DAN Member Profile: Chuck Nicklin
DAN member Chuck Nicklin discusses how he got into diving, his work on James Bond films, why he is a DAN member and much more. Read on.
Alert Diver Category: Dive Slate
DAN Member Profile: Margo Peyton
DAN member Margo Peyton created a dive camp that is safe for families. Read more about Peyton and her motivations to dive.
California’s New Parks Under the Sea
California created a network of underwater wilderness reserves. These marine protected areas offer great diving. Read more.
DAN Member Profile: Jill Heinerth
Canadian-born underwater photographer Jill Heinerth discusses her illustrious career as a female cave diver. Read more about Heinerth’s work and current projects.
The Anatomy of a Shipwreck: The Kittiwake in Grand Cayman
The Kittiwake was purposefully sunk at the Cayman Islands as a way to inject newness into local tourism. Learn more about the decades-long process of making a shipwreck out of the Kittiwake.
The Google Garden
The sculpture garden at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. is full of busts of historical dive pioneers. Learn more about this Google garden.
Seeking an Octopus in the Wild
Octopuses hole up in small dens, are quite excellent at camouflage and are most active at night, so not all divers have seen one on a dive. But biologist Matthew Birk, who studies octopuses, felt that never having seen one in the wild was a blemish on his career and sought to remedy the situation on a trip to Santa Catalina Island off Southern California.
Deep Diving for Fish
LUIZ ROCHA, PH.D., HAS BEEN A MAN ON A FISH MISSION since he was a young boy exploring the waters in his small coastal hometown in Brazil. He investigated tidepools, had fish tanks when he was 5 years old, and was declared a future scientist by his third-grade teacher …
Travel Smarter: Dive Resort Safety
PLANNING A DIVE VACATION and all the associated details can be a frustrating endeavor. The logistics of obtaining gear, arranging transportation to and from dive sites, and booking a place to stay that can accommodate your needs requires …
SS Manasoo
NORTH AMERICA’S GREAT LAKES have long provided a natural transportation corridor to the continent’s interior. The Anishinaabe people — the region’s original inhabitants — utilized the Great Lakes for trade, […]
