There’s a movement afoot to ban breath-holding in pools in an effort to prevent hypoxic fatalities—Sorry, no freediving or scuba training for you! Unfortunately, as dive...
By Michael Menduno. Images courtesy of Sean Webb unless noted. There is arguably some confusion in the tech diving community over the advantages and disadvantages of...
By Alex Brylske, Ph.D. Header image: tech divers clearing ghost fishing nets courtesy of Ghost Diving International. While tech diving has come a long way in...
Ahead of Women’s Dive Day on July 16, UK instructor and course director Alex Griffin examines why the industry appears to have trouble attracting and retaining...
Closed circuit rebreathers have arguably become the platform of choice for BIG DIVES. So, does it make any sense to continue to train divers to conduct...
What does Sweden’s flooded Långban mine—a wellspring of u/w exploration and mapping for more than 16 years—have to do with the famed Civil War ironclad, the...
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...
What can one diver do to change the world? Ask tech diver and fitness instructor Kenzie Potter Stephens, who is completing her undergraduate studies at KIT...
Though they were late to the party, Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) is leaning forward on rebreathers, and members are following suit. So what’s to become of...
Caring for the Ocean starts by taking the right steps on land Why CO2 matters The ocean has the capacity to absorb CO2 from the environment....