Mariam bin Laden became the first Arab woman to swim across the Red Sea and reach Egypt, accompanying UN Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh, part of a campaign to raise awareness of the need to preserve coral reefs amid climate change.
A leading force in shark deterrent technology says it can put an electric field around beaches and protect swimmers as NSW eyes a rebate system to help keep divers and surfers safe this summer.
Catherine Breed thought it sounded crazy at first. Open-water marathon swims, long multimile voyages across mostly cold stretches of the ocean, were a far cry from the safety of the