Chicago (Global Adventures): Scuba divers exploring the Great Lakes are now warned to pressure wash all gear before using it in other bodies of water to avoid spreading the sea lamprey, an invasive species that destroys native lake trout populations by attaching themselves and drawing blood and nutrients from the fish. Victims typically die from [...]

Avoca Beach (Global Adventures): Australian divers hope that the HMAS Adelaide will become the first artificial dive site in New South Wales (NSW). The warship is due to be sunk off Avoca Beach on March 27. Diving will start once the ship settles which is expected to be about two weeks later.
There will be six [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): To technical divers, the “SS Andrea Doria” is something like the Mount Everest, something most like to dive at least once, and something many experienced divers did only dive once. The Andrea Doria still is a true graveyard in the Atlantic Ocean decades after its sinking in 1956.
Named after the 16th-century Genoese [...]

Japan (Global Adventures): The tiny Japanese island of Yonaguni, near Taiwan, has become famous for the huge submerged rock structures found near its shores – the ancient city of a lost civilization, some claim. While many archaeologists and geologists believe that it is a natural formation, some hold the view that the features are man-made. [...]

Indonesia (Global Adventures): Will Goodman, a 33-year old scuba instructor, did set a new record for the longest open saltwater scuba dive. The British national spent 48 hours, 9 minutes and 17 seconds under water. The dive was made just off the coast of Gili Trawangan, Indonesia.
Goodman, who works as an advanced Trimix and Buddy [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): Dive retailers are getting more optimistic about 2010, according to a Cline’s Survey. The latest report covering the fourth quarter of 2009 “… sees signs of a small rebound for retailers when asked to forecast their first quarter 2010 gross revenues.”
Retailers surveyed expect a 31 percent increase in gross revenues across the [...]

Atlanta (Global Adventures): Most divers know that Pascal Bernabé currently holds the record for the deepest confirmed scuba dive (story here). However, other records documented include the following:
Mark Gottlieb performed a rendition of Handel’s Water Music in March 1975 while submerged in Evergreen State College swimming pool in Olympia, Washington. A microphone pick-up was attached [...]

Ashdod, Israel (Global Adventures): A recent diving accident linked to Oxygen poisoning brings Israel’s Shayetet 13, an elite naval Special Forces unit, some unwanted publicity. 19 year old Sergeant Gal Azoulay died at the Ashdod Port early December 7.
During a routine diving exercise which was supposed to last two to three hours, Azoulay’s diving partner [...]