Tag Archives: Decompression
March 2, 2022
Extreme (and Not So Extreme) Multistage Sidemount Cave Diving with AI
Soft flakes of microbial goo slapped my face as I scootered through them at high speed on my DPV. My exploration partner Vincent Rouquette-Cathala and I were back on our DPVs at our massive exploration […]
November 10, 2021
“Blowin’ a Gagger” in Tobermory - Shipwrecks, a Grotto, and Ice Cream
“The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound And a wave broke over the railing And every man knew, as the captain did too, T'was the witch of November come stealin'”
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September 8, 2021
Making the Switch
After diving and teaching on open circuit for over 25 years, I’ve noticed a recurring question that keeps popping up.
“What took you so long to make the switch?” or “Why bother switching to CCR […]
August 4, 2021
Mentally Estimating Deco in a Cave
Intro:
So there you are, 40 minutes into a cave dive, currently at 100ft/30m. You check your computer, and it’s showing a no decompression limit (NDL) of 10 minutes. You didn’t expect the cave to […]
July 7, 2021
Nine Top Tips To Improve Your Wreck Photos
Wish you could shoot shipwreck photos good enough to grace the pages of a dive magazine? Photo journalist Jason Brown reveals his ‘go to’ tricks to help you shoot better wreck photos.
What is it […]
April 8, 2021
Immersion Pulmonary Edema
“I can’t breathe!”. Bill was a middle-aged man with a history of high blood pressure who was enjoying a wreck dive off the Northeast United States. He was diving a 14/7 mm farmer john wetsuit […]
