For the second time in as many days, a surfer has been bitten by a shark at Florida's New Smyrna Beach. An 18-year-old who was surfing near the jetty was bitten...
A Jordanian national has been missing since yesterday afternoon after he reportedly went swimming at the Double Six Beach in Legian. The Search and Rescue (SAR)...
Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled organism found in warm freshwater, can be fatal if it enters the body through the nose....
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Officials have put up signs to warn tourists of possible attacks by box jellyfish at the beaches on three popular islands in Surat Thani....
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The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) has joined the ranks of Hawaii, Key West, Florida and the Pacific island nation of Palau in banning sunscreen p...
For years now, divers with diving-related illnesses, such as decompression sickness, have had fairly limited option for treatment in Bali....
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An 18-year-old labourer died earlier this month from what environmentalists believe was hydrogen sulphide poisoning, a toxic gas released as sea lettuce decompo...
Rescuers in Phuket, Thailand were searching this morning for two Filipino tourists who went missing after they were carried out to sea by high waves....
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Flesh-eating bacteria is on the rise in the Gulf of Mexico, as waters warm due to climate change....
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Tourists have been banned from going in the water at a popular beach after hundreds of mysterious jellyfish with poisonous tentacles washed up on the sand. The ...
The coastguard has issued a warning about the risks of tombstoning after a 'large increase' in incidents in West Bay. The West Bay Coastguard Rescue Team says l...
The family of a California woman killed in a shark attack while snorkeling in the Bahamas says the tour company did nothing to rescue her and staff lacked even a basic first aid kit....
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Cancun, Q.R. — An American man swimming in the Cancun Hotel Zone has died from drowning. The accident happened just before 10:00 a.m. Monday at Kilometer 12.5 o...
Two people have been nipped by a crocodile at a popular swimming spot in the Northern Territory. The incident was said to have taken place at Wangi Falls in Lit...
TALLAHASSEE — On one of the busiest beach weekends of the year in Florida, the state Department of Health warns that four Florida beaches — including three in Sarasota County — pose health hazards for beach goers because of high fecal levels....
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Florida has had its scares with “flesh-eating bacteria” over the past few weeks and as millions of Americans head to the coast this holiday w...
At a Glance Outbreaks of a parasitic disease have risen roughly 13 percent per year. Cryptosporidiosis, known as crypto, causes diarrhea that can last for weeks...
Paramedics say Peter Schultz is “extremely lucky” to be alive after being mauled during an early morning swim off the coast at Manly. He suffered a deep gash to his leg, while witnesses said he also received a puncture wound to his torso and cuts to ...
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WTOC) - Jellyfish season is upon us. The Hilton Head Island Shore Beach Service has placed yellow caution flags out at several of thei...
The two public swimming pools in southeast France shut down despite the current heatwave after a row over the use of full-body Islamic "burkini" swimsuits....
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An American woman has died after she was attacked by a shark while snorkeling in the Bahamas, authorities said. The woman, an adult, was swimming in waters near Rose Island when she was attacked, local police said in a statement....
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Rip currents are not easy to spot and are even harder to get out of. Here's how to avoid and swim (the right way) out of a rip current. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY...
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