Health & Safety

Navigate the crucial aspects of Health & Safety in the diving world. We provide the latest news, research, and guidelines to ensure your underwater adventures are safe and enjoyable. We cover the vital information every diver needs to know.

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Where the trouble begins: how to avoid common scuba problems
Scuba divers separated from boat (Charlotte County Fire & EMS)
Scuba divers cling to buoy after boat swept away 
Is Breast Pain a Symptom of Decompression Sickness? | Ask DAN
Doug Allan and humpback whale, Tonga (Sue Flood)
‘Underwater anywhere’: Ace diver-cameraman Doug Allan dies
American crocodile (Q Phia)
Crocodile bites diver on Cozumel swim
Coast Guard boat (Cayman Islands Coast Guard)
Community rescue as Caymans club dive-boat capsizes
Geoff Yeadon in 1978, from the film The Underground Eiger (Yorkshire TV)
Pioneering UK cave-diver Geoff Yeadon dies
Japanese island of Bentenjima (Wakimasa)
9 Japanese divers rescued after coldwater drift
Stephanie Holter surfaces near the motor-boat (Abyss Explorers)
Clash after scuba diver dragged up by boat
PLBs used on boats should be registered by 15 April (MCA)
Divers can get ‘rescue headstart’ by registering PLBs now
DAN World banner
The Top 6 Dive Sites That Demand Extra Caution (Part 1) – A DAN Europe Safety Column
Wild West of full-face snorkel masks (Pixlr)
Full-face snorkel mask ‘Wild West’ – but Britain has standards
Gili Air (Vyacheslav Argenberg)
British solo-diver dies in Indonesia
Vouliagmeni beach (Johnny Magrippinho)
Greek CCR diver missing in Devil’s Well
Retrieving vehicle: Experienced diver Gary Smith
Experienced diver died while retrieving vehicle
Captain held: The Seychelles liveaboard Galatea
3 missing, captain held after Seychelles liveaboard sinking
Diver on the bow of the Eagle wreck (John Christopher Fine 2026)
Diver found unresponsive on Keys wreck-dive
Larnaca police patrol boat (JRCC)
Instructor dies on Zenobia wreck training dive
The police tender approaches the runabout (New Zealand Police)
Passengers called police after skipper went off diving 
Conception at dawn on 2 September, 2019. The fire is now thought to have started in a rubbish bin (National Transportation Safety Board)
Dive-boat captain loses appeal and faces jail
Aftermath of the fire (Hondudiario)
Dive-centre spared in Fantasy Island resort fire
Depleted fleet: Golden Dolphin II
Red Sea fleet: 2nd dive-boat lost to fire in 38 days
Approach to Tank Cave entrance (Google Maps)
Australian cave-divers complete fatality probe
Sofia Devries, who has died on a wreck scuba dive
Scuba student dies at shipwreck site in Argentina
Snorkelling takes place off Hook Island (WT-en Wellwikid)
Snorkelling outside the law in Australia and Hawaii
The divers seen from the ferry (Rottnest Fast Ferries)
15min diver boat-separation brought fines – but brothers still seek damages
Tiger shark (Kris Mikael Krister)
Tiger shark bit Backscatter owner White by mistake
Victor Hsuwei
Mine-diver dies on bone-recovery mission
Dylan Harrison
Family files lawsuit over 12-year-old’s diving death
Divers Elaine & Macolm Richmond on holiday in the Maldives
Diver drank heavily after wife taken by current

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