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Known as “The Blue-Collar Titanic”, in 1915 a passenger ship named the Eastland capsized in the Chicago River. It remains…
Who’d have thought it? Freshwater mussels, do exist in Canada, in the Ottawa River. The healthy populations of mussels are…
On Thursday evening February 18, 2021, at 8 pm, (NFLD time) Neil Burgess, President of the Shipwreck Preservation Society of…
The worst peacetime marine disaster in Canadian history was the Empress of Ireland with the largest loss of life in…
The Upper Midwest Scuba and Travel Show (UMSAT) scheduled for April 9 and 10, 2021, is hosted by the Great…
After a fateful email from Beto of the Marúbo tribe calls her back to help tell the tale of his…
Welcome to The Scuba News Canada 1st of our 4 part icebreaking series. Our waterways can be erratic and that…
An interactive list of rebreather teachers and vendors is Rebreather Canada. The aim of this website is to help those…
Fisherman Earl Lobb and his two friends were working around their boats at South Bay in Milford, South of Picton…
This classic line from the “Star Trek” television show of the 60’s and its subsequent films was undoubtedly not intended…
Photo Credit: Helen Cooper A 72-foot (22 m) brigantine (two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails…
Another lockdown means another aquarium closure for the National Marine Aquarium located in the Ocean City of Britain, Plymouth. Our…
Photo Credit: Jill Heinerth Underwater Photography with Jill Heinerth. This event has three sessions. Did you ever wonder how the top professionals…
This winter, Mia Toose, the owner of Truli Wetsuits, is paddleboarding and recently became a wreck hunter. Originally from Toronto,…
Many books on scuba diving have been published over the course of time, almost since the beginning of the scuba…
The ice shelves have made their way back into Lake Huron specificity at the Sarnia shoreline. Don’t be fooled by…
Els Visser is a survivor, Doctor and Ironman champion who pushes herself to the limit with everything she does in…
Dive in with Liz and Sylvia on February 11, 2021 with guest Carl Safina. Presented by Ocean Elders Carl Safina…
The Shearwater Scuba Gang took advantage of a beautiful November day to dive Hubbards Shrimp Cannery Beach near St Margarets…
Purple Turtle Diving Limited presents; Phil Short speaking about aircraft archeology. Many aircraft ditches were lost in wartime in the…
It can be both fun and challenging to dive the Argonaut Wharf.
Live on Facebook February 6, 2021 @ 12:00 EST, Cristina Zenato is presenting What Does The Giraffe Say Media. Cristina…
Rob in Florida in 2016 filming shark tagging. Photo credit: Frank Gibson @fgibsonphoto We honour Rob Stewart this past weekend:…
The dive charter ship, Ocean Guardian, is up and running for dive charters in 2021 and has a new creative…
Mark your calendar for JTech’s second (virtual) Winter Workshop of 2021. With three incredible guests – Terry Irvine, Captain Bob…
My Father, The Captain: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a documentary about Captain Cousteau’s legacy, is now available through the Ocean Futures Society…
For New York area divers trying to crack the winter doldrums and start looking forward to new diving experiences, the…
Dive Bunnies is a state of mind. First things first – Dive Bunnies is a bit of a misnomer. You…
Ocean Mimic is a brand and charity united by one common vision — healthy, plastic-free oceans. Our love for the…
The Environmental Business Hero of the Year award for 2020 (city of Kawartha Lakes) was given to Dive Kawartha, based…
Author and explorer Stratis Kas joins the Talkin Tek crew to talk about his new book and other exciting adventures.…
Many books on scuba diving have been published over the course of time, almost since the beginning of the scuba…
“Old crappy boat and state of the art underwater sonar”Carl Beyer Carl Beyer and his dive partner Mike Hicks of…
Footprints of London presents an online virtual event, “Shipwrecks in the Thames”. This presentation covers the tales of sunken ships…
Over 2 kilometres off Delaps Cove, Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia scallop fishing vessel, Chief William Saulis, was found sitting…
This is the painting of war artist Harold Beament hanging in the Canadian War Museum and portrays the destruction on…
Owners of ancient-looking timber houses and pubs always seem to believe they must have been saved from old ships. With…
The HMCS Shawinigan was torpedoed in the Cabot Strait by a U-1228 ( IXC/40 U-boat designed for Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine…
The Scuba News has uploaded the YouTube video for your viewing pleasure, for those of you who missed or were…
Last Breath is a documentary film by Richard da Costa and Alex Parkinson, debuting in 2019. The story is about…
The Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the plastic waste and pollution crisis, by causing corporate pauses and backtracks on single-use plastic reduction…
Everyone is welcome Student Dive Newfoundland is pleased to welcome as our January guest speaker, the underwater adventurer, blogger, filmmaker…
Why use sens07vest? This device can save lives. As a diving centre instructor or a spearfisher, your safety comes 1st. Using sens07vest can save you…
With the Canadian diving scene restricted to a few short months of warmer water diving for many, some divers like…
The published report below was reproduced from: Buffalo Evening News Wednesday, October 18, 1893 The Schooner Lost In Gravelly Bay Is…