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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaDiving Safety ·
Hawaiʻi Freediver Dies After Buddy Loses Sight Near Pebble Beach
Eighteen-year-old Joven Young was recovered following a multi-agency search off Captain Cook; an autopsy and coroner’s inquest will determine the cause.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaTraining & Certification ·
SDI Lowers Open-Water Training Ratios and Requires Reductions in Challenging Conditions
Standards effective June 15, 2026 cap standard open-water classes at six students per instructor, tighten supervision for junior divers and require smaller groups when visibility, current, entries or temperature increase risk.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaArtificial Reefs ·
Gibraltar Schedules Tug Cyclone as New 20-Metre Artificial Reef
An amended port notice placed the retired tug’s controlled sinking on October 8, with the hull intended to rest on a 20-metre seabed and leave approximately 16 metres of water above its highest point.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaDiver Safety/Medicine ·
Fatal-Dive Reconstruction Shows How a Guideline Loop Can Trap and Invert a Technical Diver
A controlled underwater reconstruction found that a thin line caught around a twinset manifold could combine with buoyancy and harness changes to leave a diver head-down and severely limit self-rescue.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaMarine Conservation ·
Study Questions Delaware Bay Sand-Tiger Collection for Global Aquariums
Researchers say 80 sand tiger sharks were removed from Delaware waters for aquarium display between 2018 and 2024, raising sustainability and transparency questions about a legally permitted trade involving a slow-reproducing species.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaUnderwater Archaeology ·
Kekova Amphora Site Claimed as World’s Oldest Known Shipwreck
Underwater archaeologists near Türkiye’s Kekova Island are excavating an Early Bronze Age cargo assemblage dated to roughly 2600–2400 BCE, although the vessel’s wooden structure has not survived and the record-setting claim requires scholarly review.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaDiving Safety ·
Autopsies Establish Anoxia in Maldives Cave Fatalities, Not the Initiating Cause
Post-mortem findings identify oxygen deprivation in the deaths of five Italian divers at Dhekunu Kandu, but investigators still have not established why the group remained inside the deep cave until its breathing-gas reserves were apparently exhausted.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaDive Site Access ·
Woodman Point Ammo Jetty Dive Closure Continues Through Major Replacement Project
On-site work begins in early November, keeping the jetty and adjacent waters closed to scuba, freediving and snorkeling while parts of John Graham Reserve remain inaccessible until late 2027.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaArtificial Reefs ·
Divers Help Deploy Artificial Reefs During Olongapo Coastal Cleanup
Government personnel, local dive groups and volunteers installed habitat structures and removed marine debris at Driftwood Beach in Barangay Barretto.
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Original illustration created for Naturally Buoyant MediaArtificial Reef Environmental Controversy ·
Recife Shipwreck Park Faces Turbidity and Debris Concerns During Port Dredging
Divers report severely reduced visibility and waste around purpose-sunk tugboats, while port officials say no technical evidence has linked the conditions to dredging.
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