The scuba diving instructor who was teaching the class in which 12-year-old Dylan Harrison died has resigned from his position as Assistant Chief Deputy of the Collin County Sheriff’s Office in Texas.

Participants came from 13 islands and 15 resorts to set the record (Photo: Visit Maldives) The Maldives has set a new Guinness World Record for the most people snorkelling simultaneously, with a total ...

There are some weird and scary-looking fish down there in the dark that you definitely don't want to bump into on a Halloween night dive ...

An inquest has opened into the death of a 60-year-old diver who died at Dorothea Quarry in North Wales on 31 May. Halcyon Dive Systems is offering dive instructors a limited-time discount on its ...

There are plenty of weird and scary, strange-looking fish and critters underwater that – even if they’re perfectly harmless – most people wouldn’t want to meet, especially on a night dive, when you’ve ...

One boat has been sunk and a second damaged by a pod of orcas (killer whales) off the coast of Portugal. The sunken vessel, named Oceanview, which belongs to the Nautic Squad, a sailing based in ...

A new species of chimaera endemic to the deep sea around Australia and New Zealand has been discovered by scientists from New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA).

Capernwray Diving Centre in Lancashire, one of England’s most popular inland dive sites, has been put up for sale for the second time in two years. Set within Jackdaw Quarry, a disused flooded ...

Test your scuba smarts with this quick-fire round of True or False diving facts – how deep does your knowledge really go?

Finnish manufacturer Suunto has launched its first new dive computer model for some time with the sports-watch-style Suunto Ocean, which features in-built GPS and 95 different sports modes. Made in ...

The discovery that oxygen is produced in the bathypelagic zone means deep sea mining – and the origin of life – needs a serious rethink Scientists have discovered that oxygen is produced by ...

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) has announced that its dive centres and resorts across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will be inviting scuba divers to sign up for ...