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"Diving Into the Unknown" film now available to all

7 years 6 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

On 7 February 2014, a two-line report was posted on the forum, Rebreather World, advising of a Norwegian diving incident: "Sadly, two divers died in the caves of Plura yesterday. They ran into problems at ~130m.

Ghost Fishing in the German North Sea

7 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

“These wrecks have no ghost nets,” said Andi Peters, the man whose own website introduces him as “Der Nordseetaucher” (“The North Sea Diver”).

Training Disabled Divers in Malaysia

8 years 2 weeks ago By Main Minion

Text and photos courtesy of Hj. Syed Abd Rahman

Dynamite fishing still a hazard in protected areas

8 years 2 weeks ago By Main Minion

Words by Brandi Mueller

Critters of the Muck

8 years 2 weeks ago By Brandi Mueller

So, what is muck diving? The term can be used to describe several types of diving but usually involves diving in areas you wouldn’t initially think about diving in.

Historic England Protects Four Wrecks

8 years 1 month ago By Rosemary E Lunn

The newly protected wrecks are HMT Arfon,

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.

Jessica Keller, Jeffrey Bozanic, Project Poseidon, X-Ray Mag, Rosemary E Lunn

Crew Named For 'Project Poseidon'

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Today SAT time is limited in many countries. In Norway the maximum bottom time is 14 days and the diver needs to be offshore no more than 21 days. Meanwhile in the British North Sea the time in SAT (including decompression) is limited to 28 days.

Reef Ball, Solace Stones, artificial reef, Wreck To Reef

Devon Reef Ball Project Wins Funding

8 years 5 months ago By Rosemary E Lunn

Currently there are two projects in place on the English south coast to create an artificial reef.

Shark Diving: Tips on Photographing Sharks

8 years 5 months ago By Brandi Mueller

There are a few places in the world where one can see sharks quite close naturally (without divers changing the natural environment with food), such as the sardine run in South Africa where huge bait balls attract sharks.

Managing Stress in Diving

8 years 6 months ago By Matt Jevon

We have become “conditioned” to stress being a negative issue, and of course “distress” is extremely negative and often debilitating.

Black Water Diving in Palau

8 years 6 months ago By My Minion

Post larval stage ﬁsh, juvenile undeveloped species, gelatinous pelagic invertebrates, jellies, comb jellies, ctenophores, pelagic gastropods and pelagic cephalopods, to name but a few, are also migrating vertically.

Sharks don't bite like we do

8 years 7 months ago By Ila France Porcher

All other species, wild and tame, with which I had the intimacy I shared with sharks, had bitten me sooner or later, either by accident or in a fit of pique; even my pet dog sometimes grabs my hand in her teeth along with the offered cookie.

Twilight Zone

8 years 9 months ago By Main Minion

More formally known by scientists as the mesophotic zone, the twilight zone is the part of the world’s tropical oceans at the limits of where corals can photosynthesise.

Wrecks of Malta

8 years 9 months ago By Svetlana Murashkina

The U-Boat Navigator research vessel is known for its expeditions to the legendary HMHS Britannic (see X-RAY MAG issue #69¹) in Greece, but the company also does extremely