Shark cage divers and parasailers should be safer under new voluntary guidelines for avoiding risks in the water tourism sector.

The police national dive squad will today search for a snorkeler who went missing from a Hawkes Bay beach.

It was merely fanciful, of course, to imagine that going to meet William Trubridge, the world record holding freediver, would be like going to meet a merman.

A diver has died off the coast of North Cape today.

An inexperienced diver was left alone at sea after his companion moved their boat more than 4km away to go fishing.

A simple error of judgment led to a diving tragedy that claimed the life of Mark McLeod off the coast of Hahei on Sunday.

Surf lifesavers are launching their summer patrols over Labour Weekend, but a mixed bag of weather could deter some would-be beachgoers from taking a splash.

Danielle Wrightheads poolside to find out about the sport of high diving.

A new TV show about underwater adventures will showcase Northland's Poor Knights reserve alongside some of the best diving spots in the world.

Danielle Wright takes a sneak peek under water in a glass-bottom boat at New Zealand's first marine reserve, at Leigh.

Brett Atkinson explores the charms of Niue's coral atoll.

A first-time father who drowned while snorkelling south of Melbourne on Saturday will be buried on the same day that his baby daughter is christened.

Retired Napier optometrist Quentin Bennett has travelled the world documenting the wonders of the ocean.

Three divers needed rescuing after drifting out to sea on an inflatable boat without lifejackets, a radio, cellphones or an anchor.

As searchers tried desperately to find diver Robbie Farquhar, his two young children were on the beach watching and waiting for their dad to come home.

A diver says he was shaking and in shock for days after being surprised by a pair of orca whales.