Alert Diver Category : Rubrique Ardoise de plongée

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona Years Diving: 34 Favorite Dive Destination: Little Cayman is special because of the conservation work our team has done through the Grouper Moon Project and the time I’ve spent there […]

IT IS MAY 1940, AND GERMANY HAS BEEN AT WAR WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM for more than eight months. Tensions are high across western Europe. It appears inevitable that Italy, under the fascist government of Benito Mussolini, will enter the war aligned with Germany. In Naples, Capt. Lorenzo Muiesan of Italy’s SS Umbria, a maritime […]

EN JUIN 2019, J'AI EFFECTUÉ MA PREMIÈRE PLONGÉE après avoir passé huit mois à réparer notre maison à Mexico Beach, en Floride, après les ravages de l'ouragan Michael. Après m'être enfin remis de la tempête, j'ai recommencé à effectuer des relevés sous-marins en tant que plongeur bénévole pour la Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association (MBARA).

DAN is a membership association, which means attracting new divers is essential to the long-term success of our organization.

The waters of southern Florida are famous for their stunning coral reefs and vibrant marine life. This underwater paradise is not only a playground for recreational divers but also vital to many people who depend on it for their livelihoods, including dive instructors. 

Alex Fogg est connu dans la communauté des plongeurs pour avoir créé le plus grand événement mondial de collecte et de sensibilisation sur le poisson-lion invasif : l’Emerald Coast Open, au cours duquel des dizaines de milliers de poissons-lions sont retirés chaque année pendant les deux jours de compétition. Au cours de la dernière décennie, il a personnellement prélevé un nombre incalculable de poissons-lions invasifs des eaux nord-américaines. 

L’un des derniers espaces véritablement sauvages de l’Atlantique se trouve au large de la côte nord d’East Caicos, battue par la houle, dans les îles Turks et Caicos (TCI). 

For the founders of three of Indonesia’s dive resorts, the mission was clear: Protect the region’s natural resources by providing economic, educational and environmental benefits while empowering residents to participate in the process. These visionaries blazed a path for a “blue economy” — ensuring sustainable use of ocean resources while promoting economic growth and improved livelihoods for the people who live there.

DAN’s new Travelers Medical Guide was created to help divers, boaters, and adventure travelers recognize and manage various travel-related illnesses and injuries. Drawing on DAN’s decades of experience managing emergencies, this digital guide explains common symptoms, illnesses, and treatments in an easy-to-understand manner. Access the free guide at DAN.org. Traveling the world requires knowledge and preparation. […]

DEAN HOLLIS, FOUNDER OF SWIM AND DIVE RETAILER DIVENTURES, grew up in Lakeland, Florida, as a third-generation Floridian. “I spent the first 22 years of my life in Florida, where I pretty much lived in the water,” …