Beneath the sea in 3D

Multi-scan sonar is great for revealing shipwrecks, but it’s also an invaluable tool for marine biologists. Exploring sites off Rathlin in Northern Ireland, Claire Goodwin learns never to doubt the ‘ground truth’ it provides more...

Big Tracy gets around

That British waters are home to the world's second-biggest sharks is not news, but the basking sharks off our coasts have recently given up a big secret, says Hannah Cleaver more...

All aboard all year round

There have been subtle shifts in UK diving patterns in recent years, says Colin Mac Andrias, who has been talking to skippers while compiling a guide to UK charter-boats more...

Happy lundy

Past experiences had been spoiled by the weather, but this time John Liddiard was determined to make the most of this western island's easy diving opportunities more...

Legs, meet claws! wrangling Scapa wildlife

Why is Miranda Krestovnikoff trying to persuade an octopus to dine on lobster, when all she really wants is to dive the german fleet? more...

The Plymouth drop-off

I first heard of the Plymouth drop-off as a dive site from members of Plymouth Sound BSAC quite a few years ago. Averaging a couple of miles out from the coast, the seabed takes a sudden step between 30 and 40m, to give a 5-10m wall and boulder slope. more...

Seasearching in Plymouth

John Liddiard went back to school this summer, to make sure he would recognise anything special that swam his way more...

Currying favour in THE FIRTH

They are the sort of spicy wreck dives that can make a trip worthwhile, and there are plenty to be dished up in north-eastern Scotland's Moray Firth, says John Liddiard more...