The Eel Bite That Almost Took My Hand

You might know me already or at least know about me. I came to Key Largo, Florida, in 1978 to open Captain Slate’s Atlantis Dive Center. Early on I had an affinity for the marine life on our reefs, and my earliest mentor, Steve Klem, had established ongoing fish-feeding activity on the City of Washington wreck.

green moray eels approach diver

DCS Mystery

I am a 55-year-old avid diver who made about 300 dives in 2023, most of which were coldwater shore-entry dives near San Diego, California, to below 100 feet (30 meters). […]

California sidegill nudibranch

Surviving Carbon Monoxide Poisoning While Solo Diving

Few people were diving in the freezing ocean around St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, in the winter of 1986. I still had my Poseidon Unisuit, which I had used for several years of commercial diving in British Columbia in the late 1970s. I had not been in the water for several years but wanted to get started again.

Great Expectations

People expect recreational diving to be an enjoyable experience of adventure and fun. Divers are explorers and retain a sense of optimism regardless of how many dives they have done. While we dive with great expectations, incidents do occur — often when we least expect them.

Ketahui Risikonya

Narkosis nitrogen dapat menyebabkan konsekuensi yang mematikan. Memahami faktor risiko dan memastikan bahwa Anda dan teman menyelam Anda telah mendiskusikan cara mengurangi risiko berpotensi menyelamatkan nyawa. Jika Anda tersengat ubur-ubur, perhatikan gejala yang terkait dengan sindrom Irukandji. Jika timbul gejala, ketahuilah bahwa ini adalah kondisi yang berpotensi mematikan dan dapat ditangani oleh dokter. Perhatikan buletin dan pengumuman tentang kehidupan laut setempat. Cara terbaik untuk mengurangi risiko gigitan ubur-ubur adalah dengan mengenakan pakaian tertutup dan menghindari ubur-ubur saat mereka banyak terdapat di air.

ubur-ubur kotak (box jellyfish)

Adrift

Have you ever asked yourself, “What is my biggest fear in diving?” My fear has always been getting lost at sea. I am a technical diving instructor with almost 4,000 dives, and I’ve done plenty of boating, drift diving, and dealing with current.

After being lost for six hours, the author speaks to his wife as the Coast Guard arrives.

Lebih Dari Sekedar Sakit Bahu

I REMEMBER SITTING AT MY COMPUTER while thinking about all the ibuprofen I had been popping for the past 18 hours and wondering why I still had the dull, aching pain in my shoulder. Could this be more than soreness from carrying gear back and forth from our shore entry point or exertion from a […]

ruang hiperbarik

Dodging a Bullet

While growing up I had two lifelong goals: become a diver and join the military to be part of the elite Special Operations Forces. I became a certified diver in […]

Dive professional, certified mixed-gas commercial diver, and a public safety instructor.