Twenty years ago I met an old French diver at the DEMA show who was displaying oil paintings of various wrecks he’d dived in Bonaire. I didn’t recognize any of them and he told me where they were to be found. They were all very deep. I asked him if he used a helium mix … Read more
By David, McGuire, Shark Stewards Floating, weightless, my eyes stare down into the impenetrable like the streaks of sunlight. Above me, the weight of one hundred feet of water is the blue Pacific. Ears ticking, throat constricting, my brain screams for oxygen. It is time to return to the surface, to the land of the … Read more
While the COVID-19 outbreak grounded travelers, it motivated Hong Kong residents to rediscover their city’s attractions. Christopher Dillon explores the joys of diving in Hong Kong. July 2020—Mention Hong Kong as a dive location and you’ll probably hear “Why in God’s name would you want to dive there?” or “Can you actually dive in Hong … Read more
This is an article about a dive in Cozumel on New Year’s 1972 by Vianne Douglas, who after 54 years of diving, plans to celebrate her 83rd birthday diving in Cebu, Philippines — COVID-19 allowing. Be sure to read the synopsis of her diving at the end – a quite unexpected end to a long dive trip. … Read more
I don’t want to participate in any sport in which my species is not at the top of the food chain. — Ken Fonte Stress in diving is probably the central problem in the accidents and resulting injuries and fatalities that occur to divers . . . — Art Bachrach and Glen Egstrom STRESS Many … Read more
