BLOGFeatures
A First-Aid Kit Fit for Diving
Be it a jellyfish sting or a dropped tank, any injury in or on the water can be dangerous or even life-threatening without a first-aid...
23 January 2023
Stories
Safety
How to use a double ended bolt snap
The double-ended bolt-snap carabiner (or double ender, in the lingo) is one of the tools in diving that you never knew you needed, until you...
By Tim Blömeke
22 December 2022
DAN Education
Equaleasy – neoprene hoods and equalisation
We lose heat mainly from our head. This applies to all of us, including those who don't seem to use their heads much. Energy doesn’t...
21 December 2022
Features
How to Travel Light as a Diver
Dive trips are supposed to be fun and relaxing. Hauling lots of heavy equipment on the other hand tends to be the opposite of that...
By Tim Blömeke
15 December 2022
Safety
Regulators: CE marking and warranty
As divers, we want to breathe as comfortably as possible and trust our regulator to provide us with the right amount of breathing gas during...
By Guy Thomas
14 November 2022
Features
Silence in the Tower of Babel: a brief story about hand signals
When landlubbers ask divers the reason why they are attracted to such a hostile world, the most common answer is that beyond the discovery of...
By Audrey Cudel
26 October 2022
Safety
Let’s talk about… Gas Planning
Gas planning is an aspect of diving that many of us are confused about. Depending on your training agency and how long ago it was...
By Tim Blömeke
23 September 2022
Decoder: Key Definitions
Gas Planning 101: How To Calculate Your RMV
Respiratory minute volume or RMV, also referred to as SAC rate (for Surface Air Consumption) or SRC (Surface Consumption Rate) is the volume of breathing...
By Tim Blömeke
23 September 2022
Safety
Boat ladder safety
Most divers who have dived from boats know that before they enter the water, they need to check that nobody is below them. Also while...
By Guy Thomas
09 September 2022
Medical line
Could optimising a diver’s hydration and temperature improve their decompression safety?
Over the last two decades, hyperbaric researchers, and subsequently divers, have come to understand that proper hydration is important in reducing the risk of decompression...
29 August 2022
DAN Education
Equaleasy – equalisation techniques
Divers know it all too well: barotrauma epidemics occurring on a liveaboard or on long dive trips are not due to the interference of some...
01 August 2022
Features
Pushing the Envelope: New Research into the Physiology of Deep Rebreather Diving
Deep rebreather divers are not just exploring new and rarely visited dive sites, they are also entering uncharted territory when it comes to the physiological...
By Tim Blömeke
19 July 2022
