As a local chapter, AAF Triangle represents the first tier of the American Advertising Awards, the advertising industry’s largest national competition, which celebrates creative excellence across more than 40,000 annual entries.
Season 2 premieres January 20, 2026, building on a successful debut year in 2025 that reached more than 120,000 listeners across 32 episodes, with a conversation between Kenny Dyal, dive professional and founder of Sweetwater Scuba, and Brian Harper, vice president of marketing and communications at DAN.
Upcoming Season 2 guests include technical and cave divers, marine conservationists, dive training professionals, and other voices representing the depth of knowledge and breadth of experiences in the diving community. New episodes will be released every other Tuesday.
The National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) is proud to announce a groundbreaking advancement in diver safety: the launch of the DAN Student Membership Program automation, an initiative that streamlines the process of protecting student divers through free, automatic access to DAN Student Dive Accident Insurance.
A landmark study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examines 50 years of Australian scuba diving fatalities, revealing striking changes in diver profiles and causes of death between the periods 1972–1999 and 2000–2021. Despite average annual deaths remaining steady (about 8.5 per year), the characteristics of those lost—and the contributing factors—have evolved dramatically.
As CEO, Richardson will lead the organization in its mission to assist injured divers and advance dive safety. He will succeed DAN’s current president and CEO, Bill Ziefle, who first joined DAN as a board member in 1998 and was appointed CEO in 2010. Ziefle’s distinguished career at DAN has been marked by a demonstrated commitment to dive safety and significant growth in DAN’s membership and insurance programs.
The DAN internship program was started in 1999 to give qualified candidates valuable experience in dive safety research.
While the program is still research-oriented, its scope has expanded over the years to include projects that focus on other aspects of DAN’s mission to help divers in need of emergency medical assistance and to promote dive safety through education.
Today, DAN interns participate in a range of activities including field work, lab studies, outreach, training program development, and other projects that promote dive safety.
Immersion pulmonary oedema is a significant yet little-known risk for athletes, snorkellers and scuba divers that all of us should be aware of. Simon Pridmore provides important information about IPO and how to recognise it.
This free course focuses on risk mitigation on dive boats and is now available to all dive professionals via DAN E-Learning. DAN expects this program will not only enhance divers’ safety but will also help reduce dive operators’ liability risk.
To encourage participation, DAN is offering discounted premiums on individual professional liability and group professional liability insurance to all DAN members who complete the e-learning, which can be done in about an hour.
The International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) and Scuba Educators International (SEI) have joined NAUI in embracing the Powered By DAN program.
Through Powered By DAN, dive training agencies incorporate the skills and standards of DAN’s basic life support, CPR, oxygen administration, and other courses into their first aid training.
The series combines practical knowledge with personal stories to inform and inspire. Building on DAN's educational mission, the podcast is intended to enhance listeners’ knowledge and empower them to make safer, smarter decisions during their own adventures.
The show brings together a variety of voices — safety and medical experts, researchers, equipment manufacturers, underwater photographers and filmmakers, dive operators, and other passionate professionals who believe in DAN's mission.
