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Oceana has just launched their 3rd-annual Freaky Fish contest in honor of Halloween, in which supporters can vote for their of 13 ghoulish sea creatures. The 13 freaky contestants will be highlighted on the Oceana blog throughout October, and readers...

  Dive training standards may be questioned after two divers were diving in at least 150 feet (40 metres) of water in La Jolla, San Diego, when one diver ran out of air and attempted to share air with his buddy, to make it to the surface. John ...

Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide are proud to announce the relaunch of their joint venture with UnderwaterCompetition.com. This will be a series of international photo competitions, hosted between their popular underwater photo & video websites. &...

A national polemic arises as the executives of the Palm Atlantis (Dubai), have announced that they will not release the whale shark that they captured from the waters of the UAE almost a month ago. Atlantis announced the capture of the juvenile whale...

The Molchanov family score a double whammy this week in the Europe Evolution Cup, being held in Lignano Saabbiadoro, Italy. Natalia Molchanova scored a 214 metre Dynamic with Fins swim and her son, Alexei Molchanov swam 250 metres DYN beating Dave Mulli...

The first offspring from the Atlantis family of dolphins has been born at Dolphin Bay, the new dolphin encounter and education centre at the Dubai resort. The calf, as yet unnamed, was born to a dolphin called Butters in a special maternity pool withi...

While 1000s of sharks are being massacred world-wide, DNA evidence has helped identify 113 new species of sharks and rays—including a skinny saw shark, a swell shark, and a river shark— scientists announced Thursday.  Nearly ha...

Photograph: Barbara Lang-Lenton   Following the screening of "Shark water" in Dubai, hosted by the Emirates Diving Association (EDA), Mr. Ibrahim Al-Zubi, Environmental Advisor for the EDA, was invited last Friday to talk about sharks LIVE...

Just over a month ago, divers diving off the coast of Darwin (Galapagos) were stunned by the sight of a 33ft albino whale shark. Both creatures are believed to be white because of a lack of pigmentation in the skin but they are expected to gradually ...

Dubai Aquarium & Discovery Centre will unveil the marvels of the ocean floor to the people of Dubai with the opening of The Dubai Mall. Featuring the world's largest viewing panel and pronounced a spectacular display of some of the world's mos...

Michal Risian set a new National Record in the pool competition held in Zlin, Czech Republic, in the Dynamic No Fins discipline. Michal set his new record at 150 metres. The competition was held in an outside pool in temperatures of 10 degrees Celsius, an...

World champion freediver Tom Sietas held this breath for 17 minutes and 19 seconds underwater on "Live with Regis and Kelly" to set a new Guinness World Record for the Longest Time Breath Held Voluntarily. The German national beat David Blaine's ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To...

  Italian freediver Raimondo Bucher, a pioneer of freediving and underwater activities, passed away a few days ago at the age of 96.  Raimondo set the first ever officially certified freediving world record in 1949, diving 30 meters in ...

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7 times world record holder is back at it.Carlos Coste of Venezula confirmed on a press release in Caracas on Sept. 7th 2008 that he will go after William Trubridge's 108 m free immersion world record. The record attempt will happen on September 23rd...

The final results of the AIDA World Team Championships were released on Thursday by Grant Graves. USAA President and AIDA Judge.  The winners of the Female teams were the Russian team coming in with a total of 596.90 points, followed by the US...

Listed below are the Dynamic Results received from Grant Graves, at the 6th AIDA World Team Championships in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.   6th AIDA Team World Championship 2008 Dynamic 10.09.2008 ...

For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth.   The documentary is a journey of a young biologist, Rob Stewart and ...

Jessica Wilson has set a new National Record in the Static Apnea discipline at the 2008 AIDA Team Freediving World Championships static apnea in Sharm El Sheikh. She held her breath for six minutes and thirty-five seconds. This surpasses her previou...