Dive Training
Routine Matters
We’ve all been there – we get distracted during the build-up to the dive, and some vital kit component is overlooked. Read more...
Swim Like a Cave Diver
This story takes place on a dive liveaboard that ran four dives a day and imposed a 60-minute maximum dive-time on each one. Read more...
The Attribute of Altruism
This story takes place on a dive liveaboard that ran four dives a day and imposed a 60-minute maximum dive-time on each one. Read more...
Out of Air – With Plenty Left to Breathe
Back-rolling into the water – by this stage, you want to be sure that all’s well with your equipment. Read more...
Delving Deeper into Deep Stops
Beware anyone who tells you they know what your ‘correct’ decompression profile should be, because they almost certainly don’t, warns MARK POWELL. Read more...
Failure Points
The concept of failure points is frequently discussed in the technical-diving world but often neglected in the mainstream, says Read more...
Living On Liveaboards
For anyone who has yet to experience an overseas liveaboard trip, SIMON PRIDMORE provides a full guide to everything you need to know… Read more...
The Art Of Ascending
Our upward journeys back to air are among the least-considered aspects of diving, but vital to get right and easy to get wrong Read more...
The Threat of Complacency
The more experienced you are as a diver, the less likely things are to go wrong, right? No, wrong! says SIMON PRIDMORE Read more...
Aspects of Etiquette Part 3
Are you the sort of underwater photographer who gives the pastime a good name? If you’re worried that you might Read more...
Aspects of Etiquette Part 2
There is a right way of doing things when you’re on a dive-boat – and then there’s the other way that draws sideways Read more...
Aspects of Etiquette Part 1
Most of us like to feel that we’re in the know about the accepted way of doing things – and nobody more so than Read more...
What Makes Someone A Good Diver? Part 2
‘Good diver’ is how we all hope other divers would describe us, but do you have these six qualities, as set out Read more...
What Makes Someone A Good Diver? Part1
It’s how we all hope other divers would describe us, but what does it take to be known as the type who can be relied Read more...
Aspects Of Etiquette Part 3
Are you the sort of underwater photographer who gives the pastime a good name? If you’re worried that you might be Read more...
Aspects Of Etiquette Part 2
There is a right way of doing things when you’re on a dive-boat – and then there’s the other way that draws sideways looks. Read more...
Aspects of Etiquette Part 1
Most of us like to feel that we’re in the know about the accepted way of doing things – and nobody more so than divers. Read more...
Talking Technical
Are you ready to up the ante with your diving, perhaps to dive deeper and for longer? Technical diving could Read more...
