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This is the first of two articles aiming to provoke discussion on the topic. Suffice it to say, before I go any further, being a good diver does not just come down to amassing a wallet full of cards and a garage full of cool kit.
Read moreOne interesting aspect they addressed was the concept of preconditioning as it may apply to scuba diving safety.
Read moreThis makes a lot of people uncomfortable.
Read moreDespite 170 years of research, the nature of decompression sickness and decompression stress remains unknown. Great advances have been made to make diving safer, but there are still glaring gaps in our knowledge.
Read moreLet me begin, as I often do, with a short story.
Read moreSomething I try to do in my series of scuba books is identify and discuss disconnects between expectations and reality in scuba diving today.
Read more— This is the second piece in a two-part article, adapted from a chapter in my book, Scuba Professional – Insights into Sport Diver Training and Operations.
Read more— This is the first in a two-part article, adapted from a chapter in my book Scuba Professional: Insights into Sport Diver Training and Operations. Part two will be featured in the next issue.
Read moreIn the last Scuba Confidential column, I took a long, hard look at the buddy system and solo diving. Whatever you may feel about the issues, there are definite benefits—both tangible and intangible—to diving with someone else.
Read moreThe buddy system, as it was originally conceived, was a procedure whereby two confident divers operate as independent members of a two-person team—with their shared equipment, experience and gas supply—making the team stronger and safer than its i
Read moreAccounts of diving accidents hold a hypnotic fascination for us.
Read moreMuch was made of dropout and failure rates, as if the quality of an instructor resided not in how many students passed the course but how many failed.
Read moreThe resort would be built by village craftsmen and designed to leave as small an ecological footprint as possible. Materials would be sourced locally, without destruction of either reef or forest.
Read moreIf you do not yet scuba dive but are thinking of learning, then Scuba Fundamental - Start Diving the Right Way is for you.
Read moreThe chapter “Choose Wisely” is a guide to making probably the most important decision of all: selecting the right instructor.
Read moreGiven his doubts, he considered recommending that they go to another dive site instead. However, he knew that when they called to book the dive, they had insisted on being taken out to the famous pass.
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