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GETTING COLD ON A DIVE IS UNPLEASANT, but if it progresses to hypothermia, it becomes potentially fatal. Even more than discomfort, considering the physiological and psychological stress it can cause, being cold is potentially risky.
DESCENDING THE LIMESTONE STAIRS OF BONAIRE’S famous 1,000 Steps dive site in full scuba gear is challenging. It’s just 64 steps down, but it feels like many more. Once you make it down, you’re rewarded with a Caribbean reef teeming with life …
OF ALL THE FISHES IN THE SEA THAT ANNA ADORES, blennies perch high atop her favorites list. Her fascination with the tribe of typically small, hole-inhabiting bottom-dwellers …
FIRES IN COMPRESSED OXYGEN EQUIPMENT are rare, even though we hear about life-threatening accidents — a rebreather fire, an emergency oxygen regulator accident, or a gas blending system fire. Several key questions arise …
L'INDUSTRIE DE LA PLONGÉE EST PLEINE DE DÉBATS. Faut-il utiliser un gilet, un gonflage dorsal ou une plaque dorsale et un compensateur de flottabilité à ailettes ? Une lampe à cartouche ou une lampe sans fil ? Une ceinture de poids ou des poids intégrés ? Des palmes ordinaires ou des palmes fendues ?
FEBRUARY 6, 2022 HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF A PROMISING DAY out on the water in the Gulf of Mexico off Destin, Florida. Though I work at a dive shop, this was a recreational lionfish harvesting trip with friends …
I TAKE A GIANT STRIDE off the back of the boat and splash into a cascade of tingling, magical bubbles. The sea’s embrace is chilly; I can feel the 74˚F water through my 5 mm wetsuit and thick 4 mm hood. My vision clears as the …
WHEN DID YOU START DIVING? I got certified in 1992 on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. For the next five years I dived in Turkey, Thailand, and on the shipwrecks of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, Scotland — all over …
Les spécialistes de l'information médicale et les chercheurs de DAN® répondent à vos questions sur la médecine de plongée. "J'ai développé une paralysie de Bell. En raison de ses effets internes, y a-t-il des raisons pour lesquelles je ne devrais pas plonger ? Je comprends les risques liés aux effets externes de la paralysie de Bell, mais la plongée peut-elle provoquer..."