Scouring the sea floor
Raymond LeRiche has recovered many relics from the depths of the ocean floor surrounding the southwest coast of Newfoundland, but one of his more interesting finds is a 1000-pound torpedo. It now lies in some brush a short distance from his home in Cape Ray. The torpedo...

Deal over scuba death evidence
THE Queensland government will hand over physical evidence to assist the prosecution of American Gabe Watson. Watson's wife, Tina, died while scuba-diving off the Great Barrier Reef. Alabama authorities have agreed to Queensland demands not to seek the death penalty...

Best Scuba Diving Locations in the World
Diving locations have varying appeals depending on the interests of the diver. The range of marine life, old shipwrecks and underwater coral gardens all hold different attractions and there are thousands of diving sites around the world. The Great Barrier Reef in...

Scuba dives at Scapa Flow led to my new book
A worcester historian has published his first book on maritime history. Dilip Sarkar, already well known for his books on the Battle of Britain and Spitfires, has written a book about the HMS Royal Oak, a British Royal Navy battleship that was infamously torpedoed at...

Bulgarian claims world record for longest scuba dive in salt water
Ivan Zhelezarov, a 27-year-old diving instructor, has broken the world record for the longest scuba dive underwater by spending 50 hours submerged, a media statement said on August 29 2010. The record holder is the UK’s Will Goodman, who spent 48 hours, nine...

Diver harpoons tourist
PODGORICA -- A 28-year-old Serbian woman was seriously injured in the Montenegrin seaside town of Budva yesterday when a local diver shot her with a harpoon. The woman, identified as Maja Georgi from the town of Pančevo, was swimming some 20 meters from the shore when...

Titanic Bows to Nature
Photograph courtesy Premier Exhibitions, Inc. and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in a new picture released Wednesday—the 25th anniversary of the rediscovery of the R.M.S. Titanic—rust "icicles" plague bow railings and anchor equipment on the 2.4-mile-deep...

University divers plumb new depths in Egypt
University of Ulster divers have been passing on their expertise to maritime archaeologists in the historic Egyptian port of Alexandria. Staff from the UU's maritime archaeology centre conducted a 10-day training workshop for 15 archaeologists from north and east Africa...