Safety Culture - diving in the zone
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“Thank [beep] for that! How lucky were we? We better not do that again.
Don’t tell anyone though, we don’t want to look like amateurs...”
Tech and Training
Technical Diving & Training
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BSAC launches Advanced Ocean Diver course
Advanced Ocean Diver (AOD) is an optional course that gives new divers more choice and flexibility as they progress with their training.
The course is open to all Ocean Divers (or divers who have an equivalent certification from another recognised diver training agency and have also completed Nitrox training) aged 14 and over.
Outline
The Advanced Ocean Diver course includes four theory sessions, which can be completed either via eLearning or in person with an instructor, giving flexibility for students and instructors.
Be a Better Divemaster: Apply Human Factors
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Courtesy of Michael Mason
and Peter Symes
Photo courtesy of Michael Mason
Human factors is about making it easier to do the right thing and harder to do the wrong thing. Therefore, for divemasters, human factors is about making it easier for them and their divers to do the right thing and harder to do the wrong thing.
DAN To Unveil New Courses, Safety Resources at DEMA Show 2021
Version 3.0 of DAN’s first aid training courses, Safety Tips for Dive Operators, and a brand-new edition of the Travelers Medical Guide. All are products of DAN’s 41 years of expertise promoting safe diving and managing emergencies.
Bailout CCR Course standards outlined
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Gabriele Paparo
Diver wearing a sidemounted bailout rebreather
Rebreathers are great pieces of kit that do away with the need to carry an excessive amount of dive cylinders on deeper dives. However, this advantage is offset by the need to also carry additional open circuit cylinders on which a diver can bail out in case of a rebreather malfunction. Using another rebreather could be a better solution and to that end, a bailout rebreather course has been developed.
Buddy Dive Resort hosts 10th edition Bonaire TeK
Buddy Dive Resort is proud to host the 10th edition of this popular event and is looking forward to catching up with friends, learning new things, and exploring new depths.
This year there will be presentations and clinics from Lamar Hires -Dive Rite, Randy Thornton - SubGravity, Frauke Tillmans -DAN, Guy Shockey - GUE, Michael Menduno - Indepth, Gabriel Pineda - Shear water and Didier Draguiv - O’Dive Systems.
Buddy Dive’s Tec Coordinator Mr. G about the 10th Anniversary of Bonaire TeK
Tulum: DPV Cave Diving Course in Mexico
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Pierre Constant
Tulum, Mexico. Photo by Pierre Constant
Tulum has changed a lot since I was here last, well over 45 years ago. Once a mere dusty village with beach huts, it is now a booming town with a main street full of bars, restaurants and tourist shops.
Cave Diving: The Final Frontier...
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Reinaldo Alberti
Ivone Bender
Daniel Millikovsky
Cave diver in Cenote Tak Be Luum near Tulum, Mexico. Photo by Daniel Millikovsky
When one thinks about cave diving, the feelings are mixed and it is very difficult to express what it feels like in a single word, but perhaps a possible description is “to live the discovery.” Discovery is an experience and an intrinsic need in human beings since before the discovery of fire.
Human Factors in Diving Conference Coming up
Gareth Lock
The first event of its kind, the conference provides a unique opportunity to share the knowledge and skills to make diving safer, more effective and more enjoyable, by allowing divers and instructors to take more informed risks and reduce uncertainty.
FIRST EVER HUMAN FACTORS IN DIVING CONFERENCE IS LAUNCHED AND PLACES ARE LIMITED
Master Liveaboards announces the passing of Martin Cridge, Captain of Truk Master
His passing is incredibly unexpected and shocking to everyone who knew him and worked with him.
There are very few people that knew more, or were more passionate about the wrecks and the diving in Chuuk and Bikini. Anyone who dived with him will have felt his infectious enthusiasm. Everyone who dealt directly with him at Master Liveaboards and The Dirty Dozen felt it too.
Solo Cave Diving in Slovenia
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Andrea "Murdock" Alpini
The author after a dive at Bilpa Cave, Slovenia. Photo by Andrea Murdock Alpini
Freedom! That was the feeling I had in June 2020 when I left my home to go on a trip alone. Caves, abandoned mines, alpine lakes and a few wrecks were in my plan for a great adventure.