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6 Tips for Safe Dive Safari and Liveaboard Travels
Liveaboard dive safaris are particularly popular among divers planning their holidays. You live on the ocean and you can devote the entire day to your...
26 January 2016
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Snorkels: Pros and Cons!
The snorkel has been considered a standard piece of diving equipment for decades. It provides the simple but useful ability to swim face down on...
25 January 2016
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Dive Safety: It’s No Accident
Divers Alert Network (DAN) takes great pride in being by your side, and for 30 years we have been conducting research to help make diving...
By Dan Orr
04 December 2015
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You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
During a divemaster course I taught many years ago, one candidate listened attentively to my rant about being a good role model and paying particular...
By Jeff Myers
04 December 2015
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From Austria to Egypt:a bumpy ride
From riding a motorcycle to racing to the hospital: this was the end of the Egyptian stay of a 40-year-old Austrian enjoying a sabbatical to...
03 December 2015
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Scuba Yoga
Stay fit for diving! Vinyasa Power Yoga seems to be applicable to some real world dive scenarios. Just flip through the pages of this special...
18 August 2015
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Minimise the Effects of Jet Lag
My next dive trip is taking me across the world. Whenever I cross time zones, I suffer relatively severe jet lag, which affects my ability...
28 July 2015
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Weight Up!
Early in dive training, students learn that there are three elements involved in buoyancy control: the buoyancy compensator (BC), weights and lung volume. Although most...
28 June 2015
