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#AskMarkDivers Left Behind Recued by Ferry #scubadiving #podcasthttps://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/blast-fishing-ruins-rehabilitated-reefhttps://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=42695100873https://divernet.com/scuba-news/euro-divers-launches-blue-lens-workshops-in-egypt/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/scuba-divers-left-in-ocean-on-group-trip-off-perth/105040546Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

3/14/25 • 26:35

#AskMarkhttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/hit-and-run-leaves-diver-with-leg-injury/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/2-russian-divers-die-after-separation-in-philippines/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/5m-lawsuit-brought-after-snorkel-death/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/first-successful-cave-diving-rescue-claimed-in-china/#scuba #scubadiving #scubadiverWebsitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

3/7/25 • 33:09

#AskMarkWild fish have been shown the ability to recognise individual divers, as long as we assist them with a few visual clues, such as the colour of our dive-gear. US manufacturer Halcyon has introduced its Symbios Ecosystem of wrist and mask-mounted integrated dive-computers, An Australian scuba diver was fortunate to be alive but sustained a deep gash in his head after being hit by a boat and there seems to be a future for the adaptive teaching of Depth Therapyhttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/divers-wild-fish-know-who-you-are/https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/computers/halcyon-connects-divers-with-symbios-ecosystem/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/boat-strike-leaves-diver-with-head-wound/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/deptherapy-the-way-ahead/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

2/21/25 • 31:39

#AskMark15% Off International eSIM Offer Use Code: SCUBADIVERMAGhttps://airalo.pxf.io/bO7Wy9Reports are surfacing that 17 people had to be rescued by the Indonesian Navy after the Grand Komodo-owned liveaboard Putri Papua sank off the coast of Sorong, in Southwest Papua on Monday morning.A humpback whale entangled in ropes on a Skye fish-farm has been freed by volunteers from British Divers Marine Life Rescue. Towards the end of January, Russian mermaid Mariia Zelenina went viral after a fish violently chomped down on her head during a performance of her underwater show in China.https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/divers-rescued-after-komodo-liveaboard-sinkshttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/volunteers-free-tethered-whale-in-skye/https://thetab.com/2025/02/05/mermaid-chomped-by-fish-addresses-the-rumour-bosses-threatened-her-to-stay-silentWebsitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

2/7/25 • 29:41

#AskMarkUS diver Barrington Scott has set a verified Guinness World Record for the fastest time to scuba dive across all seven continents. Cartagena City Council says it is preparing to tighten access to the Cueva del Agua (Water Cave) system in southern Spain, following the death of a 37-year-old female diver there on 18 January. And an underwater habitat builder has just extended the record for longest time spent submerged. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/scuba-dash-across-7-continents-brings-world-record/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/spanish-cave-divers-death-prompts-calls-for-controls/ https://www.kentucky.com/news/nation-world/national/article299289964.htmlhttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/pod-builder-completes-120-days-under-sea/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

1/31/25 • 33:00

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, An appeal for financial assistance has gone out for what is claimed to be the only UK dive-centre offering community scuba clubs and water-skills classes to both children and adults with disabilities. Hybrid grouper fish, released into Hong Kong's coastal waters as part of a religious ritual, could be wreaking havoc on local biodiversity.https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/community-scuba-cornish-clubs-need-help/https://www.gofundme.com/f/community-scuba-clubs-st-austell?attribution_id=sl%3A53c8f350-e106-413f-ad5a-ac254c28dbd4&utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_linkhttps://www.iflscience.com/hybrid-fish-released-in-religious-rituals-are-taking-over-the-waters-of-hong-kong-77695https://www.thesun.ie/news/14571032/waterford-whale-washed-up-popular-beach/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

1/24/25 • 29:58

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a fairly damning report on the Red Sea Authorities following the Sea Story sinking. A couple of new records including a photoshoot at 50m and an underwater walking distance record. And a Malaysian dive resort has had its licence officially revoked by the government.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/efforts-to-coerce-sea-story-diver-survivors-reported-by-bbc/https://divernet.com/photography/photographers/underwater-model-shoots-just-went-into-deco/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/latest-shipwreck-discovery-dives-raise-questions/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/female-freediver-steps-up-for-absolute-record-walk/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/malaysian-dive-resort-has-licence-revoked/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

1/17/25 • 30:19

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, Seven tourist divers and their local dive-guide spent almost 30 hours floating off the Pacific islands of Palau before being rescued by what the US Coast Guard has described as a “Good Samaritan” fisherman. International diving medical experts have come up with a joint position statement on the subject of immersion pulmonary oedemaUS dive-light manufacturer Light & Motion is closing down after 35 years in business, citing politics among “many factors” contributing to its decision.A series of safety failures led to the preventable death of a diver while under water at Manns Harbor Bridge on Croatan Sound in North Carolina, according to the US Department of Labour.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/eight-divers-undergo-30hr-drift-in-palau/ https://divernet.com/medical/ipo-survivors-strongly-advised-to-quit-diving/https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/lights/switch-off-light-motion-closes-down/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/employer-failed-to-check-divers-health /  https://aqualung-group.com/Aquasense/https://santidiving.com/products/edge-2/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

1/10/25 • 33:35

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, Another US titan of extreme diving,  has departed: Hal Watts died at the age of 88.All hands on deck for the Great Barrier Reef baby boom.Scuba divers who use personal locator beacons (PLBs) are being urged to take part in a consultation on a Coastguard proposal.The body of a scuba diver who went missing off Cornwall on 22 September has been found on a beach about 15km from his last-known location.the man behind the cocaine-smuggling plot that saw a Brazilian rebreather diver die and another go on the run in Australia in 2022, has been jailedhttps://divernet.com/scuba-diving/hal-watts-the-passing-of-mr-scuba/https://divernet.com/features/coral-spawning-on-the-great-barrier-reef/ https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/locator-beacons-15min-that-could-save-your-life/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/missing-divers-body-found-on-cornish-beach/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/sentenced-man-behind-drugs-plot-that-left-ccr-diver-dead/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

12/13/24 • 30:53

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, The death of an 18-year-old on his first scuba dive has led to the biggest workplace fine in the history of the US state of Minnesota. Specialist police searches are being carried out in north Wales for a diver identified only as Imrich, 53, from Warrington in Cheshire. British divers among the seven people still unaccounted for after the sinking of the Sea Story liveaboard in Egypt have been named. The Coastguard has stood down a multi-agency search for a scuba diver who went missing in Scapa Flow, leaving Police Scotland to continue with its own investigation.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/record-fine-for-firm-that-left-teen-solo-on-first-dive/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-searches-continue-in-wales-orkney/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-divers-missing-from-sea-story-named/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/multi-agency-search-for-scapa-diver-called-off/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/new-company-takes-over-scubaverse/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

12/6/24 • 31:51

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, Eight people, including two Britons, remain missing following the sinking of the Red Sea dive liveaboard Sea Story yesterday (25 November). Four bodies are reported to have been recovered so far. Australian Diving Instruction, a PADI 5* instructor development centre in Geelong, south of Melbourne in Victoria, has been fined Aud $40,000 (£20,460) for the explosion of an out-of-test scuba cylinder that resulted in a diver's leg being blown off. A 25-year-old man from the UK has died after reportedly losing consciousness while scuba diving off Greece's Attica coast near Athens, on the afternoon of 24 November.A Chinese diver wearing a brightly coloured novelty hood is reported to have been bitten on the back of the head by a tiger shark at a popular Maldives dive-site.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/8-still-missing-after-huge-wave-sank-red-sea-liveaboard/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/dive-school-fined-for-explosion-that-cost-instructors-leg/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-diver-dies-in-greece-instructors-arrested/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/tiger-bites-divers-head-at-maldives-shark-tank/ Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

11/29/24 • 33:28

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, A diver has died in a cave in the Swiss canton of Ticino, with recovery of his body now presenting a challenge to expert rescuers. A blind BBC journalist and a paraplegic amputee, both from Lancashire, are hoping to have an hour-long Red Sea dive to a maximum depth of 40m carried out as a buddy-pair recognised by Guinness World Records. After five years of work, England’s biggest seagrass-restoration project has come to a close, with its results described as “incredibly promising” for the future. Leading liveaboard holiday companies Emperor Divers and Solomon Islands-based Bilikiki Cruises have joined forces.A last-minute reprieve for half of the shipwreck treasures that had looked set to be dispersed into private collections at an auction in Cornwall from tomorrow (6 November) has been provided by UK charity the Maritime Archaeology Sea Trust (MAST).https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/extracting-cave-divers-body-technically-demanding/ https://divernet.com/scuba-diving/v6-blind-paraplegic-buddy-pair-claim-dive-record/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/english-seagrass-success-promises-worldwide-boost/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/emperor-divers-announces-new-partnership-with-bilikiki-cruises/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/mast-steps-in-to-save-museum-shipwreck-items/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/two-well-known-dive-liveboards-blaze/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

11/8/24 • 27:48

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, A fisherman in Greece who found the body of a snorkeller in his nets and threw it back into the sea has been found guilty of manslaughter. A liveaboard has sunk in the far southern Egyptian Red Sea, after its captain appeared to have disregarded severe weather warnings. The death of a UK rebreather diver off the south Devon coast in May was the result of “user error”, it was stated at the opening of an inquest. Bill Gavin, a founding member of the WKPP and its second Project Director, has passed away. And Florida-based International Training (IT) has decided to tidy up its diver-training branding by putting its various agencies under a single umbrella – that of SDI, or Scuba Diving International.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/fisherman-threw-dead-snorkeller-back-into-sea/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/egyptian-liveaboard-sinks-in-deep-south/https://www.facebook.com/woodvillekarstplainproject/posts/pfbid02NbmGVJVu6jcVH7beF4VESVZuMVtbiXu8wFBgUX65LNZQps3ePJXTVWtxEnhzZhh6l https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/regional-coach-died-after-rebreather-error/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/training/one-dive-family-lines-up-under-sdi-banner/https://santidiving.com/products/bz420x/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

11/1/24 • 30:25

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a new fear is unlocked as a women is killed by a flying needlefish. Breaking down BSAC’s Annual Diving Incident Report and it seems like the number of incidentshttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/flying-needlefish-kills-italian-surfer/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diving-deaths-up-says-bsac-but-it-has-good-news-too/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/unique-research-vessel-flip-destined-to-be-scrapped-has-joined-deep/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/pink-seafans-bred-in-uk-for-first-time/ Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

10/25/24 • 37:00

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, the remains of a diver have been found in the stomach of a shark but, relatives stress that it was not the shark that killed her. A coroner has concluded that while the death of a scuba diver in Scapa Flow was accidental, it could have been prevented had appropriate equipment checks been carried out before entering the water. A search and rescue operation was launched in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula when a solo cave-diver went missing in one of the cenotes, and there has been some nice news also.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/female-divers-body-parts-found-in-shark/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/disconnected-hose-caused-scapa-divers-death/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-dies-in-mexico-on-solo-cenote-probe/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/meet-steve-backshall-one-of-many-bite-back-prizes/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/ukrainian-freediver-sets-no-fins-world-record/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/british-diver-dies-in-malta-2/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/dive-team-solve-dorset-pin-wreck-mystery/https://fourthelement.com/product/pelagic-watch/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

10/18/24 • 31:16

#AskMark This week on the podcast, Female clearance divers have simultaneously graduated into both the New Zealand and South Korean navies for the first time. Late Antiquity amphoras, a Byzantine anchor and an iron battle knife were among discoveries made during a recent underwater archaeological expedition in the Black Seat. And training agencies have some new thoughts on promoting diving.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/search-for-diver-in-cornwall-called-off/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/women-break-into-nz-korean-navy-dive-teams/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/archaeology/diver-discoveries-in-black-sea-fortress-harbour/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/training/family-friends-targeted-in-padis-referral-drive/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/ireland-gains-its-first-artificial-reef/  Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

9/27/24 • 27:59

#AskMark This week on the podcast, The United States is set to become the largest artificial reef. The SS United States is a 300m ocean liner that’s being decommissioned and plans to sink her to become an artificial reef in recreational depths is exciting news for divers. A rare sighting of sunfish in the Red Sea around the Brothers has made the news and it another excuse to book your next Red Sea liveaboard. And a diver has died collecting ghost gear helping to clean up a shipwreck.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/ss-united-states-liner-to-become-worlds-largest-artificial-reef/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/red-sea-mola-mola-sighting-makes-local-news/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/line-retrieval-ends-in-diver-death-sunk-boat/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/pot-consultant-suspended-after-divers-death-in-malta/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/sculpture-for-kent-river-grenada-diver-draw-due-soon/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/freediving/tough-conditions-yield-world-freediving-record/ Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

9/20/24 • 30:02

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, Professional Dive guides in the Phillipines are in hot water after a tip off that some are accepting payment for engraving names in coral, leading to authorities to quadruple the reward money for any information on the culprits. LL cool J has recently told the Guardian that the anamatronic shark in Deep Blue Sea almost drowned him. And a former Navy diver has decided to become the first to swim the English channel, on his back.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/dive-pro-accused-of-carving-corals-for-cash/https://www.scubadivermag.com/ex-navy-diver-set-to-swim-channel-backwards/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/fake-shark-parked-ll-cool-j-under-water/ https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/jamaica-shark-attack-decapitated-jahmari-reid-latest-457708-20240830 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg794yvkm5eo Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

9/13/24 • 31:23

#AskMark This week on the podcast, some divers deserve a good telling-off for committing heresy. Some decommissioned warships have been sunk for us divers to play with and several dive deaths around the worldhttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/carved-up-coral-shocks-bohol-divers/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-help-themselves-to-champagne-on-protected-wreck/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/malta-wreck-divers-win-long-sought-protection/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/thai-warships-launch-underwater-learning-park/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/woman-dies-on-return-from-brief-dive-off-bali/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/2-diver-deaths-in-lanzarote-on-same-day/ Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

9/6/24 • 32:30

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, James Bond has donated limited edition motorcycles to the RNLI, The British Sub Aqua Club is asking divers to prepare to clean our oceans in September. And apparently all of us are extreme sportsters as scuba diving ranks number one in a poll ranking extreme sports people would like to try but, don’t think they’ll ever get to tryhttps://www.scubadivermag.com/daniel-craig-donates-limited-edition-motorcycles-to-rnli/https://www.scubadivermag.com/bsacs-great-british-underwater-litter-pick-to-clean-up-our-seas/https://www.scubadivermag.com/scuba-tops-fear-factor-extreme-sports-list/https://www.scubadivermag.com/zombie-whaling-commission-should-disband-says-ex-chair/https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/p/1228171/pn/010-02905-11https://www.garmin.com/en-US/newsroom/press-release/outdoor/garmin-adds-amoled-displays-to-fenix-8-series-its-most-capable-lineup-of-premium-multisport-gps-smartwatches-with-something-for-everyone/https://www.scuba.com/p-scpstpbk/scubapro-s-tek-laptop-backpack-blackWebsitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

8/30/24 • 37:33

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, The wreck of the cruiser HMS Hawke, sunk by German submarine U-9 early in World War One with the loss of 524 officers and crew, appears to have been discovered off Scotland's north-east coast by the Lost in Waters Deep wreck-researchers and Gasperados technical dive team. And The Sydney diving community is in shock after local divers came across a gruesome discovery on Friday night. https://divernet.com/scuba-news/dive-team-finds-notable-ww1-warship-at-110m/https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-find-3000-year-old-fingerprinted-figurine/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/wrecks/break-up-fears-for-shipwreck-treasure-collection/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/titan-lawsuit-rush-saw-himself-as-deep-divings-maverick-genius/https://www.scubadivermag.com/resident-sydney-bull-rays-barbarically-butchered/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

8/23/24 • 31:33

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a poor lass from America lost her leg after a shark bite while she was swimming after a dive. An incredibly rare encounter with a sixgill shark in Canada. The GhostNet Campaign Celebrates a record haul in honour of paul watson and Germany has issued and arrest warrant for a diver over Nord Stream blasts.https://www.scubadivermag.com/shark-takes-girls-leg-on-post-dive-swim/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/diver-enjoys-rare-shark-encounter-in-bc/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/ghostnet-campaign-celebrates-record-haul-in-honour-of-paul-watson/https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/14/germany-has-issued-arrest-warrant-for-diver-over-nord-stream-explosions-says-report https://www.scubadivermag.com/how-sw-englands-seas-altered-in-2023/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k378l4jemo https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-tempts-members-to-attend-euro-dive-shows/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

8/16/24 • 30:04

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, The first compensation payments for expenses incurred in the deaths of 34 people who died when the Californian dive liveaboard Conception caught fire in 2019 have been ordered by a US federal judge – though whether its captain Jerry Boylan is in a position to foot the bill remains unclear. Cradles for baby corals designed to frustrate toothy predators such as parrotfish could be deployed as part of a drive to rehabilitate reefs hit by disturbance events such as coral-bleaching. The Diving Museum in Gosport has been closed during 2024 for restoration of its “damp Grade II* listed building” but has ambitious plans to reopen from next June, drier and with new exhibitions.https://www.scubadivermag.com/still-free-conception-captain-ordered-to-pay-up/ https://divernet.com/scuba-news/conservation/drying-out-diving-museum-needs-support/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz07721y33xo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6p2rk2gkx4o https://www.scubadivermag.com/anti-parrot-cradles-a-coral-game-changer/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SYlATuvJcghttps://fourthelement.com/product/tech-fin/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

8/9/24 • 30:28

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a pair of lost divers were rescued thanks to their dive lights, a POV video of a basking shark hit by a boat and there’s a dive site up for sale if you have some spare changehttps://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/dive-lights-saved-couple-on-38hr-drift/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/capernwray-put-up-for-sale-again/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/basking-shark-boat-strike-captured-under-water/https://www.scubadivermag.com/women-dive-together-on-padis-landmark-day/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

8/2/24 • 29:06

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, the real-world sequel to Cocaine Bear: Cocaine Shark, I’m sure somebody is working on the film rights as we speak. Paul Watson, founder of Sea shepherd and more recently the Captain Paul Watson Foundation since the split has been arrested by Danish Police in Greenland on an arrest order from Japan. And a rather controversial freediving record because the diver was being pulled along by a state of the art carbon fiber DPV.https://news.sky.com/story/amp/sharks-off-brazil-coast-test-positive-for-cocaine-13183543https://www.scubadivermag.com/dan-puts-malta-incidents-into-perspective/https://www.scubadivermag.com/danes-arrest-paul-watson-at-japans-request/https://divernet.com/scuba-gear/accessories/dpv-breath-hold-prompts-world-record-claim/https://www.scubadivermag.com/emperor-divers-introduces-ladies-dive-cruise-for-padi-womens-dive-day/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

7/26/24 • 32:03

#AskMarkDivers discover Bronze-Age Nordic Axe #scuba #news #podcastThis week on the podcast, lots of underwater artefacts including a record breaking bronze age axe and lots of whale strandings recently, whales have had a rather rough week https://www.scubadivermag.com/norwegian-celt-axe-dive-site-sparks-speculation/https://www.scubadivermag.com/divers-big-glass-haul-in-bulgaria/https://www.scubadivermag.com/this-is-huge-worlds-rarest-whale-washes-ashore/https://www.scubadivermag.com/mass-pilot-whale-stranding-in-orkney-islands/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

7/19/24 • 29:08

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, big Shearwater news as they announce a partnership with Reel Diving. A ‘heroic’ diver sacrificed his own life trying to save another diver, knowing that he would be missing decompression stops, and PADI are talking at the United Nations.https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/2-poles-die-after-malta-wreck-dive/ https://timesofmalta.com/article/zonqor-tragedy-experienced-hero-diver-sacrificed-life-try.1095120 https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-leading-the-fight-at-global-plastic-treaty-discussions/ Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

7/12/24 • 31:49

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, A group of people have risked a 30 thousand dollar fine to rescue a humpback whale caught in a net, a 24ft shark has washed up on a Scottish beach and a new British freediving record, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-03/paddle-boarders-cut-shark-nets-free-humpback-whale-marcoola/104047232https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13592597/Giant-shark-UK-beach-walkers-fish-forklifted.htmlhttps://apnews.com/article/scuba-diver-death-af09104796f8a9de571dc79892f66534https://www.torbayweekly.co.uk/gallery/sport/1537739/the-babbacombe-boy-who-dived-down-to-a-unique-british-record.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13582901/Scuba-diver-Flint-Steel-Beach-Double-Island-Point.html Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

7/5/24 • 28:34

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a liveaboard has sunk in the Red Sea after colliding with a reef, the Olympic flame has been handed over underwater, PADI has launched a new internship and other underwater newshttps://www.thescubanews.com/2024/06/26/24-french-tourists-saved-after-safari-boat-sinks-on-marsa-alams-coral-reefs/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/health-safety/diver-dies-on-first-day-of-donegal-rally/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/alice-modolo-takes-olympic-flame-for-a-dive/ https://www.scubadivermag.com/padi-launches-divemaster-internship-programme/https://www.scubadivermag.com/cayman-islands-set-to-get-new-angel-of-the-reef-mermaid-attraction/ https://dft-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/maib-report-fatal-injury-to-a-recreational-diver-following-contact-with-a-motor-vessel-operating-as-a-dive-support-vessel-on-28-september-2023Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

6/28/24 • 27:30

#AskMarkThis week on the podcast, a monk seal has been exiled to keep them away from divers, the shipwreck of Shackleton’s final ship has been found and various other news stories over the previous week or twohttps://www.scubadivermag.com/monk-seal-exiled-to-remote-island-to-protect-divers/https://www.scubadivermag.com/royal-canadian-geographical-society-finds-wreck-of-shackletons-last-ship-quest/https://www.scubadivermag.com/reel-diving-uk-takes-over-divemaster-scuba/https://www.scubadivermag.com/ocean-turtle-diving-launches-new-london-dive-centre/https://www.scubadivermag.com/fin-whale-protection-hopes-dashed-in-iceland/https://www.scubadivermag.com/viral-dive-log-faked-titan-divers-had-no-warning/https://divernet.com/scuba-news/diver-and-dive-centre-upfront-about-rescue/https://www.scubadivermag.com/suunto-releases-new-dive-computer-multi-function-sports-watch-the-ocean/Websitehttps://www.scubadivermag.comInstagramhttps://www.instagram.com/scubadivermagazine/Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/scubadivermag/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/ScubaDiverMagazine/Scuba Diver Magazinescubadivermag.com/subscriptions

6/21/24 • 35:19