Now that we’ve covered the recreational courses, let’s decode the professional ones
Thomas Gronfeldt
Poseidon is an easy, beginner-friendly reef, perfect for a dive day or for doing checkout dives before embarking on more demanding dives or a liveaboard.
Every year, divers enter the water with their tank valves off, resulting in interrupted dives — and worse.
Originally bound for the scrapyard, two F-101 Voodoo fighter jets have instead joined the wreck diving scene in Florida’s Panhandle.
The Western Australia shark culling initiative has begun, despite protests from both experts and environmentalists
In this 3-part series, we’ll delve into scuba diving’s relationship with mindfulness, and how to use the practice to become a better diver.
First things first: Diving Buddy isn’t a dive log. Diver and app developer Harry Richardson developed the app, first as a tool for his own use, next for his local diving club, and finally for the App Store.
Scuba diving’s aura of daring and adventure, as well as its frequency in exotic locations, has made the sport a favorite of moviemakers for decades.
In the previous installment of this 3-part series, we explored the notion of mindfulness and where it intersects with scuba diving. In this second part, we’ll examine how being more mindful during your dives can make you a better diver.
Thousands of marine animals are threatened with extinction, but divers can help.
In February, a group of Swedish research divers started the process of recovering a large cache of weapons, found at the bottom of a lake near the small Swedish town of Kolsva, and dating back to World War II’s African theatre.
The idea of mindfulness has been gaining traction for some time now, as evidenced by the increase in courses, books and websites dedicated to teaching people how to be more present in the moment.
During a trip to Egypt, I toured a hyperbaric clinic near Marsa Alam, a private clinic that treats both land-based and liveaboard divers for symptoms of decompression illness.
Many people, including some divers, consider jellyfish to be just blobs of slime —annoying at best, dangerous at worst.
Our planet is changing, and the oceans are no exception. These five factors are causing an impact today, and will continue to do so in the future.
There are millions of leisure divers, average people who undertake the sport for the fun, the experiences, and the challenges that it provides.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will take more action against invasive species, especially lionfish.
Pharmacies can be hard to find in popular dive spots, so pack a good first-aid kit