Back-to-back fatalities at Gabriola Island and Whytecliff Park renew calls for solo diving awareness and pre-dive safety checks. British Columbia’s diving community is reeling after two scuba fatalities occurred in the province’s coastal waters within the span of just four
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Recovery operations remain underway in the Maldives following the fatal cave diving accident that claimed the lives of five Italian divers earlier this week, as authorities continue searching underwater cave systems near Vaavu Atoll. The tragedy, which has already sparked
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More than 1,700 passengers and crew members aboard the cruise ship Ambition were temporarily confined in Bordeaux, France, after a suspected norovirus outbreak sickened dozens of people during a voyage through Western Europe. French health authorities intervened after around 50
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A 27-year-old scuba diver was killed after being struck by a boat while diving in the Lower Florida Keys, despite a diver-down flag reportedly being displayed at the time of the incident. According to authorities, the accident happened near Little
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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have secured another place in the record books after a team of scuba divers successfully created the world’s “Tallest Human Stack Underwater” during a coordinated dive at Swaraj Dweep. The achievement came just one day
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A serious dive boat accident in French Polynesia has left one diver with traumatic injuries and another dive professional seriously hurt following a pickup operation at one of the Pacific’s best-known drift diving sites. The incident occurred in Tiputa Pass
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A mass diving event brings together 200 divers in a historic underwater achievement A major underwater event in India’s Andaman Islands has made headlines after 200 scuba divers came together to set multiple underwater records in a coordinated mass dive.
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A UK coroner has concluded that immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO) was the likely factor behind the death of a diver who panicked after surfacing during a training dive at Capernwray Diving Centre in Lancashire. The incident involved 52-year-old Mark Powell,
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A diver reported missing off the coast of South Korea has been found alive after drifting at sea for approximately 12 hours, according to reports the incident has raised ongoing questions about the fate of the boat captain, who remains
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A search and rescue operation is underway off the coast of South Korea after a diver and a boat captain were reported missing, prompting an urgent response from the national coast guard. Disappearance During Diving Activity Authorities confirmed that the
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