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Katura Horton-Perinchief has spent the summer polishing the island’s raw talent at her Star Diving camp at the Aquatics Facility, National Sports Centre. Horton-Perinchief, who became the first black woman to compete in Olympic diving at the Athens G...

Freediver Scott Amos has become the first Bermudian to break the 200ft barrier in an international competition. Mr Amos smashed his own previous record by 11 metres to reach an ocean depth of 61 metres using just a monofin. Mr Amos, who travelled to...

Sure Karen Jones knows her wine, but garbage is her real passion. The 34-year-old is in the water at 6am every day, diving up trash. Sponsors give her cash for her efforts. It’s all part of an initiative the general manager of Discovery Wines starte...

It’s hard not to panic when your oxygen supply is cut off. Warren De Klerk was diving in a Bermuda cave when his oxygen tank knocked against the ceiling, jarring a vital valve. “I managed to stay calm,” said the 35-year-old. “For about 20 seconds I w...

The Bermuda Regiment Underwater Taskforce is to undertake training that will allow it to continue marine conservation efforts with the Bream research programme. It follows a successful collaboration last weekend between the Regiment and the programme...

A tourist died following a snorkelling incident in waters off Hawkins Island yesterday. The man, a 56-year-old passenger on the Norwegian Breakaway, was spotted in an unresponsive state in the water at about 3.45pm. He was lifted to a private vessel,...

Katura Horton-Perinchief is using her vast experience to teach enthusiastic youngsters the art of diving. The Olympian has been busy hosting her seven-week summer camp, Star Diving, at the Aquatics Centre at the National Sports Centre with about 115 ...

The Bermuda Regiment is to embark on a shipwreck diving project of epic proportions as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations. Sergeant Major James Self, who is in charge of scuba diving operations within the regiment, is in the process of organis...

A unique programme that gives public schoolchildren an opportunity to experience the wonders of the ocean has returned for a third year. “Kids on the Reef is all about taking kids outside their comfort zones, giving them the tools they need to be co...

Expand your world, take the plunge! That’s the message scuba diving enthusiast Weldon Wade has for his fellow Islanders. He’ll speak on Diving With a Purpose at this weekend’s TedX Bermuda conference. Mr Wade, a systems analyst at Argus Insurance, fi...

The rescuer of a couple stranded miles offshore for two nights after their boat broke down has recounted their lucky discovery. “I thought they were joking at first, saying they’d been out there for nearly three days,” Chris Gauntlett, a Captain with...

Bermuda’s reefs can be a major draw for divers looking for pristine coral and historic shipwrecks, according to underwater photographer Ron Lucas. However, Mr Lucas said the Island lacks some of the diving opportunities offered by other destinations....