Scuba

A US scuba diver was bitten by a crocodile while swimming in the waters off Cozumel, Mexico, prompting renewed safety warnings for divers in the area.

Thailand's Similan Islands National Park offers some of Southeast Asia's finest scuba diving — granite boulder mazes, vibrant coral gardens, exceptional visibility, and seasonal encounters with whale sharks and manta rays — all based out of the unpretentious Andaman coast town of Khao Lak.

As underwater leisure oversight transfers from the Ministry of Oceans to the Korea Coast Guard on April 23, 2026, unregistered diving instructors face new enforcement risks. Here's a complete guide.

Divers Alert Network's 2025 Annual Diving Report confirms that cardiovascular events remain the leading identifiable cause of fatal dive incidents globally, while running out of air and buoyancy-related incidents dominate non-fatal injury statistics — both largely preventable through pre-dive planning and medical screening.

NOAA's Coral Reef Watch has issued Bleaching Alert Level 2 across large sections of the Indo-Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Caribbean, warning that the 2026 season is on course to extend the damage of the fourth global mass bleaching event declared in 2024.

Egypt's new 90-day diving visa and simplified entry process are driving record liveaboard bookings for the 2026 Red Sea season, with operators reporting 30% year-over-year growth.

Sipadan Island off Malaysian Borneo offers some of the world's best wall diving, with guaranteed turtle encounters and legendary barracuda vortexes at Barracuda Point.

Two scuba divers went missing off Bijindo Island near Tongyeong, South Korea on April 16. A man in his 30s was rescued unharmed, but a man in his 50s was found in cardiac arrest and later died in hospital.