At Depth

At Depth Episode 5: Molchanov's 137m Record, Bora Bora's No-Take Zone & a 2,100-Year-Old Dish Ship — Oct 9, 2026

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:01:51 -0400

Maya and Rex cover Alexey Molchanov's seventh constant weight world record in Cyprus, a ghost-net cleanup in Kuwait, new reef protections in Bora Bora, Fiji and the Verde Island Passage, the Oculina Reef comment window, an ancient tableware wreck off Turkey, new Maldives liveaboard and DEMA deals, and updates on the Avelo Jetpack and SCUBAPRO weight pocket fix.

At Depth Episode 4: Cave Findings, a Ghost-Net Bomb & Kauai's Coral Rescue — Oct 8, 2026

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:44:50 -0400

Maya and Rex cover the autopsy findings on the five Italian divers lost in a Maldives cave, a new heliox-versus-trimix rebreather study, the Gili Trawangan search, a New Zealand operator cleared after six years, a WWII bomb in a ghost net off Malta, a 17th-century Baltic wreck, medieval Shipden, Kauai's 2,000-coral hurricane rescue, South Ari whale shark speed limits, China's Antarctic MPA bid, Bonaire site closures, the DIVEVOLK SeaTouch 6 Pro, Ardath's Bob Croft ReefGuard, Peter Benchley's auction, Törőcsik's freediving world title and the Blue Planet III trailer.

At Depth Episode 3: Lighthouse Ring, Deep Wrecks & Drift Rescues — Oct 7, 2026

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:42:50 -0400

Maya and Rex cover a Lighthouse of Alexandria signet ring from a sunken palace, the UC-55 U-boat confirmed at 110 m off Shetland, the Hosanna mystery solved off Dover, Gallipoli's wreck-saving anodes, the Hachijō Island rescue, the Lake Hydra investigation, the Hollis 200LX recall, the Arex One HUD mask, Mares Planet 62X, GEAR AID's live-coral testing, Arabian Sea humpbacks, 57 new Argentine deep-sea species, Issyk-Kul's sunken city, and a one-point race at the freediving world championships.

At Depth Episode 2: Fresh Gear, Deep Corals & Peak Season Travel

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:12:00 -0400

Maya and Rex kick off At Depth's first dual-host evening edition with fresh October dive news—new kit that actually fixes problems, a rare mesophotic coral win at Flower Garden Banks, citizen science on East Caicos, Wakatobi Wave conservation, SSI's Stress & Rescue contest, PADI award winners, Banda Sea hammerhead season, and Thailand's Similan opening with DiveRACE Class X.

Shearwater Perdix 3, Scubapro Zoom Lite optics, Dive Rite 905 drysuit, DAN Pro Pack
Flower Garden Banks mesophotic transplants — 100% survival of 2025 outplants
RumPowered Research / Turks & Caicos Explorer II — Staghorn Haystack discovery
Wakatobi Wave 2026 — 750 coral fragments & green turtle hatchling release
SSI Diver Stress & Rescue Contest (through Oct 31) across North America
PADI pros honored: NOGI awards & International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame
Banda Sea scalloped hammerhead liveaboard peak season
Similan Islands season opens — DiveRACE Class X maiden trips mid-October
SSI Germany's first Career Center (InterDive)

At Depth — scuba industry daily brief. See you tomorrow morning.

At Depth Episode 1: From A Flores Rescue And Malaysia’s Tioman Safety Push

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0400

Today on At Depth: four divers survive an overnight current drift off Flores; Malaysia’s dive association pushes Tioman fatality probes and a national safety council; Shearwater’s Avelo Jetpack clears CE for Europe; Saudi Arabia builds Red Sea diving into its blue-economy plans; Florida Keys reefs stay at extreme bleaching risk; Biscayne Bay is named an Important Shark and Ray Area; and DEMA’s 50th anniversary show heads to New Orleans Nov 3–6.