Subject: DIVE Magazine - Todd Thimios' stunning orca encounter, whales' plastic diet, abandoned snorkellers sue, Studland success

10 March 2023

A life-changing orca encounter

Expedition guide and underwater photographer, Todd Thimios, had dreamed of swimming with orcas since he was a child. Here's his story and the stunning orca imagery he captured when his dream finally came true.

Ten million pieces of plastic per day

The largest animals in the world consume the largest amount of plastic. A new study reports that some species of filter-feeding baleen whales could consume as many as 10 million microplastic particles per day.

Studland success

A successful fundraising initiative will see another phased rollout of eco-moorings to help protect the seagrass seabeds of Studland Bay.

Abandoned at sea

A snorkelling couple are suing their tour operator after they were 'abandoned' during a trip to the island of Lanai, Hawaii

Reef-safe sunscreen conference

Non Toxic 2023 - the world's first reef-safe sunscreen and cosmetics conference, is taking place later this month in Seychelles.

PADI safety refresher

PADI has issued a safety 'refresher' following the settlement of a court case in which it had been prosecuted for negligence over the death of a student diver.

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Our Winter 2023 magazine is all about the life-changing effect that the underwater realm can have on us - and not always for the better. In this issue, photographer and guide Todd Thimios recounts how a documentary seen as a child fuelled a life-long drive to film orcas in the wild, together with some of the most stunning wild orca shots ever taken when he finally succeeded. Douglas David Seifert provides more of his own magnificent camerawork as he reports on how life is rebounding around the Caribbean island of Mustique thanks to a Canadian rock star; we feature an extact from Erich Hoyt's Planktonia, The Nightly Migration of the World’s Smallest Creatures together with some beautiful blackwater macro photography; and Mark 'Crowley' Russell talks to a dive instructor wrongfully prosecuted for the death of his student - a death that may have been preventable, had the global dive community woken up earlier to the dangers of Immersion Pulmonary Oedema. All this plus an interview with the women behind up-and-coming luxury dive tour operator, Reefscape Travel, the curio that is the shame-faced crab and some of this winter's best Featured Photographers

 

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DIVE Magazine is created with some of the best writing and underwater photography in the world. Much more than a simple guide to the latest widgets for your scuba gear, we explore in-depth (pun absolutely intended) stories from the world's oceans, from the pristine reefs of remote islands to the devastating consequences of unsustainable human activity. We produce four art-quality coffee-table print publications each year, plus an app and webviewer through which you can access all of our latest content and more than 100 of our back-issues in digital format.

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