Anyone who has been diving around dolphins will recount their experience with delight—these playful marine mammals are from another world and simply magical to see underwater. It comes as no surprise that dolphins have been recorded having a conversation and that each dolphin has…
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Kessil A80 Will Be the Company’s First Fanless LED Light
The Kessil A80 LED is a new light which will break from the form factor that Kessil has perfected over the last few years. Instead of being a can-shaped LED spotlight with a built-in fan, the Kessil A80 is more…
First Video Of Coral Bleaching Behavior
For the first time coral researchers in Brisbane, Australia have recorded a time-lapse video of coral bleaching behavior. To capture the video researchers took a photograph every 3 seconds using a combination of digital camera, smart tablet and microscopes to record…
Wise Work Job Board Is Your Source For Marine Conservation Opportunities Around the World
We recently came across the Wise Work job board and knew we had to share the news with ReefDivers. After clicking through a few of the current opportunities, our first impression was to promptly spend hours daydreaming about a daily…
Even The Most Isolated Reefs Are Suffering From Global Warming
The assumption is still widely held that isolated reefs, far from human activities are better off than reefs around densely populated and heavily used areas. However, a recent study published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports found that isolated coral reefs are in…
Are you logging water temperature in your dive log?
If you’re already in the habit of logging your dives, take a second look and see if you’ve written down water temperatures. Scientist’s in the UK are asking for your help in recording subsurface ocean temperatures, through their citizen science…
Would you take the plunge in this 16th century diving suit?
This bizarre fallout suit which appears to be built for otherworldly creatures, come to us from the mind of Leonardo Da Vinci. Sketches of the proto diving apparatus were found in the Codex Arundel, a bound collection of notes written…
PADI Women’s Dive Day 2016 With Coral Key Scuba, Colorado
To celebrate PADI’s second annual PADI Women’s Dive Day, we tracked down a local dive club in Colorado and took the plunge for our first ever lake dive. The water was a little murky and cold, but it was a…
The Big Five Dive: 5 Great Lakes, 5 Wrecks, 24hrs on the clock
This weekend was the 2nd annual PADI women’s dive day, and while we were out experiencing our first lake dive in Colorado, a group of adventurous women were attempting their own lake dive, the #Big5Dive: one historic shipwreck in each of the five…
Octospot is about to become your new favorite underwater camera
The Octospot is a sleek new 4K dive camera, poised to become your new favorite underwater toy. In case you haven’t yet heard of the Octospot, we recommend you take a look at their Kickstarter page and get your hands on a pre-order…