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What matters is the physical presence of substantial objects on an otherwise featureless seabed.
Read moreFor centuries these openings have provided inhabitants with access to fresh water, and the inaccessibility of the deep caves beneath the openings has long beckoned the adventurous, though physical challenges limited how far they could go.
Read moreTable 1(right) presents the classic view of the progressive effects of nitrogen narcosis based on descriptions in a number of current textbooks (Bennett, 1981; Miller, 1979; Edmonds et al., 1983).
Read moreWe started talking about technical diving and cave diving, and I showed him some of my photographs on the display of my dripping underwater housing. “So, you like caves, eh?” he asked, obviously unaware about my regular sub-terra activities.
Read moreThousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of divers enter the water every day all over our planet.
Read moreAfter six years of almost only diving from RIBs and spreading my clothes around my house, villa or hotel room, I decided it was time to see if I would enjoy a week on a boat with a bunch of strangers.
Read moreWhen I found out I would be traveling to Egypt for three weeks in June, I immediately began making regular visits to a local sauna to prepare my body to withstand the heat for which northern Africa is famous.
Read moreThe tale of the boy and his cold-blooded friend is told often in Timor to explain the island’s crocodile-like shape and why the Timorese have a special affinity with the large reptile that is said to inhabit the creeks and pools along much of the
Read moreThis strange-looking creature, Melibe leonine, is one of the most characteristic members of the Opisthobranchia.
Read moreX-RAY MAG: You have announced that you are going to cross the English Channel underwater. What is the status on that project?
Read moreEach winter the sleepy industrial town of Whyalla becomes a bustling regional center. Divers, scientists, documentary filmmakers and tourists armed with snorkel gear flock to the dusty red South Australian mining town to see one of the world’s most unique marine spectacles. Each winter thousands of Australian giant cuttlefish (Sepia apama) migrate from the reaches of the Upper Spencer Gulf to the shallow rocky reef between Fitzgerald Bay and False Bay to participate in the penultimate event of their short lives.
Read moreThe incident began on 4 September 1942. On a moonless night, U-513 crept into the convoy anchorage in Conception Bay. How it got in is reminiscent of a plot from an old Hollywood war movie.
Read moreYou need 40 to 50kgs (80 to 100lbs) of lead, according to your size. These are divided into weights blocks attached around the waist and the front of the body as well as on the straps of the BCD.
Do not let the name, muck diving, fool you; it is one of the best dive photography trips that you can do to obtain quite unique photographs.
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