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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
Stories
Member profile
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
Member profile
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
Incident insights
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
Medical line
Viagra – curse or blessing for a diver?
It’s relatively likely that some males in their 40s, 50s, and 60s take viagra and may also be SCUBA divers. Therefore, they should be warned...
26 March 2016
Member profile
Sharm el Sheikh’s Pioneers: interview with Adel Taher
Once upon a time a disputed desert, a mountain desert of mystic fascination, overlooking one of the most beautiful sea on Earth: the Red Sea....
25 March 2016
Medical line
Epilepsy
Divers who have epilepsy should consider all the factors of their condition before going underwater, as a seizure while diving can have serious implications for...
24 March 2016
DAN Education
Training pays back
Luca* knew how much the live-aboard dive trip meant to his friend, John*. So when John asked him to join him for the four-day adventure,...
By JP Vuorio
26 February 2016
