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Managing Fear While Diving

Fear is the cold wave of emotion that can feel like a solid barrier against forward movement.  One of the most primitive of human emotions,...

By Laura Walton
15 October 2024

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Carbon Dioxide – the Dreaded Enemy (part 3)

Precautions and countermeasures to improve diver safety In the first part of this little series on carbon dioxide in diving, I shared a personal close-call story...

By Tim Blömeke
24 July 2024

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Carbon Dioxide – the Dreaded Enemy (part 2)

This is the second part of a three-part series on carbon dioxide, one of the most common contributors to diving emergencies. You can find part one...

By Tim Blömeke
26 March 2024

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Carbon Dioxide – the Dreaded Enemy (part 1)

This is the first part of a three-part series on carbon dioxide, a common contributor to diving emergencies. Parts two and three will be published in...

By Tim Blömeke
01 February 2024

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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...

By Claudio Di Manao
10 November 2023

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Teaming Up With a Rebreather Diver

Open-circuit and rebreather divers can be on the same team – to the benefit of both parties, as long as certain precautions are observed. With rebreathers...

By Tim Blömeke
28 September 2023

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Situational Awareness: The Ace in the House of Cards

'Situation awareness (SA) is the ability to perceive data from the environment around us, to make sense of that data to create information, and then...

By Audrey Cudel
22 February 2022

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Team Awareness & Positioning

A team is a group of people linked in a common purpose. A group does not necessarily constitute a team. Teams normally have members with...

By Audrey Cudel
28 December 2021

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Efficient Propulsion Techniques

"Whatever your diving ambitions are, mastering trim, buoyancy control and propulsion techniques are very important for a safe and enjoyable dive. As a diver you can...

By Audrey Cudel
15 November 2021

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Mastering Proper Trim

"There is a basic rule I always teach my students: Where the head is pointing, the backside will follow. It usually triggers a series of...

By Audrey Cudel
27 September 2021

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House of Cards: Are you missing any of your foundational diving skills?

Having good foundational diving skills is essential for divers to be comfortable and have fun in the water, and more importantly to be safe for...

By Audrey Cudel
27 August 2021

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Breathing & Buoyancy control: Stop, Breathe, Think, and then Act

For an introduction to this five part series see: House of Cards 'As a child I was fascinated by the way marine creatures just held their...

By Audrey Cudel
27 August 2021
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