Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 is open

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell Alex Dawson’s UPY 2024 winning image (Photo: Alex Dawson/UPY 2024) The Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2025 contest is open, with entries accepted from 1 November 2024 until 4 January 2025. 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the contest, first held in 1965,…


Wrecks of the Aegean: Italian torpedo boat, Aldebaran

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The Italian Spica-class torpedo ship Aldebaran underway The Aegean Sea saw a huge amount of action during the First and Second World Wars. Greek Explorers Kostas Thoctarides and Spyros Vougidis take us to Aldebaran, one of the 91 ships designated accessible to divers by…


Inquest told UK rebreather diver’s death was due to diluent error

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell An aerial view over Bigbury-on-Sea (Photo: Shutterstock) By Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell A 72-year-old scuba diver died due to a ‘user error’ with his rebreather, according to a coroner’s statement made at the opening of an inquiry into his death. Edinburgh-born Neil Barker, a retiree…


Red Sea liveaboard sinks in Egypt’s south; 18 divers rescued

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The MY Seaduction sank in Egypt’s St John’s National Park (Photo: MY Seaduction/Social Media) The scuba diving liveaboard MY Seaduction is reported to have sunk near Elba Reef in St John’s National Park in the southern part of the Egyptian Red Sea. Seaduction was…


Azores declared Europe’s largest Marine Protected Area

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The post appeared first on: Visit divemagazine.com Author: Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The Azores islands are rich in biodiversity (Photo: Shutterstock) By Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell The Azores has passed legislation designating 30 per cent of the waters surrounding the autonomous Portuguese archipelago a Marine Protected Area (MPA). At 287,000 square kilometres in size, the network of…