BLOGFeatures
Understanding Diving Accidents: the Annual Report
Accidents can occur in any human activity. In an office, an improperly secured shelf may be the lone fatal hazard. In diving, potential dangers lurk...
08 July 2024
Claudio Di Manao
DAN Member since 1997, Claudio Di Manao is a PADI and IANTD diving instructor. He’s the author of a series of books and novels about diving, including Shamandura Generation, an exhilarating portrait of Sharm el Sheikh’s diving community. He collaborates with magazines, radios and newspapers, talking and writing about diving safety, marine life and travels.
By the same author
Prepared diver
Which ear drops?
Editor's note This is the last article of our Equaleasy series, which is based on a course on equalization developed in a collaboration between DAN Europe...
10 November 2023
DAN Education
Equaleasy – Buoyancy and equalisation
How many times have our ears warned us that we were descending? It is often the ear, the part of our anatomy most sensitive to increasing...
28 February 2023
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
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
DAN Education
Equaleasy – Debunking the myths of equalisation in diving
Anthropological studies on Homo subaquaticus show that members of this species are quick to learn—at a cost—that their ears play an important role when they...
29 April 2022
Diving Etiquette
Diving Etiquette: Diving in a Group
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe… Divers' nerves on fire off the shoulder of Shark Reef… I watched canister light beams glitter in the...
04 February 2022
Features
Young divers fight climate change, touching hearts.
The bond between the sea and divers is a deep one, a bond of love, built on wonder and knowledge. However, the sea we are...
06 October 2021
Diving Etiquette
Diving etiquette – Boats and zodiacs
Most diving on planet Earth begins with a diving boat...
04 August 2021
Member profile
Meet the DAN Europe Ambassadors touring to save our oceans
The health of our oceans, and of many other bodies of water, is one of the biggest concerns of our times. Plastic, overfishing, pollutants and...
27 April 2021
Diving Etiquette
Diving Etiquette: The Marine Environment
Imagine you are giving a party at home, a wonderful house fitted with paintings, carpets, fine porcelains, and antique furniture. Imagine some of your guests,...
22 April 2021
Features
The 100-Metre Club: Myth or Reality?
Editor's note: The history of diving can be characterised as the search for increased depth and bottom time. Sport diving is no exception. Today, of...
28 January 2021
