Looking for a bright side to the rising cost of oil? The soaring price of oil has encouraged a significant number of construction workers to re-train as offshore divers, according to industry experts. The North Sea boom coincides with a downturn in the building trade. The Underwater Centre, in Fort William, is one dive training base reporting a rise in numbers of potential new recruits to the trade. It expects up to 400 new divers to qualify this year. Trainees include a construction... Read Full Story

There is a sequence of photographs taken by Mr. Kem McNair from a Florida beach that is creating quite a bit of buzz these days. Some say the images are real; others that they look fake. The image of a black-tip shark breaching the water right behind a surfer is so spectacular that some find it fishy. "It seems that would be a fake picture," says surfer John Del Vecchio, "Because I don't think a shark like that would have enough power to thrust itself out." But fellow boarders Parker and... Read Full Story

There is only one thing that can really be said in regard to this story; there are roughly 45 very, very, very happy sharks swimming around the Bahamas these days. Supermodel Heidi Klum swam in shark infested waters in a bid to make her a stronger person. The 35-year-old took part in the brave challenge for a documentary for the Discovery Channel. She tells America's OK! magazine, "I jumped into the water with 45 sharks without a cage in the Bahamas. That was a really good experience... Read Full Story

Here's one way to get paid to scuba dive. Notice the part about Doug getting bitten by a small gator. Yikes! If you thought you had tough job, try spending the day with East Coast Golf Ball Corporation where each hour brings a new set of obstacles. "It's a challenge, some golf courses have alligators, snakes or different hazards so it makes for a pretty fun and exciting way to make a living," says Douglas Bounassi. Bounassi takes this plunge daily hoping to capitalize on that slice or... Read Full Story

Wow! We weren't even aware that part of the Great Wall is submerged. Were you? It takes SCUBA gear to explore one section of the Great Wall of China. It has been submerged by water since the 1980s. The Chinese government flooded the coastal area of Tianjin, which is crossed by the Chinese landmark, in order to resolve water shortages. The result was that a portion of the wall was covered with water. These divers recently had the rare opportunity to explore the underwater section of the... Read Full Story

Bonaire continues to be a top notch dive destination for scuba diving; providing pristine reefs and diverse marine life unique to the Caribbean. Last month, the island stepped up its safety capabilities with the arrival of a new hyperbaric chamber. Last week, Bonaire’s new hyperbaric chamber arrived and was delivered to its new location in a building on Kaya John Nicolaas. The location is right behind the offices of Centro Medico Central, the offices of Dr. Richard van der Vaart, one of... Read Full Story

Despite attempts to loot the M/V Princess of Stars by a group of local Philippine reef-hunters, Coast Guard divers have gone through heroic recovery efforts inside the wreck of the ill-fated ship. *DISCLAIMER* Article contains elements graphic in nature. There were palm prints on the ship's windows, bodies were bloated four to five times their size. And death was palpable both above and below the water. The sheer horror of the dead bodies of passengers of the sunken M/V Princess of the... Read Full Story

The Monterey Bay Aquarium may soon be acquire a new little friend. [A] baby great white shark caught Tuesday is possibly going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for just such a pampering. The shark is currently being kept in a mesh pen off Malibu's Paradise Cove, where marine biologists with the Aquarium will observe it and evaluate it for possible placement in the popular aquarium's Outer Bay exhibit. The 4-foot-9-inch top feeder was accidentally caught by a commercial fisherman and put in the... Read Full Story

While David Watson continues to profess his innocence, his story - or should we say, stories - continue to come under scrutiny. US police helping investigate the Queensland honeymoon diving death of Tina Watson saw so many "red flags" in her husband's story they could not count them, a US investigator says. ... Sgt Flynn, who worked with Queensland police to determine how Tina died, was interviewed on America's FOX News TV channel by talk show host Greta Van Susteren. "Too many unanswered... Read Full Story

By now, most (if not all) of us have at least heard about the October 22, 2003 scuba diving death of a woman on her honeymoon. Eleven days after getting married, Christina Mae Watson donned her scuba diving gear and slipped into the water off Australia's coast for what was supposed to be a romantic exploration of a shipwreck with her new husband. But the dive ended with her drowning. Last Friday, her husband, David Gabriel Watson, was charged with her murder. The Queensland state coroner... Read Full Story