BLOGSafety
Safety is an attitude
We take diving safety very seriously and our actions and research, ever since the start of DAN Europe back in 1983, made it possible to...
24 December 2018
Stories
The Top 50 Cult Dive Spots
Diving the Um El Faroud
Location: Wied iz-Zurrieq, Malta Type of Dive: Wreck Level: Advanced/ Experienced, wreck specialist Maximum depth: 34 metres Malta is well known across the globe as a prime dive destination,...
By Demi Johnson
05 December 2018
Features
Risks and Hazards in SCUBA Diving: Perception Versus Reality
While SCUBA training agencies include risk awareness protocols to decrease hazards associated with recreational SCUBA diving, incidents still occur. Recently, DAN researchers and partners conducted...
By Sarah Egner
01 November 2018
Medical line
Medications and Fitness to Dive
Our medical staff often receive questions on whether it’s safe to dive while taking a particular medication. Even though their is not a straightforward answer...
By Brian Harper
28 September 2018
Safety
The HIRA Programme
For 35 years, DAN Europe’s mission is making diving safer. This has been done by offering diving medical assistance and advice, performing research and sharing...
By Guy Thomas
25 September 2018
The Top 50 Cult Dive Spots
Cult Dive: the treasures of Jackson Reef (Part 1)
Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt. Between the island of Tiran and the Sinai east coast of, the Gulf narrows. In the middle of the Straits, an...
07 August 2018
Features
Portuguese Man-of-war alarm in the Mediterranean Sea
The Portuguese man-of-war not only has a melodious Latin name (Physalis physalis), but also an extremely beautiful structure. It's an ingenious product of evolution. It...
19 June 2018
Safety
The DAN HIRA Initiative: the promotion of a culture of safety at dive businesses
One more sliced finger from a dive ladder was the last straw for the DMO, called in to suture yet another significant dive-related injury. In...
11 June 2018
POP diving
POP Diving: when paper heroes scuba dive
It's 1952, and five years still need to go by before the premiere of 'The Silent World' award-winning movie by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle,...
11 May 2018
Safety
What are Standard Operation Procedures and how do they relate to diving safety
Standard Operation Procedures, or SOPs, are written documents that explain how to organize or do specific tasks, with the aim of creating a standardized and...
By Guy Thomas
16 April 2018
Features
Invisible crystals and regulator failures
Scuba equipment failure or malfunction is a relatively rare factor in diving-related accidents and fatalities. When it does occur, the most common and hazardous malfunctions...
15 February 2018
Incident insights
An Unexpected Earplug
The diver was a 58-year-old man with approximately 150 lifetime dives. He had hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone levels) for which he took levothyroxine daily. He...
19 January 2018
