Photos supplied by Virginia Watson When you think of New Zealand, you might not think of scuba diving – but you should. New Zealand is home to some incredible dive sites and stunning marine life. As a PADI Instructor with Dive Otago, Virginia Watson gets to call these amazing dive sites her office. We asked […]

Click to display the embedded YouTube video When Mike Coots was 18, he was attacked by a tiger shark while bodyboarding off the coast of Kauai. He lost most of his right leg, and nearly lost his life. An average person might decide to avoid the ocean, and renounce all sharks as bloodthirsty man-eaters, but […]

It was all the turtle’s fault, actually. A work colleague (who is now my boyfriend) had been to stay at a dive resort in the Philippines on a trip he’d booked before we got together. Before that, I’d only ever heard of scuba diving because a couple of brave friends had learned to dive with […]

Discover why scuba diving is low-risk compared to other sports, and get tips to stay safe as we answer the question: Is scuba diving safe?

By guest blogger Lowri James When you descend below the surface, you are welcomed into an underwater world filled with colour, life and beauty. As divers, it is our duty to treat this world with the utmost respect and consideration as we are, in effect, ambassadors for ocean conservation. There are over 1 million known species of […]

Written by Douglas Seifert, World Editor, DIVE Magazine Making compelling, interesting and/or beautiful images of natural history subjects is challenging at the best of times; making those images in the ocean environment takes the process to an entirely different level. It requires preparedness, patience, determination, planning, some degree of luck, competent diving skills, and sensory […]