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Mike Ball's first Ashmore Reef dive: Innovative scouting, world-class sites, and anticipation of future explorations.

Join Warrick Powrie on a remarkable journey to Adelaide's Whyalla in South Australia, to discover the captivating world of Australian Giant Cuttlefish.

Exotic Caulerpa seaweed is a major threat to our coasts and we need to stop the spread — together.

Divers already have the attribute of remaining calm in the challenging and unpredictable underwater environment.

The world has finally woken up to the realization that the oceans are not dumping grounds.

The 61st ISPS Handa Halberg Awards unveils 76 Outstanding Nominations.

Nine Resolutions To Help The Oceans Throughout 2024

A revolutionary tank/BCD is now letting divers easily attain neutral buoyancy–– without weights

Panic Leads to Diver Fatality

Over 12,000 Humpbacks Arrive Annually Between November and May

Bathed in a tropical tidal stream, this renowned dive location is most famous for the vast beds of soft corals have accumulated there over the ages.

NZUA sponsoring underwater category.

10th of February, 2024, Motuoapa Fishing Club, Lake Taupo

If you are anything like me, you have always dreamt about finding the elusive Leafy seadragon.

LegaSea Update December 2023

Malcolm Blair---recipient of the NZUHG KT Award

DIVE Pacific Magazine is out now, join up to get a copy for Christmas.

Are we healthier and happier when we are around or in the water?

Twilight snorkeling showcases the reef during a period of heightened activity.

God’s Pocket resort is a remote, off-grid dive lodge perched in a sheltered bay on Hurst Island, at the Northern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada.

A throw back to the wildlife photographer of the year 2016

DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

The SS Yongala tragically sinks in a 1911 cyclone, its journey echoed in a salvaged steamship telegraph.

Several minutes after surfacing from the second dive on Day 2, the diver experienced numbness and tingling on the right side of her body.

Visitors to Wakatobi often praise the pristine condition of the coral reefs and the exceptional variety of marine life.

Why are Aotearoa’s te whai rahi oceanic manta rays in big trouble?

Biosecurity New Zealand. How you can protect the coastal waters we all love from the invasive seaweed exoticcaulerpa

"If Raja Ampat is paradise, Triton Bay is the temple of paradise"

Come join Experiencing Marine Reserves for our first Motuora Snorkel Day.

Climate change entering uncharted territory.

In & Out: A Beginner’s Guide to Over-Under Photography.

Fully-loaded for 2024

Every year between July and October whales visit Niue waters

Case Report

A stunning location of light rays, fish and clear blue water

NIWA staff capture stunning "office" views - photo comp winners

Northland’s natural environment is something special. With over 3000km of coastline this is a diver’s paradise.

Discussion regarding the positioning of a diver receiving oxygen first aid.

Warrick Powrie revisits Lamen Bay to see the progress of it resident dugongs

Telling the story of a wreck through the lens of an underwater photographer.

The coral gardens all around me were some of the best I had seen in over thirty years diving the Great Barrier Reef.

Join Us 24th November to Celebrate "Blue Friday": “Don’t Shop. Dive.”

Three tanks. One boat. One day. 11 Celsius. These were the last dives I ever took in cold Northern California waters.

I was happy to fulfil an ambition to dive one of the most celebrated dive areas in the world, the South China Sea, specifically Sabah, East Malaysia - Borneo.

Looking into the glass-like blue water under the boat, a ripple of fear undulated through me, accompanied by a frisson of excitement.

DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

MPI has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish along the Hawkes Bay coastline between Cape Kidnappers and the Mohaka River.

Your chance to own an oceanfront home with swimming pool and private beach access with access to Micronesia’s best diving spot

Glancing at our computers we realise we’ve just gone beyond 45 metres. We’re deep but we’re captivated.

Our species focus series continues with the fascinating spotted stargazer (Genyagnus monopterygius)

Back in the 1940s, it was all about diving for adventure as they developed diving gear in the post-WWII years.

Unchanged since Maori and European history began, these fiords are wonderfully inspirational.

The kelp swayed in the current like a Tahitian maiden seducing the tourists. It was all rather hypnotic as schools of fish danced to the ocean movement.

Anyone given New Zealand reef dive can offer upwards of 15 species of triplefin, all within a single arm’s reach.

Three top tips for getting your buoyancy just right.

DAN’s Academy of Dive Medicine works to increase the availability of medical professionals trained in dive medicine.

A deep dive into aperture settings for DSLRs and digital still cameras with manual exposure modes in underwater photography.

Always, regardless of having a guide, trust your equipment and experience.

DAN medical information specialists and researchers answer your dive medicine questions.

Cold water diving will never be the same after you visit Gulen, just north of Bergen on the Norwegian west coast.

This is the second in a series aimed of enhancing knowledge of select practically important issues in diving physiology and medicine.

The largest of at least six species of rockfish in New Zealand, the olive rockfish is the most commonly sighted, and the only one found in estuarine areas.

While spearfishing Channel Island we were joined briefly by one of the largest makos I’ve ever seen inside the Gulf. It certainly added to the story.

Some like to say the name "Niue" means ‘behold the coconut’, which is wonderfully whimsical, although it probably just means ‘coconut’.

Omne Marine offers commercial diver training courses starting January 2024. No experience required!

Regular author Steve Miller, shares his love of the underwater treasures that lie within a stone’s throw of Wakatobi Resort’s shoreline.

Environment court ruling updates no-take/no fishing regulations plus trawling and seining bans in areas of the Bay of Islands and Tutukaka Coast

Worlds Results, Interpac Managers Needed, Upcoming Comps

New Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish along the Raglan coastline.

GNS Science and Massey University are conducting a study to assess your needs as a boat owner regarding marine tsunami warnings and advisories in New Zealand.

Youtube star Daniel Mann heads to the Barrier spearfishing with local spearo legends Jackson Shields & Sophie Hamilton.

Off the usual track, we visit a Malay paradise of reefs and wrecks.

Dive incident insight: an example of when the dive computer algorithm can let you down.

Koh Tao offers some of the cheapest and most diverse diving worldwide. Here's our guide to four locations that showcase the variety on offer to visiting divers.

A mysterious wreck off the coast of Africa intrigued an international team to investigate further, uncovering one of the most intriguing shipwrecks of all time.

Estuaries are a place of transition, where the land meets the sea, and freshwater meets saltwater. Above all else, estuaries are dynamic.

A quick location guide to the often forgotten dive destination offering glimmering riches beneath its azure liquid surface.

The world-class Indonesian dive resort delivers a full-colour appreciation of the rhythms of life in the sea in jaw-dropping, vivid detail.

The Ministry for Primary Industries has announced daily pāua limit reductions for the lower and central North Island.

Press Release: Diving Talks exhibits collection of underwater photography to the people of Lisbon as thanks for hosting the major annual diving conference.

We discover a diver’s dream destination especially if they are looking for adventure and new discoveries. Seriously though, here's a short taster of Samoa.

Hot tips for the best experience at Goat Island.

A press release from the Beehive outlining plans to ban bottom trawling from the Hauraki Gulf plus notification of the coming public submissions process.

Wananavu (Fijian) adj. Awesome, breathtaking, overwhelming, wonderful.

Demystifying Digital Camera Sensors

Basic carbon dioxide physiology for divers with Associate Professor Simon Mitchell, University of Auckland.

Eric and Anne Simmons visit what is arguably the South Pacific's most famous shark dive destination.

Breathtakingly beautiful, these islands are a must-visit – above and below the water.

Dive Pacific's guide to dive spots in Canterbury, South Island.

I am met with thousands of small eyes gazing back at me

If it's been a while you should have a good once-over of gear and technique prior to pulling on the wettie. Here's a few tips to make sure you're good to go!

I had done a little ‘pre-Antarctic’ conditioning by standing around in a -20°C walk-in freezer. Would it be enough?

The beginning of a wave of new permanent climate change-induced residents.

The science of seeing underwater when your eyes need a little help from some artificial friends.

Spearfishing NZ (The Alderman Islands) on the hunt for big Yellowtail Kingfish and exploring new coastlines and underwater terrain.

For many years I had wanted to dive the wrecks of Great Lakes, a fortuitous series of events dream turned into reality.

A tour of New South Wales with sharks, seals and dragons

Dive Pacific's quick guide to 8 top spots between Northland's Whangaruru Harbour and Cape Brett

"I'm very happy that my mishap occurred while I was diving with an operation that was equipped with sufficient oxygen and knowledgeable staff...

Turtles are what first attracted people to Heron Island in Australia, and they still do today.