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Sixteen-year-old Lucas Barroso’s determination to get his rebreather certification is inspiring
Here are 10 night-diving tips that will help you stay safe and get the most fun out of your next after-hours excursion.
Norman Lancefield is 91 and still an active diver. Read his story, as well as that of Lucas Barroso, Canada's youngest rebreather diver.
The 2011 Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society
European Rolex Scholar, Erin McFadden, blogs about her experiences
Each year, the DOGs – as in DUI Owners Group – participate in a nation-wide road trip that allows thousands of divers to experience drysuit diving for the first time.
Two experienced divers debate whether the dive industry should mandate the use of redundant air systems.
Basic dive planning, and a simple dive flag, might have averted this disaster.
Improve your underwater navigation skills by following these five simple steps.
5 diving tips to help you stretch your tank and maximize your bottom time.
A diver makes a difficult decision in an attempt to get help for his buddy while cave diving
Here are 10 night-diving tips that will help you stay safe and get the most fun out of your next after-hours excursion.
Improve your underwater navigation skills by following these five simple steps.
5 diving tips to help you stretch your tank and maximize your bottom time.
Critical scuba diving gear often needs some special TLC. Here’s our guide to keeping your mask in tiptop shape in 5 easy steps.
Follow these pre-dive and post-dive steps to keep your BC in top-notch working condition
Follow these predive and post dive steps to keep your regulator in top-notch working condition.
Proper maintenance of your regulator will prolong the life of your gear and help keep you safe while diving.
Augusta, GA -- Aggressor and Dancer Fleet, in partnership with Scuba Schools International, are pleased to announce that the SSI Advanced Adventurer Certification is now available FREE OF CHARGE to all guests traveling on a Dancer Fleet or Aggressor Fleet cruise.
Sixteen-year-old Lucas Barroso’s determination to get his rebreather certification is inspiring
Norman Lancefield is 91 and still an active diver. Read his story, as well as that of Lucas Barroso, Canada's youngest rebreather diver.
Each year, the DOGs – as in DUI Owners Group – participate in a nation-wide road trip that allows thousands of divers to experience drysuit diving for the first time.
A blog for divers who are making a difference in the fight to save our ocean environment through marine conservation.
A collection of quick tips for getting the most out of your underwater camera's macro lens.
Before you explore your first wrecks, here are a few key pieces of scuba gear you might want to add to your kit.
Divers are using rebreathers to reach the deepest sections of the Cayman Wall, where sponges grow to gargantuan sizes.
The 2011 Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society
European Rolex Scholar, Erin McFadden, blogs about her experiences
On a routine practice dive in zero visibility, discovery of a high-school ring leads to the closing of a missing persons case for police divers
Do you have what it takes to dive inside a water tower, nuclear reactor, shark net or beneath 20 feet of polar ice? Meet the people who do.
Today, there are hundreds of careers in diving. A recreational dive leader instructs and supervises recreational divers. Acquiring the appropriate formal education for a career under water is usually the first step.
No wreck is too challenging, no water too murky, no dive too tough for Uncle Sam's elite band of diving rangers.
Fifty years ago, a career in diving meant joining the U.S. Navy. Today, people face a wide range of options for diving careers. Commercial divers must be able to thrive under harsh conditions and require education beyond open-water certification.
What drives poachers and pros to risk polluted water, snake bites, gator attacks and accidental drowning? As much as $100,000 a year.
June 2007 By Moira Honeyman Photography by Tim Calver I'm not sure why this thought comes to me, but kneeling on the sand in 40 feet of water, literally surrounded by Caribbean reef sharks, I decide it's best if I don't look ...
Basic dive planning, and a simple dive flag, might have averted this disaster.
A diver makes a difficult decision in an attempt to get help for his buddy while cave diving
Unaware that his body’s aches and pains were symptoms of a potentially larger problem, a new diver continues his dive trip
Poor communication and an unwillingness to cancel a dive lead to drowning
Inadequate gear as well as a lack of training and preparation lead to trouble when this buddy dive team try to retrieve a lost anchor
Staying together and carrying a surface-marker buoy can save your life when stranded
Lessons in scuba diving safety. This month: A buddy team with different equipment and vastly different experience leads to disaster.
Lessons in scuba diving safety. This month: Thinking past medical problems shouldn’t keep her out of the water, a diver lies on the medical clearance in order to dive.
Lessons in scuba diving safety. This month: A new dive toy and poor planning lead to deadly consequences
Lessons in scuba diving safety. This month: Being unaware of his depth and surroundings leads to trouble for this frequent solo diver
Two experienced divers debate whether the dive industry should mandate the use of redundant air systems.
Two underwater photographers debate whether muck sticks should be used when diving
Our experts debate whether Discovery Channel’s popular annual series is educational or just entertainment at the sharks’ expense
While war graves are intriguing wreck sites for diving history buffs, should they be off-limits to everyone?
Two experts weigh in on whether wearing gloves ultimately harms or helps the health of reefs.
Two experts debate whether spearfishing on scuba is safer for the diver and the environment
Two experts weigh in on whether swimming and diving with whales disrupts their natural behavior.
Two sides of the climate-change coin weigh in on whether sea levels are rising.
A doctor and an instructor debate whether overweight divers are fit to dive.
Two experts debate whether today’s scuba-diving training standards sufficiently prepare divers


















































