Breaking the Chain
It takes confidence to call a dive, but perhaps we should all take more notice of the cave-diving approach to safety, suggests SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...
To Divemaster and Beyond
Tell a commercial diver training agency that you want to be an instructor and it will extend a warm welcome, says SIMON PRIDMORE. Just don’t kid yourself that you’re submitting a job application – you’re buying a product. Read more...
Reduce, reduce, reduce!
Everyone knows that minimising the amount of weight carried is a diver’s holy grail, but there are practical limits in the quest to down-weight. Read more...
Josh Boggi – Diving to New Depths
Josh Boggi recently became the world’s first triple-amputee Rescue Diver – MELISSA HOBSON met him to find out how he achieved this incredible feat. Read more...
Back in the Saddle
When too much time has elapsed since that last dive, a refresher is in order. Read more...
Defensive Diving Part 3: Assuming Responsibility
You don’t have to appear to others as a constant pessimist, you can keep your thoughts to yourself – but always be prepared for that worst-case scenario. Read more...
Defensive Diving Part 2: Deviance & Depth
The diving set-up doesn’t seem ideal but you go ahead anyway and get away with it. Perhaps it was OK after all; perhaps you were just lucky. SIMON PRIDMORE takes it from there Read more...
Defensive Diving – Part 1
Vehicle-drivers survive on the roads by adopting techniques that take all contingencies into account – scuba-divers should do the same, says SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...
Preconditioning Techniques
In other sports, preconditioning strategies such as warming up, passive heat maintenance and prior exercise are used to ensure that athletes perform as well as possible on game day. Read more...
Diving Behind Closed Doors
The Atlantic Tank, the SETT and the Silent Pool – all three are now defunct dives, and all left lasting impressions on STEVE WARREN Read more...