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Carbon Dioxide – the Dreaded Enemy (part 2)

This is the second part of a three-part series on carbon dioxide, one of the most common contributors to diving emergencies. You can find part one...

By Tim Blömeke
26 March 2024
Features

Dive Smarter: Know Your Rental Gear!

Imagine renting a car in an unfamiliar city, navigating traffic on unfamiliar roads, and then finding yourself in a heavy rainstorm — only to realize...

By DAN Staff
06 March 2024
Prepared diver

Carbon Dioxide – the Dreaded Enemy (part 1)

This is the first part of a three-part series on carbon dioxide, a common contributor to diving emergencies. Parts two and three will be published in future issues of Alert Diver. A close call Please allow me to begin with a personal story: Back in 2016, I joined a cave dive in Cenote Regina, near Tulum in Quintana Roo, Mexico. Our objective was to visit the salt water section, which runs...

By Tim Blömeke
01 February 2024
Features

Into the wild: diving beyond one’s limits

Wisdom: How was the dive then? First dive since you finished your open water course, must have been pretty exciting, right? Foolishness: Oh Man… The...

By Audrey Cudel
12 January 2024
Prepared diver

Which ear drops?

Editor's note This is the last article of our Equaleasy series, which is based on a course on equalization developed in a collaboration between DAN...

By Claudio Di Manao
10 November 2023
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