AFTER THE INITAL SCARE AND LOCKDOWNS FROM COVID-19, divers soon started to explore ways to safely get back into the water. Disinfection has always been a consideration in diving, but we needed new standards to allay fears of uncontrolled transmission of infectious diseases.
Menyelam di TOBAGO ditentukan oleh kelimpahan dan keanekaragaman kehidupan laut di perairan sekitarnya. Tobago, salah satu dari dua pulau yang membentuk Republik Trinidad dan Tobago, memiliki panjang sekitar 30 mil dan lebar lebih dari 10 mil pada titik terlebar. Secara geografis, Tobago memiliki keunikan tersendiri karena lokasinya yang berada di pertemuan Samudra Atlantik dan Laut Karibia.
MY DIVE BUDDY AND I planned to do a longer than usual dive one Saturday morning at Madison Blue Spring State Park in Lee, Florida. For several years and more than 100 cave dives together, we had built up our experience as a team and our time spent in this specific underwater cave system in northern Florida. We had slowly extended the duration and distance of our dives in this labyrinth of underwater tunnels that weaved throughout the karst limestone of the park, increasing our familiarity with the system while also practicing the skills that we had learned and continued to build on to be safe cave divers.
KETIKA SAYA MEMBAYANGKAN SURGA, yang terbayang adalah air biru yang hangat, orang-orang yang ramah, dan tempat menyelam yang masih alami dan belum banyak dikunjungi orang. Tempat-tempat seperti itu jarang ditemukan sekarang ini dan biasanya mahal untuk dikunjungi - atau itulah yang saya pikirkan sampai saya mengetahui tentang St Eustatius, sebuah pulau kecil di Karibia yang juga dikenal sebagai Statia. Terletak di antara Saba dan St Kitts di Karibia Belanda, Statia hanya berjarak satu penerbangan singkat dari St Maarten.
THE RAPID GROWTH OF FREEDIVING in the U.S. brings a positive light to a sport that is mentally healthy and physically inspiring but has little tolerance for error. Shallow-water blackout and respiratory barotrauma are the most feared consequences of freediving, but they can be minimized with training and good safety practices.
LAUT ADRIATIK TIMUR sebening kristal memang menjanjikan dan menggoda. Pulau-pulau kecil dengan pantai berbatu, tebing-tebing tegak, dan danau-danau tersembunyi, menawarkan berbagai lingkungan dan ekosistem yang termasuk yang paling utuh dan murni di Mediterania. Bagian selatan Laut Adriatik di Kroasia memiliki dataran tinggi berbatu yang curam dengan banyak jembatan, retakan, dan gua. Laut telah membuka celah-celah di bebatuan berpori, mengukir dan membentuk katedral yang seluruhnya terbuat dari batu kapur.
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.
Everything changed for Una-Una on July 14, 1983, when a volcanic eruption destroyed the central hub of Indonesia’s Togean Islands in central Sulawesi. Lava covered 90 percent of the island, and thick, black smoke rose into the sky more than 9 miles high. The Indonesian Navy had evacuated all 7,100 inhabitants when the volcano gave signs of its impending eruption, preventing any loss of life.
