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Sea Lion Bite
The Diver The diver was a 67-year-old male with 35 years of diving experience. The Incident Early one afternoon near La Paz, Mexico, at Los Islotes, a popular...
18 August 2016
Stories
Medical line
Eustachian tube dysfunction: the treatment with Balloon Tuboplasty
Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) is a common clinical condition of the middle ear that can affect patients of all ages. The causes of ETD are...
01 August 2016
Incident insights
Mauritius: an adventure of survival
It was my first time travelling alone on a scuba-diving holiday in Mauritius. During my two-week stay, I lived at an unassuming hotel in the Grand...
21 July 2016
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How I learnt to be my own dive doctor
GETTING LOST AT SEA: NIGHT DIVE IN THE GALAPAGOS So we surfaced. And it was pitch black. My buddy and I were 3 miles out at...
By DAN Staff
12 July 2016
The Top 50 Cult Dive Spots
Cult Dive: Shark & Yolanda Reef
Location: Red Sea, Egypt. GPS: 27° 43’ 51.03” N 34° 15’ 37.99” E Type of dive: deep, drift. Marine life: the entire food chain, vibrant corals, underwater landscape that...
05 July 2016
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Encounters with extraordinary men: Rolf Schmidt & Hesham Gabr
Rolf Schmidt, age: 65. Owner of Sinai Divers and Ghazala Fleet. He is the one who started it all. Hesham Gabr, age: 56. Owner of the popular award...
29 June 2016
Incident insights
Overcoming challenges while diving
Well, I nearly lost my life twice. One was a near drowning experience when three friends and I went diving in rough seas at Dwejra...
By DAN Staff
16 June 2016
Features
5 tips to avoid accidents on dive boats
Boat diving can be so much fun – but, unfortunately, dive boats can also be injury-prone places. Due to its wetness a dive boat is mostly...
09 June 2016
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Introducing: Kurt Arrigo
You are a renowned specialist in marine photography. When and how did you set off on a mission to capture the unpredictable nature of the...
By DAN Staff
23 May 2016
Incident insights
Sudden hearing loss after a trimix dive
November 2015, Italy. Gabriel**, an experienced Spanish diving instructor in his forties, traveled to Italy with his friends by car. He is enjoying his first...
29 April 2016
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Searching for living fossils
Imagine diving in the waters of Sodwana, looking for fish and finding a (thought to be) extinct species. Underwater explorer Peter Timm, who set up...
29 April 2016
Features
“How would you like your jellyfish? With salt and vinegar?”
In the fictitious American movie “The Heartbreak Kid” the famous Hollywood actor Ben Stiller anecdotally encounters a stinging, jellyfish-like marine creature. Stung by the feared...
27 April 2016
