Alert Diver Category: Features

DAN Research is committed to making diving a safer sport through ongoing studies and projects. They follow trends in diving practices and examine causes, risk factors and mechanisms of injuries. Read more about DAN Research.

Competitive freediving has grown in popularity since 2000. Technological advances and more have helped lead the surge in freedivers. Read more.

From U-boats and triremes to pirate ships and unsinkable ocean liners, the seafloor is littered with relics of our ocean-going past. Modern technology is opening the doors of discovery on certain lost ships.

The cenotes of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula were sacred to the Maya and vital to their empire. Today, divers descend into these subterranean wonders both for leisure and in daring expeditions.

The various islands of the Bahamas offer unique experiences to divers. For North Americans, it is easily accessible and each trip will be a bit different. Learn more about diving in the Bahamas.

THE CAYMAN ISLANDS CONSIST OF THREE ISLANDS — Grand Cayman and Little Cayman; Cayman Brac, however, is not as well-known among dive aficionados despite the island’s infrastructure and …

WHEN I THINK OF PARADISE, it’s warm blue water, friendly people, and pristine, uncrowded dive sites. Such places are rare these days and are usually expensive to visit — or that’s what I thought until I learned about St. Eustatius, a tiny island in the Caribbean that is also known as Statia.

About 7,641 islands in the western Pacific Ocean comprise the archipelagic state of the Philippines. The country’s waters are integral to the Coral Triangle and feature some of the world’s most incredible biodiversity and eclectic dive attractions. 

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Greenland’s icebergs, where every crack and shimmer tells a story of nature’s power.

Cave diving is hard but doing so in the arctic may be even harder. Read a journal-style entry of what it’s like being a cave diver — physical demands, freezing temperatures, animal encounters, but at least there is hot chocolate.