An Unconscious Ascent
WHILE DESCENDING ON OUR SECOND DIVE, I was at around 60 feet when I unexpectedly started ascending rapidly to the surface.
Alert Diver Issue: Q2 2023
A Snail’s Tale
AN EDIBLE, SLOW-MOVING ANIMAL that lives in clear, shallow waters doesn’t have a high chance of survival these days. Conchs, specifically queen conchs, used to be widespread throughout the Florida Keys and the Caribbean.
Body Bar Exercises
STRENGTH TRAINING is a great way to tone and build muscle. These exercises can help your stabilization while moving in scuba gear and around a boat.
It Takes Only One Good Fish
OUR RECENT UNDERWATER ADVENTURE began with a fanciful quest to track down an inconspicuous little fish no larger than a nickel. In many ways our mini mission to find the seldom-seen dwarf seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) seemed more like a weekend lark of carefree youngsters than the stalwart band of seven men and women tugging on wetsuits along the hardpan shoreline of the seldom-explored shallows of Florida Bay in Key Largo, Florida.
Mismatched Scuba Valves to Cylinder Outlets
A VALVE-TO-CYLINDER MISMATCH mismatch recently resulted in a deadly outcome in Europe. This issue is preventable with formal, function-specific training and a basic understanding of scuba tank valves and cylinder threads.
TRAVEL SMARTER : Personal Safety While Traveling
WHETHER TRAVELING DOMESTICALLY OR ABROAD, you can take steps to ensure your personal safety. With proper planning, self-awareness, and some common sense, you can enjoy your destination with relative ease by implementing some of the following personal safety practices.
Mentorship
SITTING IN A DUSTY OFFICE chair surrounded by dozens of tanks, scooters, drysuits, a massive compressor, and nearly a hundred photographs of dives from around the world tacked to plywood, I found myself in Tim’s dive shack.
DAN Dispatch: Monitoring Cardiac Health in Scuba Divers
DECOMPRESSION-RELATED EVENTS typically come to mind when thinking of dive injuries and fatalities. DAN Research’s incident analysis program, however, has shown that approximately one-third of dive fatalities can be traced to a cardiac event, making cardiac-related issues the No. 1 cause of fatalities while diving.
Dive in the Fast Lane with DPVs
NEW AND IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY enters the dive industry every year. Advancements can make diving safer, more enjoyable, or sometimes both.
Program Spotlight: DAN Products Make 2022’s Gear of the Year
SCUBALAB RECENTLY AWARDED FOUR DAN STORE products with spots in their 2022 Gear of the Year lineup in the March 2023 issue of Scuba Diving. Test-team divers reviewed more than 100 products across seven categories and awarded the following DAN items high honors for functionality and value.
