Five divers, who were swept away during a dive off Komodo, Indonesia have been found after managing to reach a remote beach on an island 25 miles away. 

Worried that their rescue might take days, the group began scavenging for shellfish to survive and were forced to throw stones to drive off a komodo dragon - one of the large, aggressive lizards native to the area that are capable of killing human beings.

A 1930s vessel that sailed the Sir Francis Channel for more than ten years will be sunk as a artificial reef in Virgin Islands’ waters. The announcement by the BVI Scuba Association (BVISA) confirms Premier Ralph O’Neal’s permission to obtain the Windjammer S/V Flying Cloud and sink it for the enjoyment of Virgin Islands’ divers.

After operating for 13-years, financial losses have forced closure of scuba diving at Bikini Atoll. 

The problems are due to the inability of the national carrier Air Marshall Islands to get passengers to and from Bikini in the past eight months when both its planes were crippled with mechanical problems, coupled with high fuel prices.

Richard Neely, 38, from the UK, and partner Alison Dalton, 40, an American, drifted for 19 hours off Australia's Great Barrier Reef as rescuers failed to spot them. 

They tied themselves together as they drifted for nine miles after surfacing too far from the boat they had dived off.

Treasure hunting divers have recovered a priceless artefact 32 miles off Key West as they follow the debris trail of a Spanish galleon that sank off the Florida Keys more than 380 years ago.

Five were lifted from the sea by helicopters at dawn Monday and the last two missing divers were found later.

An extensive search and rescue effort continues for eight scuba divers missing in waters off Kenting National Park since Saturday. 

Four helicopters from an airborne police unit, six coastguard patrol boats, twenty fishing boats and several tourist vessels scoured waters near Chihsingyen (Seven Star Rock), a popular diving spot.

More than 140 mourners at a funeral in northern Thailand are reported to have been taken ill after eating a dish that appears to have contained pufferfish.  

The mourners started vomiting and complained of numb tongues and shortness of breath and were rushed to hospital after being served soup containing fish balls bought at a local market in Nan province, the Bangkok Post reports.