Lessons for Life, one of our most popular sections, teaches divers things they should always remember when hitting the water. In case there are any you've missed, here is a round-up of all the Lessons for Life from 2012.
Danny was having one of the greatest days of his short dive career. Conditions were perfect. Visibility seemed to go on forever. Until the grouper he had just speared knocked his regulator out of his mouth and his mask askew. Suddenly, he was in trouble.
Perhaps nothing ruins a dive trip more quickly than an urgent need to “feed the fish” from the railing. Thus, most divers try very diligently to avoid getting motion sickness – but how? What really works?
Taking photographs takes a diver's life. Forgetting about everything but the picture spells danger.
CO testing is recommended, not mandatory, and poisonings are not recorded — but is there really cause for alarm?
Six tips on getting the most from pre-dive briefings
In a classic case, panic, claustrophobia and poor decision-making lead to a dive fatality.
Far exceeding recreational limits leads to death for a new diver











