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How To Be A Better Dive Buddy To Yourself And Others

April 30, 2011

Scuba diving is a sport just like any, that comes with risks. Anyone, no matter how experienced can have a bad day or have something go wrong during a dive. However as divers, we are first trained to deal with difficulties and different scenarios, relying on your dive buddy for help. That’s why you always [...]

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A Lesson In Diver Responsibility- Don’t Play Follow The Leader

January 17, 2011

Talking to divers on my last dive trip, I noticed a disturbing trend. In a discussion about deep dives, a novice diver pipped in that he had once dived to a depth of 45 meters (147 feet) with regular air, on his last dive trip. Knowing he hadn’t very many dives under his belt, I [...]

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Make Diving Safe A New Year’s Resolution

December 22, 2010

Scuba diving just like any other sport, comes with it’s risks and dangers. You often hear or read about incidents diving accidents that even result in fatalities, but what we aren’t hearing enough on is why and how it can be prevented. In most cases scuba diving accidents are a result of poor judgment, that [...]

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A Guide to Decompression Stops – II

November 9, 2010

There are a few different kinds of decompression stops/ pauses in ascent, which a scuba diver needs to make to allow for the expelling of inert gasses to minimize the possibility of the gasses forming micro-bubbles which in turn can cause Decompression Sickness or DCS. In this article we take a closer look at the [...]

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A Guide to Decompression Stops – I

November 8, 2010

There are a few different kinds of decompression stops/ pauses in ascent, which a scuba diver needs to make to allow for the expelling of inert gasses to minimize the possibility of the gasses forming micro-bubbles which in turn can cause Decompression Sickness or DCS. In this article we take a closer look at the [...]

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Emergency Air Sources: Pony Bottles

October 20, 2010

Imagine you are in the middle of a dive 30m below and being so engrossed in the surroundings, you have neglected to frequently check your air. You finally glance at your air pressure gauge and realize you have run out of air. Your buddy is nearby with his back turned to you busy lining up [...]

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The Big Buoys Of Diving: SMB’s and Diving Buoys

June 12, 2010

As we’ve seen in previous posts like Emergency Signaling Devices: Get Noticed in the Water and Must-Have Scuba Diving Safety Gear, Surface Marker Buoys or SMB’s are one of the essentials in Scuba safety gear. With the increasing number of stories of divers getting left behind by dive boats and surface accidents, we recommend that [...]

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Brushing Up Your Scuba Skills: How To Deploy A Surface Marker Buoy (SMB)

June 2, 2010

One of the best emergency signaling devices that can be carried by divers ad we recommend that every diver carry this, is the Inflatable signaling tube also known as s Safety sausage or a Surface Marker Buoy (SMB). With the increasing number of high-profile reports of lost divers and serious surface accidents involving boats, the [...]

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Emergency Signaling Devices II: Get noticed in the water

March 24, 2010

PART II (If you missed Part I- Click Here) Getting separated from your dive boat or lost at sea is probably a diver’s worst nightmare. Divers can surface far away from their dive boats, get lost in underwater navigation or simply get swept away by strong currents.  Spotting the head of a diver bobbing on [...]

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