Ian & Gemma have been hard at work editing our free ranging chat about diving and shipwrecks into a 1-hour podcast that they aim to publish on 18 May.

Heading back to Palau shortly – for the 1st time since we launched Dive Palau – the Shipwrecks at Sam’s Tours on Koror in 2016.

After a return to Truk in the years that followed, Covid then hit and stopped travel. By the time Covid eased, I was focussing on the updated 2nd edition of Dive Truk Lagoon – the Japanese WWII Shipwrecks.

Looking forward to diving the Japanese wrecks again and seeing what changes there have been in the intervening 10 years …. along with the amazing sharks, coral and fish of Blue Corner and the Blue Holes – and heading back to Peleliu. Got a great group of like minded divers to keep me company. Can’t wait!

Just had a fun couple of hours recording a podcast with Ian and Gemma, co-hosts of the BiG Scuba Podcast. It’s now in the edit process, and is due for release in 3-4 weeks

My author copies have just arrived from Pen & Sword. Very impressed with the production, it’s a beautiful book – and the underwater images (which often suffer when you go to print) have turned out really well. It’s frankly always amazing to see how your crazy idea from a few years ago turns out in the end.

My new book has just been released – pre-orders on their way shortly from publishers

Looking forward to talking about some of our local WWII shipwrecks, victims of the Battle of the East Coast, tomorrow night Thursday 19 Feb at 1900 at the Skateraw Hall in Newtonhill. Its open to the public if anyone fancies an evening at the bottom of the North Sea!

I’m giving an illustrated talk to a local heritage group about some of our local shipwrecks.

The talk is open to the public – poster attached.

It’s a wrap! The edit process is now completed – and the book is off to the printers. Still on track for publication on 30 March 2026.

I’ve just posted a new video about the wreck of HMS Hampshire, lost off Orkney to a German mine on 5 June 1916 on a secret mission to Russia with Lord Kitchener, the UK Secretary of State for War aboard. More than 700 crew were lost in the tragedy, there were only 12 survivors. Although it is a wreck off limits for divers, to mark the 100th anniversary of its loss, I was granted a special diving permit by the UK Secretary of State for Defence to lead a team of deep divers to survey the wreck. The full survey report is available in the Downloads section of this website.

The video can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azxSV8JRSZQ&t=2s

My original manuscript has now been through the 1st edit process. Needs another edit brush up – before it then goes to my publisher’s designer to drop in all the photos and wreck illustrations and bring the book up to a proof stage for checking.

Exciting times – and still on track to publish on 30 March 2026

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