On 1 November 2025, the Maldives officially reopened shark fishing operations, bringing an end to its 15-year designation as a…
Author: Kathy Dowsett
Kathy Dowsett
Kathy is the owner of Kirk Scuba Gear, a passionate Scuba Diver, Ocean Advocate and Managing Editor of The Scuba News Canada
Sea lions are ocean rulers; they are elegant, gregarious, and insatiably curious. Learn how these amazing marine creatures live in…
Chantry Island is a small landmass located in Lake Huron, just south of where the Saugeen River meets the lake…
“When the CNE offered American swimmer Florence Chadwick $10,000 to swim across Lake Ontario in 1954, 17-year-old Marilyn Bell from…
Vessel Grounds in Detroit River En Route to Quebec A cargo vessel bound for Quebec ran aground in the Detroit…
“These jars once held one of the world’s first commercial marmalades, made in Scotland over 160 years ago. They were…
In 1853, the Fairy Queen was a steamship operated by owner James Whitney and commanded by Captain William Belyea. It…
Matt Mandziuk and Grace Marquez spent part of their summer scuba diving in Newfoundland joined by their friends Rick and…
The Scuba News Canada is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Paul Darnbrough — an accomplished scuba diver, Para…
The year 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a tragedy that remains one of…
The Sevona was a steel-hulled freighter that went down in Lake Superior near Sand Island, located in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.…
On October 4, 1967, residents of the small fishing community of Shag Harbour, located on Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast, reported…
Saltwater Brewery became the pioneer in adopting and implementing the globally recognized Eco Six Pack Rings (E6PR). These innovative rings…
Ghost fishing nets are one of the ocean’s silent killers. They float under the surface, abandoned by boats, but still…
The Point Abino Light Tower stands on the rugged northern edge of Lake Erie, located at the southern tip of…
The Gallinipper was a schooner that went down in Lake Michigan near the shores of Centerville in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.…
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking, the bestselling author of “The Great Halifax Explosion” (John U. Bacon) tells the…
In December 1908, the D.M. Clemson, among the largest freighters on the Great Lakes at the time, disappeared during a…
A humpback whale was found dead off the coast of British Columbia following a reported collision involving a ferry. According…
An in-depth account of the Viking Sky cruise ship emergency and the dramatic evacuation. Amid a violent storm, a cruise…
Over the past century, many individuals have gone over Niagara Falls—some deliberately as stunts or suicide attempts, and others by…
Last weekend, our Marine Mammal Rescue team in British Columbia collaborated with the Cetus Research and Conservation Society to free…
A short documentary by Maria Collins & Anna Rak, filmed back in March 2025 about my journey as Saltwater Sean,…
We have an update on our previous story about the Cuyahoga. The storied vessel has now made her final voyage…
The SS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter operated by Canada Steamship Lines from its launch in 1924 until it…
The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of submerged plateaus located southeast of Newfoundland on the continental shelf of…
A 54-year-old adventurer from Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, claims to be the first to swim the entire length of the Yukon River,…
The U.S. Coast Guard successfully rescued 70 sharks and 20 snappers caught in 2.3 miles of illegal fishing gear off…
Emergency crews are currently searching the waters near Bluffer’s Beach in Scarborough for a man in his 20s who went…
The schooner Margaret A. Muir, an American vessel, went down during a storm on Lake Michigan on September 30, 1893.…
The social media giant, Facebook has been abuzz with the latest shipwreck find from the Great Storm of 1913 aka…
A video captures a boat fully engulfed in flames on Lake Ontario near Courtice, Ontario. (2 km offshore) Two individuals…
The SS Emperor was a Canadian steel-hulled lake freighter that operated from 1911 until 1947. Constructed by the Collingwood Shipbuilding…
L’Acadien II, a Canadian-registered fishing boat, capsized and sank on March 29, 2008, while being towed by the Canadian Coast…
“Here’s a cool little site that almost anyone can enjoy. Just outside of the Lower town Landing on Grindstone Island…
The Gôa, also known as the Passage du Gois, is a causeway that connects Beauvoir-sur-Mer, in Vendée, on France’s Atlantic…
HMS Fury was a Hecla-class bomb vessel of the British Royal Navy. The vessel was commissioned on June 5, 1813, from the shipyard of Mrs. Mary…
The SS Lakeland, one of the early steel-hulled freighters on the Great Lakes, went down on December 3, 1924. The…
The Churchill River system is Steeped in Canadian history and boasts some of the best fishing on the planet. This…
Roberta Eike was an American oceanographer and marine geologist active during the 1950s. In 1954, she became interested in the…
Here are two different recommendations for escaping a submerged car. The video advises breaking the side window and exiting immediately,…
Blue-green algae, also called cyanobacteria, are tiny, plant-like microorganisms that naturally inhabit bodies of freshwater such as: These organisms grow…
A 65-year-old swimmer is safe after a medical emergency at Port Dover Beach, thanks to the quick and brave response…
This is general information for scuba diving in Waterton Lakes National Park. This video does not contain all the info…
Today, we dive into one of Lorain, Ohio’s most mysterious maritime legends — the tale of the ghost ship Upper…