We are one breath away from being a drowning victim on every dive. It's a hard reality that divers need to understand and accept if we...
Tech educator and outdoor adventurer Guy Shockey takes us on his personal journey to throw off the shackles of a comfortable, temperature-controlled, well-fed and unchallenged life...
Increased helium prices and reduced availability resulting from recent global shortages have created hard choices and challenged pocket books for tech divers and instructors. There are...
Karst Underwater Research (KUR) exploration divers Bob Beckner, and KUR executive director Matt Vinzant discuss their journey and experience with bailout rebreathers including a discussion of...
Founder and president of Ocean Education Int’l, Dr. Alex Brylske explains his evolution from “reaper”—have chisel and hack saw, will pillage— to an environmentally-aware wreck diver...
What are the advantages of using rebreathers for cave diving? It’s a question that cave instructor and author Stratis Kas, and colleague Lionel Wolovitz explore in...
Rebreather instructor trainer Dave Gration takes us for a dive into one of the newest breathers on the block, the Lungfish Orca V6, which attracted lots...
Cave explorer and inventor Bill Stone recounts being introduced to Dr. John Zumrick (1946-2021) by his mentor, the legendary Sheck Exley in the early days of...
Scientific diving veteran Bill High, founder of Professional Scuba Inspectors (PSI), recounts the origins of scientific diving in the US, and the development of early operational...
We kick off the new year with 14-hand curated stories that we believe were our most important, engaging and or intriguing stories from 2023. Dive in!
