Divebase News Team

Scuba Dive in Earth’s Coldest Waters: What it Feels Like

Lindblad Expeditions lead diver Lisa Kelley explains what it is like to jump into Arctic and Antarctic waters.

European union to ban single-use plastic products

With the amount of harmful plastic litter in oceans and seas growing ever greater, the European Commission is proposing new…

Catching Up with Great White Sharks

Check out how OCEARCH tags Great White Sharks. The OCEARCH is a research vessel that travels the world, tagging sharks…

Australia budgets AUD $500 million to save the Great Barrier Reef

The Australian government has made an amount of more than half a billion Australian dollars available for the conservation of…

Underwater Photographer of the year 2018 winners!

Underwater Photographer of the Year is an annual competition, based in the UK, that seeks to celebrate photography beneath the…

Aquatic Affection: How a Scuba Diver Found a Good Friend Under the Sea

Scuba diver Hiroyuki Arakawa and Yoriko are the unlikeliest of friends. While they both share a love for the sea,…

Taking on Turtle Egg Poaching With Fake Eggs

In many parts of the world, sea turtle eggs are a prized delicacy, but Hollywood is here to save the…

Australian sea turtle population threatens to become fully feminine

Many sea turtle populations are in danger of high egg mortality and female-only offspring production. Unfortunately, determining the sex ratios…

Becoming King of the Lionfish to Save the Ocean

Fishing our oceans for conservation, contradiction or not? Find out how killing a species may save our oceans!

Deoxygenation – Oxygen levels in global oceans and coastal waters is rapidly declining

Researchers discovered that the oceans have lost about two percent of their oxygen content in the past fifty years.

Komodo from above

For those of you that already know how beautiful Komodo in Indonesia is, this drone footage will not come as…

Tangled Manta Ray receives help

Jane Headley and her husband save an entangled Manta Ray on their scuba trip in the Philippines. Watch how this…

Freediving in Iceland with Kiki Bosch

Freediver Kiki Bosch has been training for cold water exposure for a prolonged period of time adapting her body to…

Blue Planet II: The prequel

Blue Planet II: The Prequel has just been released. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and set to music by Hans…

Jacques Cousteau video animated

Jacques Cousteau was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea…