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Steve Slater died after surfacing from a dive on the 'Andrea Doria' on Monday 24th July.
Read moreSteve Slater, 46, from Gateshead in England was diving the luxury ocean liner Andrea Doria on the eve of the anniversary sinking.1
Read moreAre we looking at a smart innovation that will prevail? Will this regulator design provoke a rash of 'me too' products from other manufacturers – a trait that Mares is also guilty of – or is this a 'wacky fad' that will fall by the wayside?
Read moreWe can suffer motion sickness when we go boat diving because we stand on a moving platform. The sensation befuddles the brain.
Read moreAs is now tradition, the championship took place in Novik Bay in February. The ice on the sea is the most stable during this month. Preparation for the competition was carried out over several weeks.
Read moreA good few years ago, I was a newly minted sports psychologist.
Read morePrometheus is an underwater photography and videography project by Orda Cave Underwater Speleology Center looking into the use of the latest technology in diving lamps to illuminate huge caves also for photography where flash have previously been
Read moreMore formally known by scientists as the mesophotic zone, the twilight zone is the part of the world’s tropical oceans at the limits of where corals can photosynthesise.
Read moreIn recent years, I have had the chance to dive a series of mines. Mainly these were iron mines and slate mines, which have been opened for years to trained cave divers.
Read moreIt is a simple truth that scuba diving seems to make many of us want to relieve ourselves sooner than we would expect.
Read moreFor example, the same first rule is true for technical diving. Gas management 101 starts off by stating something like: “Always have a sufficient volume of appropriate gas to breathe throughout the whole dive!”
Read moreThe self-sufficiency mindset is where the diver is fully self-sufficient and approaches the dive with the view that they can perform the dive on their own and would be fully able to complete the dive without a buddy.
Read moreEight hours darkness and cold water and a distance of around 55 kilometers through waters with strong currrents and one of the busiest ship lines in the world have been the challenge Achim Schloeffel mastered.
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