DAN open new Academy of Dive Medicine in Indonesia This August, DAN’s Academy of Dive Medicine, supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (MoTCE) Indonesia was successfully undertaken in Bali. The primary objective of the Academy was to enhance the availability of medical professionals trained in providing diving medicine to support injured divers Read More » The post DAN Academy of Dive Medicine appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

Back in March, we attended the GO Diving Show at the National Agricultural and Exhibition Centre, Warwickshire. If you haven’t been already, it’s a great event for networking, planning your next trip and to see all the new shiny stuff that will appear in a local dive centre near you. Reconnecting with Divers: Encounters and Read More » The post Diving Fitness and Health: The Importance of Regular Medical Checks appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

Audrey Cudel discusses hand signals when diving, and the differences between the recreational and the technical diving fraternities. The Allure of the Silent World When landlubbers ask divers the reason why they are attracted to such a hostile world, the most-common answer is that beyond the discovery of the underwater wonders, Jacques Cousteau’s Silent World provides Read More » The post Hand Signals in Diving: Bridging the Communication Gap Underwater appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

Travelling the world through a camera lens, transitioning from film to digital, and some of the biggest challenges he has faced. Photographs courtesy of Daniel Brinckmann Q: As per the norm, to kickstart proceedings, how did you first get into scuba diving? A: Back in 1989, when I was ten years old, the vintage documentaries Read More » The post Interview with Underwater Photographer Daniel Brinckmann appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

Maggie Muurmans and Skye van der Vlies take a closer look at sea slugs and nudibranch, which are often overlooked by community members on the Gold Coast. Photographs by Ocean Connect The aim of Ocean Connect’s sea slug citizen science programme is to create an understanding around the importance of sea slugs and their presence Read More » The post Unlocking the Secrets of the Gold Coast: The Tiny Creatures You’ve Overlooked! appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

We chat to the ‘Mother of Sharks’, technical and cave diver – and GO Diving Show 2023 Main Stage speaker Cristina Zenato – about sharks, caves, and the lure of the deep. Photographs courtesy of Cristina Zenato As we always do to kick off these question-and-answer sessions, how did you first get into scuba diving, Read More » The post Q&A with Cristina Zenato: Technical & Cave Diver appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

The Midlands Diving Chamber is one of the busiest chambers in the UK, not only working with divers suffering from DCI, but also treating all manner of other issues, including skin grafts and radiation tissue damage. Mark Evans went to find out more. Photographs by Mark Evans and the Midlands Diving Chamber Deep Hyperbaric Chamber Read More » The post Behind the scenes of the Midlands Diving Chamber appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

I understand that feeling tired after a dive may be a symptom of decompression sickness, but I almost always feel tired after diving. Should I be concerned? A: The expectation of normal (ie, nonpathological) tiredness following diving varies from person to person. Factors such as individual fitness, thermal stress, gear constriction, diving skill, work completed Read More » The post Experiencing Fatigue & Headaches After Diving? Here’s Why appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

This is the case of one of our divers who came for treatment, they have kindly written it up and gave us permission to publish: It's true what they say, life can really stop in the blink of an eye! After an awesome day of diving, with one technical dive and two recreational deep dives, Read More » The post A Diver’s Tale: From Deep Sea Crisis to Midlands Diving Chamber Recovery appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more

Welcome to the first of many of the Midlands Diving Chamber Diaries. We aim to dispel the myths, taboos and any worries about your time with us – and not forgetting the laughs we have shared with you. We are all divers – even the doctor! – who run this facility for divers, so we Read More » The post Dive into the World of Midlands Diving Chamber: Debunking DCI Myths appeared first on Scuba Diver Mag ..read more