Scuba Diver Magazine

Dec 06 2024 100 ep. 31 mins 40

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All things Underwater from equipment and destination reviews to scuba diving industry news, stories and advice. Scuba Diver Magazine is made for SCUBA divers by SCUBA divers.

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Record Fine for Untrained Divers Death #scuba #podcast #news

Dec 06 2024 31 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, The death of an 18-year-old on his first scuba dive has led to the biggest workplace fine in the history of the US state of Minnesota. Specialist police searches are being carried out in north Wales for a diver identified only as Imrich, 53, from Warrington in Cheshire. British divers among the seven people still unaccounted for after the sinking o

Out of Test Tank Dismembers Instructor #scuba #podcast #news

Nov 29 2024 33 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, Eight people, including two Britons, remain missing following the sinking of the Red Sea dive liveaboard Sea Story yesterday (25 November). Four bodies are reported to have been recovered so far. Australian Diving Instruction, a PADI 5* instructor development centre in Geelong, south of Melbourne in Victoria, has been fined Aud $40,000 (£20,460) f

Recovery Starts for Lost Cave Diver #scuba #news #podcast

Nov 08 2024 27 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, A diver has died in a cave in the Swiss canton of Ticino, with recovery of his body now presenting a challenge to expert rescuers. A blind BBC journalist and a paraplegic amputee, both from Lancashire, are hoping to have an hour-long Red Sea dive to a maximum depth of 40m carried out as a buddy-pair recognised by Guinness World Records. After five

Body in the Net: A Fatal Oversight #scuba #news #podcast

Nov 01 2024 30 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, A fisherman in Greece who found the body of a snorkeller in his nets and threw it back into the sea has been found guilty of manslaughter. A liveaboard has sunk in the far southern Egyptian Red Sea, after its captain appeared to have disregarded severe weather warnings. The death of a UK rebreather diver off the south Devon coast in May was the res

Woman Killed by Needlefish #scuba #news #podcast

Oct 25 2024 37 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a new fear is unlocked as a women is killed by a flying needlefish. Breaking down BSAC’s Annual Diving Incident Report and it seems like the number of incidentshttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/flying-needlefish-kills-italian-surfer/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diving-deaths-up-says-bsac-but-it-has-good-news-too/ http

Disconnected Hose Lead to Diver Fatality #scuba #news #podcast

Oct 18 2024 31 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, the remains of a diver have been found in the stomach of a shark but, relatives stress that it was not the shark that killed her. A coroner has concluded that while the death of a scuba diver in Scapa Flow was accidental, it could have been prevented had appropriate equipment checks been carried out before entering the water. A search and rescue op

First Female Clearance Divers for the Navy #scuba #news #podcast

Sep 27 2024 27 mins

#AskMark This week on the podcast, Female clearance divers have simultaneously graduated into both the New Zealand and South Korean navies for the first time. Late Antiquity amphoras, a Byzantine anchor and an iron battle knife were among discoveries made during a recent underwater archaeological expedition in the Black Seat. And training agencies have some new thoughts on promotin

America’s Flagship Set to Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef #scuba #news #podcast

Sep 20 2024 30 mins

#AskMark This week on the podcast, The United States is set to become the largest artificial reef. The SS United States is a 300m ocean liner that’s being decommissioned and plans to sink her to become an artificial reef in recreational depths is exciting news for divers. A rare sighting of sunfish in the Red Sea around the Brothers has made the news and it another excuse to book

Guides Were Paid to Graffiti Coral #scuba #news #podcast

Sep 13 2024 31 mins

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, Professional Dive guides in the Phillipines are in hot water after a tip off that some are accepting payment for engraving names in coral, leading to authorities to quadruple the reward money for any information on the culprits. LL cool J has recently told the Guardian that the anamatronic shark in Deep Blue Sea almost drowned him. And a former Nav

Divers Graffiti Coral #scuba #news #podcast

Sep 06 2024 32 mins

#AskMark This week on the podcast, some divers deserve a good telling-off for committing heresy. Some decommissioned warships have been sunk for us divers to play with and several dive deaths around the worldhttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/carved-up-coral-shocks-bohol-divers/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-help-themselves-to-champagne-on-protected-wreck/ https://