A global product safety recall is underway for a range of Apeks second-stage regulators after testing revealed a manufacturing flaw that could restrict a diver’s air supply at depth. HEAD Watersports, the parent distributor of Apeks, confirmed the recall in […]
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A criminal investigation has formally opened against a scuba diving instructor in Argentina following the death of a 23-year-old trainee during a wreck training dive earlier this year. Sofia Devries went missing on 16 February while diving with a group
A search for a missing solo scuba diver off Florida’s Gulf Coast ended in tragedy on Sunday morning when authorities recovered the body of 41-year-old LeeAnn Fay Sellers approximately 200 feet (60 metres) offshore from Treasure Island Beach, near St.
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Police in Budva, Montenegro, have detained a 34-year-old Turkish tourist suspected of hitting a diver with a jet ski near Cape Zavala on the morning of July 3. The victim, a 41-year-old diver from Podgorica, was struck in the water.
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A female sailing instructor has been arrested after a scuba diver was hit by a boat propeller in Hong Kong’s Clear Water Bay, leaving him with life-threatening injuries. The 27-year-old diver was part of a group of at least ten
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A father-and-son diving trip off Florida’s Franklin County ended in tragedy Friday evening when the boy failed to resurface, triggering an hours-long search that ended with the recovery of his body. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said
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A recreational scuba dive in Sri Lanka has ended in tragedy for a newly married Indian tourist, with a post-mortem examination now underway to determine the cause of death. Mohammed Irfan, from the Malappuram district of Kerala, India, had travelled
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The Recreational Scuba Training Council United States (RSTC US) has issued its first official public statement on the removal of Scuba Schools International (SSI) from its membership, published on the WRSTC website. The statement introduces a significant new detail that
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A Florida man died on June 26 after disappearing beneath the surface while attempting to salvage a trolling motor that had fallen from his fishing boat into the Atlantic Ocean off the Fort Pierce Inlet, according to the St. Lucie
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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
