Freediving for Research and Conservation
Diver Rodolfo Robatti exploring a rocky coastline. Photo Credit William Winram.
Feediving or breath-hold diving has been around for hundreds, if...
Australian Great Barrier Reef at Risk: the Crown of Thorns Starfish
Photo courtesy of Alejandro ‘Uso’ Usobiaga.
The Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTS) is a naturally occurring species on reefs within the Indo Pacifi...
Meeting Derek - My Life with the Shearwater Teric and the Swift AI Transmitter
Photo courtesy of Dean Martin.
Me and technical diving are just at the beginning of a potential relationship. We’ve flirted and been on a couple...
Shearwater Firmware V91 for Perdix 2 and Petrel 3 and Cloud V2.9.0 are Now Available
Shearwater is excited to release Version 91 Firmware for our new Perdix 2 and Petrel 3 models only. Features introduced in this firmware may becom...
Shearwater Research Announces The Release of The Perdix 2 & Petrel 3 Dive Computers
RICHMOND, British Columbia – June 1, 2022 – Shearwater Research Inc. is excited to announce updates of two iconic flagship Shearwater® dive comput...
Plongée dans des temps obscurs!
English Version Available
(Faire face à l'obscurité une fois de plus)
Comment vous souviendrez-vous de cette période inattendue que nous avons trav...
Dark Time Dives!
French Version Available
(Facing darkness one more time)
How will you remember that unexpected period of time during which, for a moment, we kind o...
Connecting Passion with Purpose: Avocational Underwater Archaeology and Exploration Diving
For many of us, the desire to explore is as natural as breathing. We wonder about what’s around the next corner and feel a compulsion to follow the...
Extreme (and Not So Extreme) Multistage Sidemount Cave Diving with AI
The moment a diver enters the overhead environment, his or her gear, skills, and techniques must necessarily be top notch. The real question here, is AI accepted in cave diving? Shearwater's innovations and software, and specifically the SWIFT transmitters, make losing communications (comms) between the transmitter and your computer unlikely.
