Eric Douglas is an author and journalist known for his thriller novels with scuba diving, environment and ocean themes. He has been a dive instructor and a diver medic and worked for PADI, DAN and has written training articles for Scuba Diving since 2008.
He is also documentarian writing stories about Moskito Indians who scuba dive for lobster and photographing Russia after the Soviet Union broke up.
DAN's annual report on dive accidents highlights four factors common to fatal accidents. The good news: They're all preventable. Our dive-training tips.
See what scuba diving lessons we can learn from this fatal accident: an inexperienced, out-of-shape diver dies close to shore.
One scuba diver pushes his limits on a liveaboard trip and suffers from decompression illness as a result.
Being unprepared for wreck penetration spells disaster for a showoff dive instructor.
An experienced lobster diver ignores the basics and pays the price.
You surface and the boat is nowhere in sight — using these tips to pair natural navigation with basic compass skills will get you where you need to go.
A scuba diver gets a leg cramp and is then swept away by the current while their buddy is focused on taking photos.
Nitrogen narcosis is no laughing matter for two divers trying to set a personal depth record. Get our lessons for life.
Three buddies push their training and venture deep into a cave; only two make it out. Get our lessons for life.