SURFACE MARKER BUOYS (SMBS) AND DELAYED SURFACE MARKER BUOYS (DSMBS) are common and essential safety devices. These brightly colored, inflatable tubes, sometimes called safety sausages, are critical pieces of equipment that divers should take on most dives. Divers most often use them as signaling devices to mark their locations below the surface and alert boat […]
DES TERMES DIFFÉRENTS PEUVENT PARFOIS DESCRIRE le même équipement dans l'industrie de la plongée. Ce que certains plongeurs appellent une lampe de plongée, par exemple, d'autres l'appellent une torche de plongée. Les deux étant physiquement identiques, les noms sont interchangeables et ne causent au pire qu'une confusion mineure.
L'éclairage de plongée est un équipement essentiel qui peut être utile à tous les plongeurs lors de la plupart des plongées. Il existe plusieurs types d'éclairages avec des utilisations différentes et quelques considérations clés à prendre en compte avant l'achat. Il n'existe pas d'approche unique en matière d'éclairage de plongée. Chaque plongeur doit donc examiner attentivement ses propres objectifs et besoins avant de choisir le modèle le plus utile.
Chaque année, de nouvelles technologies améliorées font leur apparition dans l'industrie de la plongée. Ces progrès peuvent rendre la plongée plus sûre, plus agréable, ou parfois les deux à la fois.
THE DIVE KNIFE IS AN ICONIC PART OF A SCUBA DIVER’S GEAR. Since the inception of diving as a recreational activity, the dive knife’s presence in a diver’s equipment has influenced the public image of scuba diving as a dangerous sport and placed its participants in a league of their own.
IN THE 1900s UMBERTO PELIZZARI was a young diver from Busto Arsizio, Italy, who was making headlines by breaking world records in constant weight and variable weight freediving. Needing an edge against his archrival, Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras, he sought advice on fins from a friend who was knowledgeable about innovative freediving equipment: Valerio Grassi, founder of Omersub.
To pee or not to pee? That is not the question for technical divers, instructors, or others who spend long hours in the water. Proper hydration and comfort ensure that urine will flow. The question is, What’s the best way to handle it?
The decision to sustainably harvest marine life can spark vigorous discussions among divers. Regardless of your views, there are benefits to understanding the equipment, procedures, and dangers associated with spearfishing.
Many divers seek interactions with sharks, but others actively seek to avoid them. As long as sharks are in the water, people will look for ways to reduce the lethality of a shark bite or decrease encounters altogether.
Oxygen is the standard of care for first aid in dive injuries. You do not need to determine if the injured person is experiencing decompression sickness (DCS), arterial gas embolism […]
