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Scuba, freediving and the people who go under: safety, training, incidents and the water itself.

Diving

Adam Jacoub, Technical Diving Instructor, Dies After Egypt Dive

Technical diving instructor Adam Jacoub died on 18 July 2026 following a dive in Hurghada, Egypt. The circumstances remain under investigation.

Jul 20, 2026/5 min read

Diving

Who Pays When a Dive Goes Wrong Far From Home

Diving emergencies far from shore involve costly medical evacuations and coordination. Here is how that response is actually funded and organised, and who calls the shots.

Jun 25, 2026/3 min read

A medical evacuation helicopter flying low over open ocean near a dive boat

Diving

What DAN's Diving Fatality Data Actually Shows

DAN's annual diving reports track how divers die each year, and the leading cause is rarely the dramatic equipment failure popular imagination assumes it to be.

Jun 19, 2026/3 min read

A stack of dive log books beside a dive computer and gauge on a boat deck

Diving

Coral Bleaching and the Reefs Divers Love: The Current State

The fourth global coral bleaching event hit 84 percent of the world's reefs. Here is what that means underwater, and what responsible diving looks like now.

Jun 18, 2026/4 min read

A coral reef showing patches of bleached white coral alongside healthy colourful coral and tropical fish

Diving

When Scientists Dive, Credentials Do Not Remove the Risk

Research divers work under formal scientific diving safety standards, but a marine science background does not make deep or technical diving inherently safer to attempt.

Jun 14, 2026/3 min read

A marine researcher in scuba gear conducting an underwater reef survey with a slate and camera

Diving

Air Versus Mixed Gas Below 50 Metres, Explained

Below 50 metres, ordinary air becomes a liability for divers. Here is the physics behind nitrogen narcosis, rising gas density, and why trimix exists as the technical diving standard.

Jun 8, 2026/3 min read

A technical diver descending through deep open water with multiple gas cylinders visible

Diving

Why Cave Diving Runs on Its Own Set of Rules

Cave diving safety rests on a small set of hard rules built from decades of accident analysis. Here is what those rules are and why the sport enforces them so strictly.

Jun 2, 2026/4 min read

A cave diver following a guideline through a submerged limestone cave passage

Diving

Maldives Moves to Regulate Technical Diving After Cave Deaths

After six divers died in a Vaavu Atoll cave, the Maldives is drafting new rules to permit and regulate technical diving in the country for the first time in its history.

May 28, 2026/4 min read

An aerial view of a Maldives atoll reef and lagoon with a dive boat anchored offshore

Diving

The Rescuer Who Did Not Surface: Remembering Mohamed Mahudhee

MNDF Sergeant Major Mohamed Mahudhee died searching a Maldives cave for five missing divers. His death shows the risk that recovery divers accept on behalf of strangers.

May 24, 2026/4 min read

A coast guard rescue vessel at sea during a search and recovery operation, generic and unbranded

Diving

Inside the DAN Europe Mission That Brought the Maldives Divers Home

Finnish cave specialists, Maldivian coast guard divers and DAN Europe medics carried out a coordinated recovery after the Vaavu Atoll cave tragedy.

May 22, 2026/4 min read

A coast guard vessel with dive support crew on deck during an open-water recovery operation

Diving

Five Italian Divers Die in Maldives Cave, Rescuer Also Lost

Five Italian divers died in a Maldives cave near Vaavu Atoll on 14 May 2026, and a Maldivian rescue diver died during the search that followed.

May 15, 2026/4 min read

A technical diver silhouetted at the entrance of a deep underwater cave, lit by a dive torch