In case you missed it - Maldives liveaboard fire, win free Sharm diving with Camel's storytelling competition, 20 new species

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02 January 2026

Happy New Year everybody!

We hope everybody has enjoyed the Christmas and New Year period but now it's time to get stuck back into ~~work~~ thinking about diving!

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Aqua-Firma's Shark Research Insights and Photography Dive Liveaboard expeditions are hosted by some of the world's foremost shark researchers & photographers. For the 27 July – 3 August 2026 expedition to the Galápagos Islands, this will be co-founder of Marine Megafauna Foundation, Dr Simon Pierce

Price: £4,790 / US$5,990

Maximum number of guest divers: 15

Start & end point: Baltra airport, Galápagos.

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Maldives liveaboard fire

A popular Maldives liveaboard was destroyed by fire on Christmas Eve. but fortunately all passengers and crew survived.

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Tulamben tragedy

Tragedy strikes in eastern Bali as an Australian diver dies after suffering what authorties have described as a 'panic attack'

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Camel Dive Club competition

Prepare your Red Sea photo or video stories for the chance to win a week's free diving at the famous Camel Dive Club in Sharm El Sheikh.

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Ancient wall diving

A team of French marine archaeologists have discovered the remains of a 7,000-year-old wall off the coast of Brittany.

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20 new species

Scientists exploring the deep sea off the coast of Guam have found at least 20 - and possibly more - species previously unknown to science.

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DIVE's quiz corner

Welcome to the latest round of DIVE's regular quizzes! Get more than 75 per cent of the answers correct to get 30 per cent off our magazine subscriptions!

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Winter '26 print issue

Our Winter '26 print issue has gone to press, ready to be delivered in January, and we have some fantastic features coming your way! Seattle-based marine biologist Bella Zandoná recounts a life-changing experience with a giant Pacific octopus and the charismatic cephalopods of the Pacific Northwest; father and son buddy team David and Abraham Leonard write about their shared bonding in the Galápagos Islands; Jenny Stock highlights the thrills of a Dauin Splash-in photo competition; and Mark 'Crowley' Russell returns to Sharm El Sheikh for the first time since he hung up his professional fins. We also have the Top Five of our Big Shot photo competitions of 2025 and some of the best photographs of basking sharks we've ever seen from Nigel Motyer's new book!

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