Marine Incidents

In 1857, the Koning Willem de Tweede sank off SA's south-east coast, and researchers are now confident they have found it.

A volunteer marine researcher looking into marine deaths along South Australia's coastline was rushed to hospital after her arm was skewered by a 16-centimetre stingray barb. Yesterday, a dead white shark washed up on an Adelaide beach, with testing being conducted to determine a cause.

More than 80 people have plunged into a river following strong winds that capsized four tourist boats in China. 

Two injured sailors huddling in the crevice of a cliff-face have been rescued after their boat smashed into an island off the Queensland coast.

Two people survive a high-speed boat crash after it flips into the air and nosedives into the water at an annual race in the US.

The number of coastal deaths over the Easter long weekend has risen after a nine-year-old boy died at South West Rocks on Sunday.

Three men have been rescued after a boat capsized on the Gold Coast, with the BOM warning of hazardous surf conditions in parts of south-east Queensland.

Locals say more deaths are "inevitable" at Narooma Bar if steps to improve safety are not taken, but opinions on how to address the issue vary.

Police divers have recovered the body of an 86-year-old man after he drove his car into the Parramatta River, hitting his elderly wife while she was standing on the riverbank.

Emergency services were called to Round Hill Heads in Seventeen Seventy, where the bodies of a 46-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy were later retrieved from the water by helicopter.

Prosecutors say the man was captain of the Chinese-crewed but Togolese-registered ship Hong Tai 58, which is accused of damaging a cable with its anchor. 

Two brothers who were left behind in the ocean during a diving expedition off the Perth coast say they feared they wouldn't survive the ordeal.

Two brothers who were left behind in the ocean during a diving expedition off the Perth coast say they feared they wouldn't survive the ordeal.

A New Zealand military inquiry has found a lack of training and experience were among factors that led to the sinking of a navy vessel off the coast of Samoa.

WA police confirm they have found the body of a 79-year-old man who capsized while rafting in the Kimberley's Drysdale River.

The submarine was carrying 45 tourists and crew while sailing in the Red Sea near Hurghada. 

The death of an Australian tourist on a snorkelling boat that capsized near Bali once again raises concerns over boat safety for tourists.

A microalgae "toxic to fish but not humans" has been identified as the cause of a bloom linked to octopus and other marine deaths along SA beaches, with environment authorities saying the algae has flourished "marine heatwave" and "warmer-than-usual" sea temperatures.

Colleagues of Melbourne accountant Anna Blight say the 39-year-old's "passion, determination and kindness" inspired everyone around her, after Ms Blight's death in a Bali boat capsize on Friday,

The boat was carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, when it capsized in rough seas off Bali.