Six Koh Tao instructors arrested, blooming octopuses, Aggressor weekend flash sale, North Sea movie

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28 August 2026

Blooming octopuses!

From our Spring magazine - Lewis Jefferies visits Cornwall during the extraordinary octopus bloom of 2025 and reports on the knock-on effects of a huge increase in the numbers of common octopus roaming the UK's southern coast.

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Algarve diving tragedy

A 56-year-old recreational diver has died after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest off the coast of Alvor in southern Portugal.

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Koh Tao crackdown

Six foreign dive instructors have been arrested for allegedly working without valid permits on the popular Thai island of Koh Tao.

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33% off Aggressor trips

Aggressor Adventures has launched a flash sale offering 33 per cent off selected itineraries, with 333 days to travel but hurry - it's only three days long and it's already started!

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Singing through the dive

New research has uncovered a connection between humpback whale songs and the way the animals move through the water.

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North Sea untamed

A spectacular new documentary reveals the extraordinary marine wilderness beneath the surface of one of the world’s busiest seas.

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Dives become data

A new free dive-logging app could turn the marine-life encounters recorded by recreational divers into valuable scientific data.

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Hammerhead heaven

Richard Aspinall boards the Cocos Island Aggressor to see the local hammerheads - and finds so much more than sharks.

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