Snakes alive!
Spectacular footage of sea snakes hunting in the coral reefs of the Banda Sea, Indonesia, will be among the underwater action in the second helping of the BBC documentary Planet Earth. See Divernet News
Hoax diver escapes prosecution
The Channel Islands diver who set off a three-day £250,000 air and sea search after faking a diving accident in September has avoided facing a criminal prosecution, according to a report in the Guernsey Press & Star.
See Divernet News
Walk, paddle or hop for the MCS
The Marine Conservation Society has launched an imaginative fundraising programme - by offering people a near-infinite choice of sponsored journeys to undertake. See Divernet News
MCS fish guide
The Marine Conservation Society has updated its online guide to buying fish in an eco-friendly way. See Divernet News
Euro shark group launched
The Shark Alliance is a new conglomerate of conservation organisations, intent on pushing for more effective shark protection measures in Europe.
See Divernet News
Catalonia changes age rule
The Spanish region of Catalonia has set a minimum age limit of 16 for sport diving, rather than accept limits set by training agencies.
See Divernet News
Spearfishing death
A spearfishing freediver drowned after the fish he had speared bolted into a hole and entangled him in the spear line.
See Divernet News
Aussie stingrays suffer
A number of stingrays have been killed and left on beaches in Queensland, Australia, following the death of TV wildlife presenter Steve Irwin by ray barb earlier this month.
See Divernet News
DON'T MISS IT DIVE 2006
NEC Birmingham
14-15 October Full details at www.diveshows.co.uk
The BIG Question
Take part in our online survey, and you could win a Luxfer pony cylinder worth £106.
This month's question - Is it easy to find good, "diver-friendly" accommodation in the UK?Tell us here
The new DIVER Travel Guide!
THE ULTIMATE guide to world diving has been updated and expanded for 2007. This 288-page book gives expert advice on where to dive, when to travel, how much to pay, and what you can expect to see under water. Online Price: £6.95 inc. p&p Details here
Careers and opportunities
Fancy a change of direction? Looking for a break in the scuba industry? Find out more here.
HOT Fashion special
Divethreads and aquawear from diving's hottest brands - strut through the season in style! Check it out.
Available from and good newsagents
DIVING THE BIG O
An awesome aircraft-carrier, proudly upright and already attracting fish-life - the world's biggest artificial reef had hardly been down five minutes before John Bantin was on the case
BRIBING THE INSTRUCTORS
It's the old problem for dive clubs: how do you persuade the experienced divers to go on the training trips and take the beginners diving? John Liddiard thinks he has the solution - in the form of UK locations that provide dives to satisfy everyone
EXTREME AS YOU WANT IT TO BE
We marvel at tales of outlandish underwater feats, and something in most divers whispers that what we want, if not to get our adrenalin pumping, is at least to get it sloshing about a little more. Brendan O'Brien looks at ways in which we can all tap into 'extreme' diving
Available from 
and good newsagents
