 15, 2025

Freediving in the Red Sea and the Gulf: Where People Actually Train

Dahab's Blue Hole draws freedivers year round for a reason: shore access to real depth, warm water, forgiving conditions and an established training community.

Nov 14, 2025

Why the Gulf Economy Held When the Region Didn't

A war that closed the Strait of Hormuz and hit every GCC state should have broken the region's economics. Reserves and diversification kept it standing.

Jul 16, 2026

A Catamaran Ferry Left Kyrenia at Half Past Twelve and Began Taking On Water Almost Immediately

The FILOJET was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew to Tasucu. Eight people died, 18 are still missing and 241 were brought ashore. The captain and all seven of his crew have been detained and remanded while an investigation begins.

Aug 31, 2026

Latest Trends

How consumers plan to spend differently in 2026

Growing wealth inequality is reshaping consumer behavior. Experiences over goods, values over discounts, and AI shopping tools mark 2026's divide.

May 20, 2025

Mohammed bin Salman's Record, Measured Against the Numbers He Set Himself

A decade after Vision 2030 was announced, the non-oil economy is the majority of Saudi output, the sovereign fund has grown roughly sixfold, and about 1.3 million more Saudi women are in work. The record is strong, and the interesting part is the method.

Aug 22, 2026

Egypt's $5 Billion Clean-Energy Pipeline Is Bigger Than Solar Farms

Scatec's proposed two-year investment program spans batteries, desalination, wind, solar and green data centers, revealing how Egypt wants clean power to support industry.

Aug 3, 2026

Latest Trends

Arab Vision 2045 Is Back on the Agenda. Here Is What Would Make It Real

A July meeting between the new ESCWA and Arab League leadership renewed attention on Arab Vision 2045, a regional roadmap built around security, equity, innovation and prosperity.

Aug 3, 2026

Technology

Qatar Is Opening Its Submarine Cable Gateways to More Competition

New access rules for Qatar's cable landing stations aim to make international connectivity fairer and more predictable, strengthening the foundation for cloud and data-center growth.

Aug 1, 2026

The Gas Shock Reaches Far Beyond the Energy Bill

Tighter LNG supply is reducing gas demand, but the deeper risk runs through electricity, industry, fertilizer and food prices. Energy security is becoming economic security.

Jul 31, 2026