Explorer and maritime historian Erik Petkovic details the development, history and eventual demise of Germany’s U-1105, which represented the cutting edge of the arm’s race between...
Belgium service member, cave explorer and tech instructor Kurt Storms takes us for a dive on the Red Sea’s Salem Express, which is considered one of...
Many wreck divers consider a ship’s bell to be the quintessential artifact to find and recover. Here prolific shipwreck explorer, historian, and author Gary Gentile recounts...
Introduced in 1959, the Italian SOS Deco Meter—the forerunner of modern dive computers—was the first decompression device used by sports divers that automatically tracked users’ dive...
Belgium service member, explorer and tech instructor Kurt Storms reports on a recent trip—his first post-lockdown—to the wreck of the MT Haven, the largest shipwreck in...
Text by Bill Stone, July 28, 2010. Images from Wes Skiles courtesy of the United States Deep Cave Diving team. Header image by Wes Skiles: Looking...
by Julie Hauserman. Header image of Wes (R) with his brother Jimmy (L). Photo courtesy of Terri Skiles. Here is an excerpt from her book, Drawn...
By Fred Garth and Bret Gilliam. This interview, which was conducted in Spring, 2002 was originally published in now defunct Fathoms Magazine (2000-2007) and later published...
Veteran wrecker and instructor Gene Petersen dives deep into Erik Petkovic’s second book on Lake Erie shipwrecks. This time Petkovic pushes far beyond the [recreational] limits...
The use of trimix—a breathing mix of oxygen, helium and nitrogen—has become the standard for dives beyond 30-50 m/100-165 ft, depending on whom you dive with....
