Divers Alert Network moves to clarify the scope of its federal filing — but the questions it raises are not so easily contained. Divers Alert Network issued a formal public statement on June 26, 2026, seeking to clarify the nature
Scuba Schools International (SSI) has quietly disappeared from the membership page of the Recreational Scuba Training Council (RSTC) United States Council, in what appears to be a significant and unannounced departure from one of the diving industry’s most important standards
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When 40°C Is More Dangerous Than 50°C When a summer weather report tells you it is 35°C outside, it is only giving you half the story. The number on the thermometer measures air temperature in the shade with no wind
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Wreck Diving’s Invisible Risk Sunken ships are magnets for adventure. From coral-covered freighters in the Red Sea to historic warships resting in deeper waters, wrecks offer some of the most exciting diving experiences on the planet. But amid the fascination
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A woman has died after what investigators believe was a fatal collision with a vessel while she was snorkelling in coastal waters near Hollywood, Florida. The case has prompted a public appeal for witnesses as authorities work to identify the
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Marine park charges could triple — and the whole dive industry may pay the price Egypt’s Red Sea is one of the most loved dive destinations in the world. Thousands of divers visit every year to explore the Brothers Islands,
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The President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, has given a special award to three Finnish divers who brought back the bodies of four Italian divers from a dangerous underwater cave in the Maldives. The operation was one of the most difficult
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A regulatory grey area has claimed lives. The question now isn’t whether to legislate — it’s whether the Maldives has the courage to do it properly. Six people are dead. Five Italian divers — among them University of Genoa marine
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On the morning of May 14, 2026, five experienced Italian divers descended beneath the surface of Devana Kandu — a tidal channel near Alimathaa Island in the Maldives’ Vaavu Atoll, approximately 100 kilometres south of the capital Malé — and
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The Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has confirmed that the bodies of four Italian divers missing since last week’s fatal cave diving accident in Vaavu Atoll have now been located inside the underwater cave system where the group disappeared. The
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