Alert Diver Category: Dive Slate

Faith Ortins is a lifelong diver, and her love for the ocean and devotion to educating people about safe diving practices drive her dive career. 

Malaria is a serious infectious disease threat that primarily exists in many of the world’s subtropical and tropical regions — areas popular with divers — where the environmental conditions support a stable, infected population of Anopheles mosquitoes.

The Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch (AMITW) had an exceptional summer in 2024. By July 31, AMITW patrollers had documented 683 nests on 9.6 miles (15.4 kilometers) of beach on Anna Maria Island, Florida. That was the most nests they had recorded in one season since they started monitoring 41 years ago. 

Explore the life of Rachel Novak, a pharmacist turned glamorous stunt performer and passionate scuba diver, embracing adventure.

There are two mystery shipwrecks lying offshore in Canadas’ Prince Edward County. The wreck and its discovery are a mystery.

Grouper populations are on the rebound thanks to protection efforts. But a major threat to these fish remains: mercury.

Mooring buoys minimize the impact on the environment and protect fragile coral animals and nonrenewable historical resources from anchor damage. Marine biologist John C. Halas developed the mooring buoy system we know today: an embedment anchor connected to an 18-inch round, white, floating buoy with blue reflective tape around the middle with a yellow polypropylene pick-up line. The mooring buoy system is one of the most visible accomplishments of NOAA’s efforts to provide resource protection while supporting the community’s access for the enjoyment of sanctuary resources.

The film “The Click Effect” uses virtual reality technology to give viewers a deeper connection of ocean wildlife, specifically whales and dolphins.

A new venture will offer underwater thrill-seekers a glimpse of ancient history through the windows of a luxury submersible. Read more.

Global shark populations are threatened by fishing pressures or shark-fin poaching. However, shark conservation efforts are working to raise sharks’ reputations.