Man Jumps on Manatee Police are Investigating The video was posted online and obtained by FOX 13 on Monday. After seeing the video, officials are now looking for the men involved. It shows one man trying to jump right on top of two manatees. – Florida Fish and Wildlife officers tell FOX 13 they areinvestigating [...]

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Scuba Diver Dies off Isle Of Man The man, who was diving in a group, has not yet been named by police but is thought to be from the island. An RNLI lifeboat had been on exercises in the area and responded immediately after receiving a May Day call. – A diver has died after [...]

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Killer whale Missing Fin Helped by Pod The young killer whale has no dorsal fin or right-side pectoral fin, leaving it unable to hunt for itself.   Underwater photographer Rainer Schimpf came face to face with the pod while the members hunted in waters off Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He said: ‘Incapable of fast [...]

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British Diver Dies of Heart Attack Local authorities said Paul Towning, 51, was with a group of six divers taking part in a week long programme involving several deep water explorations on ships that had been sunk during World War Two. Coastguard officials said that Mr Towning had been diving at a depth of around [...]

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SCUBA Diver dies in Playa Del Carmen A man originally from Alma, Que. died in southern Mexico after a scuba diving excursion went wrong last Thursday. Martin Simard, 57, who was on vacation in Playa del Carmen in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, was an experienced diver and was well-known amongst the region’s diving community. The day [...]

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Personal Camcorder submarine many people love to scuba dive, getting up close and personal to some tropical fish, some of us may find the idea of breathing underwater to be incredibly uncomfortable and panic-inducing. If you consider yourself a part of the latter group, you might be thrilled to learn that you don’t actually have [...]

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 Andrew Houston SCUBA Diver Found Dead AN experienced Melbourne scuba diver who once made news by being bitten by a small shark in Port Phillip Bay has died at one of his regular diving spots. A police helicopter spotted the body of 51-year-old Andrew Houston, of Carnegie, on the sea floor in his diving gear, [...]

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Semi SUB The EGO-SE 450, or ‘Penguin’ has two floating hulls either side of a central cabin that sits below the water’s edge. The underwater cabin makes it possible to explore the ocean floor without getting wet because of three large windows on the front and side of the hull. Penguin has electric thrusters and [...]

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  La Jolla Scuba Diver Dies The water, lightly choppy with small waves, kept the diver pushed into the wall. The divers partner was also unable to free him. Lifeguards and bystanders including people with dive scooters converged to help free the man, who was unconscious when he was brought ashore by lifeguards, Lerma said. [...]

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Video Shot by a Husband and Wife Shows a Shark bite an Air Pressure Hose. The Couple was diving the Duane in Key Largo – Diving a wreck in Key Largo, Florida and a shark bit my air hose. I was with my husband, we dove in the speigle grove wreck, key largo in florida. [...]

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