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Making Every Dive Valuable to Science

By: Chad Scott SCUBA divers are doing more than just enjoying visits to underwater worlds; they actively contribute to scientific...

5 Reasons Why Your Dive Camera Might Be Bad For The Reef

Best Practices To Use A Dive Camera Without Damaging The Reef

Cardiovascular Fitness for Divers - The Importance, and How to Achieve it.

By: Shae Mayan Diving is a physically demanding sport that puts a lot of strain on the body, especially the heart. That's why it's so...

Coping Skills Manage Anxiety While Scuba Diving

Coping skills to help manage anxiety while scuba diving can be the difference between a panic-induced situation and a beautiful diving exper

Training Adaptive Divers: How to get started?

How Adaptive Diving Instructors are trained to cater for the requirements of varied disability profiles, physiological and psychological ada

DAN: Equalizing Ears

Divers Alert Network (DAN) created a very nice short paper on how to equalize the pressure in your ear. This is a key issue for all...

Five Mobility Exercises for a More Successful Dive

By: Shae Mayan Are you looking to up your diving game? If improved mobility is what you’re after, these five exercises will get you...

How Divers are Saving Coral Reefs

Did you know that some of the most successful programs to save coral reefs are done by local reef managers and recreational SCUBA divers?

Diving Curriculum: Integrating Mental Health

By: Ingrid Hasselquist When it comes to being a scuba diver, safety is consistently kept in the forefront of our minds. Safety is...

Diving with Disabilities: It’s called “Adaptive Scuba Diving”

By: Amal Pillai Scuba diving is one of the most sought after recreational activities across the globe. Right from children to adults to...

Building Strength for Scuba Diving: Posterior Chain and Core Exercises

By: Shae Mayan Although going “under the sea” is a peaceful endeavor, it takes a great amount of strength and requires your body to use...

Diving Infographics

There is a lot to of information to remember when diving so many people try to associate images to the concepts. So I started a...

Surface Time - Invisible and Essential

New divers often ask about surface time - why it is important, how quickly can go back down, my trip is done and I have a flight tomorrow....

History of Diving

When asked about the history of diving, most people will attribute Jacques-Yves Cousteau, and refer to him as the "father" of diving. ...

E-Medical Health: What is the Bends?

The bends (aka decompression sickness - DCS) is one of the most dangerous and yet preventable conditions that can arise from diving. We...

DAN: The Healthy Heart

Fitness is important to all of us, but when you are underwater and everything depends on your breathing, having a healthy heart is even...

DAN: Diabetes and Recreational Diving

In 2005 DAN and the UHMS hosted a workshop addressing issues of diabetes and recreational diving to bring together experts from within...