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FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS the nonprofit marine science education program known as SCUBAnauts International (SNI) has introduced young people ages 12 to 18 to informal science education through underwater exploration. While many youth organizations exist in the dive industry, this group’s scientific rather than recreational nature and its strong foundation in dive safety give SNI a unique identity.
MANY JAPANESE DIVERS LOVE UNDERSEA CREATURES, particularly the home-grown varieties living in abundance along the country’s craggy volcanic coastlines and offshore islands. They also have an infatuation for the eccentric — the stranger the better.
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND BOSTON LIES HARTFORD, the heartbeat of Connecticut. Visitors there can tour the Mark Twain House, Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Beyond the city, trees and hills make way for fresh and coastal waters teeming with macro life.
ASK DIVERS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST what makes for a great dive, and most will agree that a wolf-eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus) is involved. There is something about the face of an adult wolf-eel staring at you from its den that turns an ordinary dive into a great one. The specific conditions don’t matter. Cold temperatures, terrible visibility, or strong currents are easy to forget when a wolfie — as we call them locally — appears.
AFTER I SPENT ALMOST 20 HOURS in a hyperbaric chamber over five days, life there had grown tedious. The last 15 minutes, however, were not only exciting but highly instructive. I learned that if you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t touch anything or do anything without first asking permission.
FOUR SCUBA DIVERS BECAME TRAPPED and died while working in an offshore pipeline in 2022. This incident was a harsh reminder that commercial diving is a “hazardous occupation that presents many dangers that far exceed the risks in sport diving,” as highlighted in The Simple Guide to Commercial Diving. The typical risks in recreational diving, such as decompression sickness and pressure-related injuries to the ears and lungs, are still present, but commercial divers regularly face additional hazards — such as zero visibility, contaminated water, and pressure differentials — all while simultaneously operating industrial tools.
FISHING AND BEING ON THE WATER with family while growing up influenced Michael Lombardi to study marine biology. He and a friend got certified to dive during his junior year of high school, thinking it would be a useful tool for his desired field. Lombardi had no idea what professional diving meant or where it would take him.
LA CROISSANCE RAPIDE DE L'APNEE AUX ÉTATS-UNIS apporte une lumière positive à un sport qui est mentalement sain et physiquement inspirant, mais qui a peu de tolérance pour l'erreur. L'évanouissement en eau peu profonde et le barotraumatisme respiratoire sont les conséquences les plus redoutées de l'apnée, mais elles peuvent être minimisées grâce à l'entraînement et à de bonnes pratiques de sécurité.
MON COOPÉRATEUR DE PLONGÉE ET MOI avions prévu de faire une plongée plus longue que d'habitude un samedi matin au Madison Blue Spring State Park à Lee, en Floride. Depuis plusieurs années et plus de 100 plongées en grotte ensemble, nous avions accumulé de l'expérience en tant qu'équipe et du temps passé dans ce système de grottes sous-marines spécifique du nord de la Floride. Nous avons lentement allongé la durée et la distance de nos plongées dans ce labyrinthe de tunnels sous-marins qui se faufilent dans le calcaire karstique du parc, augmentant ainsi notre familiarité avec le système tout en pratiquant les techniques que nous avons apprises et que nous continuons à développer pour devenir des plongeurs spéléo sûrs.