Garrett Clement has returned to Vancouver Island after spending a year exploring Newfoundland and the East Coast of Canada. Tyee…
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Kathy is the owner of Kirk Scuba Gear, a passionate Scuba Diver, Ocean Advocate and Managing Editor of The Scuba News Canada
In this breathtaking feature-length documentary from 1982, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St. Lawrence River…
Registration is open for the 2022 Great Lakes Public Forum, which will take place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada on September 27-29,…
Matt McCarty’s sole purpose in travelling 5,000 miles to Newfoundland is to lay to rest the ghosts of his past,…
The Trifecta is back on the schedule! Friday, August 5th Divers Den is heading north. Visit 3 amazing dive sites…
The Cedarville is a wreck that sank in 1965 in about 110 feet of water in Mackinaw Straits. Because the…
Miss Supertest III was a Canadian-designed and constructed hydroplane boat that won the Detroit Memorial Regatta in 1959 and the…
The Atlantic Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The museum is a member institution…
Please exercise caution. If you’re planning a summer get-a-away trip to Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, in the coming days, be…
Ironbound has arrived at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia! This mature male white shark was tagged off the coast of Nova…
WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN. The 2022 College of Fellows Annual Dinner will be held in-person at the Canadian War…
Pop the popcorn and enjoy your favourite beverage…..Shark Week is coming to Discovery and Discovery+(stream) on July 24, 2022. This…
“Now you see it, now you don’t!” A Toronto teen has issued a warning after discovering garbage mounds while diving…
Most of the wooden boat builders we have explored so far in this series developed and enjoyed national or even…
Located on the waterfront in Gananoque, Ontario, The Thousand Islands Boat Museum (TIBM) is a hands-on Museum where history becomes…
The SS Senator was a steel-hulled Great Lakes freighter that sank on Lake Michigan on Halloween, 1929, with the loss…
Julia Barnes is an award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker. She is the director of Sea of Life and Bright Green…
Many books on scuba diving have been published over the course of time, almost since the beginning of the scuba…
The SS Badger is a passenger and vehicle ferry that has been operating on Lake Michigan since 1953. Currently, the…
Where does he even begin? Saltwater Sean, most recently, discovered a stoneware ginger beer from Sussex, New Brunswick in the…
“It’s a wonderful thing in science when you have that serendipity moment where you actually see that something is happening…
Carly Brenner Hunter, an underwater specialist, is interviewed in this episode of Film Chats. Carly has spent her entire life…
Many Nova Scotia ship wrecks were banking schooners. During exceptionally stormy weather conditions, it was not uncommon for these sail-powered…
Anyone interested in decompression theory, especially technical dives, should acquire this book. Mark Powell is a well-known technical diving instructor…
According to many shipwreck historians, the Titanic is still the deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship. The…
Fishermen on Canada’s east coast believe the European Green Crab species is here to stay. They’ve been watching the situation…
The St. Peters Harbour Lighthouse is a 10.4-metre square, tapered wooden tower with a superimposed gallery and an unusual hexagonal…
Hold your breath! Kirk Krack is coming to Troia to talk about freediving and his involvement with the movie Avatar…
Scuba Matt invites you to join him on an underwater adventure to meet and learn about sea animals, marine life,…
Scuba Services. Underwater Video. Scuba Training Jeremy MacDonald has lived in the North for nine years and has extensive scuba diving…
SharkFest will premiere on National Geographic television on Sunday, July 10 for four weeks. To commemorate SharkFest’s tenth anniversary, the…
The announcer calls out again: — Alenka Artnik— Slovenia— 118 meters (1270 feet)— World record attempt On a third-floor balcony,…
This is the story of a shipwreck of one of the coastal boats, the Moyle R, which was delivering freight…
Acclaimed underwater explorer Jill Heinerth shares her tips and advice on Dry Gloves. What are Dry Gloves, exactly? Dry gloves,…
The Riverhurst Ferry, which transports vehicles across the South Saskatchewan River northwest of Moose Jaw, has been beached indefinitely due…
PADI Women’s Dive Day Brings Communities Together for Global Celebration PADI® Women’s Dive Day has grown to become the most…
Uma Mani became a PADI certified open water diver at the age of 49 in order to get a close…
Roderic Mast is Oceanic Society’s President and CEO. He is a lifelong conservationist, a marine biologist, and an experienced travel…
Thanks to some awesome friends for coming out to help heave the junk out, at the Old Town Dock in…
Scuba Diving Essex – Herts – Cambs 2DiVE4 are the most experienced PADI Dive School in the region and concentrate…
The Saint James is widely regarded as the best-preserved example of a Great Lakes 19th-century schooner. Anyone with the necessary…
That is no small feat! Manuel is one of the ten freedivers in the world that do this. Manuel Anu…
“There are two kinds of explorers. Canadian Chapter explorers… and those who wish they were Canadian Chapter explorers!” Jett Britnell…
Getting sea sick before a dive is never fun. We’ll be showcasing Chris’s videos in collaboration with The Scuba News…
“Join us as we board the Mega Nova of Brier Island Whale and Seabird Cruises for a whale-watching excursion in…