X-Ray Mag

Simon Pridmore

Trials & Tribulations: Part 2 – Dealing with Gear Malfunctions

   

Trials & Tribulations, Part I: Planning for Gear Malfunctions

    Training

It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas… Nitrox in Sport Diving: How It All Began

    Training

Hip, Hip... Hooray!

    Training
Crest smartwatch dive computer

Smartwatch Dive Computers: A Safety Revolution?

   

The Insidious Threat of Complacency

    Training , Mindset
Sap-sucking slug, Green Island, Taiwan. Photo by Kyo Liu

Taiwan's Green Island

   
The tiny Costasiella fridae, a relatively new classification. Photo by Steve Wolborsky

Muck Diving: It’s a Small, Small World on Guam

   
Badai Bay Wreck, Orchid Island, Taiwan

Orchid Island: Dive into Taiwan, Part 5

   
Cave diver with rebreather

Rebreathers in Sport Diving: The Early Days

    Technical Diving , Rebreathers
scuba diver

Helga and the Weight Debate

    Training
Pygmy seahorse

Dive into Taiwan: Kenting

   
Tech diver on wreck

Turning Tek

    Training , Technical Diving
Divers explore half of the Broken Shipwreck

Dive into Taiwan: Xiaoliuqiu

   
Divers at Lavender Fields, Pengu, Taiwan

Dive into Taiwan: Penghu

   
Narcosis vortex

Out of Control

    Training
nitrox diver

Should I do a Nitrox Course?

    Training
Reef scene at Secret Garden, found along Taiwan's northeastern coast. Photo by Kyo Liu

Dive into Taiwan: Northeast Coast Treasures

   
Photo by Michael Rothschild

Developing a Scuba Sixth Sense

   
Wreck Brothers Island

Can You Be TOO Cautious?

   
chickenvsdog / Flickr Commons / CC BY-NC 2.0

Drift Diving: This isn't diving—it's flying!

   
Diver with barracuda. CHENWU / FLICKR / CC BY-2.0

The Barracuda Dive

    Training

Beware of the Corner Cutters

   
Great white shark. Photo by Elias Levy (Flickr Commons / CC BY 2.0)

The Dawn of Understanding: Blue Water, White Death – 50 Years On

   
Photo illustration by G. Symes compiled with public domain Pixabay images

Just Like Riding a Bike: Diving After a Break

    Training
Whale shark. Photo by Don Silcock

Making the Right Choice

   
Cave diver. Photo by Andrey Bizyukin.

Ten Commandments of Tech Diving Ops, Part II

    Safety Culture , Technical Diving

Ten Commandments of Tech Diving Ops, Part I

    Safety Culture , Technical Diving

Look After Your People

    Safety Culture , Technical Diving

Defensive Diving, Part 2

    Training , Safety Culture

Defensive Diving, Part 1

    Training , Safety Culture
Photo by Andrey Bizyukin

Going Pro, Part II: The Road from Instructor to Dive Professional

    Training

Going Pro – Part I: To Divemaster and Beyond

    Training
In scuba diving, going down and staying down are not the difficult bits (a brick can do that). Coming up again is the part that requires skill.

A Brick Can Do That!

    Training , Safety Culture

Out of Air with Plenty to Breathe

   

New Ideas on Narcosis

   

The Lone Wolf

    Training , Safety Culture

Routine Matters

    Mindset

Choosing a BCD: Solutions for the Slight

   

Selling Yourself Short: Your Skills Are Worth Nothing and You Work for Free

   

What Does It Take to Be a “Good Diver?” — Part One

    Training

PFO: Not the “Hole” Story

   

Preconditioning for Safer Scuba Diving

   

The Perimeter of Ignorance

    Training

The Swimming / Diving Disconnect

    Training

The Future of Scuba Diving in a Flat World – Part II

    Training

The Future of Scuba Diving in a Flat World – Part 1

   

Air Supply Emergencies

    Training , Safety Culture

You are on your own! A hard look at the buddy system

    Training

I Survived! Preventative Safety Strategies

   

It's Not Beasting

   

No Dive Centre is an Island

   

Choose Wisely: How to Spot a Good Dive Instructor

    Training

The Folly of Deep Air

    Safety Culture

The Perfect Diving Breath

   

Scuba's Silent Killer

   

Help! I Need Somebody

   

What if diving was new?

   

How Did That Get in There? —Water in the Tank Mystery

   

Don’t Let Folk Get Carried Away!

   

Where is the O2?

   

Unselling the Product

   

Opening Up Closed Circuit

    Rebreathers

The Insidious Threat of Hypoxic Blackout in Rebreather Diving

    Safety Culture , Rebreathers