Itâs a potentially life-threatening equipment failure that most divers have thought but, but outside of minor leaks, few have experienced, and almost none have trained for....
Introduced in 1959, the Italian SOS Deco Meterâthe forerunner of modern dive computersâwas the first decompression device used by sports divers that automatically tracked usersâ dive...
The SOS meter was wildly popular in the 1970s and 80s prior to the advent and broad adoption of electronic diving computers like the EDGE. Whatâs...
Because of our innate biases, itâs easy to blame an individual for causing an adverse event, even if that individual made good choices. In fact, according...
Human factors coach Gareth Lock explores and analyses the theory of âbad applesâ as it applies to dive training. Are system failures the fault of individual...
Breath-hold diving as a whole, particularly spearfishing, does not have a good safety record due to the large percentage of breath-hold divers who are untrained, but...
Now, just like their triathlete counterparts, freedivers will be able to access their realtime biometric performance data, including heart rate and blood-oxygen saturation, enabling them to...
Decompression sickness (DCS) is a known risk for compressed gas divers, but until recently it wasnât on the radar for their breath-hold counterparts. However, as a...
The "Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy" summarized it neatly: Donât Panic! For good reason: taken together panic/anxiety/stress have been ranked as one the top three risk...
Human factors coach Gareth Lock reminds us that we will all do something dumb while diving; itâs in our DNA. The trick is to ensure there...
