BLOGSafety
Protecting Yourself From Dive Boat Fires
The recent tragic boat fires that occurred in September 2019 onboard the MV Conception in the United States and the fire onboard the Suzanna in...
05 June 2020
Stories
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Rapture of the Tech: Depth, Narcosis and Training Agencies
Diving practices and training standards regarding inert gas narcosis (IGN) vary widely among the tech community. Arguably the most conservative, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) mandates...
20 May 2020
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Measuring Inert Gas Narcosis
Though our understanding of the exact mechanisms and effects are still evolving, inert gas narcosis (IGN), which was poetically described as "l’ivresse des grandes profondeurs,"...
14 May 2020
Features
Necessity, The Mother of Invention: The Story Behind DAN Europe’s Diving Insurance
European diving was booming in the early 1980s with the advent of dive travel and the birth of dive destinations like Sharm El Sheikh and...
02 April 2020
Insurance matters
Are You Covered? Considerations on Diving Insurance
Are you covered financially if you are injured on a dive trip? We all know and expect that if you get bent, your DAN Europe insurance...
01 April 2020
The Top 50 Cult Dive Spots
Exploring Billinghurst Cave
Location: Reqqa Point, GozoType of Dive: Cavern / Cave DiveLevel: Experienced Divers, preferably Cavern/Cave certifiedMaximum Depth: 27 metersWhile Malta tends to be famous worldwide as...
By Audrey Cudel
26 March 2020
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Oxygen Window
The term “Oxygen Window,” (OW) was first used in designing decompression by Albert R Behnke (1967), It is based on an already described phenomenon of...
18 February 2020
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It’s The Metabolism, Stupid: A New Model for Bubble Formation
The risk of decompression illness (DCI) following a dive has been attributed to the presence and quantity of gas bubbles called “vascular gas emboli” (VGE)...
05 February 2020
Diving Etiquette
Diving Etiquette: the Diving Center
You made it right on time: got off the plane, looked forward to your travel bag with your dive equipment, and nearly cried in relief...
15 January 2020
Features
Fit Diver: Activation and Workout
How much time and money do you invest in choosing and purchasing the right dive equipment? Now ask yourself: are you really making the most...
27 November 2019
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Gradient Factor Calculations
Developed by decompression researcher Erik Baker in the 1990s, Gradient Factors (GF) are commonly used with Buhlmann decompression models to adjust for conservatism. GF are...
07 November 2019
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Identifying Decompression Risk Factors
What can we learn about the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) by examining actual dive profiles and their outcomes? Actually, quite a lot. That was the...
16 October 2019
