Diving Explained

Diving most often refers to:

• Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
• Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes

Diving or Dive may also refer to:

Sports

• Dive (American football), a type of play in American football
• Diving (association football), a simulation of being fouled
• Diving (ice hockey), embellishing an infraction in an attempt to draw a penalty
• Sport diving (sport), competitive scuba diving using recreational techniques in a swimming pool
• Taking a dive, or match fixing, intentionally losing a match, especially in boxing

Film and television

Film

• Dive (film), a 1929 German silent film
• The Dive (1990 film), a Norwegian action thriller
• Dive! (film), a 2010 documentary film by Jeremy Sefert
• Dive, a 2014 New Zealand short film written and directed by Matthew J. Saville
• The Dive (2018 film), an Israeli film
• The Dive (2023 film), a German/Maltese film

TV

• Dive (TV series), a 2010 British drama
• "The Dive" (Hap and Leonard), a 2016 television episode

Music

Bands

• Dive (Belgian band), an electronic dance music project with an eponymous 1990 album
• Dive (Swedish band), a 1990s duo with an eponymous 1994 album
• DIIV, originally Dive, an American rock band

Albums

• Dive (Maaya Sakamoto album) or the title song, 1998
• Dive (Sarah Brightman album) or the title song, 1993
• Dive (Tycho album) or the title song, 2011
• Dive, by Burning Heads, 1994
• Dive, by I Am the Avalanche, 2020
• Dive, an EP by Milk & Bone, 2019

Songs

• "Dive" (Ed Sheeran song), 2017
• "Dive" (Nirvana song), 1992
• "Dive" (Steven Curtis Chapman song), 1999
• "Dive" (Usher song), 2012
• "Dive", by Beach House from 7, 2018
• "Dive", by BeForU, 2000
• "Dive", by Birds of Tokyo from Human Design, 2020
• "Dive", by Cardiacs from A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window, 1988
• "Dive", by DC Talk from Supernatural, 1998
• "Dive", by the Dead Stars on Hollywood, 2005
• "Dive", by iKon from I Decide, 2020
• "Dive", by Jinyoung, 2021
• "Dive", by Kid Cudi from , 2020
• "Dive", by Saint Etienne from Home Counties, 2017
• "Diving" (song), by Bridgit Mendler, 2017
• "Diving", by 4 Strings, 2002

Places

• Dive (river), a river in France
• Dive, Thane, a village in Bhiwandi, Thane District, Maharashtra, India
• Lake Dive, a lake in Egmont National Park, New Zealand

Other uses

• Dive (aviation), a rapid descent by an aircraft (also see dive bombing)
• , a 2010 video game
• Dive!!, a 2008 series of novels by Eto Mori
• Dive! (restaurant), a defunct restaurant in Los Angeles, California, US
• Dive bar, a type of bar or pub
• Daeva or Dive, a demon in Persian mythology

People

• Bradshaw Dive (1865–1946), New Zealand politician
• Caroline Dive (born 1962), British cancer pharmacologist
• Mollie Dive (1913–1997), Australian cricketer
• Dive Downes (1652–1709), Irish bishop

See also

• Dive Dive, a British rock band
• "Dive! Dive! Dive!", a 1990 song by Bruce Dickinson
• Diver (disambiguation)
• Dives (disambiguation)
• Divi (disambiguation)