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The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) will unveil the Deepwater Diving Monument, a tribute to Santa Barbara’s heritage as the birthplace of deepwater ...

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has welcomed the recovery of over 4 300 illegally ...

Every city has its own dive bars — its own flavor of go-to neighborhood joints — but San Francisco has a history of having some of the best. It’s not just about the “grime factor ...

A police search of a vehicle pulled over in California turned up drugs, illegally harvested abalone and a pond turtle, California police reported. A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man driving the vehicle ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Tourism Office of Quezon has lifted its short-lived advisory that temporarily halted diving activities in the province. The office on Saturday morning issued an ...

"Scuba diving is really therapeutic for me," Scott said. "When I'm underwater, I'm calm and collective." Scott, who learned to swim only after enlisting in the Marines, first experienced scuba ...

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Japanese ambient folk singer/songwriter Ichiko Aoba is finding music in everything from the ocean to the stars and giving voice to the unseen, she tells Alan Pedder. Years ago, while staying in a ...

A major police operation in the Eastern Cape resulted in the seizure of illegal abalone and stolen goods worth millions. Eastern Cape police arrested a 48-year-old bus driver after they found ...

The amount of military divers amongst the various branches is quite a lot! This video discusses the various military diving communities in the Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.

Housed in the British Museum's Northwest Palace collection, an intriguing Assyrian relief has sparked intense debate about ancient underwater capabilities that would make modern diving pioneers ...