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Giant Australian Cuttlefish

8 years 1 month ago By Don Silcock

Incredibly photogenic creatures, they have a fascinating ability to rapidly change their colour and skin texture, an ability which they use to great effect as camouflage when they are hunting or being hunted, to communicate with other cuttlefish a

Remoras: Shark Companions

8 years 1 month ago By Ila France Porcher

Remoras have evolved a clever strategy to survive. Their relationship with sharks is mutualistic: of benefit to both species.

Mozambique's Ponta do Ouro

8 years 2 months ago By Christopher Bartlett

The drive up from Durban was uneventful until the border, where the excellent tar road stopped and a massive squiggle of sand tracks started. All roads lead to Ponta, we were told.

Italy: Submerged Machines of Moregallo

8 years 2 months ago By My Minion

Moregallo, however, is also the location of one of those dive sites that is unfortunately often mentioned in unpleasant news stories. Recently, some dive accidents have captured the attention of the media.

River Snorkeling in Austria

8 years 2 months ago By My Minion

When the sun shines from a clear blue sky and the thermometer reaches a simmering 34°C, there is not really much else to do than to get into the water as soon as possible. Read more

Shooting the Brood

8 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

For instance, a common pipefish will carry its developing brood in a specially designed flap on its belly, while a female ornate ghost pipefish will carry them in a pouch.

Indonesia's Komodo Island

8 years 2 months ago By Brandi Mueller

(I will warn you in advance: This story is about one of “those” trips.

Interview with Bill "Hogarth" Main

8 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

In Florida cave country, you measure a diver by the size of his truck: the bigger the truck, the more important the diver.

Battle of Jutland Centenary Expedition

8 years 2 months ago By Main Minion

Diving the shipwrecks of the Battle of Jutland had always been an ambition of mine.

Indonesia's Dampier Strait

8 years 3 months ago By Don Silcock

Located in the far east of the vast Indonesian archipelago of almost 18,000 islands, Raja Ampat has truly captured the imagination of the global diving community, with tales of the underwater adventures that abound there.

Shayne Greco Portfolio

8 years 3 months ago By My Minion

"I have always been fascinated by aquatic creatures. It’s like there is a whole new alien world right under the surface."
— Shayne Greco

The Graf Zeppelin

8 years 3 months ago By My Minion

There have been a few times during my life as a diver that I have had the opportunity to dive an extraordinary wreck. The Graf Zeppelin is one such wreck. It is more than a shipwreck, it is also one of the great mysteries of World War II.

So you want open a dive center?

8 years 3 months ago By Main Minion

It is 5:45 a.m. and my wife gets up in the dark. She is on breakfast duty and kindly wakes me. I am on generator duty. I push the mosquito net aside and climb out of bed. I pull a fleece on over my t-shirt and shorts, and grab a torch.

To Shark Dive or Not to Shark Dive

8 years 3 months ago By Brandi Mueller

Taking a giant stride off the back on the boat, the chill of the water snapped me out of my early-morning haze. Below me, the sharks were already there; at least ten were circling below the boat.