Diving category: Dive Medicine
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How to Equalize Ear Pressure When Scuba Diving
No more bad dives because of your ears! Every diver needs to equalize ear pressure at the beginning of a dive. Many instinctively know how to make their ears pop to clear them. It doesn’t always work though. Together with DAN Southern Africa & DAN Europe we have created this extensive graphic about what happens to your […]
Dive Science Demystified: Decompression Illness
Learn the science that rules the world of diving, one topic at a time. This time, we’re exploring decompression illness. By far…
Proceed With Caution: Even Some Popular Destinations Pose Health Risks
There are plentiful web pages listing the world’s best dive locations, but these pages rarely, if ever, tell you which dive sites…
Diving With Contact Lenses
Are you starting diving and using glasses? Or maybe contact lenses? You will be happy to know that you can still dive! There are…
Seasickness and Scuba Diving
Seasickness is something that most of us have heard of but may not fully understand. All we know is that we would…
Diving Fitness: Training for Scuba Diving
When diving we try to pace ourself and take it slowly to conserve our air. But divers can nevertheless benefit from being…