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A diver ignoring a nagging pain in her shoulder and neck spends some time in the chamber. What lessons can you learn from this dive accident?
From sleeping sharks to the deepest dives these outrageous dive stories aren't just entertaining. These true stories are sure to leave you curious about the outrageous people behind them!
From buying new dive equipment to taking care of what you already own, these simple tips will help you get the most out of your money.
Got a great underwater image? Here's how to get it noticed by photo editors and make money from your hard work.
CO testing is recommended, not mandatory, and poisonings are not recorded — but is there really cause for alarm?
In a classic case, panic, claustrophobia and poor decision-making lead to a dive fatality.
Simplify, organize and have fun! Here are six tips to make your day on a dive boat a success.
A modern regulator is an extremely reliable mechanism. So reliable, in fact, that some divers will take their regs on countless dives and never so much as rinse them off. Yet they keep on delivering air year after year.
An algorithm is the mathematical formula a dive computer uses that factors in real-time measurements of depth, gas mix, time at depth—and, depending on the algorithm, potentially lots of other data—to calculate how long you can stay under water with a reasonable degree of assurance that you won’t get hit with decompression sickness (DCS).
It’s no fun diving with a mask that keeps filling with water every few seconds. So the first consideration when buying a mask is how well its skirt seals against your face. Despite claims to the contrary, no one mask fits all.
The major downside to beach diving is all that sand will sneak into your wetsuit and attack your reg if you give it half a chance. To avoid that, gear up at your car, then grab mask and fins and make a beeline for the water.
Follow these 8 tips to keep your BC in good working order and ready for your next dive.
We’ve got advice on how to navigate through a kelp forest. Some of the world’s best diving can be found in kelp forests, but this can be an intimidating environment, especially the first time. Here are our tips for enjoying this spectacular habitat and its many rewards.
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.
We’ve got predive and postdive steps to keep your BC in top-notch working condition. If you want to extend the life of your BC for years to come, follow our maintenance tips:
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.
Divers are using rebreathers to reach the deepest sections of the Cayman Wall, where sponges grow to gargantuan sizes.
Decompression diving can take you to greater depths, and your skills to a whole new level. Are you ready to push the limits?
In an emergency, every second counts. Don't waste a single one wondering what to do.
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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.
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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 ...
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
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
Two experts debate whether the moratorium on commercial whaling should be overturned
Two experts debate whether large marine animals should be kept in captivity
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