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How to plan a winter SCUBA escape to the South Pacific or Indonesia

With a little bit of investment, cleaning your dive gear prior to potentially storage is sure to save you time and money prior to your next dive.

A selection of the most relevant images for Dive Pacific users to enjoy from the 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Come join Experiencing Marine Reserves in exploring the one of Aotearoa's top marine reserves and world renown dive site!

Stephane Hourdez - Scientific diving in Adélie Land, Antarctica: from constraints to rewards.

Diving Talks - With artificial intelligence (AI) enabling machines to do things humans cannot, Dr Bill Stone examine the machines that will replace divers.

Wohoo!! A beautiful hawksbill turtle!! A whole lot of bubbles, a HUGE smile under my regulator I’m off to check out one of my favourite marine creatures!

Richard Taylor offers an update on his opinion of progress and factors relevant to Open Circuit diving versus Close Circuit diving

News from Experiencing Marine Reserves: Okura paddle day - Come join us in exploring the Long Bay Okura marine reserve via SUP

Dive Talks is back - Portugal 2023 International diving show

Time is of the essence in dive emergencies: If proper treatment is delayed for an extended period, a diver’s chance of full recovery diminishes.

Salt Aotearoa - Autumn is the new summer, so come get wet with us this May!

Tiger sharks are among the few species considered dangerous to humans. This pristine destination offers a chance to come face-to-face true apex predators.

Join the awesome EMR team at beautiful Rotoroa Island in the Hauraki Gulf on Saturday the 15th of April

Join EMR in exploring the the stunning island sanctuary that is Motuora Island

New Zealand physician, Dr Simon Mitchell discussing whether divers in remote locations should treat decompression sickness with in-water recompression.

A cruise aboard the dive yacht Pelagian is a ticket to some of nature's most memorable underwater experiences.

Dive Pacific member Judy Ormandy describes a recent visit to the unique underwater wildness of Stewart Island

Role Opportunity: New Zealand Underwater Association (NZUA) is looking for a Commercial partnerships Manager.

Highlights from this week's Legasea update

Dive Pacific's guide to this sunny edge of New Zealand which offers the travelling diver a whole untouched world of underwater exploration.

Greenpeace Event - Come together on the water on Saturday, April 15, and make some noise in support of banning bottom trawling from the Gulf

The 2023 National Spearfishing Championships are scheduled from Friday the 21st of April to Monday 24th of April at Paihia in the Bay of Islands.

EMR is super excited to announce the winners of EMR's 2023 Te Ika o Te Tau competition!

The I-124 Japanese submarine was laying mines and hunting ships near Darwin Harbour when engaged by Australian forces. Enjoy the documentary of its exploration.

It is hard to explain to non-divers the incredible underwater variation we have NZ. I thought I understood it - and then I stuck my head under in Fiordland.

Journey of a Wreck Fanatic getting into Cave Diving

A summary of diving strategy and overview of last year's Inter-Pacific Spearfishing Championships held in the glorious Marquesas Islands!

Box Fish Luna recently pleasure of interviewing our Canadian filmmaking clients about their wildlife documentary about the Great Lakes ecosystem

How connecting with the moana became a journey home

Coromandel scallops finally get the rest they need

The art of getting the puck past the other team and into the goal whilst holding one’s breath

The Underwater Photographer of Year 2023 yielded a record number of entries. Kat Zhou's winning Amazonian pink dolphin (below) cap an the extraordinary gallery.

SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's rehabilitates and releases a green sea turtle, 'Smee', injured by fishing hooks

Vote for your favourite three fishes

A big day in the water on a beautiful Taupo day nets fun and many catfish for the annual Catfish Cull.

From Mayor Island to the Schooner rocks, Dive Pacific's visitor guide to 6 top dive locations in the Western Bay of Plenty.

How effective are marine reserves at restoring fish numbers? Fish population research at the Leigh Marine Laboratory may help us understand this question.

Eight things you should know about the elusive and deadly Clown Toado (Canthigaster callisterna)

A week at the remote, wild and species-diverse Kermadec Islands leaves author Paul Caiger captivated and desperately craving more!

No really, are genuinely a good dive buddy? Your best mate's life may depend of how seriously you take the responsibility of 'having your buddy's back'!

One of the country's top rated spearfishing spots, Clarke Gayford visits Gisborne's famous South Rocks

The Hauraki Gulf Alliance "Hands off my bottom" campaign to drive public opposition to destructive fishing methods in the Hauraki Gulf is underway.

A once in a lifetime trip to what some say is the world's most diverse and desired dive destination.

Mares designed the Horizon with one overriding directive – simplicity. Norman Holtzhausen walks us through his first-hand user experience.

The case described was reported to DAN AP as part of its Diving Incident Reporting Project.

What the humble octopus can teach us about marine conversation, how are we progressing - plus a list of marine reserves in New Zealand

Come join Experiencing Marine Reserves for Auckland's first snorkel day of 2023!

Support our friends at Legasea with the 2023 Northland crayfish survey

Humpback whale season in Tonga should be on the bucket list for anybody with a passion for our underwater world. Shane Wasik tells us of his special visit.

Down through the diminishing light, the ROV powered into the twilight zone of the deep, finally coming to rest on the seabed at 150 metres.

11 locations in the Mercury Bay every diver should know

We address four frequently asked questions by women getting into scuba diving.

Jackson Shields on where to find boarfish and how to stalk this elusive highly-prized trophy species

A overview of a decompression illness event and its subsequent diagnosis.

Divers who experience frequent decompression stress, and rely on dive fitness to make a living, it’s vital to understand how PFO can affect their health.

With diving, you just never know what you’re going to see. On the Eastern Coromandel out from Whitianga, you would be right to be especially excited.

Eight things you should know about Parore

On the 1st of December, the summer shark diving season in Stewart Island opened. With 13 years experience, here's why I think it's an unforgettable adventure.

No one in Niue could recall anyone trying to spearfish in January, but here I was on holiday, and I simply couldn’t resist.

Looking down through the ocean’s translucent skin I can see the reef in kaleidoscopic detail just five metres below. This is Lafalala!

A plane sitting on the bottom in 45 metres. The question was: What type of plane? Would it be American or Japanese?

SPDO is called “Drowning from Inside” by some divers and is due to the lungs partly filling with fluid from the pulmonary (lungs) circulation.

Where to begin describing a two-month trip, exploring virgin dive sites and seeing sights Vanuatu? We'll start with the island of Epi.

Maritime NZ issues new safety guidance for freedivers and snorkellers

Free kayak safe workshops on now. Learn to be kayak safe for the summer season

More divers become certified at Koh Tao than any other place in the world. But why is this island in Thailand so popular?

TTL stands for 'Through The Lens' metering, and it's both useful and accessible for amateur underwater photographers.

A letter from Water Safety NZ CEO Daniel Gerrard to New Zealand men as we look forward to the coming summer season

The sub-tropical climate of the Bay of Islands offer opportunity to explore the beach and water year-round. Here's seven dive locations to remember.

Eight facts you should know about the Sandager's wrasse

One diver falls in love with the unique underwater and terrestrial world of the South Pacific diving destination, Niue.

Was that a massive tail? Or was I mistaken or hallucinating in the subdued darkness within HMAS Brisbane’s belly.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the longest running and most prestigious photographic event of its kind in the world. 2014 was its 50th edition.

Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands was a major British naval base during WW1. At war's end, it was agreed to intern the German High Seas Fleet here.

Arguably New Zealand's most accessible dive destination, Leigh coast offers opportunities for every class of kiwi diver - both from the shore or a boat.

As an underwater cameraman being ‘invisible’ or more accurately ‘undetectable’ would be awesome. Truely the holy grail of any wildlife cameraman!

Diving at altitude is generally defined as any dive conducted between 300 and 3000 metres above sea level.

Maintenance and repair tips for dry suit divers...

The Three Kings Islands is the stuff of folklore and a bucket list destination for any ocean-going New Zealander. On this trip luck was on our side.

Near French Pass, D'urville Island you can find the 1880 wreck of the Koronui. This is the story of her final day and the seven gold bars on board...

The Giant Boarfish is a prized target for spearfishermen when they come into shallower depths during summer.

In the Philippines, new whale shark hotspot has emerged at Oslob, which is unique in the world and also quite controversial.

Eight things you should know about black coral

Dive Pacific's five favourite coral dives locations in Vanuatu. Enjoy!

One of my biggest questions recovering from concussion was “how would it affect my diving?

Oceanic manta rays are likely Aotearoa’s best kept underwater secret. Most kiwis have no idea these giants are found in our waters in significant numbers.

A small group of super adventurous divers are mapping ever more of New Zealand’s underground cave systems, exploring where no one has gone before.

A visiting diver's review of the almost mythical destination of North Komodo. And yes, there are dragons.

Moa was one of three bird class corvettes built for the New Zealand Navy in Scotland in 1939/41

Many of my happiest dives have been in water less than four metres deep, always alone, with a camera.

Diving Micronesia has always been a dream of ours. Guam, in the Northern Marianas beckoned. Here's what we learned about diving this remote destination.

The beauty, abundance and complexity of New Zealand's southern kelp forests highlighted by Ulva Island Marine Reserve

Alex Stammers explores the the Poor Knights Islands Hope Point area with Yukon Charters. It's reputation outstanding blue water diving preceded the dives.

What we learned not to do when going ice-diving, including getting naked!

There's lots of CCRs (closed circuit rebreathers) on offer, many intended for the recreational market. Some have limits that are vital to understand.

Experiments to improve the speed and success of missing diver search and rescue operations using vessel deployed surface buoys.

A video sent to Dive Pacific from Dive Portugal. Includes clips from dives in Algarve, Azores, caves like Almonda and Pena, Madeira and Sesimbra.

Paul Caiger reviews the diving opportunities of the accessible, unforgettable Californian Channel Islands

Overview of a decompression Illness incident in the Maldives, courtesy of DAN - the Divers Alert Network