11+ hour, 56+ min ago   (340+ words) A suspected serial thief targeting scuba divers’ vehicles on the Maltese island of Gozo has been caught after a group of divers chased and detained him mid-crime. The Gozo Tourism Association (GTA) noted that the perpetrator was suspected in a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (278+ words) Scuba News » Wrecks The calendar is already crowded with commemorative occasions – some 5,700 non-religious “dedicated days” are celebrated every year in the USA alone, while the United Nations observes 218 international days annually. Today (21 August) another joins the calendar: UNESCO’s first International…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (489+ words) Scuba News » Wrecks A community heritage group believes it has located the wreck of the Blessing of Burntisland, a timber ferry that sank in Scotland nearly four centuries ago while carrying royal baggage and treasure across the Firth of Forth....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1739+ words) Scuba Diving » General Wrecks It was in deep Swedish waters in 2024 that Pawel Trusynski and his fellow-divers from the renowned Polish wreck-exploration group Baltictech discovered the vessel they have just succeeded in identifying – but which for now they still refer…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (278+ words) Join the team behind the hit Disney+ documentary series Shipwreck Hunters Australia for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the incredible adventures, discoveries and challenges involved in uncovering Australia’s maritime history when they take to the Main Stage at the GO…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (656+ words) Scuba News » Wrecks The first close-up images of the wreck of Quest, the last ship of famed Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, have been captured 390m deep beneath the Labrador Sea amid the first manned descents. The three-day Heroic Age Expedition…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (424+ words) Scuba News » Wrecks A team of volunteer divers are said to have given the 18th-century HMS Colossus dive-trail a new lease of life, improving access for licensed visitors wishing to explore the Protected Wreck site. Marine growth has been cleared…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (537+ words) Rare lead ingots have been found by investigators on the wreck of a 17th-century ship at the Hornsea 3 offshore wind-farm site, 120km off Norfolk. The three ingots, each weighing about the same as a washing-machine at 70kg, now have a new home…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (511+ words) Scuba News » Archaeology Archaeological divers have excavated a large timber platform hidden beneath an artificial stone island constructed in a Scottish loch more than 5,000 years ago – and used a new technique to record it three-dimensionally. This perspective would not have…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1204+ words) Scuba News » Wrecks The discovery of two shipwrecks – one Japanese and one American – sunk during WW2 in the Bering Sea between North America and Russia has been detailed in a new study led by researchers from East Carolina University. Their underwater…...