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Shipwreck of 1821 found at the bottom of Fourka, off Halkidiki

Impressive finds from ship estimated to have been 25 meters long – Two cannons and a caryophyll found that appear to have been [...]

Could You Live Underwater for 100 Days? One Man Is Attempting To Do So, for Science, Medicine and Ocean Conservation

Retired Navy commander Joe Dituri, also known as “Dr. Deep Sea,” has set out to break the Guinness World Record for the longest [...]

Unseen video footage from the first Titanic dive

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) has released a trove of previously unseen video footage from the first human visit to the wreck [...]

World’s Deepest Female Diver Sets New Depth Record

In late October, Karen van den Oever shattered her own Guinness World Records as the world’s deepest diving women when she descended to 805.93 feet [...]

Steamship Pentcho: A shipwreck forgotten at the bottom of the Aegean Sea

The remains of the historic shipwreck were located and identified by Greek divers The historic wreck of the paddle steamer PENTCHO, which was used [...]

HMS Perseus

HMS Perseus was one of six Parthian class submarines. Great Britain launched the program to construct these submarine in 1927. HMS Perseus was laid [...]

Sklives Mine in Lavrio

Complete dry & Underwater section During the first visit the divers located the engine left by the workers when the mine was [...]

Alonissos is the Best Diving Destination by the British

The underwater wealth of Alonissos, the excellent services provided by the diving centers of the island, the first underwater museum of Greece won the [...]

Piper SX – AKI At Makronissos-Greece

The SX-AKI aircraft type PA-28-181 and category R has four seats, one engine, is low wing with a nose wheel of metal covering. [...]

M/S Atlantis At South Evoikos – Greece

Passenger touristic boat “Atlantis”, with Thessaloniki ship register number 1433, a volume of 178 gross registered tonnage and 123 net registered tonnage, a [...]

Shipwreck F/B Aigaion At Atalanti Island – Evoikos Gulf

Passenger ferry boat “Aigaion”, with Piraeus ship register number 6057, DDS SXEV, a volume of 2812 gross registered tonnage and 1417 net registered [...]

Underwater wedding in paradise

The municipality of Alonissos decided to announce this original idea on Valentine’s Day. Since February 14, 2022, the real paradise of Sporades has [...]

Antikythera mechanism unlocked, revealing amazing sophistication of the ancient Greeks

The paper suggests the mechanism was likely designed by Archimedes Archaeologists claim to have solved the mysteries behind an ancient Greek “computer” that [...]

The Ultimate Guide to Scuba Diving in Greece – Top 10 Destinations

When it comes to scuba diving, whether you’re a wide-eyed beginner or a seasoned professional, there is something for everyone in Greece! With [...]

80-year-old shipwreck found in the Aegean – What was the Italian submarine Jantina and how did it sink

For 80 years it lay at the bottom of the Aegean without anyone knowing its exact location. But the inspection of a submarine [...]

Ancient shipwreck in Kythira brought to light by the Crete – Peloponnese electrical interconnection works

It is located at a depth of 222 meters and dates from the late 5th to the middle of the 4th c. e.g. [...]

Alonissos Mayor Calls for Creation of ‘One of a Kind’ Underwater Archaeological Park

Alonissos Mayor Petros Vafinis recently presented the municipality’s plan for the creation of an underwater archaeological park – the first of its kind in Greece – during a [...]

Greece Gives Divers Access to 91 Ship and Plane Wrecks

The Greek Culture Ministry under the guidance of the Central Council for Modern Monuments is allowing access to 91 ship and plane wrecks [...]

FOUND! An Arado Ar196 wreck at Kalathas bay, Crete, by Nikolas Giannoulakis

By Pierre Kosmidis Yet another WW2 wreck in Greece was located and identified by experienced scuba diver and explorer Nikolas Giannoulakis from Crete. Mr. Giannoulakis, [...]