Alert Diver Category: Dive Slate

Plastics can be found on beaches all over the world — and Alaska is no exception. A group of artists banded together to create beautiful art from the plastics of Alaska’s waters. Read more about the Gyre: The Plastic Ocean.

Ocean Classrooms is an innovative new system of marine education hoping to foster science education and underwater exploration in divers under 30. Learn more about Ocean Classrooms experiences.

DAN member Rick Allen is a self-proclaimed water bug. A life-changing incident in 2011 could have sidelined his dive career and passion, but he wouldn’t let it. Read more about this DAN member.

Dive operators and conservation groups are at odds over how to protect Florida’s endangered manatees.

The Coral Reef Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) program provides managers and law enforcement personnel with tools and training required to help gather evidence from the marine environment.

Dive legend Tec Clark has built a memorable career and legacy around training excellent divers. He describes his underwater experiences as “absolutely worshipful” and “otherworldly.” It’s the place where he feels closer to God than anywhere else on Earth. Helping others safely and professionally experience this same life-changing magic is his focus. Clark summed up the philosophy behind all his advice to new dive professionals: “Great training is the key to great diving. Don’t cut corners. Offer excellent training. Go beyond the standard.”

WHEN IT COMES TO THE OCEAN, we know when to go and when to stay away. If it is standard practice to check conditions before a dive, shouldn’t we ask […]

IN 1983-84, REEFS THROUGHOUT THE CARIBBEAN, FLORIDA, AND BERMUDA experienced one of the greatest mass mortalities of a marine species ever recorded when an unknown waterborne pathogen killed more than […]

WHETHER TRAVELING DOMESTICALLY OR ABROAD, you can take steps to ensure your personal safety. Enjoy your destination with relative ease by implementing some of the following personal safety practices. 

Everything changed for Una-Una on July 14, 1983, when a volcanic eruption destroyed the central hub of Indonesia’s Togean Islands in central Sulawesi. Lava covered 90 percent of the island, and thick, black smoke rose into the sky more than 9 miles high. The Indonesian Navy had evacuated all 7,100 inhabitants when the volcano gave signs of its impending eruption, preventing any loss of life.