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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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Green Bubbles and the sustainability of diving
Since the mid-1980s recreational diving has surged in popularity with up to a million certifications issued each year. An activity where humankind meets nature can...
28 December 2015
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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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Enhancing underwater communication – The Buddy Watcher
Who isn’t familiar with the situation of trying to catch and pull your dive buddy’s fin tip to alert him of something you have seen...
27 October 2015
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DAN Europe Charity Funds
The Claudius Obermaier Charity Fund from DAN Europe We are writing the year 2003. On the afternoon of August 20th Claudius Simon Obermaier from Olching, Germany,...
26 September 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
