DIVE Magazine - Liveaboard fire safety, Manta Point tragedy, was Hvaldimir shot?

Subject: DIVE Magazine - Liveaboard fire safety, Manta Point tragedy, was Hvaldimir shot?

06 September 2024

Liveaboard fire safety

Liveaboard fires are very rare, but a spate of incidents between 2023 and 2024 proved how dangerous they can be. Mark 'Crowley' Russell took a look at some of the things that we, as divers, can look for to make life at sea safer for all.

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Manta Point tragedy

An Australian scuba diver in her 60s has died after getting into difficulty during a dive at popular dive spot Manta Point, off Nusa Penida, Bali.

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Lanzarote diver dies

A 59-year-old British diver has died after being pulled from the water by onlookers, following a dive at Playa Chica in Lanzarote, Spain.

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Big Shot Bright and Beautiful

Just a few days left to enter our latest Big Shot competition! Submit up to 10 of your brightest and most beautiful shots to be in with the chance of winning an Aggressor Adventures liveaboard trip to the British Virgin Islands!

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Rewriting maritime history

A bronze dagger recovered from an ancient shipwreck off the coast of Türkiye has been hailed as one of the most significant finds of all time.

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Was Hvaldimir shot?

Conservationists have alleged that the celebrity white beluga 'Russian spy whale', whose body was found off the coast of Norway, was shot to death.

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A Quiet Sound

An initiative in Puget Sound to slow shipping through the Southern Resident orca population habitat has proven a great success.

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Shearwater veteran retires

Curtis 'Curt' McNamee, who helped the founders of Shearwater Research Inc turn the company into a global player, has announced his retirement.

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DIVE's quiz corner

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Summer '24 magazine

Cover photo by Valentina Cucchiara

Our Summer magazine is here, featuring Mark 'Crowley' Russell's special report about the devastating impact the Mayan Train is having on the cenotes - which also feature heavily among the winners of our latest Big Shot Caves, Caverns & Overhangs photo competition. Annie Means brings us a story from the Indonesian all-woman coral restoration group; Francesca Page reports on an Indonesian community-based shark conservation initiative; Todd and Bic Aki visit a brand new (yes, really!) dive spot in Sulawesi; Jenny Stock presents a brilliant DIY guide to creating kaleidoscopic images from underwater photography; and we discuss some of the steps divers can take to ensure liveaboard fires don't turn into tragedies - and you can get it all for just £1.

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